This week’s Famitsu magazine included an interview with developers ofResident Evil 3,who mainly chatted about the game’s difficulty and Nemesis. The interview includes Mitsunori Sasaki (K2 Games), Tatsuya Minami (M2), Kiyohiko Sakata (Leadworks), and Masachika Kawata (Capcom). We translated the biggest highlights of the interview below.
RegardingResident Evil 3’s difficulty
One of the biggest challenges inResident Evil 3remake’s development was how to increase the action element without impacting the survival horror aspect. Finding the right balance was quite hard for the development team. They most notably made certain systems easy and convenient, like in an action game, all while keeping in stressful elements. As such,Resident Evil 3retains the oppressive atmosphere typically included in an horror game.
Overall, the team is awareResident Evil 3can be quite difficult and expect players to hit their first wall when facing Nemesis. Moreover, the developers mentioned how it should be nearly impossible to do a knife-only run. Players who attempt knife-only runs ofResident Evil 3will be fine when it comes to normal zombies. However, they will be unable to defeat the bosses unless they have perfectly mastered the Emergency Dodge system.
Regarding Nemesis, items, and ammo
Needless to say, hardcore fans who remember the originalResident Evil 3will always try to confront Nemesis. For the items drops. The developers' advice to these fans is that they shouldn’t expect to best Nemesis unless they’re very well prepared.
We’ve got more details regarding items as well. If you play on Normal difficulty, you should be able to clearRE3without worrying about resources and ammo. However, playing on Hard will require you to carefully manage your resources. In the Famitsu interview, Kiyohiko Sakata specifically mentioned “playingResident Evil 3on Hard and above”, teasing that there are higher difficulty modes.
The interview ends with the four men mentioning how it took the development team over 3 years to completeResident Evil 3 remake. In particular,RE3mixes action and horror in a different way than the previously releasedRE2. As such, the team hopes fans and newcomers alike will pick up the game. They stressed out you shouldn’t sleep onProject Resistanceeither,the online multiplayer game bundled withResident Evil 3.
TheResident Evil 3remake will launch for PS4, Xbox One, and PC on April 3. Be sure tocheck out DualShockers' review.As for whetherResident Evil 4also needs a remake or not, you can check outthe take of our Features Editor Ryan Meitzler.
