Resident Evil 1.5
 

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Ok...As everybody probably knows - Resident evil 1.5 was supposed to be released as Resident evil 2 way back in 1997 - But this original version was scrapped very near completion - At 70-80 % --Why-- The official word from Capcom stated that it was scrapped because it played to much like the first Resident evil (Like that should be something bad!) - So Capcom started completly over again and made the RE 2 that we now know and love .... Anyway - This unreleased version called Resident evil 1.5 had some really cool weapons enemies and scenes that never made it to the new version of RE 2 .

In RE 1.5 the main characters was Leon S. Kennedy (Same guy as in RE 2) And Elza Walker, A young motorcycle daredevil (She was replaced by Claire Redfield in RE 2) There also was another character that never made it to the new game - DJ - He supposably was a cop working in the RPD - Other characters that was in RE 1.5 and made it to RE 2 was Sherry Birkin - Annette Birkin - William Birkin (In human and mutated form) - Chief Brian Irons - He was a good guy and played the part of the wounded cop in RE 1.5 - Ada Wong - John - He was named Robert Kendo in RE 2 - And finally Marvin Branagh - Who was playable instead of Ada Wong in Leon's scenario (In Elza's scenario Sherry Birkin was playable just like in RE 2) - Ben was not in the game.
There were a lot more different enemies in RE 1.5 than in RE 2 - There were more types of zombies - The fat zombies - Skinny zombies - Running zombie - Crawling zombies - There even were zombies of different sexes and races - In the monster department we have a couple of interesting creatures that never made it to RE 2 - First we have the big "spider-man" monster which looks a little like a bigger version of the chimeras from RE 1 - Secondly we have the big gorilla look alike monsters - These came in two versions - The big boss gorillas and the small baby gorillas - Third we have the big crocodile monster - As you know this monster made it to RE 2 - But in RE 1.5 there were two different versions of it - The big one from RE 2 but also small baby crocodiles.
There also were many more weapons in RE 1.5 that never made it to RE 2 - Like the hand-grenades and some different automatic weapons that unfortunaly was scrapped in RE 2 - There also were safety wests that you could equip so that the enemy attacks made less damage - The enemies was also supposed to be able to rip your clothes - And you could get blood stained if you took out a zombie at point-blank range - The gore level were also higher than in RE 2 - The zombies virtually exploded in a rain of blood and guts when being hit by Leon or Elza's powerful weapons .

One of the biggest differences from RE 1.5 to RE 2 is the backgrounds - They are totally different - More modern looking than the backgrounds in RE 2 - If you have looked at the RE 1.5 pictures or movies you know what I am talking about - The RPD looks more like a real police department than the one we got in RE 2 - The RPD jail also looks more like a real jail - And the fact that there actually is zombies in the cells reaching out trying to grab you - Makes it look like one of the coolest places in RE 1.5 - RE 1.5 also seems to have more outdoor scenes just like in RE 3 - If you have seen the movies of RE 1.5 you have probably heard that the music also is somewhat different from RE 2 - The movies are not very long but you still can hear that the original music sounded really cool - The story of RE 1.5 was supposed to be more complicated as it included many more characters than the RE 2 story - As you now can understand - RE 1.5 is almost a totally different game than RE 2.
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And here are some screenies:
http://www.playstationmuseum.com/Gam...6/BTA076s1.jpg
http://www.playstationmuseum.com/Gam...6/BTA076s3.jpg
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In my mind RE2 is one of the best games around, and while there are elements of 1.5 I would've liked to have seen in place of some of what we ultimately got, I think (based on the story elements I'm aware of) RE 1.5 would've been a lesser sequel, especially in terms of character development and story progression. No offense, but I'd take Claire over Elza any day.

All that said, you might want to make the point of your post a little clearer, as there didn't seem to be anything to really kick off any sort of discussion outside of simply presenting the material :)