Now here’s something amazing for all you Resident Evil 2 fans out there. Modder ‘Guyue’ is currently working on a cool remake of the classic Resident Evil 2 game using Unreal Engine 4.
Although there isn’t any ETA on when this fan remake (or even a demo of it) will come out, you can check out its first screenshots. These screenshots will give you an idea of what you can expect from it. That is of course if the project ever sees the light of day.
The Resident Evil 2 HD Reprint will keep the original 3D models and stick to the same gameplay style. In other words, it will have fixed camera angles. Right now, the modder is recreating the original maps in Unreal Engine 4, and the first scenes he has shown look just like you remember them.
As this project is using UE4, the modder will take advantage of some modern techniques. This means we’ll get improved lighting, and possibly better reflections, global illumination, post-process effects, and shadows. But, just so you know, this fan project is not planning to use Ray Tracing or Path Tracing. Resident Evil 2 HD Reprint is sticking with the traditional non-RT rendering methods from what I can see. So yeah, don’t expect something like an RTX Remix.
Enjoy the screenshots and stay tuned for more!
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Well, I love the pre-rendered backgrounds aesthetic but this sure looks pretty good. Love to see it full game in future.
john you gotta stop calling these tech showcases remakes.
THIS ^^^
Shhh….at least he’s not posting those nude mods….
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Just in time to be shutdown in the near future 🙂
I hate this meme response, just because some fan projects gets shut down. Yes, Capcom asked some devs remaking RE2 to cancel it because they wanted to remake the game themselves (which turned out ok, because the fan devs made a commercial abeit mediocre game from those assets called Daymare). But that motiff doesn’t blend in 2023, they are not gonna remake RE2 again, so this project may as well survive, since Capcom don’t hunt against these fan projects like devs such as Nintendo or Rockstar.
Some people love to do useless time-wasting projects.
Indeed 😀
It kind of looks like they are trying to emulate RE2remake in this classic RE2 remake.
i just wanted to see an expanded raccoon city with pre-rendered backgrounds, maybe different alleyways and street and stores and more scenario to discover and expanding upon the existing lore of RE2/RE3.