Generally a recreation is so good that it by no means dies, it simply evolves and adapts with time. Such is the case of Resident Evil 4, a recreation that continues to be remade, modded, remastered, and tweaked by Capcom and followers alike. The newest stab at reinventing the basic horror recreation turns it right into a 2D side-scroller that appears prefer it fell out of the ‘90s in all the proper methods.
Initially launched in 2005, Capcom’s Resident Evil 4 was a watershed second for the beloved survival horror franchise. First launched on Nintendo’s GameCube, RE4 moved the collection away from its historically static cameras and sluggish motion with a brand new over-the-shoulder third-person perspective and extra fight than ever seen in a previous Resident Evil recreation. Since then many Resident Evil entries and different action-horror video games have tried to recapture the texture of RE4, with blended outcomes. Now somebody is taking that unique basic and reinventing it as one thing fully new.
On July 25, basic Doom modder DooMero posted a brand new video exhibiting off their still-in-development recreation that takes Leon and RE4’s story and gameplay and interprets it right into a 2D side-scrolling motion recreation. Within the video, we see the well-known intro of RE4 from an entire new perspective.
A lot of what you count on when enjoying Resident Evil 4 is right here, together with the sport’s creepy ambiance, cutscenes, segments through which you speak to folks by way of a communication system, and even that cool second when Leon leaps out of a window. It’s all right here however introduced as a lo-fi 2D side-scroller. It’s like taking a look at an alternate dimension the place Resident Evil 4 modified the collection however went this course as a substitute of an motion shooter.
Based on DooMero, this spectacular 2D creation is constructed utilizing GZDoom, the favored open-source supply port of the unique Doom engine. Whereas it’s cool to see GZDoom getting used like this, it additionally presents some challenges for DooMero, who defined in a put up on Doomworld that they’ve needed to scale back the decision of the sport’s cutscenes as a result of they eat an excessive amount of reminiscence and crash GZDoom.
DooMero hasn’t shared a agency launch date for his or her recreation, however on Doomworld they did say a demo for the 2D RE4 is coming “quickly.” Till then you may try the modder’s YouTube channel the place they’ve documented the event of this venture for six years.