Resident Evil 2 Remake, how would you like yours?

[[STARS]TyranT]

Resident Evil 2 is a masterpiece. Honestly - to hell with all of you that crave a remake. This game is note perfect from start to finish.

[Tyrant Rose]

RE2 is the game that sucked me into the series. It might be nice to see it with better graphics, but I kinda want to let it be.

[Ketsui]

Like the REmake of the first one, neither more nor less

EDIT: Most important : NOT ON NINTENDO CONSOLES

[MiLØ]

RE2 is the game that sucked

Heresy!

But on the topic though - I'd love to see it HD pre-rendered style, not to mention gameplay needs to be upgraded as well.
It would be best if they just took REmake's formula and refined it in every way. There's a lot of little tweaks that can be applied to gameplay to make it more immersing as well as bring out tension elements to keep the players on their toes.

REmake had a near perfect balance of horror atmosphere + action, and that's what should be aim for.

Will they do it at all? Probably yes, just not right this instant. Never say never, and in case of video game remakes it is very much the case: large companies tend to go back to their roots and re-imagine the originals. It might not happen this generation of consoles or next one, but it will happen eventually.

[Darkmoon]

RE2 Remake is one of those ideas they probably have floating around in case they think they have a weak line up that year and need a Resident Cash Cow to tide them over, I suspect.

IF they follow the Remake formula and IF they can avoid making Leon a cybernetic ninja from the Illuminati sent to fight Umbrella or some such bullshit it would be good. The only thing I'd like to see added is the dept of scenes the origional RE1 has. There are dozens of little scenes in there and it's safe to say that, despite probably a three figure playthrough of Resident Evil 1, I haven't seen every scene in the game. Even today I can play it and find new bits, and I love that. It was a shame that same variety wasn't in RE2, so they should add it in a Remake.

A good remake.

Without shitty cyber-ninjas, bikini spies and chainsaw firing machine guns that explode and play Queen every tenth shot.

[imacwesker]

RE2 Remake is one of those ideas they probably have floating around in case they think they have a weak line up that year and need a Resident Cash Cow to tide them over, I suspect.

I would go a little further and say that the day Capcom'll remake RE2 will be the day that they are almost out of business. Capcom knows that Westerner fans will buy this remake no matter what and it will be an easy sell, so from a business point of view there is no need to produce it, until they need the cash. Either to save the (RE) series or the company itself. In the meantimes, there is no (financial) reason to produce it.

[Tyrant Rose]

That's a good point: would it be worth the time, money and effort they'd have to put into it? Capcom seems quite focused on the future of the series, not the past.

[CrimsonElder]

I would go a little further and say that the day Capcom'll remake RE2 will be the day that they are almost out of business. Capcom knows that Westerner fans will buy this remake no matter what and it will be an easy sell, so from a business point of view there is no need to produce it, until they need the cash. Either to save the (RE) series or the company itself. In the meantimes, there is no (financial) reason to produce it.

Thats a good point actually its like the ace up their sleeve. The longer they leave it though the more people will forget. Only hardcore fans still play RE2. You have to think the series will end soon though I rue the day when we see 'Resident Evil 15'.

[MiLØ]

You have to think the series will end soon though I rue the day when we see 'Resident Evil 15'.

Final Evil XIII-2!

[Darkangel]

They would have to remake it in the same style as the Resident Evil 1 remake, that was pretty much the greatest remake of all time. Making the gameplay like 4, or getting rid of the fixed camera angles would turn it into a different game.

What I'd personally want:

• Photorealistic pre-rendered backgrounds like REmake
• Rewritten script, and redone voice work to enhance the overall presentation
• 180 quick turn
• Defence weapons from REmake
• Crimson Heads
• Maybe the dodge mechanic from RE3...maybe...
• New areas/lore/story (I like the idea a adding some content from 1.5)
• A new enemy or two

It would be cool if they could somehow integrate the "realistic" police station from 1.5 as a new area; not really sure where they could fit it in the game though.

Sadly, I think that if RE2 was going to get a faithful remake, it would have happened around the time of REmake. Modern Capcom would surely ruin it.

[CrimsonElder]

Final Evil XIII-2!

As I was typing that I thought of Final Fantasy I dont want to see Res become that kind of game. RE 10 is the max for me. Go out on a nice round number.

[ElusionM]

If it's gonna be like anything other than REmake, then f it, it's better the way it is.

Like RE4? Why, so a great classic can be butchered?

Like I said, if Capcom ever decides to remake it (Takeuchi wanted to IIRC), they should only remake it like they did RE1.

[yurieu]

i dont want any remake.

1st, the capcom's employees are all diferent, so who knows what they think about RE2 and pre-rendered and survival horror...

2nd, the re2 is already a perfect game. any change in sound, voices, scenario, gameplay, and then the game will be ruined.

all that i would want to see is a upgraded graphics, with 32-bit color, anti aliasing(in the 3d models and the fonts eheh), no compressed fmv and audio files(uncompressed audio would be great!), faster camera changing, maybe adjustable frame rate, maybe they could introduce more polygons in 3d models?(i dont think so...) and put all exclusive things together, like the pc version nightmare mode, dreamcast gallery, n64 exclusive files, GC skippable cutscenes...

[Zombie_X]

If they do remake it one day, it has to be slower paced like REmake. RE2 was great but a bit too actiony for me. It didn't feel like a survival horror game at all.

- Slower pace
- Less ammo
- Less herbs and F-aids
- More enemies
- Stronger enemies

[shanemurphy]

How about this:

Resident Evil 2 and 3 remake combination. A structure like RE6 that allows you to play RE2 or RE3 or maybe even a continuous story playing out at the right time. Unlock-able scenarios like a full 4th survivor. Pre-rendered backgrounds, more story content, files and rooms like REmake. Full remastered soundtrack and dialog.