Resident Evil 4 is the horror game that never dies. Not only has Capcom ported it to every system under the sun but rumors of a remake of the game have been floating around since before the pandemic. As it turns out there was one place that RE4 had yet to infect, VR, something that Capcom now plans to rectify.
Capcom has partnered with Oculus Studios and Armature Studio to bring Leon S Kennedy’s fight against a Las Plagas infected eastern European town to VR for the first time. This is not the first time that the developer has dabbled with VR however, having previously partnered with Sony to make Resident Evil 7 playable in VR as well.
In an official blog post from Oculus, the company stated:
Standing or seated, players will enjoy plenty of comfort options. Support for both teleportation and room-scale movement means you can explore the game’s world your way. You’ll still move by using the analog stick, but Armature has added a full upper-body rig on top of Leon’s character to combine his movement with the dual-handed interactivity achieved with Touch controllers. Weapons and items have been re-engineered as physical objects, so you can pick them up and interact with them. Lastly, rather than navigating a menu to swap out weapons, you can grab them off your body.
The trailer itself should be familiar with fans of the game, regardless if you have picked it up recently remastered for modern consoles or if you have not played it since its Gamecube debut in 2005. If you are interested in taking the journey again, this time a little closer to the action, you can get the game when it releases October 21 exclusively for the Oculus Quest 2 which is just in time for Halloween.
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