Some cool 1.5 exclusive screenshots (**As seen on TV!**)

[doriantoki]

It's interesting because that same philosophy carried into RE3. The streets are almost borderline cartoon in certain places, with the developers cramming as many architectural flourishes in as possible. If you compare them to the street areas in 1.5, you'll notice the difference immediately. I suppose this applies to retail RE2, as well, for the outside areas.

[Carnivol]

Both Kamiya and Mikami said that 1.5 could've sold well...

Guess the general train of thought was;
1.5, as a sequel, was no different from the countless Resident Evil clones that inevitably were going to show up - with the only "trump card" they had was that Capcom, unlike the rest of the industry, could legally put Biohazard/Resideny Evil on the box. +Regarding feature stripping; More =/= better. Sometimes it's the limitations or simplicity that makes things work.

[Scream]

I don't think its fair to say RE 1.5 is a bad game in this topic - the IGAS version is a different beast, with over 10 years of insight/various RE developments. Sure 1.5 probably sucked back then but now its something else (yes, even as a replica).. for most people its our only hope of playing more classic RE.

And obviously anything with RE2 on it would of sold after the success of the first game. Though I do now wonder if the delays of RE2 contributed to the holy fuck shitstorms that occured on RE2's eventual release (midnight releases and so on). Would that of happened for RE 1.5? Hmm..

[doriantoki]

1.5 would've sold just as well, probably. And Capcom would go on to make more sequels, etc.

[Ultimacloud123]

1.5 would've sold just as well, probably. And Capcom would go on to make more sequels, etc.

Yeah hopefully better sequels.

[News Bot]

Yeah hopefully better sequels.

1.5 was written with the idea that BH3 would be the tentative conclusion to the series. So they obviously knew the game would likely sell enough to warrant another sequel, but not that it would spawn a wide-ranging mythology like BH2 did. The quality of the plots would've been quite inferior to what we got, too.

[Accell]

The quality of the plots would've been quite inferior to what we got, too.

Seriously. 1.5's plot was already bad enough with the whole Annette going insane, causing the entire outbreak, and then suddenly trying to redeem herself thing.

[Rick Hunter]

Still better than saving the US President's daughter from Spanish farmers.

[yurieu]

Still better than saving the US President's daughter from Spanish farmers.

and crazy priests/monks/ plus a military island with no guns.

[Darkness]

who is this? ark thompson huh?
OWWWWWWW
IM VINCINT! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[Carnivol]

Still better than saving the US President's daughter from Spanish farmers.

What? That's like the best plot for a game ... like ... ever! Total Total Recall stuff! Escapism at its finest.

[News Bot]

who is this? ark thompson huh?
OWWWWWWW
IM VINCINT! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Survivor's plot is great. The production values just doesn't do it any justice.

[Lanzagranadas]

Still better than saving the US President's daughter from Spanish farmers.

Right.
RE4´s plot almost deserves to be wiped out from the franchise story...

[Ultimacloud123]

Survivor's plot is great. The production values just doesn't do it any justice.

Survivor was an interesting game however could have been polished a lot better and the dialogue could also have been written better as well.

[News Bot]

Survivor was an interesting game however could have been polished a lot better and the dialogue could also have been written better as well.

The dialogue was written fine. It was translated badly.