We have seen Resident Evil 4 reimagined in a variety of ways over the years. Aside from the recent swanky remake, fans of the series have regularly taken the 2005 GameCube game in new and creative directions, but now we have seen it in a new dimension too (thanks, PCGamesN).
Yes, one fan by the name of DooMero is working on a complete remake of the survival horror game in the style of a 2D side-scroller. The project has been underway for a good while now, with DooMero using the engine and modding tool GZDoom to bring the concept into reality — and from what we have seen so far, this is giving all the GBA vibes.
The creator has posted a 33-minute gameplay video (below) on their YouTube channel, showing the project in action. Watching Leon run from left to right, shooting down angry Ganados only on a horizontal plane takes some getting used to, but there is a certain retro charm that comes with seeing cutscenes relegated to on-screen text boxes and transition animations between foreground and background action.
DooMero hasn't provided a release date for this one just yet, so, for now, we'll just have to be content with watching the survival side-scroller unfold.
What do you make of this DEmake? Would you play it? Let us know in the comments.
[source youtube.com, via pcgamesn.com]
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looks like its running at 15 fps! funny though. Better than RE for GB for sure. Graphics are too good for GBA and too clean for DS, more like a 3DS
RE4 if it released on Nintendo DS
I laughed good at the tires furiously rotating at high speed while the car moved at 10mph.
The mod looks so good! I want to play RE4 again
Leon with that knife parry for the win!
This looks surprisingly decent, looks a lot like what a possible DS game would be. I'm wondering if it's running on native hardware/emulator or just made to look low fidelity on purpose.
Looks pretty decent actually. Would be cool to aim up n down to get the head/knee shots
Okay now remake it as if it were a PS1 game!
Hah, that's a fun little project.
This REALLY reminded me of Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
Reminds of ps1 games man those graphics are ugly .. was thinking more pixilated rather than looking just like re4 but side view
I love this. It looks really interesting! I'd buy it
Wow, this looks great! The only thing missing is the Tetris inventory!
@CammyUnofficial There is aiming in other directions other than straight ahead, it's shown a bit after 14:50.
Looks like a bad Saturn game. Good job.
I'll be honest, I'm genuinely more interested in this than the actual remake that came out this year. Not that I think this is better by any means, but I think going from 3D to 2D (or vice versa) is just way more interesting, even as silly as it seems to be in execution. I love seeing games remade into entirely different types of games like this, its why I'm bummed the multiple 2d OOT projects never got close to completion.
This would have been a great DS and PSP game.
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