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Description
Resident Evil: Director's Cut is a reissue of the original Resident Evil. Unlike Resident Evil for the GameCube, it is not a remake of the original game, instead, it is more of a slight remix.There are three gameplay modes available. "Original" contains the original game with no changes or additions. "Beginner" features double the amount of ammunition and save ribbons, plus increased health for the player, increased damage for their weapons, and an auto-target feature.
"Arrange" mode is the "Director's Cut" version of the original. The default outfits for Jill, Chris, and Rebecca are changed, new camera angles are introduced, and the placement of key items is changed. Most of these changes are designed to play against the expectations of veteran players of the first Resident Evil - so zombie dogs may smash through new windows, or keys will not be where they were, forcing players to hunt for them anew. The default Beretta pistol is also changed to a chromed version with a randomized chance to kill standard zombies in one shot.
The original release of the Director's Cut advertised an uncut version of the opening cinema, in full color, and never-before seen. Notable aspects of this video include shots of a corpse with bites taken out of the face, close-ups of zombie dogs bleeding when shot, and graphic quick-cuts of Joseph being bitten by these dogs. Chris is also shown smoking in his introduction, which was cut from Western releases. However, only the French and German releases contained this footage. U.S. and UK versions retained the censored black-and-white video shipped with the original release. This has never been corrected, either in the Greatest Hits reissue, or with the PSOne Classics downloads on the Playstation Network.
The original issue of the Director's Cut contained a demo of Resident Evil 2 on a second disc. The "Greatest Hits" re-release added Dual Shock support for the controller (left "movement" stick only).
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Alternate Titles
- "Resident Evil: Director's Cut - Dual Shock Ver." -- 1998 re-release in-game title
- "Resident Evil: DC" -- Common abbreviation
- "Biohazard: Director's Cut" -- Japanese title
Part of the Following Groups
- Biohazard / Resident Evil series
- HUDless games
- PlayStation Greatest Hits releases
- Setting: 1990s
- Setting: Future now Past
- Theme: Zombies
User Reviews
It's back and packing less than expected. | Sycada (191) | unrated |
I Can See The Resident...But Where Is The Evil? | MasterMegid (902) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Barry, Where's Barry?? | TwoDividedByZero (149) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Really tough | Ben Fahy (94) | unrated |
Critic Reviews
PSM | Aug, 1997 | 5 out of 5 | 100 |
The Video Game Critic | Dec 16, 2004 | A | 100 |
Consoles Plus | Dec, 1997 | 94 out of 100 | 94 |
Meristation | Oct 15, 1998 | 9 out of 10 | 90 |
Video Games | Nov, 1997 | 90 out of 100 | 90 |
HonestGamers (Staff reviews only) | Oct 30, 2009 | 9 out of 10 | 90 |
IGN | Sep 30, 1997 | 8.9 out of 10 | 89 |
Mega Fun | Nov, 1997 | 85 out of 100 | 85 |
Ultra Game Players | 1998 | 78 out of 100 | 78 |
GameSpot | Oct 23, 1997 | 6.9 out of 10 | 69 |
Forums
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The soundtrack is hilarious | 4 | BlameItOnTheKusoge (5) Aug 13, 2012 |
Trivia
The directors cut release of RE was supposed to have the original, uncut intro and the uncut version of the scene in which you first encounter a zombie put back into it. However, when the scenes were being approved for release, there was a problem with copyright and instead of removing the offending article, the new cutscenes were rejected and the old, censored cutscenes were put into production. By the time Capcom USA noticed the error, RE DC was on it's way to stores complete with cover art that specifically advertises the uncut scenes. They made no attempt to rectify the situation and never returned the scenes to any overseas copies or any future Playstation releases of the game.Related Web Sites
- Resident Evil Fan (With tons of videos, artwork, interviews and a Resident Evil encyclopedia, this fansite contains everything that the passionate fan could ask for.)
Grant McLellan (622) added Resident Evil: Director's Cut (PlayStation) on Mar 29, 2001
Credits (101 people)
98 developers, 3 thanks
Chris Redfield:
Charlie
Jill Valentine:Inezh
Barry Burton:Gregory
Rebecca Chambers:Linda
Albert Wesker:Eric
Joseph Frost:Jason
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