Entrevista: http://shmuplations.com/residentevil2/
Y aquí voy a desmenuzar lo que me llamó la atención:
1. El RPD y las alcantarillas no iban a estar conectados, sino que al completar la comisaría el jugador debía regresar a la ciudad y abrirse paso hacia las alcantarillas.
2. Cerca del final, visitaríamos las ruinas de la mansión Arklay en las afueras de Raccoon City, y hasta habría un jefe!Sugimura: In the middle of the game, though, we had planned another scenario where you have to go back out into the town. But the game was getting to be too long so we had to cut that too.
Sugimura: Right after you begin the game, and until you arrive at the police station, your weapons are really weak. The player has no choice but to take shelter in the station, as a matter of survival. However, after clearing the station your character will be better equipped. Then, this time armed and ready, the player would head out into town, defeating zombies as he made his way to the sewer system. In that version of the game, the police station and the sewers were not directly connected.
3. Bueno, esta no es tan impactante en la aventura pero, Leon originalmente llegaba a la ciudad de civil y se ponía el uniforme al llegar al RPD.Sugimura: We had even thought of a scenario where you’d revisit the ruins of the Spencer Mansion before you leave the Racoon City area. (laughs) I’m sure a lot of people who played the first Resident Evil wondered what became of that place… and I wanted to go into that myself. There would have been a monster that was left alive in the blasted out ruins of the lobby and dining hall. We even got so far as drawing concept art for the location, but…
Esto me lleva a pensar: ahora que el Remake de RE2 por fin está en la cocina, ¿No sería el momento para que estas y otras ideas que tuvieron que suprimirse (no por ser malas sino por imposibilidades técnicas) vieran finalmente la luz?Sugimura: Well, there’s Leon’s uniform. Leon is wearing his Racoon Police Department uniform from the start of the game, but originally he was supposed to start out in his civilian attire. There would have been a scene where he talks to his superior Marvin at the police station, and then changes into his uniform. It’s true that with Racoon City destroyed, the police wouldn’t be actively on duty, so there’d be no real need for Leon to change into his uniform… but we wanted to show his determination to protect both the city and his principles by having him change into his uniform regardless. It was a scene with a lot of meaning. Unfortunately, due to a problem with the CG it got cut.
Así como la historia de Lisa Trevor y su familia, que fue recortada del RE original, se incluyó más tarde en el remake, ¿Debería RE2 remake recuperar esas cosas que en su versión original no se llegaron a hacer y que supondrían algunos cambios importantes en la aventura? ¿O por el contrario, debería ser lo más fiel posible al RE2 que todos conocemos?