Classic Resident Evil returns in this free survival horror demo

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If you miss Resident Evil’s classic fixed-camera games, the new Echoes of the Living demo that’s part of Steam Next Fest this week is 100% for you. After playing the first demo at the start of this year and revisiting the upcoming survival horror game as a part of Steam’s demo festival, I can safely say that developer Moonglint has made a handful of brilliant improvements, creating a game that is truly worth trying for fans of Capcom’s classic series.

Echoes of the Living has all the mainstays of those older Resident Evil games: dual protagonists with different narratives, a fixed camera, a focus on item management, a spooky atmosphere, backtracking and puzzle solving, an item box in the save room, and, of course, zombies. If you’ve played any of the games between the original Resident Evil and Code Veronica, so much of what Echoes of the Living does will be instantly familiar to survival horror game fanatics.

Moonlight has made some great improvements to the game since the first Echoes of the Living demo, too. The first thing I noticed was how much better the tank controls are. Last time they were unresponsive and unwieldy, but here they feel so much smoother and lead to a much smaller number of zombie-grabbings as a result. There’s actually a more-modern control scheme available now, too – but tank controls are the way to go for purists.

Both player characters Laurel and Liam have changed intros, and a few in-game events make the game world feel instantly more alive. Echoes of the Living already looks like a modern version of the original Resident Evil Remake, so if you love that game, this is for you.

The demo’s biggest departure from Resident Evil comes in the form of brand new melee weapons. While you still have