Capcom Dev Pitches Resident Evil 2 HD Concept

Capcom Dev Pitches Resident Evil 2 HD Concept

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Lee Bradley

Capcom developer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi has submitted a remake concept for Resident Evil 2 HD, further stoking excitement for the possibility of the classic’s return.

Speaking on his Facebook page (via Gematsu), Hirabayashi said, “Hello RE fans! This is H again! Right after the RE HD Remaster project was finished, I actually started putting together my ideas for this ‘RE2 Project’. So, I just brushed it up and went to see my boss to present the basic concept of the project already…”

Hirabayashi also included an image with his post, showing the front cover of his concept document. It’s titled, “Biohazard 2: New Rebirth Project”. Hirabayashi has previously worked on numerous Resident Evil games in a wide variety of roles, from facial animation to design.

Of course, none of this means that Resident Evil 2 HD is confirmed. We know that Capcom is interested in bringing the game to modern consoles, but whether they will actually do it and whether the company will approve Hirabayashi’s concept is not certain.

I wonder if the concept document just says: “Let’s make it HD!”

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  • finally listen to the fans,and pleaes make a HD remake.
  • Can't recall how many times I replayed it back in the day. Definite purchase for me.
  • It's about time :)
  • i think this is my fav res game, its deffo my most played, i used to every night try and speed run on at least one scenario for each character, before i even knew what a speed run was, making sure i got the S rank each time, was just like a ritual before bed lol. awesome, hope this and nemesis gets some new gen loving.
  • I would love this, but to be honest, they could just straight port the game to Xbox One 'as is', throw some achievements in there, and I'd still buy the hell out of it! :)
  • Yes please but it has it be a full HD make over like the original Game Cube game was because as much as I love the classic games they are from a gaming generation that you can't really tart it up to look good. So full HD remake, with classic Resi gameplay yes please, but don't make it Resi 4 onwards, plus if there really kind through the original RE2 in as a bonus :)
  • I would love a full ground remake for Resident Evil 2 the way that RE1 got for the Gamecube. RE2 is one of my favourite games of all time so I'm hoping this happens!
  • Then they make it a PS4 exclusive like SFV.
  • And as a bonus unlock , Resident Evil 1.5 Id love to see the unleased game from before They changed it
  • I'd play the shit out of that.
  • This is great news, but when they didn't even start yet we won't see RE 2 HD for the next 2 or 3 years :-( This is not just a port and brush up project like RE 1 HD for the Xbox was (from a very good GameCube Remake itself), this is in "ok we have to build the engine from scratch, make new textures, animations etc." territory!
  • Get a move on Capcom! This has most likely been your biggest general request for over a decade, the interest is literally set in stone at this point!
  • don't get too excited , at best it will be a shoddy HD re-master where they change nothing yet still charge a premium. I wish more games would treat their past like the Secret of Monkey Island games, lets us switch from old skool to current gen as a tap of a button
  • @5 I couldn't agree with you more
  • @13 that is exactly what I want!!! Don't change it just give it a new coat a paint and call it a day.
  • Well they already have models for Leon from RE4 and Claire from Revelations 2, plus those movies Degeneration and Damnation, it's a good start.
  • @15, oh, Resident Evil2 could be greatly improved, especially if they go the route they did with the remake of the original, expanding the game as a whole could work brilliantly. Hell, extend the intro in the city to be a large section to work its way up to the police station. Ah, this would be a dream project for me to be involved with, even if it was just story boarding.
  • oh hell yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please make this :)
  • I want a remade game from scratch. Similar to the new ff7 game or gears remake. I hate when they take the lazy route and just port it over to hd and call it done. If I wanted to play the game as is I would just dl on pc. Plz Capcom take the time to do thus right.
  • I will admit i would probably buy it if it would be a simple port with a lifting and achievements... but i would be somewhat disapointed. I mean the game is already possible to do on both PS1, GC, PS3(digital download), N64 and Dreamcast. But for 15$ i would probably get it anyway. But i really want a remake... like full on remake, and i don't care they sell it for 60$ lol. Now the big question... old gameplay a la RE1 rebirth or newer shoulder cam? Well its RE2, give it the classic camera system and do the game justice. Altough i must admit that fan project with shoulder cam didn't looked bad at all... Anyway we will see in due time, hope this is indeed made for sure. But in the meantime we will still have RE0... Sure it was not my favourite of the bunch(mostly the absence of chest annoyed the fuck out of me) but its a good news.
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