Resident Evil 4: 25 Mind-Blowing Things You Didn't Know

It's fairly common knowledge that Resident Evil 4 went through a spate of different betas before becoming the game we all know and love. The footage of the "Hookman" version of the game is an interesting insight into the supernatural direction RE4 could've taken.

What's intriguing about these early looks is actually the inspiration for them. Writer Yasuhisa Kawamura has said that one of influences for these early ideas was the 1990 psychological thriller Jacob's Ladder, a film which coincidentally also heavily inspired Silent Hill.

Additionally, Resident Evil 4's early development was defined by the Japanese word "mogaki" which Kawamura described as "a situation in which you try to wriggle with your whole body in fear, but cannot escape."

Arguably, this is still one way to describe the overwhelming feeling of the Ganado horde in the final game.