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Created by alphaZomega and uploaded to NexusMods, the RE2R Classic mod allows fans to play the game with fixed camera angles and tank controls like it's 1998 but prettier.

The remake notably used an over-the-shoulder camera view popularised by the original Resident Evil 4, but some fans of the original may have missed its fixed camera.



This mod uses 1700 fixed cameras carefully placed around the game environments to ensure it can be completed in full.

It also reverts to tank-style controls, originally used to ensure a clear sense of direction through shifting camera angles. The controls are customisable in the mod's options. Other tweaks have been made to ensure the mod feels authentic and playable, including auto-aim, laser sights for all weapons, and visual changes to make certain less visible items flash. There's also a 'bend camera to enemy' feature to help with off-screen enemies.

via Eurogamer

 

[Bring Back Scalebound]

Nostalgia is a disease.

But with that being said, it's a really well made mod.
For those that want it, it looks like it delivers.

 

[DaciaJC]

I never played the original, but this is damned cool. The modding community is such a gem.

 

[lh032]

 

[Lethal01]

Nostalgia is a disease.

As much of a disease as the notion that new == better

Fixed camera angles have tons of benefits and shouldn't disappear from modern gaming.

 

[64bitmodels]

I need to check this out, this looks so pretty! Really like a 2005 style remake of the old game!

 

[T-0800]

RE2 remake is great but the original RE2 is better.

 

[64bitmodels]

Now for the REAL test.... make a similar mod for RE4 Remake.

 

[VeganElduderino]

RE2 remake is great but the original RE2 is better.

yeah, that's just nostalgia talking! if both came out today there's no way in hell you would be saying that !

 

[Lethal01]

yeah, that's just nostalgia talking! if both came out today there's no way in hell you would be saying that !

Nah, I play tons of indies that don't adhere to what's "normal" in modern AAA gameplay but still surpass it.

 

[VeganElduderino]

Nah, I play tons of indies that don't adhere to what's "normal" in modern AAA gameplay but still surpass it.

I do too, but remake is far superior.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

This looks really. Will try it out.

I recall reading Capcom planned to include a mode like this but cut it?

 

[{insert code here}]

That looks so good and it completely changes how you play the game. I hope they do this for RE3.

I wonder if they would have the courage to try it with RE4 or RE5

 

[T-0800]

yeah, that's just nostalgia talking! if both came out today there's no way in hell you would be saying that !

ok

 

[Seyken]

RE2 remake is great but the original RE2 is better.

Here, wear this to match with your take...

 

[kiphalfton]

When it comes to RE

Fixed camera > third person camera > First person camera

 

[Neff]

This is how it should have been.

RE2 remake is great but the original RE2 is better.

Doesn't even need stating.

 

[nial]

I need to check this out, this looks so pretty! Really like a 2005 style remake of the old game!

Well, Resident Evil 4 was released in 2005.

 

[intheinbetween]

RE2 Remake Degraded version

 

[Soodanim]

yeah, that's just nostalgia talking! if both came out today there's no way in hell you would be saying that !

Typical vegan trying to push his opinion onto others

 

[Bring Back Scalebound]

As much of a disease as the notion that new == better

I can't blame you for making that assumption about me, because what I said was vague.

I don't believe that.
What I believe is that a Remake should be it's own thing, and whatever the developers want it to be. Regardless if it's wildly different from the original or not.
If the Remake was done with tank controls and fixed cameras, that shouldn't be an issue. It's what the developers want that matters to me, and I believe should matter to everyone else.

The Original still exists. Unless in situations where it replaces the original, but that's a gaming preservation thing.

If you want tank controls and fixed cameras, you can play the Original, if the Remake not having that ruins it for you, because you are nostalgic towards that.

Or you can use this mod. Which is fine. I still remain with my distaste for nostalgia.

Fixed camera angles have tons of benefits and shouldn't disappear from modern gaming.

Not what I said, but again, can't blame you for making that assumption.

Games with tank controls and fixed cameras should exist.
Play the ones that have them, new or old.
Or mod it in games that don't.
I don't like the latter, but that should be fine.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Love raccoon city it set a very high standard.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Fixed camera angles have tons of benefits and shouldn't disappear from modern gaming.

Gameplay is not one of them. Look at that lame ass auto aim...

 

[GHG]

Looks amazing.

Will definitely give this a whirl.

 

[Pimpollo818]

yeah, that's just nostalgia talking! if both came out today there's no way in hell you would be saying that !

search your feelings, you know it to be true.

 

[Nankatsu]

Looks amazing, wished they dropped something like this on consoles.

I really like the current camera and mechanics of most recent RE games (except maybe RE7 and RE8, they're a different breed), but fixed camera angles and tank controls matches perfectly with survival horror.

 

[hemo memo]

Tank controls and fixed camera are objectively worse. A lot of important details are lost and if Capcom did it now then it shows that they are cheap and lazy. As much as I hate RE7 First Person view, I would easily take it over this.

 

[VeganElduderino]

Typical vegan trying to push his opinion onto others

typical meatard !stfu

 

[VeganElduderino]

search your feelings, you know it to be true.

search my feelings? I was there when the OG came out !

 

[rofif]

wtf settings this guy uses. Usual re2 modder lol.
Sharpening all the way up and TAA disabled.
Motherfuckers, TAA in rengine is there to combat the dithering. THE GAME IS MASTERED WITH THEIR TAA IN MIND GOD DAMNIT !!!
I am triggered

 

[mortal]

This looks rather well executed. Cool stuff.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

RE2 remake is pretty good but yeah original is just better. Same for RE3 remake unfortunately... But hey at least RE4 Remake Seperate Ways shits all over the originals.

 

[JackMcGunns]

 

[Soodanim]

I don't think I could spend an entire game looking at the movement animation. It looks really off to the point that it looks worse than the originals.

 

[Darkkahn]

This is great, it should've been a built-in option from the get-go.

 

[SomeGit]

I don't want to get into the dick measuring contest of which one is better, I really like REmake 2, but it's sad that there isn't a way to play OG RE 2 on modern hardware. REmake 2 is not and should not be a replacement for the original.

 

[Danjin44]

Tank controls and fixed camera are objectively worse. A lot of important details are lost and if Capcom did it now then it shows that they are cheap and lazy. As much as I hate RE7 First Person view, I would easily take it over this.

I dont agree with that because I actually played original RE game before RE2R came out and played great in my opinion but the game has to build around it and in RE2R case it just not build for it.

 

[Arsic]

I need this.

Does this mod allow for non tank controls but with this perspective? I love how much more you get to enjoy the environment this way. Game looks even prettier!

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

Does it compensate for REmake's zombies becoming bullet sponges after precise aiming was added? That was one of my least favorite aspects of the new game, shooting a zombie in the head repeatedly with no effect.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

RE2 has really stood the test of time as a scenario that can basically be adapted to any mechanical formula and somehow not suck. We've had classic RE2, RE2 inside of RE3, a rail shooter, a tps remake, and now a mod that makes the remake play like the original. They could turn RE2 into a farming Sim and it would kick absolute ass.

 

[SuperBabyMethod]

The way it was supposed to be.

 

[Moses85]

PS5 release, when?

 

[Senua]

Looks fucking awesome. There's something about those fixed camera angles man I'm telling ya, just finished Silent Hill 2 again and in the mood for this!

 

[Umbral]

That slip-slidey running animation would drive me mad. I’d love to play it otherwise.

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

hope capcom makes fixed-camera REs w/ prerendered backgrounds in the future.

i want more 3rd person REs too, but dont forget about fixed-camera.

 

[Soodanim]

hope capcom makes fixed-camera REs w/ prerendered backgrounds in the future.

i want more 3rd person REs too, but dont forget about fixed-camera.

I'm going to be that guy once again and say that reviving Outbreak as a classic style online RE would be incredible. That would easily earn its way into my most played games ever.

 

[mpgeist]

That slip-slidey running animation would drive me mad. I’d love to play it otherwise.

First thing I noticed too.

 

[Lethal01]

Gameplay is not one of them. Look at that lame ass auto aim...

If you design game around fixed camera you are capable of making gameplay as fun as any free camera game

 

[IAmRei]

Dang, looks cool!
Pique my interest to visit raccoon city again

 

[March Climber]

I think that this game deserves a second conversation when it comes to how good it looks graphically. The fact that it looks so good that it fits nearly perfectly as mock pre-rendered angles is truly incredible.

Kudos to Capcom for how much work and detail they put into the game.