Shacknews: One complaint fans had about the original game was Krauser, who shows up very late in the game and feels a bit shoehorned in the way he is portrayed. Hirabayashi: So, we can't really go into details about this question right now, but we can say that, for the main game, Ada Wong will be as she was in the original game's main story and that's been preserved in the remake as well. Will we see something similar with her in Resident Evil 4 remake? Shacknews: Ada Wong was a pretty big part of the original RE4, not only featured alongside Leon’s campaign, but also featuring her own campaign in Separate Ways. Now when we have Leon going through RE4, we of course improved interactions with Leon and the characters around him as well. So, when improving the game for modern consoles, there's also the importance of improving the character interactions so, character interactions have been improved. Hirabayashi: When making the remake on RE4 now, discussions with the director himself, one important factor when looking into the development is the actual character interactions and how that can be changed now when we look into the remakes of the games. Can we expect something similar out of side characters in RE4? Characters like Carlos or Sherry featured extended or unique twists in their narratives. Shacknews: With the Resident Evil 2 and 3 remakes, we saw characters that might not have played big roles in those games expanded in interesting ways. That's not only the small graphical details, like you mentioned the different details and housing etc, but also the lighting of the levels itself. Rather than being limited by the technology, he could rather focus on what he wants to use the for the feel and then that goes deep into the actual details of the game itself. So, the art director, when looking into making this game really focusing on the actual space environments that the user enters when they play the game. Now, we have the very modern PlayStation 5 as our console that you can play the game on. Hirabayashi: As you said, back in the day, we had uh, perhaps limited technology when we had the GameCube and the PlayStation and whatnot. What has it been like to reimagine the major parts of Resident Evil 4 with more powerful technology such as the PS5? It was beautiful at the time, but still kind of flat or blocky in certain areas. Shacknews: Speaking of the new hardware, it’s been such a long time since the original RE4. So, for example, while we're doing that, if you look into the opening village area, that area has been remade several times during the development process and been tuned up several times to make the specific kind of area and clear feel that we wanted to have for the intro stage of the game. We modernized them for the modern player. What we did then with the remake is we took those stages and we powered them up, essentially. Hirabayashi: We held onto stages people know and remember from back in the day. Has there been any such difficulty in the remake or did the team know exactly where they wanted to go with it? Shacknews: The original RE4 is known for having gone through many prototypes as Capcom sorted out what direction it wanted to take with the game. So, while creating this remake now for Resident Evil 4 of course we are doing our best to create this game that we hope everyone will love and make a game everyone will remember. Yoshiaki Hirabayashi: So, for Resident Evil 4, you mentioned. How does it feel returning to that game and taking on this remake of a game that is so beloved by fans? Shacknews: Resident Evil 4 is considered one of the high points of the series and is said to have revitalized the franchise. Check out how the team is approaching the game, how it’s improving upon its remake process with Resident Evil 4, and how many of the iconic elements are being reimagined! With Capcom finally going all in on the remake, we had a lot of burning questions, and Resident Evil 4 producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi was kind enough to speak with us about many of them. It has been released a few times across various platforms and players are generally enamored with Leon’s journey to infiltrate a bioweaponized cult and save Presidential daughter Ashley Graham from their clutches. Resident Evil 4 is one of the most beloved games in the entire franchise.
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