Resident Evil Revelations: What We Didn't See

Via IGN:

Capcom reveals ideas that never made it to the final game.

March 7, 2012

Resident Evil Revelations managed to pull the franchise back to its roots, focusing on survival horror while introducing a number of new creatures and concepts to the series.

Despite those changes, a number of ideas never made it to the final product. During our recent conversation with Revelations producer Masachika Kawata and director Koshi Nakanishi, we managed to find out what didn't make the cut.

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"We wanted a claustrophobic survival horror feel. A ship out on the ocean is the ideal location since once you're on the ship there's no easy way to escape. We also took into consideration that a previous Resident Evil spin-off title was set a boat. To ensure Revelations wasn't too similar, we decided on an abandoned luxury cruise ship with an atmosphere about it that would bring to mind the mansion in the very first Resident Evil game. 

"One early idea was to have the virus-ridden ship arriving at a port at the beginning of the game, with the action kicking off in the port area. We ended up using the ship as the main setting, but remnants of that early concept can be found in the Terragrigia and mountain sections of the game." - Masachika Kawata, Resident Evil Revelations producer 

Shrimps, Sharks and Tube Worms

"We were inspired by the incredible variety of real-world marine life, and some of the unused enemy designs were based on octopuses, sharks, sea anemones, tube worms and the extinct abnormal shrimp. We even got as far as designing their attacks but, in the end, we couldn't include most of them for one reason or another. 

"Most of the creatures were created first and foremost as functions of the game's difficulty curve and level design, but some started out as artists' rough sketches of ideas that became either brand-new enemies or old enemies with new twists." - Koshi Nakanishi, Resident Evil Revelations director 

A Raided Co-Op

"We had online co-op for the story campaign up and running in the early stages of development, but feedback from testing indicated that single-player Resident Evil was scarier, so we left it out and focused our attention on improving the single-player survival horror experience. 

"Since we'd done the groundwork and it would have been a shame not to utilise the 3DS's wireless features, we added Raid Mode." - Masachika Kawata 

Abandon Ship

"One idea that we tried and ultimately dropped was having the ship capsize and turn over 180 degrees, like in the movie The Poseidon Adventure. It was a fun concept, but it didn't work for a number of reasons." - Koshi Nakanishi