Let's Play | Resident Evil HD | #1
Channel: JoshBeGaming
Date: 2015-03-03

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What is Resident Evil HD?

Resident Evil, known in Japan as biohazard, is a survival horror video game developed by Capcom Production Studio 4, published by Capcom, and originally released for the GameCube in 2002. It is a remake of the 1996 game Resident Evil, featuring vastly improved presentation as well as a variety of new gameplay elements, environments and story details, and is also known under the informal titles of Resident Evil: Remake or Resident Evil: Rebirth (abbreviated REmake and REbirth, respectively).

The game was released to critical acclaim, in which it was often described as the best title in the Resident Evil series so far as well as one of the most visually impressive video games overall. Several publications have also included it on their lists of most scary and best-looking games ever made.

Resident Evil was later ported to the Wii in 2008. Capcom released a HD remaster edition of the game in 2014-2015 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. 

The remake features all-new graphics and sound, and also incorporates gameplay elements from the later installments such as the use of body language to indicate the main character's health and the 180-degree turn. In addition, it introduced a new running style that was also used in Resident Evil Zero, and several new areas were added to the game (some of them were originally cut from the 1996 game during its development, such as the graveyard and a path through the woods).

Gameplay mechanics are largely the same although most of the puzzles have been changed and the player can equip a defensive weapon that can be used when seized by an enemy. These defensive weapons include a dagger which can be used by both playable characters, whilst they also each have their own defensive weapon exclusive to them. Jill Valentine uses a taser, while Chris Redfield is able to shove stun grenades into the zombies' mouths to detonate them with a pistol shot. These weapons can be set to either automatic or manual use by the player, saving them from taking damage, although they are not unlimited, and they can only be used when grabbed by a monster. The zombies that are defeated but not destroyed (decapitated or burned) mutate later in the game into the fast and deadly Crimson Heads.

It also features an unlockable difficulty setting called Real Survival, which eliminates automatic aiming and the "fourth dimensional" item box system, effectively forcing the player to plan their actions even more carefully ahead in order to avoid extensive backtracking. The overall plot remains largely unchanged, featuring a U.S. special police team trapped in a mysterious mansion filled with monsters and traps. The remake includes additional secrets and endings not found in the original version. It also restores the George Trevor subplot featuring Lisa Trevor, and retroactively splices other major characters of the Resident Evil games, such as William Birkin and Alexia Ashford, into the game's backstory.