Resident Evil 2 1998 Pc Mods

[Brayan Jacobsen]

Flatscreento VR mods for Resident Evil games are no strangers to Ian's VR Corner. Thanks to the sterling work of modder Praydog, I've been able to play my way through both the Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 Remakes and I've had the pleasure of getting up close and personal with Lady D in Resident Evil Village VR way before the PSVR 2 version of the game was even announced.

However, on this week's episode of Ian's VR Corner (or should that be Leon's VR Corner?), you can watch me time travel back to the 90s as I dive face first into an incredibly detailed VR recreation of the classic PS1 version of Resident Evil 2!

Resident Evil 2: Source was originally made for the flat version of Half-Life 2. After Steam Workshop support was added to the free Half-Life 2 VR Mod recently, the mod's creator gave permission for it to be ported to VR and that's exactly what someone has done! To play the mod for yourself, all you'll need are a copy of the original Half-Life 2 and of course the free Half-Life 2 VR mod. Then you just have to subscribe to Resident Evil 2: Source VR mod in Steam Workshop and, next time you load up the Half-Live 2 VR mod, you'll find all the RE2: Source maps in the 'Workshop' menu on the main title screen.

Pretty much the entirety of Resident Evil 2's "Leon A" scenario from the PS1 has been ported to VR here, and it all plays out much like the original game, minus all the cutscenes and the changes I mentioned in the screenshot caption above. That means, if you've got a good memory, you should be able to play through the game using exactly the same methods as you did back in 1998. Unless you do what I did in the VR Corner video and accidentally switch the game to Sandbox Mode without realising, which gives you instant access to all of the main Card Suit keys... whoopsie!

If you're a VR lover and a fan of nostalgia, I'd totally recommend giving this a whirl. The PS1 era textures work surprisingly well in VR and despite a few rickity bits here and there, the full package is genuinely impressive and you'll have a wonderful time taking a trip down memory lane in one of the most immersive ways possible!

NexusMods user alphaZomega's RE2R Classic mod allows players to shift to fixed camera angles, bringing back the original perspective from the 1998 survival horror classic. The mod's listing page notes that "over 1,700 fixed cameras are all fully placed" and users who install it can complete the game from start to finish in this perspective.

Fans have debated the use of fixed camera angles since Capcom moved away from them in the original Resident Evil 4 released in 2005, instead favoring third and then first person cameras. While official support for the perspective is gone, mods like the RE2R Classic offer players the best of both worlds.

Resident Evil 2's remake was a huge success, as while it was not the first Resident Evil game remade, it kickstarted a crusade for Capcom. Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil 4 remakes followed, all running on the same game engine.

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