"Resident Evil" has created a new era of survival horror games since it landed on the PS platform on March 22, 1996.CAPCOM initially set a sales target of 150,000 for the game, and the game didn't have much of a hot scene when it went on sale, but the game's numerous new However, the game's many new ideas, excellent graphics, tense exasperation and twisted storyline won the love of the majority of players, thus creating a long-term hot situation, and soon sales exceeded 1 million. The main person in charge of Resident Evil, the producer Shinji Mikami, who is known as the "father of Resident Evil", became a star in the industry.
After that, in order to consolidate the status of Resident Evil, CAPCOM spared no expense and invested a lot of manpower and material resources. In order to make the game even better, it once rejected 70% of the works that had already been developed, and reworked them, and this rejected work was the mysterious work that was later called "Resident Evil 1.5". After a long period of hard work by the producers, Resident Evil 2 was released on January 28, 1998 in both the United States and Japan. In the streets of Akihabara, Japan, players lined up around the clock to wait for the release of the game. The popularity of the game exceeded CAPCOM's expectations, and as a result, 1.8 million units were sold on the first day in Japan, and with 200,000 units sold in the U.S., Resident Evil 2 became the first game in CAPCOM's history to sell more than 2 million units on the first day, which is directly comparable to the momentum of the then-released Final Fantasy 7, which was not long after the release of Final Fantasy 7 at the time. The success of Resident Evil 2 completely established the series' dominance in the survival horror genre, making it the pinnacle of the series.
While Resident Evil 3, which was released on September 27, 1999, also sold well, it was not well received, as it made few changes and only added to the plot of the second generation.
With the release of SEGA's new console, the DreamCast, CAPCOM was eager to collaborate with the company in hopes of recreating the glory of the Resident Evil years with the power of the new console, but due to the exclusivity agreement between CAPCOM and Sony, a full-fledged sequel to Resident Evil could not be released on a console other than the PlayStation. But because CAPCOM signed an exclusivity agreement with Sony, a proper sequel to Resident Evil couldn't be released on consoles other than the PlayStation, so the DC version of Resident Evil Code Name: Veronica was born under the special circumstances of that time and arrived on the DC platform on February 3, 2000.
But due to SEGA's own marketing strategy, the DreamCast was severely under-supplied, and the subsequent release of the PlayStation 2 made sales of the DC console near freezing. Although Veronica has a high quality, excellent storyline, but its sales in Japan only stayed at 500,000. CAPCOM is not willing to spend a lot of development costs in this way down the drain (it is reported that: "Veronica" development costs for $15 million), so in the following year on March 22 - "Resident Evil" fifth anniversary, released "Resident Evil Resident Evil Codename: Veronica Complete Edition for DC and PS2.
CAPCOM's treachery broke the hearts of those who had purchased the DC console for Resident Evil, and although CAPCOM repeatedly apologized to gamers, the bad publicity was irreversible. sales of the PS2 version of Veronica didn't improve significantly.
At the same time, a large number of CAPCOM's titles were selling poorly, putting the company in a financial crisis, and there were rumors that CAPCOM was going to sell its recently completed headquarters building to pay off its debts. Just then an unexpected thing happened, in CAPCOM's press conference, the famous game producer - Shinji Mikami announced that his production team has stopped the development of PS2 version of "Resident Evil", and from now on, the whole series of "Resident Evil" will be exclusively for Nintendo's NGC consoles, and in the conference, he shook hands with the ace producer of Nintendo, Shigeru Miyamoto. Shigeru Miyamoto. The news had already hit the industry in an uproar, and the move really got people thinking (it was later confirmed that Nintendo paid for half of the development of Resident Evil 4, and that CAPCOM partnered with Nintendo in order to minimize the risk and ride out the financial crisis).
And after that, CAPCOM didn't release Resident Evil 4 right away, headlined by a remake of the first Resident Evil and the long-announced Resident Evil 0. With the NGC console's powerful graphic processing capabilities, Resident Evil underwent a transformative change, with its graphic presentation even surpassing the CG level of other games of the same period. Accompanying the dramatic graphic evolution was a deeper sense of commitment and the return of horror. Famous Japanese game magazine "Fami-Tom" rated the two games at 39 and 38 out of 40 respectively. However, the fact that the NGC console is mainly geared towards lower-age players, coupled with the fact that CAPCOM has a history of reneging on its promises, has led gamers to believe that Resident Evil will definitely be ported to the PS2 console. This led to a measly 100,000 or so first-week sales for both titles.
The poor sales of "Resident Evil Rebirth" and "Resident Evil 0" made CAPCOM did not get rid of the financial crisis, analysts believe that for CAPCOM to completely get rid of the economic crisis, the sales of "Resident Evil 4" have to reach 3.5 million units in the world, which for the NGC console, whose sales are generally low in all regions and low-age, is impossible to complete the Mission. So a port of Resident Evil 4 was inevitable. While CAPCOM has once again gone back on its word, this is a very good thing for the majority of gamers who own PS2 consoles.
Originally announced in late 2002, Resident Evil 4 features Leon S Kennedy, the newly appointed police officer from Resident Evil 2, and while the game has been altered in the details, it is an overall continuation of the series' usual style. Some of the old producers of the series left the BioShock development team because they were tired of the repetitive and uninspired work. In order to free the series from its clichés, the team decided to make bold innovations. The first step was to summarize the storyline surrounding the Umbrella Corporation and retell it in a new way.
Secondly, the zombies, the iconic setting of Resident Evil, were scrapped and replaced with enemies that are smarter, more agile, and more aggressive than they are. The display mode has been changed to a 16:10 widescreen mode, and the viewpoint has been changed to a third-person behind-the-back view, and a first-person main view when shooting. There is also an infrared targeting function, so when hitting different parts of the enemy, such as the head, arms, abdomen, and legs, the enemy will react in different ways. And in order to improve the action, there is also a special action button, you can make a window flip out, kick down the ladder, kick the enemy, etc. The action button plays a vital role in the boss battle.
"Resident Evil 4" is a true 3D work, the previous "Resident Evil" series are all 3D characters and background mapping (except "Veronica"). This puts a higher demand on the production staff, coupled with the unusual complexity of the scene, but also to make the indoor and outdoor environments to achieve a seamless connection. In addition, Resident Evil 4 put a very large amount of effort into the sound effects, with some sounds utilizing the company's original footage, others being re-recorded, and still others coming from animals. In terms of motion capture, CAPCOM abandoned the use of in-house developed tools in favor of more specialized tools. This makes the action in Resident Evil 4 look more fluid and coordinated.
There are two other very big changes are one, the elimination of the series of temporal props box setting, which makes the player need to rationalize the type and location of props. Secondly, the time in previous installments of Resident Evil 4 was set at night and remained unchanged. In this one, on the other hand, the environment plays an important role in the progression of the game. At the beginning, the sky is still bright and you can clearly see where the enemies are, but as time goes by, it slowly gets darker. In the darkness, you can only recognize the direction with the faint light of the torch, while the enemies are ambushed around and will come at you at any time, and this setting makes the sense of horror increase greatly. Lastly, there are the adjustments to the characters' mouths. The recording was done in the U.S., and the production crew then made precise adjustments to the characters' mouths, making it seem like there weren't too many discrepancies.
To date, Resident Evil is 10 years old, with cumulative sales of the entire series exceeding 20 million. At this year's E3, CAPCOM announced Resident Evil 5 and decided that it would be released on both PlayStation 3 and XBOX 360 in 2008. So, we firmly believe that the history of Resident Evil will continue, and we, as loyal Fans of the series, may never want to see the day it ends.
In "Resident Evil 0," it's storming outside, the train is running, and the passengers inside are dining. Oblivious to the impending nightmare, a cursed song being sung by a man at the foot of a hill outside the train is noticed by the passengers. At that moment! N many leeches suddenly appeared in the train and attacked the passengers on board. All of a sudden the train was seen to be a hell on earth. Who the hell is that guy?
On the other hand, the Brava team is ordered to investigate a murder case near the outskirts of the city. However, the helicopter malfunctioned in the middle of the investigation, causing all the team members to land in the middle of it. While investigating, S.T.A.R.S. rookie Rebecca discovers a prison van that has been attacked by something. 2 officers have had their eyes gouged out, and from the information that has fallen, it appears that they were transporting a prisoner, Billy. He was sentenced to death for the murder of more than 10 of his fellow officers, and the car was attacked by something while traveling to the execution ground. Investigating, Rebecca discovers the train parked on the tracks. Rebecca steps onto the death train. On it, he meets Billy and decides to work with him. The passengers on the train are transformed into SS or Leechmen, and the two of them fight to start the train. On the train, they find the Umbrella Corporation's recycling unit, and although the recycling unit was killed by the leeches at that time, what were they doing on the train? Inadvertently they arrived at the underground research institute, and at that time William and Wesker are also in this so abandoned institute, what are doing? In the end, the truth gradually becomes clear, it turns out that a few years ago William and Whiskers killed their master Max, who was almost finished with the leech samples, in order to take the virus samples. They left Max's body still on the sewer. But the leeches from the leech sample sneaked into Max's body, and Max was reborn and returned to the institute once again for revenge, but instead of cutting down his own apprentice he got K'd by Rebecca and Billy. Forgot to mention. Billy was actually wrongly accused. At a military training on Africa their group killed innocent African villagers because they didn't find their target, and Billy did his best to stop it but was knocked to the ground by the captain. In a fit of rage, Rebecca then promised Billy that she would report to the police that Ensign Billy was dead. Rebecca continues on to Oceanview to meet up with her companions, and Billy leaves on his own.The end of Generation 0.
Movie Productions
Synopsis of the movie Resident Evil 1:
Starring:
Milla Jovovich
Michelle Rodriguez
Eric. Eric Mabius)
James Purefoy
Directed by Paul Anderson
Genre: Sci-fi/thriller
Rated R (horror/sex/nudity)
Overview:
One item. The secret experiment with the "death virus" was a fatal mistake. Based on the popular video game series, Resident Evil is a tense thriller. Featuring Milla Jovovich, who starred in "The Fifth Element," Michelle Rodriguez, who starred in "The Fast and the Furious," and Milla Jovovich, who starred in "The Fifth Element," the movie is a tense thriller. The Fast and the Furious") and Eric Mabius (who starred in "Dangerous Sex Games" "Cruel Intentions") in the lead roles in the story of the outbreak of a conflict between good and evil, humans and computers, the living and zombies. computers, and the living versus the zombies.
Plot:
Something terrible is afoot in the vast underground genetic research center of the Umbrella Corporation's hive, where mysterious bio-engineers gather. A deadly virus has broken out and is spreading fast. "The "Red Queen" ----, a supercomputer that controls and monitors the entire Hive, has sealed off the entire center, including even the smallest loophole, "killing" all the people trapped inside. killed" all the staff trapped inside.
Alice (Milla Jovovich) and Rain (Michelle Rodriguez) must lead a contingent to quarantine the virus that has destroyed all of Umbrella Corporation's researchers. However, the team soon realizes that the staffers aren't really dead. They are now voracious zombie-like living dead wandering around the Hive. A bite or scratch from one of them will infect people and instantly turn them into one of their kind.
Alice and her contingent have three hours to complete their mission, or else the zombies will overrun the planet and pose a threat to the entire planet. To get to the Red Queen, the squad members must navigate through a series of obstacles that are more terrifying than horrifying in this hive-like maze. These include deadly lasers, alien dog claws, and a giant sample house where Alice gets a glimpse of the Umbrella Corporation's nefarious research that led to this crisis. Alice also soon discovers that the zombies are the result of one of the company's latest research programs ---- variant of the T-virus.
The T-virus was originally designed to be an anti-aging, neurological cure with the ability to activate dead cells. Alice realizes that a mysterious saboteur must have stolen the virus and released it into the air of the Hive. This is how the crisis erupts. Who could have done this? And why?
Faced with this giant computer, Raine pretends to ask the Red Queen to help them. The Red Queen agrees, but insists that none of those infected are allowed to escape. Unless, of course, they can first find an anti-virus that restrains this virus. The effective way to do this is to utilize a genetic variant of the now-famous evil creature ---- "Licker" that destroys all zombies. Every time the Licker kills someone, his power increases, and makes the task force's job more dangerous.
Can the Task Force defeat the Red Queen in time to find the anti-virus within the time limit? Or will they also turn into zombies? And who, if anyone, will escape the evil "hive" alive?
Synopsis of the movie Resident Evil: Apocalypse:
Written by Paul Anderson Paul Anderson
Directed by Alexander Witt Alexander Witt
Starring Milla Jovovich Milla Jovovich
Written by Paul Anderson
Starring Milla Jovovich Milla Jovovich Jovovich
Sienna Guillory Sienna Guillory
Mike Epps Mike Epps
Oded Fehr Oded Fehr
Sack Ward Zack Ward
Razaaq Adoti
Matthew G. Taylor
Genre: Action/Horror/Sci-Fi
Rated PG-13 (for frequent language, violence, and bare-camera)
Length: 115 minutes
Produced by Screen Gems (Sony's Pictures)
Release date: Sept. 10
Theaters (regional): 2,700 (U.S.)
Plot:
Alice (Milla Jovovich) escapes from the biochemical zombies of the first episode, but she still can't escape the nightmare of Resident Evil. After being transformed by the Umbrella Corporation's underground biochemical labs, she is given superhuman strength speed and senses, and now she must take on the job of protecting humanity and continue her battle against the zombies.
The biochemical virus is still raging and spreading throughout the city of La Coeur d'Alene, and those zombies infected with the virus have become a threat to the entire human race, and the source of the virus and a way to effectively control it must be found before they become even more powerful, in order to solve the extinction of the entire human race caught in the genetically mutated. To that end, and also to identify and save any of her fellow citizens who may have survived in the city of Lacorne, Alice and Jill (Sina Guillory), a member of the Special Defense Forces who has just been demoted and disciplined, along with Peyton (Ryszard Erdotti), L.J. (Mike Epps), Nickolai (Sakk Ward), and Captain Carlos (Audit Foer) form an investigative team to go deeper and deeper into the into the hinterlands of the city of La Coeur d'Alene.
In addition to facing an army of zombies and mutant monsters, they encounter an even more powerful foe, a monster known as "Nemesis" (Matthew Taylor), a mutated version of the injured Matt from the first episode of the series, after he received the Umbrella Corporation's "Nemesis Program". It was mutated after receiving the Umbrella Corporation's "Nemesis Program" in the first episode. It was programmed to destroy all living things, and it also possesses powerful electromagnetic cannons and rockets with incredible destructive power.
"Resident Evil 3: Afterlife" (Resident Evil: Afterlife) synopsis:
Hollywood Reporter recently reported the news of two new Resident Evil movie versions, in addition to the already confirmed "Resident Evil: Afterlife" (Resident Evil: Afterlife). Afterlife, a fourth installment of its movie is now actually in the works.
Filmed in Australia, "Resident Evil: Afterlife" is based on a script by Paul W.S. Anderson, the director of the first "Resident Evil" movie. Previously Anderson has also made movies tied to gaming such as Mortal Kombat and Alien vs. Iron Warrior. The film's heroine, Alice, is still starring Anderson's wife and model Milla Jovovich, and the plot is a continuation of the first film's story. After Alice escapes the labs of the Embraer Corporation, the city is in ruins, and she now encounters more zombies in the southwestern deserts of the United States. The film is expected to be released in theaters within 2006.
The most surprising aspect of the Hollywood Reporter's report is the news of a fourth Resident Evil movie; with the third film just opening and the fourth already being cast, it's clear that CAPCOM and the studio are ready to milk Resident Evil for all it's worth before they're satisfied. The fourth installment of Resident Evil is being filmed by Germany's Constantin Film AG, and the film will be set in Tokyo, though there's no further word on that yet.
Chinese title: Resident Evil 3: Afterlife
English title: Resident Evil: Extinction
Country: USA/UK/France/Germany
Film genre: Horror, Thriller, Action, Sci-fi
Release date: September 21, 2007
The film is being produced by Sony Pictures. Company：Sony Pictures
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy Russell Mulcahy
Starring: Milla Jovovich Milla Jovovich
Linden Ashby Linden Ashby
Oded Fehr
Ali Larter Ali Larter
Film Details:
Filmed in Australia, Resident Evil 3: Aftermath is based on a script by Paul Anderson, the director of the first Resident Evil film. The third installment still stars Anderson's wife and model Milla Jovovich as Alice, and the plot will continue the story of the first film.
The storyline picks up in the second episode when the city of LaQueen is contaminated with a bio-virus that causes zombies to run rampant, necessitating the use of a nuclear bomb to destroy the entire city. The third episode takes the story back to the headquarters of the Umbrella Corporation, which developed the virus, and continues the investigation into the whole bio-virus story.