The creator of Resident Evil never cared for one of Resident Evil 4’s most innovative ideas.

Shinji Mikami explains that the change in perspective while aiming has inspired games like Gears of War.

The Resident Evil series has managed to carve a huge niche for itself in the video game world thanks to a premise that not only connects us to survival-horror but also unites us. innovations It’s really important to the industry. The use of the camera in Resident Evil 4 falls under the group of highly relevant additions in the environment thanks to this feature. change of perspective this would set the player’s gaze over the hero’s shoulder each time he aimed to fire a shot.

We didn’t plan to do anything innovative but in the end everyone says we didMikami ShinjiNot a few developers and players to applaud Mikami Shinji to implement this innovation. However, the creator of the epic does not consider this change very important: “felt naturalstrange as it sounds,” Mikami explains in one of the videos on the official Resident Evil channel on YouTube (via VGC).We didn’t plan to do anything innovativebut in the end everyone says we did it.”

“For us personally, we just thought the angle was better. We weren’t trying to do anything new or innovative, there’s no such thing.” Below, the creator recalls early industry reactions to the camera perspective change. Masahiro SakuraKirby and the creator of Super Smash Bros. applaud his idea and his team. War Gears admits that they were inspired by him for their games.

“Strange,” Mikami continues. “Despite all the praise, it doesn’t really impress you. ‘I did it!’ You’re not like, a little more ‘like’this should work i guess‘”.

Regardless, there’s no doubt that Mikami has managed to bring an unprecedented perspective to the industry. We will also welcome this camera change soon in Resident Evil 4 Remake, a set version of history. 24 March 2023 This already presents some differences to the original delivery. But we didn’t miss the opportunity to think about 6 things we’ll change and never touch in Resident Evil 4 Remake from 3DJuegos.