Ambitious Resident Evil 4 Mod gets new Update & Trailer

One of the most ambitious mods for cult survival action game Resident Evil 4, simply dubbed Resident Evil 4 HD Project, has achieved another substantial milestone and got a new trailer to celebrate. RE4HD Project aims to extensively update the visuals of the original game. Check out the trailer.

Resident Evil 4 was a landmark game back when it originally released over 13 years ago, in 2005. It became a huge critical and financial success upon release and is still to this day often cited as one of the best games ever made. It influenced many other action games with its  over-the-shoulder camera and great action gameplay. Shinji Mikami, legendary Japanese game developer and often named as the inventor of the modern survival action-genre with the first Resident Evil game, returned to the franchise to direct Resident Evil 4. As a crass risk, he introduced major changes to the series, which stayed well up until the most recent Resident Evil 7. A more action oriented gameplay, cinematic and over-the-top sequences and a player controllable camera.

Naturally, the original Resident Evil 4 became a hit and received numerous ports and remasters. One of those was in 2014 when Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD, a remaster arrived on the PC. It featured a complete visual overhaul but ended up being a mixed bag, with some graphical features missing or not working correctly, low-poly models and textures etc. This is where two avid fans of the game stepped in and made it their mission, to update and fix Resident Evil 4 HD to the standard they believe the classic deserves.

A gargantuan task for any volunteer group, so it is understandable that it took the RE4HD Project team, who is only two-man strong, more than 3 years of dedicated work to almost achieve their goal. The work is not fully done yet as the team notes, there is still some work left, like character models but a majority of it is done and to celebrate the occasion, the modders have released a new trailer. They also announced the 13thof July as to when fans will be able to download the newest release of the mod.

Check out the trailer and the comparison images below!