"Resident Evil 3: Last Escape" mod aims to expand and bring back cut content from the original to the RE3 Remake
Back in 2020, many fans were eagerly awaiting for the arrival of the Resident Evil 3 Remake, more so based on the success that the previous Resident Evil 2 Remake had, and many held their hopes high for what the main antagonist, Nemesis, would behave in game, given the massive praise that Mr. X's implementation in the RE2 Remake.
However, April 3rd, 2020 came by, and when RE3 Remake released, many were disappointed by the game due to many aspects of it deviating too much from what made the original so intriguing. Nemesis' role was relegated to a set piece that appeared in scripted moments, and didn't really chase the player through several locations, like the original did, and his transformation was radically different to where he just served a boss purpose, instead of still being able to stalk the player.
Also, many players complained that the Remake cut-off a lot of areas from the original game, like Jill going into the RPD on her own, and almost everything from the 2nd half of the game was cut, like the Clock Tower, which was an important part in the mid-game, with the park and the factory also missing from the Remake, and instead, players got yet another NEST/Umbrella lab location like in RE2.
All those complains added together, alongside the rather short length of the main campaign, and the last of post-game content of any kind (like The Mercenaries from the original), left a big majority of the RE fanbase with a sour taste, with most RE fans still citing it as the worst RE remake to date. And while the game itself was great and had a good quality overall, the lost potential of what the RE3 Remake could bring drove fans away from going back to it.
But as is most likely the case in most instances where players find drawbacks to a game, avid fans tend to jump on and modify its inner workings to bring the game to a higher standard that fans can enjoy, and such is the case of a currently anonymous modder who owns a YouTube channel with the nickname "Resident Evil 3 Last Escape", in which the modder attempts to recreate and add cut content from the original Resident Evil 3: Nemesis back into the Remake, be it by adding cut locations into the game, to even items and enemy placements.
While his work is certainly not very recent, as he has been posting throughout several months with WIP videos of several areas, his most recent video has sparked a new spark upon fans. In the modder's most recent video, RE3 Last Escape showcases a completely reworked introduction section from the Remake. For those that have played the game before, know that the whole intro of the game is one grand showcase of Nemesis, with the big bad essentially bursting out of Jill's apartment wall to chase her down throughout the apartment building.
But in the Last Escape mod, the modder has changed this introduction to instead be a chaotic escape from the apartment building after a random explosion in Jill's room, while zombies start bursting through her door. From there onwards to escaping the building, only zombies can be found, no Nemesis, reserving his iconic introduction for later in the game, and also, to mimic that of the original RE3's starting sequence, with Jill bursting out of her apartment after an explosion.
This is only one of many videos by RE3 Last Escape, with this latest one being the best showcase of what a reworked RE3 Remake can be.
In other videos, RE3 Last Escape showcases Jill going into the RPD, items from RE2 Remake being imported into RE3 Remake, reworked bar and uptown areas, and even adding back the Warehouse from the beginning of the game.
Without a doubt, passionate fans are putting up a lot of work to make this a better version of the RE3 Remake, a work that many felt Capcom didn't live up to expectations when doing the RE3 Remake, and with the impressive showcases that this anonymous hacker has made so far, many fans are eagerly awaiting for this mod to evolve and become available, even if in an alpha state, so that it can become the long fan-awaited "Director's Cut" of the Resident Evil 3 Remake.
Those interested in following the progress of thid mod can do so by subscribing to the "Resident Evil 3: Last Escape" YouTube channel, where the anonymous user uploads updates and new showcases nearly twice per month.
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