Remember that pre-historic time when dinosaurs roamed the earth and people were still playing on their old, but oh-so classic, PlayStation One consoles? Well, once upon a time, while Capcom were busy beavering away at Resident Evil 2 and counting all their profit from the original Resident Evil, there existed a version of Resident Evil 2 that did not come to light.
Yes, the Resident Evil 2 that you (should) have in your classic PlayStation games collection was almost a completely different Resident Evil game altogether with totally different locations, enemies, storyline and even a brand new playable character called, “Elza Walker”, who was later to be replaced by Resident Evil fan-favourite, Claire Redfield. However, perhaps because it turned out to be a bit crap, Capcom scrapped much of the Resident Evil 2 material that they had generated and created and released the Resident Evil 2 that we all know and love.
Archived footage of the older prototype version of Resident Evil 2 — now unofficially dubbed, “Resident Evil 1.5″ — has managed to surface since the release of Resident Evil 2 – all those years ago. I thought I’d go ahead and include one of the longer gameplay videos which features a plethora of Resident Evil 1.5 footage and reveals some interesting features that seemingly did not make it into the official Resident Evil 2. Obviously the most notable feature being, Elza Walker, the playable female character who did not make it into the final Resident Evil 2 build. See how many more you can notice.