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While Capcom’s official HD version of Resident Evil 4 was… fine (it does look better than the game running in SD), it was hardly amazing looking. A little bit of spit and polish was about the extent of the work put into the multiple HD releases RE4 got, with the most recent “Ultimate HD Edition” on PC and the port to Xbox One and PS4 being the best looking ones. Of course, we aren’t here to talk about Capcom’s HD edition. The dedicated fans over at RE4 HD Project have just released a new update, and it’s damn near complete.
The RE4 HD Project mod has been amazing to watch grow over the years, starting all the way back in 2014, it’s finally covered the entire game. As this update is clear to point out, they do not consider this finished in any way, there’s tons of tweaking and refining left to do not to mention character models and weapon models, but this is the most complete it has ever been. Their update list is as follows:
- Village Pack – UPDATED
- All textures, 3D edits, lighting and effects improvements to date
- Castle Pack – UPDATED
- All textures, 3D edits, lighting and effects improvements to date
- Island Pack – NEW
- All textures, 3D edits, lighting and effects improvements to date
- Separate Ways Pack – NEW
- All textures, 3D edits, lighting and effects improvements to date
- Assignement Ada Pack – NEW
- All textures, 3D edits, lighting and effects improvements to date
- The Mercenaries Pack – NEW
- All textures, 3D edits, lighting and effects improvements to date
- Subscreen and Menus and Weapons Pack – NEW
- Re-created menus and subscreen background images
- Improved inventory item models and textures
- Weapons Pack – NEW
- In-game weapon 3D models and textures based on the higher quality “examine view” version
NOTE: Weapon textures will receive a complete makeover in the final release
- In-game weapon 3D models and textures based on the higher quality “examine view” version
- Items Pack – NEW
- In-game item 3D models and textures based on the higher quality “examine view” version
NOTE: Some item textures will receive a complete makeover in the final release
- In-game item 3D models and textures based on the higher quality “examine view” version
- Cut-scene Pack – NEW
- Fixed and restored effects from the Gamecube/Wii version that got lost during the HD porting process
- Improved cutscene-exclusive textures and 3D models
- Low-polygon Ganados have been replaced with the higher-polygon version
- Some lighting adjustments here and there
- Some effect adjustments here and there
- Miscellaneous
- Enemy torches and crossbow arrows cast real time light
- Improved barrel and tank explosions
- Fixed some minor sound bugs
I simply cannot wait to try this update out for myself, if you’ve been following Rely for any period of time you probably know how addicted I am to RE4 regardless. It’s amazing the work that fans can do, and the passion and dedication these people have put in absolutely deserve as much praise as possible.
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