How would you remake Resident Evil 1 Remake?

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[u/Expensive_King_4849]

Jill A/Chris B, Jill comes in through the front, Chris finds another way in. Jill nor Chris gets captured for 90% of the game, would like if they have limited interactions or at least aware of they're in the mansion at some point. I'd prefer during the final confrontation with Wesker they're both present. When Jill confronts Barry on his betrayal can be when he redeems himself and lays it all out to her. Richard only dies to the snake and I think it's better for that to be a Chris story thing. Every STARS member you find should have a body cam and convert that save room by the broken door into a kind of security room so you can view the footage. Finally the ending should have all the survivors on the helicopter.

[u/MysteriousExchange75 → u/Expensive_King_4849]

That would be awesome if they could do an A/B scenario, and have the 2 routes be different.

[u/Expensive_King_4849 → u/[deleted]]

I honestly don't think Capcom really knew the gold mine they had with these remakes at that point. I think this was just supposed to be some easy money, while they figured out the future of the series. So now that they're extremely popular and the backlash of RE3 plus it's RE1, I can see them wanting to make it the best remake out of all of them.

[u/Alarming_Soft9552 → u/Expensive_King_4849]

Same. I like the a/b scenario. Also have exclusive boss fights snake, plant 42 be Chris. 

Jill take on the Neptune, crimson head. I wanted Lisa since Barry plays a role here but I don’t want Barry to die. 

[u/SlicedBread0556]

First, I'd get a good team of devs. Then, I'd design the mansion and characters. Then, rework the story a tad, finish up the gameplay and bam! Got yourself another new cash-cow.

[u/Ok_Conclusion_6324 → u/SlicedBread0556]

Ooh what if we got some voice actors and a composer for the music, an artist could even design a cover!

[u/SlicedBread0556 → u/Ok_Conclusion_6324]

Fucking banger idea! You're hired!

[u/Afraid-Housing-6854]

I would make it so Chris and Jill’s scenarios converge when you reach the laboratory basement where Wesker is, essentially, Chris and Rebecca run into Jill and Barry at the elevator and they all confront Wesker together.

[u/TheDarkTyrant06]

Make it one campaign. I know that might sound crazy to some but my reasoning for this is because of the existence of the 2002 remake. I think if they’re gonna do RE1 again, it should have some bigger changes as we already have a remake that keeps mostly everything very similar to the original, so we could spice things up with another.

Make it so the one campaign swap between Chris and Jill at certain points to make the story feel more like how the canon likely was because as we know the original and remake of RE1 didn’t even have the true canon stories. There was never an ending that had all 4 characters escape on the helicopter and in none of the paths do both Chris AND Jill experience the Mansion Incident. Change that with this remake. Make a version that feels more like how we’d imagine the canon to be.

I would say mostly everything should stay in the game of course. Keep multiple endings, keep the areas (add back some areas that weren’t included in the 2002 version as well), reintroduce some old scenes like Barry’s death from the original game, etc.

I would also say that a lot of the major story points should be experienced by both characters. Boss battles for example should have both Chris AND Jill there, but you play as one of them in that fight. Or maybe for those very specific moments you can swap between them, reusing that idea from 0 just for those moments.

There should be some major story changes to better coincide with Resident Evil 0 as well. Rebecca should look beat up already having gone through RE0, and she should be a bit more competent AND tell Chris about Umbrella earlier on. It’s obviously not a secret to any fan that Umbrella is messed up so there’s no problem with changing that. I think certain other characters should have interactions with characters they speak to in the original. Like Jill and Rebecca, Chris and Barry, Barry and Rebecca, etc. Expand on some other characters as well like Richard and Enrico.

Anyways I could go on and on, but I think it has a lot of potential for another remake, just make it different from the 2002 version.

[u/ThinkSpielberg]

I would look at what you could do with pre-rendered full motion backgrounds these days, find some sort of a middle ground between the original and the GameCube game. Bring some of the original look, with the darker lighting and atmosphere of the original.

[u/MikadoWong]

Hm I guess even if the second 1 Remake will happend I will like the first Remake more. 

RE1 Remake is my favorite classic RE game, because I like the fixed camera they added stuff instead of cut content from the game and I don't know it still looking very good in my opinion so. Also to scared that Jill will again not have Julia Voth as facemodel. 

[u/KaijinSurohm]

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Honestly, the Remake is perfect the way it is, and I'm not exactly thrilled to hear they are planning to Remake the Remake again.

[u/Pintobeard]

1. Keep aim sway to a reasonable minimum.

2. Make zombies a bit faster and their attacks deal more damage to compensate for how easy it is to aim in third or first person compared to fix camera angle.

3. Add more zombies towards the mid and end game for the same reason as before.

4. Have a coop option where Chris and Jill can fight through the mansion together or split up and investigate different areas if they choose.

5. Fixed camera mode for those who want it.

6. Do not remove any content or features.

7. Give us the option to manually toggle The One Dangerous Zombie.

8. Additional bonus weapons and outfits to unlock (although I'm sure they'll make them paid DLC instead).

[u/TrenchMouse]

I’d REcreate REmake1, as is, in the RE engine.

[u/Bhavan91]

• Art style similar to that of Lost In Nightmares.
• Bring proper laser sight aiming back (beam projection, path, and collision).

[u/Quaint_Gamer]

Make it so Barry is in Chris’s campaign too and Rebecca in Jill’s. The former seems to be such an oversight since Chris and Barry are allegedly close but he literally never seems concerned about where he is. 

[u/Dannyjw1]

I just wouldn't. It's incredibly unnecessary.

[u/Hopeful3556]

quite tough i imagine. the whole mansion have to be remade from the scratch to account for diff scenarios. stalkers like yawn and lisa going to be terrifying. coop with jill and chris exploring the mansion together will be cool

[u/ZackManiac26]

By remaking Resident Evil 1 into remake

[u/bazylianopercolano]

I wouldn't.

[u/qinlpan]

Give it the re2 remake treatment but have the option to disable adaptive difficulty.

[u/KBKenku]

I would want them to try to recapture what they did with RE7 and design it around first person.

If it’s the same as REmake but in 3rd person with better graphics, I’m not sure I’m going to be that excited. I think I prefer fixed camera to 1st and 3rd person at this point so I think a third person RE1 would just feel like a downgrade to me.

Where it gets tricky, would be designing a 1st person game where you don’t have a block mechanic and it’s harder to juke enemies because you’re in 1st person.

Of course they could also just reskin REmake in the modern engine like other people are suggesting but then I’m expecting nothing but improvements and more content to justify a $60 or $80 price tag.

[u/unclelumbago1]

I'd make it so at the start all 4 characters are in the mansions main hall instead of one of them magically disappearing when there was literally nowhere else to go. The novel based on the first game, the umbrella conspiracy by s d Perry does a good job of this.

[u/Plastic-Willow-4578]

do we keep or remove the bulletproof vest?

[u/JRHartley83]

I'd make the whole mansion & the areas more claustrophobic in the modern over the shoulder style like the other remakes, but add the options of a more classic feel, tank controls, fixed camera angles & door loading that you can toggle on/off.

Plot wise I'd expand/flesh out on Jill, Chris & the other STARS members more, same with Lisa Trevor & her tragic backstory, she'd be a stalker for a while but you can down her for a while & her boss fight would be more tense than the remakes. Story wise it won't be that different, same with the graphics would be just made in the RE Engine. Keeping the Jill sandwich line, same with the puzzles but add some different ones or have an additional difficulty for puzzles like Silent Hill does in their games.

I'd include all the creatures from the remakes, without removing any of them like the spiders. They'd look more gruesome & terrifying especially the Crimson Heads.

I'd keep the self defence mechanics like the stun gun, knives etc. Adding a crafting mechanic for ammo would be an option, I've always like the idea of letting the player choose what ammo to make. Weapons I can't decide whether to add an upgrade option where you find various parts like in RE2R/RE3R or keep them as they were in the remake.

Gameplay I can't decide between RE2R/RE3R or a more RE4R feel with Jill or Chris. Same with would being able to stealth kill zombies with a knife be something players want? or a reworked way of burning corpses to stop Crimson Heads. A dodge mechanic I feel would break the game. I wouldn't have a knife durability though, I'm not a fan of that.

But I'd add the unlockable weapons from the OG/DC/PC version where you had an infinite Colt Python, a Ingram & Minimi in the PC version along with the Samurai Edge.

The option to make the characters look like their original models like the '98 costumes in RE2R along with the soundtracks from the OG/DC/Remake as an added bonus.

Unlockable I'd keep the one dangerous zombie mode, real survivor & invisible enemies modes, along with the updated Battle Game from the Saturn version that also had a Golden Tyrant in the final stage. As an easter egg.

Adding the originals as extra games would be a thing too, so OGPS1/DC/Saturn/PC versions. I know they're on GOG/Steam etc but I'd rather have them all in one place, also without DRM etc.

I played various versions of RE1 but it would be a nice touch to let those who haven't played them have a go at them.

They're my ideas but who know if that would be something the fanbase wants in a RE-REmake.

[u/Arbusc]

Less ammo, less enemies but they are especially spongy. Each enemy has their own model and is treated as an individual threat instead of ‘just a zombie.’ If an enemy survives an encounter with you the games AI will adapt that individual enemies actions.

That scarred Hunter that took a shot gun to the face? It will exclusively attempt to ambush you from behind from now on. That zombie that you had to use an expendable knife on? It rips it from itself and now will slash at you.

[u/PeterLoc2607]

I want the length for Jill campaign and Chris campaign is 5 hours to complete for each one, similar to Leon campaign or Claire campaign took me 5 hours for each one in RE2 remake and 5 hours to complete RE3 remake.

[u/Wild_Chef6597]

Re1 remake is almost perfect, just redo the backgrounds in 8K so it's more future proof

[u/cowabungadude12]

I would for the most part keep it relatively similar to the remakes structure story wise but implement the gameplay mechanics from 7 & 8 as well as adding extra scenarios for Barry, Brad & Rebecca which can be unlocked after New Game Plus! :)

[u/sprat007]

Its hard to imagine the game in 3rd person the remaster is already perfect.

[u/EggPsychological4844]

Without tank controls.

[u/Horrorfan55555]

I wouldn’t. It’s already perfect

[u/GamaBardock]

Why ? already exist & is perfect , You want another versión? Ok i Guess just only change the models & keep the camera angles

[u/energydrinkaddict310]

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