Back in July, we shared an overhaul mod for Resident Evil 3. And today, we are happy to report that Mathieu Philippe and his team have released a similar mod for Resident Evil 2. Resident Evil 2 Seamless HD Project improves FMVs, upscales textures via AI, and improves most of the visual effects.
Furthermore, this overhaul mod upscales 3D model textures, restores integrated text, upscales menu elements, HR portraits and more. The RE2SHDP texture pack also solves the seam issue that always comes up when any kind of filtering or upscaling is applied to the game’s mask textures.
In other words, this is a must-have mod for all Resident Evil 2 fans out there. We know that Resident Evil 2 Remake put off some gamers (even though we really loved it). As such, and if you want to re-experience the original game, we strongly suggest using this mod. After all, this is the closest we’ll ever get to a proper remaster of Resident Evil 2.
However, we should note that this overhaul mod is for the GameCube version of RE2. Therefore, PC gamers will have to use an emulator – like Dolphin – in order to enjoy these new visuals.
RE2SHDP was created with the US (NTSC) version in mind. However, this pack can also work with the game’s PAL version. All you have to do is rename the folder “*dolphin_path*\User\Load\Textures\
You can download Resident Evil 2 Seamless HD Project from here. The pack also comes along a custom version of Dolphin (though it does not contain any ISO). All you have to do is to extract the Zip file, open Dolphin.exe, select the folder containing your game ISO, configure the controller if needed and play.
Have fun everyone!
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nitendo is taking down rom sites so grab that iso while you can boyz.
Nice call out and all, but the war on roms, is like the war on drugs. It’s impossible to get rid of them. Nintendo is just making noise, like Nintendo likes to do.
Nintendo can succ mah dik
Sure you are not the r-tard here? It’s not a “official remaster”, it’s an remake, meaning entirely different from the original.
Rubbish game. Now imagine how FF9 would look like if Square used the same technique for pre-rendered backgrounds…
FF7 already have these enhancements, so why talk about Square doing anything when fans are already doing it. I say screw Square.
There are already 2 HD mods for FFIX so is not a big deal anymore . Now imagine how Chrono Cross would look like if Square used the same technique for pre-rendered backgrounds since that game was never been released on PC.
I think PSX emulators are moddable…
No. They are not.
I remember some guides in how to put some custom shaders to make the game be pixel shaded or whatever, but maybe modding textures is another matter.
Well.. now imagine Xenogears, Legend of the Dragoon and Lunar 2 with this. Man! That would be the day.
Nice mod, John!
Thanks for the tip.
Purple flicker happen every minute on the video. Is that the dolphin problem?
No it’s just me on the video turning on / off the HD textures using a shortcut key. ? I edited that out in the RE3 video. It’s really not a problem when you just play normally.
Ok, thanks for confirming this…
Those crisps looking background are lovely
Ok, now Resident Evil 0 next, please!
I tought the PC port was already good enough.
It is good enough. But there are sections in both RE1RE and Zero that still look soupy.
Wow it looks really great!
If you can’t tell the difference between the original RE2 and the Remake (not remaster, Einstein) – then you must be a liberal. lol
I don’t know what is your problem, it looks beautiful
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/788615231731635869/EB033596D2DA53579DCBD5F2B268579C6C03664F/?imw=2048&imh=864&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=true
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Wow, this looks amazing!