Early concept art for Orphanage and Licker transformation wasted potential?

[ShootaBoy]

Did anyone expect (besides me) the orphanage to look scarier in this remake? The early concept art for the orphanage is better than we got. I was hoping we would shoot some zambie kids and babies. This probably would've been the scariest part of the game. I was hoping that we would experience more horror with the orphanage compare to Dead Space 2. The music is always in my head when I get to play in the orphanage with Sherry.

Say hello to my little friends

Also I'm disappointed that we didn't witness any Licker transformation shown in the concept art. I really wish we can get this as DLC, seriously wasted potential.

[Death]

Originally posted by holychair:

Yeah, they sadly didn't just cut enemies from the original, but also enemies from their own original concept.

That said, I don't agree at all regarding your idea of having to shoot zombified kids and babies. I personally would have found that repugnant. And while my personal feelings are of course totally irrelevant I'm quite sure this would also have led to the game being censored or outright indexed in alot of countries.

Right. Because no other game has ever had unused concept art before.

Also, who really cares about the 1 moth, 5 crows and 3 spiders that got cut? I don't consider the evolved Licker as a cut, because the damn Licker got a buff for the remake making the evolved version just redundant. The damn things would have just killed you in literal seconds. With the complaints just about Mr. X I can only imagine the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that would be going on if there was a super fast and super strong version of the Licker in the game.

[Ogami]

If you want a daycare center with mutated zombie children and baybs play Dead Space 2.
You can mow them down by the dozens.

[Nicovahkiin]

Well they did state the DLC will have an exclusive enemy type, so there's still hope.

[Truest Lord Pancake]

Originally posted by holychair:

Originally posted by Death:

Right. Because no other game has ever had unused concept art before.

Also, who really cares about the 1 moth, 5 crows and 3 spiders that got cut? I don't consider the evolved Licker as a cut, because the damn Licker got a buff for the remake making the evolved version just redundant. The damn things would have just killed you in literal seconds.

I care about the half-licker from the concept art because these would have been great new enemies - which incidentally would have confirmed what was always the theory, namely that zombies evolve into lickers eventually.

I don't really care too much about the spiders and the crows, though some scene showing crows would actually have been a nice throwback and nod to the original.

Regarding the lickers in the lab, I wish they'd just have taken the time to give them another "evolved" skin and boost their stats somewhat. They showed so much attention to detail in the game, why not here?

And lastly, the moth boss in the original game was a joke of course. I still care about it insofar as it was an optional enemy that you only encountered when you actually used the zapping system. And I care about that. IMO the zapping system should not have been thrown out the window, but retained, and an optional boss encountered if you'd made use of both character's fingerprints to unlock something. In my opinion an opportunity to improve on the original game was wasted here.

I thought it was lore confirmed that zombies turned into lickers. The crimson head was the between stage, that's why they begin to grow the long claws.

I could be wrong about it, but that's what I remember from years back. However it would make the most sense if there were crimson heads in the game, which would probably cause more crying. People who want to Rambo this game killed everything, and now made things worse by ignoring what type of game they were playing, would be drowning the boards in their tears.

[James.Havoc]

Originally posted by holychair:

I don't know if it's official, but I do know of the theory: zombie-crimson-licker. I actually more and more think that crimson heads would have fit this remake nicely. They could have even made it so that normal zombies died from much less headshots, like half the threads here demanded after release ... *evil grin*

Well, there also was the Regis Licker from RE Outbreak which already shared the long tongue and the climbing ability from the regualr licker but still had (fire red) skin and was still able to see...

[Truest Lord Pancake]

Originally posted by holychair:

I don't know if it's official, but I do know of the theory: zombie-crimson-licker. I actually more and more think that crimson heads would have fit this remake nicely. They could have even made it so that normal zombies died from much less headshots, like half the threads here demanded after release ... *evil grin*

He he. I was kind of hoping for um too. It would have been awesome to have to make damn sure you knew what you were killing, and having to deal with the repercussions. I miss those zippy bastards.