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[IbizaPocholo]

Classic Resident Evil fans have been nothing but vocal about their desire for the old days of third person tank controls and fixed camera angles. But now, thanks to YouTube user Enveloping Sounds that dream is a little closer.

Using the Third-Person OTS Script Mod created by cheezeit and goldedtoad, and the Ethan w/ Head mod by alphaZomega and ZombieAli, Enveloping Sounds has managed to create a proof of concept for how RE7 could work with more of a classic Resident Evil twist.

Third-Person OTS Script

A cheat engine script with the function of artificially creating a third person camera view.

www.nexusmods.com

 

[SantaC]

Looks way more interesting

 

[MiguelItUp]

It's really odd to see from this perspective as RE7 had a great deal of immersion that wouldn't have have been possible without the first person view. Especially with VR. But it IS still really cool to see as it's a throwback to the OG RE style.

I love the FPS genre, but wasn't expecting it to come into the RE universe like it did. I'm surprised it worked as well as it did. That being said, I would still love to see a new RE go back to the OG style.

 

[OneBigPuss]

This is how i look when im at a houseparty and don't know where the bathroom is.

 

[Nankatsu]

Looks way more interesting

You're joking right? Have you played it in VR?

 

[LaughingStock]

The things i absolutely do not miss from old games are fixed camera and tank controls.

 

[Lux R7]

i absolutely love this

 

[Kokoloko85]

Looks pretty cool. Id play it

 

[kunonabi]

Looks much better and the boss fights would be way less crap from this perspective too.

 

[J-Roderton]

Wow. I’d play this.

 

[Stuart360]

Surprisd it took this long. There were already mods on PC for RE2 REmake that did this, apparently it worked really well too.

 

[Barry Burton]

Love it. I like first-person and the RE4-style OTS camera, but I also have a special fondness for the classic fixed cameras. They do offer a different experience that would be worthwhile to me for replaying these games even more than I already do. I was a little bummed that the RE2 remake didn't include them as an option, unlockable or otherwise.

 

[Fake]

Looks pretty good.

 

[Elder Legend]

No thanks, we're not the 90s anymore. Much prefer the FPS approach. Way more atmospheric and scarier. Thanks Capcom for not giving in to the idiots.

 

[Stuart360]

Looks way more interesting to me like this.
I wonder what they used for the Ethan model because, and i may be wrong here as its been a while, but you never actually see Ethan in the orig game right?.

 

[Hollowpoint5557]

Looks shit. I love the game we got.

 

[Rean no Kiseki]

No.

 

[ProgenitorCastle]

This is how RE7 should've been. So glad it's available for download too from NexusMods! Watch me actually beat the game this way rather than the first person/VR way XD

 

[LaughingStock]

Now we just need pre-rendered backgrounds and loading when opening doors.

 

[Fess]

This is what I wanted.
Can you play the whole game like this?

 

[GeorgioCostanzaX]

Hmm I’d probably play this. First person in VR was just too damn much for me: I was scurred!

 

[Spaceman292]

Looks much better and the boss fights would be way less crap from this perspective too.

The boss fights in the old games were shit.

 

[Guardian's Light]

Classic Resident Evil fans have been nothing but vocal about their desire for the old days of third person tank controls and fixed camera angles. But now, thanks to YouTube user Enveloping Sounds that dream is a little closer.

Using the Third-Person OTS Script Mod created by cheezeit and goldedtoad, and the Ethan w/ Head mod by alphaZomega and ZombieAli, Enveloping Sounds has managed to create a proof of concept for how RE7 could work with more of a classic Resident Evil twist.

Third-Person OTS Script

A cheat engine script with the function of artificially creating a third person camera view.

www.nexusmods.com

I want this, now


NOW

 

[Diddy X]

Looks neat, they should give the option.

 

[SkeletonQuays]

I'm honestly annoyed just looking at it. We all remember what a blast it was to be pressing up on the dpad to go down because the camera changed perspectives... or how about guessing if there's an actual path you can take or not but you can't see where you're going so who knows!?... games like this were great in the 90s and they'd be fucking terrible today. What the hell is wrong with you people? Wanna go back to using sticks to create fire too?! ... fucking savages

 

[ethomaz]

That looks terrible lol

Basically lost all the atmosphere of the game... it looks bland lol
I was like is that shit RE7?

 

[Kev Kev]

That looks terrible lol

Basically lost all the atmosphere of the game... it looks bland lol
I was like is that shit RE7?

your face is terrible

 

[ethomaz]

your face is terrible

Nah it is gorgeous... the opposite of what this mod shows

 

[Azelover]

I think I'd like this way more than I did the real game..

 

[Kamina]

What if i think both perspectives suck?

 

[kunonabi]

The boss fights in the old games were shit.

They were leagues better than RE7s.

 

[skneogaf]

Looks great, I'd like to see remake 2 camera also shown.

 

[Belmonte]

Fixed camera is my favorite RE perspective but REVII isn't made with it in mind. The house feels empty because its decoration isn't made to squeeze the best this perspective can do. The points of interest, light and overall concept are made to work with first person.

But it is a cool mod. Would play it to experience the game in a new way.

 

[Keihart]

Since no one it's gonna work on making the animations not shit, i still prefer the first person perspective in this game, but pretty cool to see someone putting this much effort in a mod.

 

[Spaceman292]

They were leagues better than RE7s.

Better than the all-out groovy chainsaw duel with Jack? Or the Tokyo Drift fight? Or the terrifying fight against Marguerite? Are you serious? Those parts were the highlights of the whole game.

 

[SuperBabyMethod]

What Remake2 should have been.

 

[Lethal01]

What if i think both perspectives suck?

 

[kiphalfton]

Better than the all-out groovy chainsaw duel with Jack? Or the Tokyo Drift fight? Or the terrifying fight against Marguerite? Are you serious? Those parts were the highlights of the whole game.

Doesn't mean anything if execution was garbage. Gameplay/gunplay in RE7 is bad, with a crap limited field of view. All you're doing in any one boss battle is running in circles, hoping to shoot the boss in the back.

 

[TonberrysKnife]

This is wonderful. I'd play this in a heartbeat.

 

[N30RYU]

looks so generic it looks like the medium

 

[karaveo]

Looks great

 

[Spaceman292]

Doesn't mean anything if execution was garbage. Gameplay/gunplay in RE7 is bad, with a crap limited field of view. All you're doing in any one boss battle is running in circles, hoping to shoot the boss in the back.

That's all you do in most boss battles. And you have more options than that with the chainsaw and car keys and whatever. Also what's wrong with the guns? You aim and you shoot and it works fine. It's not exactly trying to be Titanfall 2 but it's a horror game.

 

[kiphalfton]

That's all you do in most boss battles. And you have more options than that with the chainsaw and car keys and whatever. Also what's wrong with the guns? You aim and you shoot and it works fine. It's not exactly trying to be Titanfall 2 but it's a horror game.

It's kind of odd that in most of Jack's boss fights, you were trapped in a square room with him. First boss fight in the garage, second boss fight with the chainsaw, and the third and final boss fight. Yeah there was the car and the bags in the first two fights, that you could use as cover, but it didn't seem particularly well designed.

RE2 remake was a little bit better, but still the same thing. I know people hate it, but RE6 had the best gameplay of all the RE games. If they could have spun that into something suspenseful (and implemented resource management) that would have been great, but the gameplay went backwards after RE6.

 

[Spaceman292]

It's kind of odd that in most of Jack's boss fights, you were trapped in a square room with him. First boss fight in the garage, second boss fight with the chainsaw, and the third and final boss fight. Yeah there was the car and the bags in the first two fights, that you could use as cover, but it didn't seem particularly well designed.

RE2 remake was a little bit better, but still the same thing. I know people hate it, but RE6 had the best gameplay of all the RE games. If they could have spun that into something suspenseful (and implemented resource management) that would have been great, but the gameplay went backwards after RE6.

RE6 was a dumb action game. It was cool that you could roll around on the floor and do hip shots, but that would have been ridiculous in 7. I don't see how they could build up suspense and terror if you're able to do back flips and John Wick gun karate.
I don't see how the shape of the room matters. They're meant to be small because that's scarier. And in the final fight you've got two levels with ladders so that you can bait him around and get an angle on his weak points.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[Dark Oni]

Nice I haven't played re7 due to first person i would if it was available like this

 

[wordslaughter]

PC mods are great

Personally I'm not that interested in playing the game like this but there's no reason to turn away an option to.
And if the devs won't supply it then fans can make a mod and do it themselves. Gaming done right.

 

[kiphalfton]

PC mods are great

Personally I'm not that interested in playing the game like this but there's no reason to turn away an option to.
And if the devs won't supply it then fans can make a mod and do it themselves. Gaming done right.

It's still kind of janky, but if they can work that out I would give it a shot.

 

[OrionNebula]

As a person who gets crazy sick after playing 40 mins of most FPS : I need this. Bad.

You’d perhaps think that having multiple options in game mode styles in 2021 would be more of a norm, but no..

 

[ArtemisClydeFrog]

Looks pretty neat.