8 Awesome Resident Evil Games That Almost Happened
3. Resident Evil 5 (Original Story)
A look at the earliest trailers should tell fans Resident Evil 5 underwent a lot of changes during development, with entire locations and plot points being absent from the end product. The game was designed to be a single-player experience initially, with Chris arriving in Africa to foil the plans of Wesker. The released game features many of the same characters, but the plot played out much differently. Sheva wasnt a BSAA operative but a member of the local resistance, who assisted Chris at several points. Barry Burton and The Merchant would have also appeared, and fast-moving zombies were the main enemies. The heat of the sun would have affected Chris stamina while scrapped stages included a tanker abandoned in the desert, and a silent town featuring Lickers hiding under the sand. Some people think the backlash to the first trailer featuring a bulky white dude mowing down infected black villagers with a machine gun caused Capcom to rethink everything, so Sheva eventually became your partner, and the story was reworked around the idea of co-op gameplay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxJbz_3PKQo
