An eight-year Resident Evil 4 HD fan project will finally be released in February
A fan-made HD project for Resident Evil 4 which has taken eight years to make is finally ready for release.
Resident Evil 4 HD Project 1.0 was started by Resident Evil fans Cris Morales and Albert Martin eight years ago, and greatly improves many of the textures and 3D models in the game.
The mod was started as a reaction to the Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD Edition released for PC by Capcom in 2014, which remastered the 2005 classic in HD.
The pair noted that the majority of the textures in Capcom’s release hadn’t been updated, and that since it looked like that was going to be Capcom’s final remaster, they would attempt to make a better one.
The trailer for the new mod can be seen here:
This new remaster requires players to have already purchased Resident Evil 4 on Steam. When the mod is released in February, players will be able to download it from the Resident Evil 4 HD Project website and follow a few steps to install it.
As the trailer shows, the mod replaces almost every texture in the game with new high-resolution textures, and replaces a number of flat objects (such as lamps, candle holders and doors) with new 3D models.
For some of the textures, Martin actually travelled to the same locations in Spain and Wales where Capcom took photography, and took the photos again so he could make higher resolution assets that were as accurate as possible.
“The point of this project is for everyone to enjoy as good-looking a version of the game as possible, while still holding true to the original artistic intent and direction of the creators of the game,” the duo has said.
VGC reported in 2020 that a Resident Evil 4 remake has been in development since 2018, and was originally being led by Osaka-based M-Two, the studio founded by
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