Resident Evil 7 Mod Upscales Textures to 4K Resolution

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When it came out in 2017, Resident Evil 7 breathed new life into the franchise, which was experiencing a low period after the previous two installments had a focus more on action. Thankfully, Capcom took the Resident Evil series back to its horror roots with the seventh entry, and things have been going from strength to strength ever since. As well as putting focus back into the scares, the game also looked fantastic with ultra realistic, for the time, visuals. However, it seems as though they could always stand to look even better.

Created by Ashok, a new add-on has been uploaded to Nexusmods that's simply called «4K HD Upscaled Textures.» As the name suggests, it brings higher resolution textures to Resident Evil 7. According to the description, it takes the nearly 1,500 vanilla textures from the game and uses AI upscaling to make them 4K. Images show a comparison between the two, with the upscaled version looking a lot sharper. However, the modder does go on to say that things like cloth, photographs, or anything else that has «very fine detail» have not been given improved textures.

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Overall, it looks like a fantastic mod, especially for those who enjoy the game, but want to experience greater visual fidelity. Resident Evil 7 was one of the best offline games for PS4, and is still a fan favorite five years down the line. The choice to move to a first-person perspective, and to essentially do away with the zombie tropes of the classic entries, was an inspired choice, which made the game grittier and scarier than the ones that had come before it. Of course, 2021's Resident Evil Village continued in this vain, and has shown the world that there is still so much potential