Posted by Gremlin [24.8.18.225 - c-24-8-18-225.client.comcast.net] on 21 March 2004 at 04.59.26 ZuluTime:

In Reply to: Official statement on the story posted by Jurassosaurus on 21 March 2004 at 02.21.14 ZuluTime:

Yeah, RE4 will have true 16:9 widescreen, which is good. As for differences in the custscenes, I'm not sure. It could help. There were times when playing the Resident Evil remake, where I would just stand there doing nothing because I thought a cut scene was taking place. I remember dying a lot in Fear Effect for the exact same reason.
     That's actually the scariest element of these games: getting the timing down just right--especially the first time you play one--to avoid hitting any buttons and inadvertantly skipping a cutscene, but being ready to start moving the instant a cutscene ends, to avoid extermination.

Anyway, I find it doubtful that a company as powerful as Umbrella would be taken down in only 6 years by the U.S. government. Especially since Umbrella was probably selling its B.O.W. tech to the government anyway. I wouldn't be surprised to find an Umbrella twist somewhere in RE4.
     I never really got the impression that Umbrella were really an American company in the first place. I assume Ashford was meant to have been English [the StarWars philosophy that the English are always the villains]; otherwise, Umbrella might turn out to be based in Argentina, under the joint silent partnership of Joe Mengele, Brain Mouse, and Ren Höek.