Not only "Castle of Evil 2: Remastered", Castle of Evil 3 is also expected to be remade.

"Castle of Evil 2: Remastered" uses the camera perspective of "Castle of Evil 2" instead of the perspective design used in later series works. The main purpose is to return to the content experience of the old game, so in the game The main plot has not been significantly modified.

Regarding the "Bioharzard RE: 2" that was just launched not long ago, game producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi introduced the "fourth version of the game" at the Taipei International Game Show. "The 4th Survivors" game difficulty, and also revealed the downloadable content "The Ghost Survivors (The Ghost Survivors)" expected to be released this winter, as well as the possibility of launching "Castle 3: Remastered" in the future.

The possibility of the release of "Castle of Evil 3: Remastered" is not low

In the past, after "Castle of Evil 2" was launched in 1998, it was only launched in 1999. The story timelines overlap and can almost be regarded as "The Evil Dead 3" that corrects part of the plot of "The Evil Dead 2". Producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi confirmed that "The Evil Dead" will be relaunched after more than 10 years. 2: Remastered Edition" does retain some of the story and plot elements of "Castle of Evil 3". Although it cannot be directly stated whether "Castle of Evil 3: Remastered" will definitely be launched in the future, it is based on "Castle of Evil 3: Remastered Edition". 2: Remastered Edition" was launched in response to the enthusiastic expectations of players, so the possibility of launching the next remake in the future is not low.

As for whether players who have purchased "Castle of Evil 2" in the past will have the opportunity to obtain the remastered version through a specific method in the future, Hirabayashi Yoshiaki said that based on the company's current considerations, it should not be possible. This is part of the plan, so I can only apologize to the players who have supported it in the past.

"Castle of Evil 2: Remastered" producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi

Maintain the style of the old work without adding additional elements that affect the plot

As for the use of the perspective of the "Castle of Evil 2" camera lens this time, rather than the perspective design used later in the series, Yoshiaki Hirabayashi said that he mainly wanted to return to the content experience of the old game, so there was no obvious modification to the main plot of the game. , but adjustments have been made to the attack modes of zombies and other enemies. For example, zombies will now be able to open doors, and specific enemies will also actively pursue Leon, played by the player, so players must be more careful in deciding how to attack.

At the same time, Hirabayashi Yoshiaki also emphasized that in addition to necessary adjustments, this work did not add too many unnecessary elements to avoid deliberately adding designs that would affect the original game experience. However, for example, in the game, Leon changes to civilian clothes to report to the Lakun City Police Station, and the time when Leon breaks up with his girlfriend in the original work is lengthened, the most important thing is to make the story more reasonable.

Will the next downloaded content affect the plot?

As for the character "Tofu" who is expected to be added to "The Fourth Survivor", he can only use knives to fight against zombies and other characters. However, in this remake, the knife will be damaged when used. , weakened situation, Hirabayashi Yoshiaki said that when using "Tofu", you can only challenge with a knife. At the same time, the knife will also be damaged, so he emphasized that players must decide whether to actively attack or avoid attacks in this game mode.

According to Hirabayashi Yoshiaki, the best way to challenge is to dodge zombies, try to retain the durability of the knife, and only use it when necessary.

In addition, for the downloadable content "Revenant Survivor" expected to be released in winter, Hirabayashi Yoshiaki said that it is mainly to experience the plot outside the main line of the game through the perspectives of different characters, through the arms store businessman Robert Kendo, La Quin From the perspective of Mayor Michael Warren’s daughter and an unknown member of the Umbrella Security Organization, we can learn more about Leon and Claire’s additional stories in the main plot, but it will not affect the main plot.

What do you think of the addition of Chinese dubbing this time?

Regarding the addition of Chinese dubbing in this game, Yoshiaki Hirabayashi explained that there are currently more and more games under CAPCOM with Chinese culture, which shows that the company is paying more and more attention to the Chinese culture market, so it has begun to try Adding Chinese dubbing so that more Chinese-cultured players can experience it is actually a new attempt by the company.

As for my personal opinion, I believe that the languages ??of different countries will naturally have differences in pronunciation. Therefore, if the Japanese team selects Chinese dubbing candidates, there will actually be a perception issue of suitability. Therefore, this The Chinese dubbing of "Castle 2: Remastered" was performed by the Chinese team and CAPCOM Asia Department, making the dubbing more in line with local acceptance, so it is expected to attract more support from Chinese players.