Resident Evil 4 - All Beta Footage [Biohazard 3.5]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2024
- All the footage available of the prototypes of Resident Evil 4 / Resident Evil 3,5.
00:00 TGS 2002 trailer - Fog version / progenitor virus
01:12 Nintendo E3 2003 press conference gameplay reveal
03:58 2003 gameplay - Paranormal / hook man version
08:59 2004 beta gameplay
Wikipedia: Resident Evil 4 underwent a lengthy development, during which at least four versions of the game were discarded. The first version was directed by Hideki Kamiya. Around the turn of the millennium, Resident Evil 2 writer Noboru Sugimura created a scenario for the game, based on Kamiya's idea to make a "cool" and "stylish" action game. The story was based on unraveling the mystery surrounding the body of protagonist Tony, an invincible man with skills and an intellect exceeding that of normal people, with his superhuman abilities explained with biotechnology. As Kamiya felt the playable character did not look brave and heroic enough in battles from a fixed angle, he decided to drop the prerendered backgrounds from previous installments and instead opted for a dynamic camera system. This new direction required the team to make a trip to Europe, where they spent 11 days in the United Kingdom and Spain, photographing things like Gothic statues, bricks, and stone pavements for use in textures. Though the developers tried to make the "coolness" theme fit into the world of Resident Evil, Mikami felt it strayed too far from the series' survival horror roots and gradually convinced all of the staff members to make the game independent from it. Kamiya eventually rewrote the story to be set in a world full of demons and changed the hero's name to Dante. The cast of characters remained largely identical to that in Sugimura's scenario, although the hero's mother and his father, the latter an early version of the Umbrella Corporation founder Lord Ozwell E. Spencer, were written out of the story. The game's new title was revealed as Devil May Cry, released for the PlayStation 2 in August 2001, resulting in its own franchise.
Development on Resident Evil 4 started over at the end of 2001.
The first announcement was made in November 2002. This revision, commonly dubbed the "fog version", was directed by Hiroshi Shibata and was 40 percent finished at that time. The game saw Leon S. Kennedy struggling to survive after having infiltrated the castle-like Umbrella's main headquarters located in Europe and featured traditional Resident Evil monsters such as zombies. During the course of the new story, Leon became infected with the Progenitor Virus and possessed a hidden power in his left hand. The game was to feature some first-person elements.
At E3 2003, another revision was revealed that is widely known as the "hook man version" now, though titled Maboroshi no Biohazard 4 on the Biohazard 4 Secret DVD. The story was set in a haunted building where Leon contracted a bizarre disease and fought paranormal enemies, such as animated suits of armor, living dolls, and a ghostlike man armed with a large hook. The game had an otherworldly feel to it, containing elements like flashbacks and hallucinations that were marked by a bluish tint and a shaking camera. It also displayed various gameplay mechanics that carried over to the final release, like the over-the-shoulder camera and a laser sight for aiming in battles and quick time events. Other features, such as dialogue choices, were removed later.
The Hallucination version had only a basic story concept, having dropped the previous scenario penned by Noboru Sugimura of Flagship. In 2012, Resident Evil 3: Nemesis scenario writer Yasuhisa Kawamura said he was responsible for this version, as he wanted to make Biohazard 4 scarier "and suggested using a particular scene from the film Lost Souls, where the main character [...] suddenly finds herself in a derelict building with a killer on the loose. An arranged version of this idea eventually turned into Hook Man. The idea went through several iterations as Mr. Sugimura and I carefully refined this world (which, I have to say, was very romantic). Leon infiltrates the castle of Spencer seeking the truth, while inside a laboratory located deep within, a young girl wakes up. Accompanied by a B.O.W. dog, the two start to make their way up the castle. Unfortunately, there were many obstacles that needed to be overcome and the cost of development was deemed too expensive." Kawamura added he was very sorry and "even ashamed" that Mikami had to step in and scrap this version. After this attempt, the last cancelled revision featured classic zombies again. However, it was discontinued after few months, and before it was ever shown to the public, as the developers felt it was too formulaic.
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10:11 LMAO the way he says "no"
So happy we got the voice for him in the end 😂
He kinda sounds like Steve from Code Veronica, most likely a place holder sound.
@@jopdancing7320 i would love a version re4 dubbed with the placeholder guy
🤣🤣
Geez he really does sound like Steve.
Resident Evil Village used a lot of content from the old RE4 build such as having similar looking castle interiors, hook wielding enemies who can teleport, and living dolls as enemies
It always breaks my heart when I see the RE 3.5 footage :'( It looked AMAZING
There has to be something we can do...
This is where ShiguWorks appears, you guys really should check his channel and twitter
Keep an eye on Resident Evil: Code Madman. Out of the various people that have tried and failed to recreate this illusive build of RE4, their project easily has the most potential.
I agree, Resident Evil 3.5 looked amazing!
It would be cool if the devs got together and made 3.5 as a delayed release. Kind of like how Nintendo went back and finished Starfox 2 for the SNES. It probably will never happen but I would love if it did and its definitely within the realm of possibility.
9:26 "Hey!" 🤣
He was a lot kinder in the final product but it still pissed that ganado off. Maybe in this version you piss him off so much he dual wields axes!
He sounds like Frank West Lmao
Great that they revisited this concept for a section of RE8.
"Proceeding very smoothly" "Exclusively for Gamecube" lol
(2:45)
DON'T PEE YOUR PANTS
Damn it, I was excpecting a screamer or something xD
Never seen any of this footage before today..... I love RE4 to death, but damn this could have been an AMAZING survival horror game!
Agreed. I do think the version we got in the end is better, but this one deffinatley looks like it cranks the fear factor to 11
@@jonnocotton48 lol. scary haunted house. oh no. how scary XD thank god re4 ended up great and did not turn out to be some shitty spooky house game
Revan 1313 Yeah, you’re exaggerating a bit because it was designed to be hallucinational in nature from my knowledge. Another “Oh no, stinky Umbrella” story would’ve been old, so I’m glad the Las Plagas story was made because that was a really cool original concept
@@counter-weightmedias2263 nah
@@Revan-eb1wb yeah
At least they used the doll concept for RE8
Yep, glad someone noticed
Both beta and final version of this game is surprisingly amazing. Completely meets the expectation, salute for hardworking developers. :D
Its amazing they essentially made a entirely new game in very little time.
9:05. This looks incredible. this night time portion is creepy as hell!
This version was much further in development than I remember. Its fascinating to see a fully playable version of a cancelled RE4 looking and running almost like a finished game, and yet all of this was scrapped in favor of the RE4 we know. Its like glimpsing into a parallel universe. I want a video like this about the cancelled Metroid Prime 4 from Bandai and see how it was compared to what Retro Studios made.
It would be so cool to see. I think I get hung up on the hypotheticals and what if’s more than the actual games. Maybe one day or a different lifetime.
Looks like the re4 remake is gonna be heavily inspired and directed in this way. Even the jacket
@@uhector1999 I hope you're right about that.
@@mastermaniac1911 did you see the new trailers. Shit looks sickkkk
looks like the hook man will be in resident evil 4 remake.. 😊
10:56 that jump dont exist in the final version
@@hibanofal5522 Yeah, same with RE5. The enemies had extra moves that made them extremely difficult. They always end up removing those extra moves, and toning down on the difficulty. Like jumping, destroying the stairs you were walking on so they could catch you. And more.
@@Nothing-of2pm final version of resident evil 4 is trash Capcom should have stayed with this version of re4 and I don't want a remake we need a 3.5 version of the game too replay the remake plans.
@@mrx-od3ji Well that's something that's best taken up on the forums with Capcom themselves.
@@mrx-od3ji ur saying re4 was trash are u out of your mind I mean I love how 3.5 looks but you must be mad to dislike re4
mr x oh ya a whole game is trash to 5 seconds of footage
The blue screen hallucination stuff reappeared in Evil Within 2 and briefly at the end of Resi 4 remake, and the inanimate objects coming to life thing turns up in Resident Evil Village
1:59 still “happily” working at capcom: embellishment #1
2:12 development is proceeding very smoothly: embellishment #2
Resident evil 4 is definitely one of the scariest game experiences I had growing up. Getting that exile ration and blood pumping was insane
try RE 1 Remake, that's scariest in my opinion, RE 4 and above just like action movies
@@noel_rahman he meant as a kid. not all kids are so brave
Damn that choke was Brutal at 11:40, idk but glad at what we got for OG, but remake pretty much went back to that
Damn. The way that guy yeeted at Leon 10:58
Leon’s tender little “n y o” was admittedly funny, but for whatever reason, that scrapped throttling animation at 11:43 has me absolutely wheezing.
Just add in getting slapped across the face & them saying “It’s alright. Everything’s gonna be ok” 😂
This is…Resident evil 4, resident evil 8, and resident evil 7 resident evil 1 remake all into one!
Oh wow. The Resident Evil 4 Remake Separate Ways DLC actually did add an area from the fog version/TGS 2002 trailer. Interesting. (If you do not know, it is when the camera starts to descend down the stairs).
That walking and heavy breathing makes it sound so scary at the end of the video .. also it makes it sound like your right there experiencing it yourself! Like wow
I think it's cool how they switch from different angels. Inside and out of combat.
The only deleted game i wished it was released. Resident evil 3.5 (2002) is a true masterpiece of horror
Look up 5 days in Fallujah
Was it the game where you played as a solider in real life retelling?
i hope RE8 have the same virus like 3.5, like the rumor i read of dont know what is real or not because of eveline virus would be great change in the mechanic
@@imsck it's most likely going to be the mold, maybe a variant on the cotracepts pathogen (Last of us pathogen) mixed with progenitor. Which can be interesting with the hallucinations and how much creative level desgins can happen.
Most likely it would've been released in 2004 if they have the money for it and Shinji approves the idea
They reused the area at 2:59 in Lost in Nightmares.
Was about to comment that. Maybe the story of the original RE4 was gonna take place in Spencer Estate, since the Progenitor Virus was mentioned? Would be pretty cool.
@@Bruno-db3kq the original version of RE4, known as Resident Evil 3.5, was originally going to take place in a castle and star Leon, Sherry, Wesker, & Spencer with the progenitor virus. Sherry had been kidnapped and it was to take place in 1999, shortly after the events of Code Veronica. Leon was going to be infected with said virus and (I’m not sure if this is true but I read somewhere about it) Chris and Claire were also supposed to make a cameo. But sadly, these assets were scrapped and reused for the Lost in Nightmares dlc. It would have been pretty cool to see this version of the game, hopefully Capcom can release a non canon game for this :)
9:26 *Hey!, "What A Badass!" 🤠😂😂
I saw images or videos (not sure) of this back when I was a child and I had nightmares from it for years
Coding in Flow anything you could remember from them? Maybe an image or video that hasn’t surfaced on the web?
@@ofearghailthefearless6481 I think it was the same material as this video. I remember mostly this plane type of thing. I think it were pictures in a game magazine.
I remember seeing images in an EGM back then. I miss gaming magazines.
I don't think I actually seen the video until TH-cam became a thing
@@anti-parasocial for years I actually thought this was a dream or something (since this never came out) but now I know that I really saw this
It’s nice that the developers put the falling deer head in the re4 remake when you play Ashley !
thank gosh this game was rebuilt in Haunting Ground and not totally deleted for what they did. what a good game that was!
Haunting Ground is an underrated masterpiece and I wouldn't have things any other way. Sad that the game never really received the attention it deserved because they chose to release it when everyone was still focused on RE4.
And now they returned this in Remake.
Leon in the Remake even wears almost the exact same Jacket, did no one else beside me notice this??
@@DieHardjagged we did notice don't worry bro we got you
That little "no" at 10:10 sounds so off its hysterical
Didn't even know about this beta until today, there's rumors they are taking inspiration from this beta on the remake.
damn! I hope what I’m see something new from gameplay 2002!
I had an idea of how V.r could work with this
Re 3.5 could be scary, with your not really knowing what's real and what's not, such as you thinking your looking at a door and believing it's open, however it cant be due to the fact in reality it's a wall. And the Hallucinations could depend on mind to mind, similar to Lsd or your visualizing something that the subconscious doesn't like with sounds or something other like that. With certain actions causing these hallucinations to occur.
Somebody call capcom and talk to this man!
@@ellenreyes8372 thanks for the compliment
Fantastic idea, the only thing is gamers probably don't/won't want to get a vr headset just for one game.
@@Flinstone_Edible why thank you my dude
I'd rather play 3.5 like this. The V.R aspect should just be an option, and not a requirement. But in general. It was horrifying. When it was first announced, we all lost our shit. And when they showed the gameplay at e3? Omfg. But for those who don't know. Leon was infected by the Progenitor virus resulting in hallucinations that messed with his psyche. The same virus that the Wesker children were first administered. There was the main game, and then the hallucinations that were random throughout the game itself, other than some scripted moments. You never knew what was gonna happen. I love RE4. But I would've loved to play this too. Maybe one day, they'll release it.
it looks like they used the same engine and animations for re1 remake on gamecube looks very similar
Black Dynamite some textures are definitely reused in REmake and that archway/corridor Leon walks under is used in Haunting Ground and Resident Evil 5 Lost in Nightmare DLC
I hope one day we'll get to play the various dev builds of 3.5
Any chance we could get in contact with the writers or developers of those early versions to get more info? It’s almost been 20 years I doubt they’d still be bound by some clause preventing them from saying anything.
Those dev versions were scrapped due to GameCube limitations. So sad to leave them in the dust.😢
EDIT: Turns out the 2004 beta is actually the closest to the final product. So the 2004 scenario was chosen as the main story for Resident Evil 4.
It's because of the Fog they couldn't get it to run properly without the whole game messing up and lagging.
Wish they kept these ideas, it looked entirely more scarier than the final version!! 😧
I'm guessing some of the ideas went into Resident Evil 8??
I love when he says Resident Evil 4 will be scary then ever before don't pee your pants and points at the camera and the screen glitches out looks like some Neil Breen film in retrospect. Also I forgot about Killer 7 but not Viewtiful Joe. Both those games should get remastered or ported.
Hey, i know i know, i'm late. But Killer7 is on Steam now!
I'm not saying RE4 _isn't_ a good sequel, But RE3.5 looked like a genuine sequel to the classic games.
Amazing!
The Castle version looked amazing. To this day I don't understand why they just didn't continue with it only by scaling down the graphics, which is what most games did back then (and even beyond - who remembers the TGS 2005 trailer for MGS4? It looked better than the final game). The fog creature could've been kept only in cut-scenes (it's not like Uroboros in RE5 goes that much beyond that: you only encounter it three times and you can tell it's eating up most of the hardware's resources as there's nothing else but it and the locations are very tight - the final version has you confined on a balcony on the ship). They had a full scenario already written, ffs. I read that they wanted to make a revolutionary game, which was more important than making a proper RE4: I am afraid that Capcom was too indulgent with the dev team. For a while, at least: I reckon that Mikami took over because the higher-ups had enough of throwing money at a game that wasn't moving forward. RE4 (the retail version) was put together pretty fast, in about a year and you can tell by the lack of a real plot - they only concentrated on the gameplay.
From what I read from denofgeeks website about this game, didn't they hastily put together this prototype?
Yeah that’s why I don’t like treating this game like the “masterpiece” people sugarcoat it to be, because while yes I’m impressed the final game was rushed, and still turned out phenomenal, it fails at a lot of points for me, especially as an RE game. The tank controls made some enemies annoying to dodge, QTE cutscenes and dodging instead of more involved gameplay, and ammo conservation became non existent and more small problems. The main thing I still dislike that this game didn’t improve too much in was making the boss fights more than just awkward walking back and forth during boss fights and just shoot a few times then continue that loop, it’s boring to me. The moments it feels like your not walking back and forth or just broken up by QTEs.
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With an F for respect.
It’s looking like Ashley played this section 👀
If Capcom reads this I suggest they should use the plot and gameplay mechanics as inspiration for future RE games, they already toyed with the supernatural in the RE7 demo.
And the final boss in 7
The remake is almost here guys so damn excited can't wait 🔥
This looks amazing!!!! Cuz it's silent Hill feel to it but more intense and scary.
The biggest mistake Capcom made at the time was making mainline Resident Evil games exclusive to Nintendo Gamecube. Considering how huge the franchise was on PlayStation.
ElusiveWonderEffect resident evil 4 5 6 and 7 all came out on PlayStation. 4 was a timed exclusive but other than that what you said makes no sense.
Nothing wrong with growing an audience elsewhere. Nintendo wanted its third party support back, so they reached out to Capcom to secure RE exclusivity.
Jawbreaker for one game.
@@JadesOfGrey They secured other exclusives besides that one game, although most of them went multiplatform anyway.
Jawbreaker I was referring to the original posters comment that all of the RE games became exclusive to Nintendo, which they certainly did not
10:57 when someone arrives from mcdonalds and you sence the sweet smell of fries
And it's still the betas that look and feel good along with horror. This would have been good and re5 beta would have been good.
I want Resident Evil 8 be like this. And new B.O.W enemy.
its not ever going to be back to 3rd person its 1st person and ethan is gonna be in it again
I hope it doesn't end up like this silent hill remake.
@@keymaster2024 after the remakes its perfectly possible to make them third person them
You might've gotten your wish with RE 8 Village.
@@kevin34334 the hype is real
now i need to calm my need with that game who the creator never ended.
It looks like the 2003's gameplay was given to Haunting Ground (Demento) instead.
Wow I wish this version of the game existed. This would make a good RE9 or at least a 4.5
Well they did do one thing, they did had the castle from those Footages
Cool ❤
So this hook thing is supposed to be like a mr x and nemesis type character that follows through the game?
kind of wish we got both lol this looked like a good survival horror using similar graphics and style to 4
The places look dope
Wish they would have made the 3.5 edition a separate title, looks like it would have been much better on it's own.
who would have thought that the little doll thing would come back in a later game
what if CAPCOM does a what if series (similar to marvel) of dlc content for resident evil 3 remake as 1.5 and 3.5 long form dlc content to test the water temperature sort of thing and if it makes enough money maybe CAPCOM should consider making a new (old horror style) resident evil series for the fans...
I would love if someone leak this out on the internet. I'm sure there a copy floating somewhere. I would love to play it even if it's not completed.
Man this reminds me of the silenthill psone camera system. This could work well on re4.
Leon’s voice actor would’ve been so bad, lol. People really don’t talk enough about how perfect the voice cast for this game was.
Hopefully when they do make the RE4 remake, 3.5 will come with it as did resistance did with the RE3 remake. Actually make 3.5 a real game. I do believe capcom will take a break from remaking the main series and probably do code Veronica next for next gen.
Let’s pray they bring elements of this into the remake
11:59 Its from resident evil 5
But the final version is so faster the death of chainsaw guy
Makes you wonder how much of this was finished, and if there was a playable build at all of even a single level.
To be honest, i love the hud of Resident Evil Beta 2004 more than the original hud of Resident Evil 4
And now that they announced RE4 Remake, it already has some elements from 3.5!
Hook Man is in the Game👀
레지던트 이블 3.5가 그대로 나왔다면 사일런트 힐 아류작이라고 욕 먹기 쉽겠지만 그나마 어느정도 수정해서 나온게 다행이지...
근데 리메이크에서는 일부 스테이지가 본편 이나 세퍼레이트 웨이즈로 넘어갔으니...
Better than RE7 and 8 ! Shinji Mikami Era forever 😍
the choking animation kinda looks like Homer Simpson getting mad a Bart "saying why you little" At 11:43
RE4 is my all time favourite game but 3.5 literally had paranormal elements this would have been SO GOOD ))':
This game would have been SO awesome
The recent leaks suggest that this could be in the Resident Evil 4 remake!
It all comes full circle, 4 mainline games later.
Speaking about the original version of devil may cry and this originally going be started out as the early version of resident evil 4 for ps2.
I wonder what they've done with the files of this masterpiece
El castillo de Spencer se utilizó en Resident Evil 5 Lost in nightmares, pero no en su totalidad, otros cuartos y texturas se pueden encontrar en el primer Revelations
Good thing they changed Leons voice actor... good god
Seriously how did they not ever revisit this idea
the enemy with hook looks amazing and terrifying why did they cut it out :( please make this into another horror game, also I noticed the places and some parts look like Haunting Ground
Edit: No to jumping Ganados lmao
Because it didn't fit with the final game. This version, Leon would mainly taken place in the castle and Leon would have be given the virus but the virus would make him hallucinate seeing ghost and stuff. The ghost weren't real, it all came down to science and viruses like always in RE.
@@anti-parasocial it was the Progenitor virus if I'm not mistaken?
Yay he will be in the RE4 remake
No si existe el juego de residen evil 3.5 salielon 2 para nintendo gamecube y ps3
So they were suppose to keep the door animation?
Just a thought, but imagine if the resident evil 4 remake is set to be the full beta story instead? Just a thought.
RE4 was originally planned to be only available for Gamecube which was clearly visible in the gameplay of E3 2003. If only someone saved the RE 3.5 prototype file so we could play it.
Glad that RE8 will be based on this!
I feel like they could’ve finished this and released it as events between RE3 & RE4…and it would make sense considering Leon’s outfit. Oh my goodness I love this.
I love it but I get why they ditched it. They realised that the combat system and mechanics they invented had far more potential and that an action game would be a more effective way of showcasing it. They made the right move. RE4's DNA can be found in every modern third person game.
I remember also this, I was following RE4 since the beginning always wanted this version of the game.
When I import the GameCube version I got a special dvd with that has this and other goodies. I got the Leon disc there’s also a Ada and Ashley disc.
Sadly, Capcom confirmed there'll be no Hookman from this version in RE4 remake. But still possible we'll see some other content from RE 3.5.
10:58 WoW esa no me la esperaba :0
Ni yo, me hubiese gustado que pongan eso XD
Silent Hill 3.5
Not at all. These hallucinations were the result of Leon being infected by the progenitor virus. The same virus all the Wesker children first received. He was probably injected with it and hence his nightmare begun. There's the main game, and the hallucinations that mess with his psyche.
@@Nothing-of2pm hallucinations is Terible name I thınk couse it is not a hallucination it is a real experience
@@midnightblue3285 The Progenitor Virus was the virus administered to all of the wesker children by orders given directly by spencer in 1968. It appeared in the Hookman build as the virus leon was infected with, making him hallucinate, they aren't real but the mind itself deals with these events. If you watched the original interview and gameplay, this was stated. The game was a psychological horror in this build.
@@Nothing-of2pm They are real in his leon minds create those spirits entitiys.. They alter his mind. That prototype build for me looks old school beautiful re game if it is done and in those years
@@midnightblue3285 It sounds like you're coming up with your own concept rather than covering the one capcom provided.
Ngl they can come back to this version on the next RE game since it looks like they're heading to the paranormal. We're getting werewolfs & vampires, why not go with this.
I wish they release it even as a small game
I came here after seeing the RE4 remake trailer 😊
For a little while there RE4 was Fatal Frame with a pistol.
I wish we got to try this.