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‘Resident Evil 4’ Reimagined as a 2D Run n’ Gun Using GZDoom [Video]
Leave it to fans to create new experiences with beloved games. We already have fan games like Bloodborne PSX (and the upcoming Bloodborne Kart), and now you can add Capcom’s Resident Evil 4 to the list. This time, however, instead of a demake, Resident Evil 4 has been reworked into a 2D shooter that screams of classic Run n’ Guns like Metal Slug.
Powered by GZDoom (the same port of the Doom Engine that powers several unique fanmade games), DooMero‘s Resident Evil 4 2D Edition takes RE4, and has Leon mowing down waves of Ganados on a horizontal plane while picking up items and weapons in a game that hearkens back to SNK’s beloved shooter series.
Resident Evil 4 2D Edition has actually been in the works for a while now. Over on the Doomworld forums (thanks, IGN), DooMero stated that they first started working on this mod back in 2016, but had shelved it. That obviously changed once Capcom dropped the remake of Resident Evil 4.
The mod still isn’t done, but DooMero has posted several videos showing the mod’s progress, including news that we’ll eventually get a demo. As for what the demo entails, DooMero doesn’t want to spoil the final boss, but will instead “include a file in one of the houses of the village for select [sic] what boss you want to confront at the end of the demo.”
Thanks to PCGamesN for spotting this.
Remember back in 2022 when developer Survios had announced that they were teaming up with 20th Century Games to develop a new Alien title? Well seeing as it’s Alien Day, Survios has announced their brand-new VR title, Alien: Rogue Incursion. Coming “Holiday 2024” to the PlayStation VR2, SteamVR, and Quest 3, Rogue Incursion will feature an original story that “fully surrounds players within the terrors of the Alien universe”.
Details on the game are light at the moment, but the official site describes the upcoming title as being “designed by Alien fans for Alien fans”, with Survios aiming to craft a “technically advanced, and frightfully immersive Alien virtual reality game.”
Seeing as Alien: Isolation never got official VR support when it was released, this is obviously a welcome announcement. In the meantime, if you’re keen to experience an Alien game in VR, you can always check out the fan-made mod for Alien: Isolation by Nibre_, which allows both the Steam and Epic Games Store version of Alien: Isolation to be played using the Oculus.
And speaking of Alien: Isolation, as you might expect, it’s got a hefty 80% discount going on at the moment on Steam until May 1. So if you still haven’t grabbed it after all these years, this is as good a time as any.
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