Along with its returning characters and diverging story campaigns, the upcoming Resident Evil 2 remake will be sporting some pretty spiffy new visuals when it launches early next year. Meanwhile, if the updated game’s new look has got you itching for some HD Resident Evil scares, there’s a new mod for the PC version of Resident Evil 4 you might want to check out.
The mod, which is officially called the ‘Resident Evil 4 HD Project,’ replaces virtually all of the textures found in the game’s three main locations with newly enhanced HD variants. Back when Capcom released its own HD remaster of Resident Evil 4 in 2014, some fans were disheartened to discover that it wasn’t quite as HD (high definition) as Capcom had originally promised, as most of the game’s textures had been left completely unaltered. One group of fan modders decided they would do what Capcom wouldn’t, and now four years later, their work has finally been completed.
As you can see in this announcement post on the mod’s website, the new version that has been released isn’t technically the “final” version, but it’s in a good enough state that the creators are making it publicly available for download. Improvements to textures, lighting, visual effects, and more have been made not only to the core story campaign but also to side modes like The Mercenaries and Separate Ways. There are still some final touch-ups that have to be made to certain character, weapon, and item models, but for the most part the mode is essentially finished, allowing players to experience Resident Evil 4 in a whole new way (at least visually).
Instructions for downloading and running the Resident Evil 4 HD Project mod can be found in the above announcement post. The mod’s creators warn that it could conflict with other custom mods, so users are encouraged to do a complete reinstall if they’ve used other mods in the past.