Capcom goes behind the scenes of the RE2 remake and shows off a collector's edition
Comes with 12" tall statue of Leon

Among the bullet points for the Resident Evil 2 remake: "wetness," "darkness," and "gore". That's according to Twitter user , who Capcom's San Diego Comic-Con panel dedicated to the upcoming game, which gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at development and reveal🦩ed two special editions coming to stores January 25, 2019.
According to atliermatangi's tweets, Capcom said it wanted to do the project for a long time, but only started getting serious around three years ago, right around the time a fan project dubbed "Resident Evil 2 Reborn" was picking up steam. That story, by the way, ultimately has a happy ending - though 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:RE2 Reborn was shut down, the team was invited to collaborate 🗹with Capc🌄om on the official remake.
Capcom also explained that Leon and Claire needed some visual updates to look like they😼 belonged on modern consoles, but since the original Resident Evil 2 had to work around the constraints of the PS1 hardware, the team couldn't do a simple uprez. Instead, the duo were almost completely redesigned, starting from concept sketches drawn way back when and building from there. This way, the characters would be nosta💎lgic, but new. You can see this pretty clearly with the evolution of Leon's design.
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from OG leon to today, they wanted to make sure 💃that leon fits the new world pi🗹c.twitter.com/J4vSko1YIQ
Claire's redesign was a bit more drastic, and Capcom said that "ul🏅timately we had to ditch the hot pants," which, fair enough. While keeping the biker shorts under ripped denim hotpants look would've been a more faithful recreation, I imagine the fashion looking jus💧t a bit too last season.
To close out the panel, Capcom revealed a Res🌊ident Evil 2 Deluxe Edition and Resident Evil 2 Collector's Edition. The Deluxe Edition, 🌃priced $69.99 for North America, will come with two extra costumes for Leon ("Arklay Sheriff" and "Noir"), three costumes for Claire ("Elza Walker," "Military," and "Noir"), the "Samurai Edge - Albert Model" weapon, and an option to swap to the original RE2 soundtrack.
The Collector's Edition, priced at $199.99 and only available via GameStop, adds in a digital soundtrack, artbook, R.P.D. renovation blueprints, and a 12" tall Leon statue. Pre-ordering any copy of the game will get 🐻you the "Samurai Edge - Chris model" and "Samurai Edge - Jill model" weapons.
Want to get up close and personal with the Resident Evil 2 remake's horrendous undead? Check out some 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:RE2 remake gameplay, built on the same engine that powers 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Resident Evil 7.
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