question about William Birkins color

[thedarkone]

Alright the only Resident Evil 2 games i played was the dual shock for PS1 and the port to the GC (which i heard was a port of the dual shock)
and i have always had one question, why is william birkins mutated forms in the game black, when all of his artistic renderings and figures are brownish?

[A-J]

technical issues perhaps ? how he appears in the game is probably the best they could render him .. color pallette and all ..

[thedarkone]

thanks, i was just wondering if it was like a lil bonus change from the original to the dual shock version.

[REmaster]

Yea, probably the same with Hunk how he's black and grey in the artistic renderings but in the game he's brown and dark brown lol. Especially Mr.X, who had a black trenchcoat and grey skin in his artistic rendering, but in the game he sports a green trenchcoat and brownish skin

[thedarkone]

actually Mr. X was a green coat, but i agree about the skin.



I guess using black would also allow them to knull out alot of detail being that the graphic engine back then would not be able to show it all.

[REmaster]

Oh yea i guess it was lol, not that green though

[thedarkone]

yeah it had more or less a greenish tent. oh how i wish capcom would remake 2 and 3 like they did with RE1.....tears....

[REmaster]

Yea the artistic rendering is a darker, greyish tinted green...where in the game it's olive green lol. I'm glad they darkened it in the newer mr.x's in outbreak file 2 and DSC. Those things always confused me when I was a kid, and I always wondered why they were different but I guess like everyone said, the technology just wasn't up to par back then to get precise models lol.

[thedarkone]

yeah. I also find it odd, maybe it was just shadowing but during the flashback of william birkin taking out alpha team and eating the vials, his skin tone was a reddish almost purple.

[REmaster]

lol yea I think it was eithier that, confusion about the color, or they were just like, "I'm having a hard time getting this texture right"..."Screw it, make him purple"

[thedarkone]

lol yeah. Funny though, they managed to make the regected G parasite the perfect color...i just don't know what capcom was thinking

[REmaster]

Yea, I always noticed in RE1 (the original) that Barry's vest was bright red, but in the game it was maroon lol.

http://www.residentevilfan.com/galle...ge.asp?id=1004
http://www.residentevilfan.com/gallery/image.asp?id=6

[thedarkone]

yeah, did you also notice how each character was a color like the power rangers.

Chris -green
Jill -blue
Wesker-black
Barry-Red

[REmaster]

Lmao yea, I liked how they were all color cordinated.
Brad- Yellow
all they need is a pink

[nemesiswontdie]

Lmao yea, I liked how they were all color cordinated.
Brad- Yellow
all they need is a pink

pink would be claire but since she isnt in S.T.A.R.S. and RE1 i guess she doesnt count