Resident Evil creator says the secret to a good remake is knowing what "made the original work," praises RE4 Remake for improving the "half-assed" story he wrote "in 2 weeks"

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Speaking toIGN, Mikami explained his philosophy behind tackling a video game remake.

“Everything from the ground up, basically …

There’s a few examples of that with certain series that Capcom has put out.”

“I thought that they showed a really good understanding of that element,” he said.

Mikami left Capcom in 2006 shortly after the release of Resident Evil 4.

“They showed that they really understood the characters and their interactions.

They showed a good understanding of the backbone of each character.

There’s a good reason the original made our list of thebest horror gamesever made.