It seems that theResident Evilfranchise is simply screaming out for virtual reality mods to up the immersive terror even more. The release ofResident Evil 4on VRlast year showed that there was definitely potential, and that taking the most influential horror franchise in gaming history and translating it to VR only makes the experience that much better. Given that there are plenty of entries in the series, it remains to be seen what some of the other titles would look like with a VR makeover, but one person has managed to do that to two of the newer games.
Uploading the files to GitHub recently, modder Praydog has managed to create virtual reality mods for two recentResident Evilgames, namely the remakes of 2 and 3. On top of this, they’ve also been working on a virtual reality mod forResident Evil Village, which is available for download, but is considered a “work in progress” at the moment. VR forRE2andRE3remakes are also in “early states,” but the download page lists a number of features in them, which include full motion controls, knife damage, and grenade throwing capabilities. Praydog even released a 20-minute video showing footage of them playing the VR version ofRE2.
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This also means that the games are now in first-person, rather than third-person. Playing in this perspective is something that fans may have become accustomed to in the newer games, despite them being a departure from the classic games in the series. A couple of years ago, Praydog even released amod forResident Evil 2remake which adds first-person, so perhaps turning them into virtual reality games was just the next logical step.
As a series,REexperienced a bit of a lull between the fourth and seventh game, but is currently in the midst of a resurgence which it’s been enjoying since 2017. In fact,Resident Evil Villagerecently won this year’s Steam Awards, beating out the likes ofValheim,Cyberpunk 2077, andForza Horizon 5. It shows how much life is still left in the influential horror franchise.
With theResident Evilentries often dominating lists of thebest survival horror games of all time, it’s a franchise that has stood the test of time for decades now. With Praydog releasing theRE2andRE3VR mods, there’s an opportunity for fans to re-experience the horror in more immersive and tech-defining ways.
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