Dark Biohazard Interview

[Dot50Cal]

Our interview with the Dark Biohazard mod team has finally been completed. It features a number of questions from the community, as well as some interesting renders made by C2keo that haven't been seen before. For listeners of the podcast, you may notice some familiar lines. We took the audio interview with C2keo and integrated it into Dominions text interview.

Dark Biohazard Interview Feature (http://www.the-horror.com/index.php?id=features&s=db)

[Nomad9026]

Great interview and interesting new background pictures. You've made an excellent job. And good luck to C2keo and Dominion in making the mod, really looking forward to play it now.

[Ridley W. Hayes]

I like the interview, good job there ^_^. I'd be cool if Dominion could join up in a future podcast when the game is released to talk about this mod and everything they went through... but I guess that would be in a very long time... that journey has just began :P.

I love this pic btw:
http://www.the-horror.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1652&stc=1&d=1222444153

It has that RE old-school feel everywhere... just love it.

[Scott Green]

Yeah! Thanks for the interview!! the mod looks really promising, loving those backgrounds! Good luck to Dominion and C2keo for the rest of the project ^_^

[DXP]

I enjoyed reading this, made me realize just how much time and patience goes into a mod I also wish good luck to C2keo and Dominion I can't wait to finally play this \m/

[Project Omega]

Great interview and interesting new background pictures. You've made an excellent job. And good luck to C2keo and Dominion in making the mod, really looking forward to play it now.
Ditto.

This is looking like it's coming along quite nicely.

[adamthegrave]

so when does this mod post to come out??

[Jill Lover]

How come Jill becoming a zombie... that was a big let down guys (J-k)

I hope this Mod never sees the light.... (J-K)

XD

[Darkmoon]

The estimate for the mod is two years. Which, given that it's two guys essentially rebuilding. in there spare time, an entire game that took Capcom, with a large number of trained folks and expensive equipment even longer, isn't too bad.

[Scott Green]

How come Jill becoming a zombie... that was a big let down guys (J-k)

I hope this Mod never sees the light.... (J-K)

XDJill is a Crimson Head now :P

[biohazard_star]

The lab looks really awesome. :D

[kevstah2004]

The lab looks really awesome. :D

Reminds me of Dino Crisis 2 and the tomato sauce room in metal gear solid.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HoNNGQ7XU10

[Mr. Spencer]

Reminds me of Dino Crisis 2 and the tomato sauce room in metal gear solid.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HoNNGQ7XU10

Using Twin Snakes as the example, I am disappointed in you, my boy.

Ignoring the fact that you're one year older than I am.

[Gradon]

Lovely interview guys, I appreciate the work you could do on this and how you answered the boards questions; the game looks fabulous, and all I can really say is...
Thank you. :)

[kevstah2004]

Using Twin Snakes as the example, I am disappointed in you, my boy.

Ignoring the fact that you're one year older than I am.

I couldn't find a video of the original psx version with the tomato sauce solution.
I'll be 23 in Jan getting to be a right codger, lol.

[RPD490]

This has to be the greatest mod ever to be created, its about the closest thing to play RE 1.5, only as a remake and mod! :D

[Jubei Mishima]

I simply can't wait! A picture of Crimson Head Jill would be awesome too, but how the Hell did she manage to walk all the way back to the City? LOL!

[Project Omega]

It would only be maybe 15~25 miles from the mansion to the RPD since the Umbrella Management Training Facility is about "8 miles north of Raccoon City, in the Arklay Mountains" It's not that far given the fact that by the time RE2 happens a few months pass, plus, on average a human walks at 2~3 MPH so given that, you could assume that zombie's shuffle should be on average 1.25 MPH. With the maximum distance set at 25 miles, and shuffling at a rate of 1.25 MPH, you'd reach the RPD in about 20 hours, walking non-stop.

[Greko]

It would only be maybe 15~25 miles from the mansion to the RPD since the Umbrella Management Training Facility is about "8 miles north of Raccoon City, in the Arklay Mountains" It's not that far given the fact that by the time RE2 happens a few months pass, plus, on average a human walks at 2~3 MPH so given that, you could assume that zombie's shuffle should be on average 1.25 MPH. With the maximum distance set at 25 miles, and shuffling at a rate of 1.25 MPH, you'd reach the RPD in about 20 hours, walking non-stop.

And this is why maths and science are fun AND useful! :D

[BLSR1]

It would only be maybe 15~25 miles from the mansion to the RPD since the Umbrella Management Training Facility is about "8 miles north of Raccoon City, in the Arklay Mountains" It's not that far given the fact that by the time RE2 happens a few months pass, plus, on average a human walks at 2~3 MPH so given that, you could assume that zombie's shuffle should be on average 1.25 MPH. With the maximum distance set at 25 miles, and shuffling at a rate of 1.25 MPH, you'd reach the RPD in about 20 hours, walking non-stop.

If she doesn't stop to eat people or wander in different directions.

I assume this version of the outbreak would happen sooner after the Mansion Incident.



anyway. I really cant wait to see this completed. Capcom should Hire you guys to make classic style RE games.

[rad]

i wanna know 2 things
-whats the link to dominion old site
-anyone knows dominion's mail?

[Darkmoon]

I don't think the Last Human Front site is still around.

As for his e-mail I have no idea if he wants folk having it, so you'll have to track that down on your own

[RPD490]

Dominion's new website Dark Biohazard, is currently under construction, but the second trailer is now on Youtube. Don't worry, it will be here before you know it.

[HouseofHerrera]

See I think Jill and the others would most likely be traped in the mansion as zombies. Some how Leon is forced to go through the forest and stumbles across it. Maybe Jill would be a boss. If they take their time and do it right they can have her holding the bazooka with acid rounds in it. Making it a challenge to kill her. The final boss in the mansion could be Chris. Chris Zombie on the roof top mutates after eating parts of Tyrant's arm. Or something. :D

It'd be cool if Dark Bio Hazard were to keep the mansion as a recurring theme if it has a second entry. Like what if hikers were the ones who found the mansion before the stars and alpha team did? I'd like to see some fresh blood enter into the spencer estate. Other than seasoned pros, don't you guys?

[RetroRain]

I wish Dominion and c2keo luck on this, because it is the closest we'll ever get to the old-school style and away from that action bullshit that is Resident Evil 4 & 5. Good luck guys.

[Colvin]

Me too. Long live Dark Biohazard, the future of classic Resident Evil.

[rewak]

Good interview :) Thanks for taking the time to do it!

[adamthegrave]

this was nothing wrong about Resident evil 2 great game and story after i saw some videos of 1.5 that would of KILLED Resident evil games kinda like 3.5 ,
im glad that they took out Eliza walker she didn't even in the storyline
Claire Redfield is a good character , i do wish they keep some of the from 1.5 onto 2 some area in the building that look cool , the only i say that F*cKed up the FAKE series clone is (Resident Evil -Live actions movies><, Gaiden-GBC)

[Darkmoon]

No, Resident Evil 2 is an awesome game and my favourite in the series. However, there were a lot of cool things in 1.5 and the storyline is deeply interesting, if only to see the changes they made. Hell, if you look at a lot of the things they changed you realize that they've actually slowy introduced most of them into the series, such as hand grenades, armour and more enemies.

[HecRPD]

No, Resident Evil 2 is an awesome game and my favourite in the series. However, there were a lot of cool things in 1.5 and the storyline is deeply interesting, if only to see the changes they made. Hell, if you look at a lot of the things they changed you realize that they've actually slowy introduced most of them into the series, such as hand grenades, armour and more enemies.

Good Point.I like 1.5 more.
I hope this game Dominon is making is awsome,and comes out soon!!!!

[P Anderson DIE]

Sorry if this has already been answered but cant find it here or on the main biohazard site, is this game gonna be for sale and how much? Has this been discussed yet and also what platform is it on.

[Nomad9026]

RE2 mod for pc, gona be released for free in the web, release date unknown.

[P Anderson DIE]

Sweet thanx man gr8 help couldnt find much info on this anywhere, also love your latest rant on the RPD Dispatch. You should join them full time.

[Nomad9026]

Well, maybe someday...

[rehunk88]

wow this sounds great ! i whould love to try it out a more darker re DAMN :)

[cavs]

wow i would definetly get this sounds amazing and has the old resident evil feel

[SpeedyJake]

Hi will this game be mac compatible. Can you reply back and let me know.:P

[Alzaire]

Hi will this game be mac compatible. Can you reply back and let me know.:P

Well it is a mod that will require a copy of RE2 for PC to run. So I would guess if you can run RE2 on a mac, then you will probably be able to run the mod. But I don't know if RE2 will run on a mac? Have to look that up.

[SpeedyJake]

Thanks Alot mate

[REmaster]

Well it is a mod that will require a copy of RE2 for PC to run. So I would guess if you can run RE2 on a mac, then you will probably be able to run the mod. But I don't know if RE2 will run on a mac? Have to look that up.

Hey there. I've never played a PC game myself so I don't know much about the specifications you need. You think I could play RE2 on my standard toshiba laptob? I don't have any thing extra put into it such as cards.

[Stu]

All depends on your laptop specs, they're pretty much always different from system to system. Chances are you can if it's even remotely recent, but there's never a guarantee.

[TyrackT71]

cant wait for this:)

[chris26]

When is dark biohazard getting released on the PC as a patch, it looks great?:D^_^

[Darkmoon]

In theory, it's about 18 months away. The reality? No one knows currently. We haven't heard much out of the boys running the show for a while, and it's possible the mod has run into problems or delays.

[J_Man757]

This will be better then RE4 in my opinion :D

[Daargoth]

This will be better then RE5 in my opinion :D

fixed that one for ya lol :lol:^_^

[Vixtro]

This will be better then RE4 in my opinion :D
That was sarcasm right?..

I hope so.

[Darkmoon]

No, possibly not. A lot of people desperately want a new old style RE game and that's exactly what this looks like it will deliver. If I'm honest I'm more interedted in the mod than I was for RE5.

[CloakedGuy]

This is probably the closest we're ever gonna get to a new game in the style of the classics, so I'm definitley gonna give this one a look.

[Vixtro]

No, possibly not. A lot of people desperately want a new old style RE game and that's exactly what this looks like it will deliver. If I'm honest I'm more interedted in the mod than I was for RE5.
No, the way he said about it being better than RE4 made it look like he thinks RE4 is the best in the series.

Far from it in reality.

[REmaster]

I wonder if it will be done by the end of 2011...

[Cloud Strife]

Possibly near 2011 or late 2010!?

[Swagger]

No, possibly not. A lot of people desperately want a new old style RE game and that's exactly what this looks like it will deliver. If I'm honest I'm more interedted in the mod than I was for RE5.

You don't blame them, the old RE style gameplay still suits me just fine. I hope they make a game that tells more about barry etc. characters that suddenly disappeared from the story/game.:\

[Stu]

No, the way he said about it being better than RE4 made it look like he thinks RE4 is the best in the series.

Far from it in reality.Think it depends on how you read it, could easily have meant that RE4 was the worst.

[Vixtro]

Think it depends on how you read it, could easily have meant that RE4 was the worst.
But then if you read it like that, it's basically implying that Dark Biohazard won't be as good as any of the other RE's, only better than RE4, and that's just silly. :rollseyes

[Stu]

Not at all! It would just imply that RE4 is a low point and that the mainsteam's jewel in the Resident Evil crown was just beaten out by a fanmod, that's all it would mean.

Not sure why you're trying to make such a big deal out of one simple remark.

[Vixtro]

Not at all! It would just imply that RE4 is a low point and that the mainsteam's jewel in the Resident Evil crown was just beaten out by a fanmod, that's all it would mean.

Not sure why you're trying to make such a big deal out of one simple remark.
Well I'm not the one who dragged it out, anyway, end of then.

[Agent_Wong]

Giving my adoration for re2, I think I'm going to have to find myself a copy of it for the pc. So when this project is completed I can wear my pc out playing this. This mod is definitely top shelf.

[Stars1356]

I to would like a RE game with the old style and this would be the closest think we will get. I only really play the new games for the story and 4 story just sucked.

[The_15th]

When will we see videos of gameplay?

[Swagger]

Hope the past characters of RE would return like Rebecca or Barry, heck even HUNK.

[aris13]

Hope the past characters of RE would return like Rebecca or Barry, heck even HUNK.

Obviously you haven't read the Dark Biohazard timeline.....

[Darkmoon]

In Dark Biohazard, both Rebecca and Barry? Zombie chow. The cast of Outbreak? They died. I'm not sure who else is dead, but probably most of the people in the games.

[Humor Tumor]

This is looking pretty good. I listened to the interview on the podcast, so I was very interested in seeing some screens.

and wow, this is looking pretty damn awesome.

[Itchy...Munch!]

New trailer is out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL2BtH_0K9U

tbh I'm disappointed with running zombies, also the children look like midgets (I dont mind that :lol:)

[Stu]

You are aware that "running zombies" have names, right?

Also, new trailer has already been posted.

[Itchy...Munch!]

No, what are they called? Unless you mean crimson head's, but i didn't see much resemblance. Sorry if it has been posted already ^_^

[Alzaire]

They are supposed to be crimson heads.

[Itchy...Munch!]

Rewatching the video they do indeed have crimson heads, my bad :rollseyes

[Dot50Cal]

New trailer looks great :) Gonna be hard with those Crimson heads, and the children, haha nice.

[Enrico Marini]

I'm more concerned with what hasn't been shown. Fear of the unseen...... What does he have up his sleeves?

[BrionIrons]

We have to wait for more updates from him.I guess.

[VirusPunk]

Each time a new trailer is released I get more anxious to play the mod. I surely hope you guys release it very soon. Those crimson heads look like quite the challenge, and I like how you get to revisit the mansion again. I can only wish and hope there will be a Dreamcast port sometime in the near future after the mod is released for PC, though I doubt it.

[Darkmoon]

No, unfortunately. Beyond the technical difficulties of re-doing the stuff for a console you have the legal issue of having to make a new disc for the game. I doubt Capcom will let that one slips by.

[kiedistidus]

Wow I've never really took an interest in fan made mods but this looks so good its pushing me to break the console barrier(I never play pc games im stuck to the playstation consoles) and actually by re2 for the pc.

One thing i dont understand though is how capcom are going to allow leon to be in this game surely his image is copyrighted right?

maybe if dominion or anyone else with this type of talent decides to try and finish 1.5 it might push capcom to release it before someone else does! I seriously doubt it but that would be amazing i would sell my soul for its release.
The first generation of resident evils were the best and although 4 was a thoroughly amazing action game im really dissapointed with how the story has gone,I mean zombies are what res is about and to just do away with them was ridiculous!! I mean the plot and characters of these games are just as important to me as the quality of the gameplay and presentation and im sure theres plenty of fans out there who feel the same way, I'm getting pretty tired of companies like capcom who neglect their hardcore fans who have been the base for such success with series like these.

How much money and work would it honestly take for capcom to just release re 1.5 as a directors cut in this day and age....not alot is what im thinking if a handful of guys can manage to remake an entire game in their spare time!!

RANT OVER

oh and i second that notion of dominion and his guys being headhunted to make classic resi's

[Darkmoon]

Dominion can get away with using Leon in the same way that, say, a fanfic or a piece of fanart can be done...he's not making money using Capcom's intellectual property and he's not causing them to loose money. So Fair Use Laws allow him to do it, rather like Brian Clevenger and 8-Bit Theater.

As to the rest...well, it wouldn't take Capcom a lot to release 1.5, assuming they still have the assets locked away in there evil vault of evil. It's not beyond possibility that it got lost/deleted. Problem is, they don't want to. They think it will harm the franchise, apparently. How, therefore, Gaiden ever saw daylight I can't begin to imagine...

[kiedistidus]

ahhh right I see now so theoretically dominion has the opportunity to rewrite resident evil as we know it!! as long as he doesnt profit from it and it doesnt conflict with capcoms interests.

I think this dominion guy is becoming a personal hero of mine!
Dark biohazard is really impressive! if I wasnt such an avid biohazard fan I would of swore this was an actual capcom game, Hes basically put everything into a 1st gen biohazard that I felt was missing, with all due respect to the guy I just wish capcom where writing the story for it.

As for capcom worrying about damaging the franchise well like you said some of their releases have been below par or otherwise shocking! gun survivor,code veronica,gaiden and probably a few more I've never had the displeasure of sampling.
I think capcom are taking the piss!! their was no demand for the gamecube remake of re1 but they went ahead and done it anyway and while they were at it threw in some new characters,monsters,plot points and pretty much screwed around with the original story so much so that you might aswell disregard the original re1 as some kind of mistake of a game! It was bad enough they ruined the story in later installments, but its like they consciously thought what else can we do to bugger the living daylights out of the series? I know why dont we release a game set before re1 which is so unbeleivable and unecessary that it corrupts the space time continuim and while were at it we'll mind fook the fans by screwing with the original!!

Sorry for my ranting AGAIN but christ I feel like capcom are purposely out to screw with me!!

[BrionIrons]

I really wanna this mod.It looks amazing.

[Shugotenshi]

I am very excited about Dark Biohazard, almost otaku about it. I hope that ALL the zombies in DB will be V-ACTs (Crimson Heads). I am a fan of "fast/running" zombies (whereas I do not find slow zombies threatening or apocalypse causing), not at all a fan of slow/shambeling zombies (ala. George Romero movies). I hope we get another DB update soon. I am hoping there are no delays in the production of DB and that it will be released by 2011.

[Darkmoon]

There are still going to be regular zombies, but the Crimson Heads will be plentiful in places where the T-Virus exposure has been prolonged.

[Shugotenshi]

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Thank you, DM, for the answer/clarification. It explains why in earlier videos (ie. Umbrella Factory) the slow zombies are shown. Also explains why the younger zombies featured at the end of the 'Sum of All Fears' video are slow, not fast.

(Is Darkmoon DB staff/personnel?)

[Darkmoon]

Yeah, I'm a script monkey. My job is to take the rough draft of the script and make it sound like something a native English speaker would say. Dominion is Spanish, and although his English is incredibly good, it doesn't always flow right.

[Shugotenshi]

Yes, I noticed spelling errors and incorrect sentence structure in the first video.

[Lin]

I think they did that on purpose in making the sentences all fucked up.

[Darkmoon]

No, Dominion just doesn't speak English as his first tongue. Hence why he hired me. Which is nice.

[REmaster]

Here's the Dark Biohazard track I made awhile back. I added some background sound clips into the main theme by Jow Hill to reflect the storyline. It's still work in progress but much to my suprise, Jow Hill found it lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIYpACM0PBY

[BrionIrons]

Nice work.

[Hunk_4TH]

Any new updates on this? I really really hope this isn't going to be another unreleased mod.

[Darkmoon]

Nothing at the moment.

[jwright]

The interview was awesome with the Dark Biohazard which is an excellent job. It is really a fan made modification which signifies the landmark in the advanced technology that modify the games engine. This would give a new step to the games engine.