There s a reason Resident Evil 4 is such a standout in the series. It shed years of traditional features tank controls, static camera angles, and awkward pacing and replaced them with shooting mechanics that redefined the action-horror genre. The Resident Evils that came before it are still classics, especially Resident Evil 2, but it d be so much more fun to play if Leon Kennedy had some of his Resident Evil 4 moves. One fan created a short demo of what that would look like, and it s as good as you d suspect.
Rod Lima, the amateur developer behind the videos you see here, says that he s not working on remaking Resident Evil 2, but just practicing. I made this only to see some codes actually working, not only in theory, he said. And as the result was good, I decided to do a video. Just that.
The assets you see were extracted from on-rails Wii shooter Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles, and the gameplay was programmed on UDK.
It doesn t sound like Lima has any plans to keep working on this, but now that we ve seen the potential, we want it. Modding community, Capcom, please don t leave us hanging like this.
Resident Evil 4 HD was recently released on Steam, and our review found that it was still great after all these years. But don t take our word for it. Let these reload animation GIFs speak for themselves.
