We`ve known about the Resident Evil 2 remake for a long time. Although it was announced in late 2015 by producer Yoshiaki `H` Hirabayashi, the survival horror remake was kept under wraps until E3 2018. During Sony`s press conference, Capcom debuted the first gameplay trailer, finally giving us a glimpse at how it`ll look and play. And better yet, we got a release date: January 29, 2019.The excitement of seeing familiar characters and locales recreated with modern visuals was only elevated after our time spent playing a demo at E3. Resident Evil 2 Remake feels like it respects the nostalgia fans have for the game, and actually factors their intimate knowledge of the game into its design. It stokes memories of the PlayStation classic with faithful renditions of iconic Raccoon City locations, while at the same time unexpectedly flipping the script on the original to terrify longtime fans. While Resident Evil 2 Remake currently feels like a respectful cover of the original with some modern flourishes, our time spent in Racoon City left us with a few questions.During the show, GameSpot was given the opportunity to talk to Yoshiaki `H` Hirabayashi and Tsuyoshi Kanda, the producers of Resident Evil 2 Remake. We discussed not only how much the game has changed from the original, but other subjects such as why they chose to use a third-person over-the-shoulder view, how much Resident Evil 7 influenced the game`s development, and their major inspirations while working on the project.GameSpot: How much of the game has changed? What can fans expect to be the same as the original and what they can expect to be completely different?H: It`s hard to nail down a percentage of new versus old per se, but we really wanted to trace the original game, and that will let you have your muscle memory for keeping the key beats of how the game is structured. But in between those key beats, we wanted to do some restructuring and bring some new surprises. So you`ll definitely have key moment ...
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