Resident Evil 0 Demake Gets The Game Running On PS1
Resident Evil fans have been busy wondering what game in the series should get the remake treatment next. Resident Evil 0 might well get the nod, but until then, the best new way to play the prequel is through a demake that reimagines what it might have looked like had it launched on PS1.
Actually, this demake is a little more than what the game might have looked like on PS1. It's probably exactly what it would have looked like as the demake is a mod that uses the original version of Resident Evil 2 as a base. Recreated as if it launched a few years earlier giving it the polygonal look synonymous with that era.
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El Rincon del Lobezno is one of the talented modders responsible for bringing this demake to life (thanks, Hack Games), working with a number of other creators to make it happen. While the full game hasn't been demade, you can play through what the modders have done so far by downloading the mod through MediaFire.
It's actually entirely possible this is close to what Resident Evil 0 was originally supposed to look like. The prequel started life as a Nintendo 64 title that was scrapped and restarted on GameCube. Only the story and the concept art remained in the rebooted project so what it wound up looking like on the newer console isn't what Capcom had in mind for the scrapped N64 version.
As for whether Resident Evil 0 will be the next title in the series to get the RE Engine remake treatment, that is currently anyone's guess. Capcom has remade 2, 3, and 4 so far, in that order. Some fans think the best option would be to go back to the first game since that was passed over, possibly because it has technically been
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