Modders have once again been poking around in Capcom’s remake of Resident Evil 4, and this time have uncovered data for an introductory “Chapter 0” that would have featured Ashley Graham as a playable character. Although the level was never completed and ended up on the cutting room floor prior to the game’s release, modder Thekempy found what remained of the level, restored it and recorded their playthrough.

Designed as a short prologue, Chapter 0 was intended to show Ashley’s arrival in the village. Rather than focusing on action, the chapter would have seen Ashley wandering the woods at night before running into Los Illuminados members performing a sacrifice. You can actually see part of this sacrifice in the October 2022 story trailer.

The path that Ashley travels before coming upon the sacrifice still exists in the game, but is only accessible if you have modding tools to move the camera. After witnessing the sacrifice, it would appear that Ashley would run and stumble into the village.

According to Thekempy, missing parts of the level include various spawn points for Ganados wandering the path that would require Ashley to sneak past them in order to proceed, as well as trigger points, such as one where the player must crawl under a boarded area. Eventually, Ashley would be spotted and chased by Ganados before being captured. Once again, glimpses of the cutscene where Ashley would be caught and taken to the church can be seen in the June 2022 State of Play announcement trailer.

Thanks to Stephen at Games Latest News for the heads up.