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Resident Evil 4 went through a lot of changes between the time it was first shown off in 2001 to the time it was released in 2004. The finished product is a classic, but we’re now getting a chance to play through an earlier, cancelled edition of the game, which has been rebuilt by a fan.
Capcom went through at least four versions of Resident Evil 4 before it was released, three of them scrapped (but not before being shown off at TGS and E3) for various reasons before Shinji Mikami was brought in to deliver the edition of the game that we actually got to play.
A fan by the name of ShiguWorks has looked very closely at one of those cancelled versions (known as Hallucination), and using footage from its E3 2003 demo rebuilt sections of it.
Resident Evil 2 Remake is without a doubt, one of the most anticipated horror games of 2019.As promised, Capcom has now officially released a short demo that allows players a sneak peek at the.
This is what the original E3 demo looked like:
While below is footage from ShiguWorks’ fan recreation:
When it’s done, he’ll release it as a standalone “fan game” called CODE:Madman. In the meantime, you can play a short playable demo that you can grab from here.
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Hallucination biohazard 4 (幻覚バイオハザード4genkaku biohazard 4?) is the internal name given to an early build of Resident Evil 4. It is otherwise known as 'Hookman' in the English-speaking fandom, after a monster encountered in the E3 2003 demo. 'Hallucination' was the second build of the game after 'Castle',[1] not counting the earlier Resident Evil 4 project which became Devil May Cry. Gameplay footage of this version was featured in the Biohazard 4 Secret DVD.[2] Both 'Castle' and 'Hallucination' were scrapped due to technical limitations which would cost too much to resolve.
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'Hookman was merely an experiment and there was no true back-story.I wanted to make biohazard 4 scarier and suggested using a particular scene from the film 'The Lost Souls', where the main character (played by Winona Ryder), while washing her hands in a bathroom, suddenly finds herself in a derelict building with a killer on the loose. An arranged version of this idea eventually turned into Hookman.' |
'The second concept was that Leon was hit with a bizarre disease in which he started to see illusions and monsters that weren't really there. He would attack and strike out at them, but he couldn't do them any harm.' |
Nothing is known of the 'Hallucination' plot as the build was scrapped before a script could be completed. It would have included plot elements originally intended for the 'Castle' build, as the developers intended to continue using the existing assets. Leon is infected with a virus in both builds, though experiences hallucinations in this build. The enemies were intended to be pseudo-paranormal in origin, being monsters existing only in Leon's mind. The E3 2003 demo showed enemy ideas such as living dolls and a hook-armed ghost coming out of a portrait, but these were likely only conceptual ideas to demonstrate the hallucinations.
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Gameplay footage of 'Hallucination' is comparable to 'Castle' in certain aspects, such as the camera operating as a dolly-cam akin to Resident Evil Outbreak and Resident Evil CODE:Veronica, wherein it is on a pre-programmed path following the player. It should be noted, however, that the camera style changes during the 'Hookman' fight, with the dolly-cam used unless Leon is aiming. Why the camera style changes here is uncertain.
Leon's handgun includes a red laser sight, and he carries a flashlight, both ideas that made it to the final game. A dodge mechanic appears in the game, similar to the release version, though 'Hallucination' includes a parry mechanic where button prompts (moving the stick and pressing either the L or R trigger when prompted) allow the player to ward off an enemy's attack.
No HUD or inventory menu is displayed in the 'Hallucination' demo. When in Caution, the word 'Caution' flashes on the bottom-right corner of the screen to highlight Leon's health problems. Incendiary grenades appear to have their own dedicated button, as they are thrown at the living dolls without requiring a menu selection.
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The 'Castle' build of the game was written by recurring series writer Noboru Sugimura, and featured Leon taking part in a government raid on the castle home of Dr. Oswell E. Spencer, Earl Spencer, wherein the origins of Umbrella Pharmaceuticals and the Progenitor Virus were to be revealed. Following his departure for other projects, the script was left in the hands of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis writer, Yasuhisa Kawamura. Inspired by a scene in the 2000 film, Lost Souls, wherein Winona Ryder's character 'Maya' hallucinates in a restroom, Kawamura discussed with Shibata about incorporating a hallucination element as an alternative to B.O.W.s.[5] Kawamura believed that a more surreal take comparable to the film Jacob's Ladder would reinvigorate the franchise, as well as compete with Konami's Silent Hill franchise, which he believed was more effective in its horror style by more atmospheric and illogical.[4] As this element would necessitate completely re-writing the script to properly incorporate it, the existing script was thrown out entirely. Sugimura would later pitch it to Kazuhiro Tsuchiya, director of the Production Studio 1 game, Haunting Ground.
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Programming of the game attempted to create a game based on Kawamura's ideas, and created a system to allow for seemingly random hallucinatory enemy encounters. The system was similar to that of the 2002 remake's use of unexpected enemy encounters. In that game, events would occur by crossing an unseen checkpoint after having performed a certain task (e.g. passing a window after exploring another room). The game was planned to load both the normal and hallucinatory version of each room's 3D assets simultaneously so that switching between the two would not require more loading.[5] This had the effect of using up the GameCube's entire 24MB RAM capacity before factoring in the enemy encounters. Unable to overcome this setback without abandoning the hallucination aspect, the programmers were at best able to bring in one enemy per room.[5]
By the Autumn of 2003, Shibata ended the 'Hallucination' build, and replaced it with the 'Zombie' version.
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- ↑Travis Fahs (March 11, 2009). IGN Presents the History of Resident Evil. IGN. Retrieved on July 17, 2010.
- ↑Juan Castro (January 26, 2005). RE4 Bonus Disc Footage. IGN. Retrieved on July 18, 2010.
- ↑Yasuhisa Kawamura Interview (Project Umbrella). Project Umbrella. Retrieved on 2013-06-24.
- ↑ 4.04.1Heidi Kemps (September 27, 2004). Hiroyuki Kobayashi on Resident Evil 4 & Killer 7. GameSpy. Retrieved on July 18, 2010.
- ↑ 5.05.15.2Yasuhisa Kawamura and the Resident Evil that never was. Eurogamer. Retrieved on 2019-07-08.
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