The Resident Evil 2 remake is a beautiful factor certainly. A cultured, Dead Space-esque re-imagining of a horror basic. Capcom aren’t reducing corners on assist, both, as there’s a bit of free DLC – The Ghost Survivors – due out on February 15th. It’s including three “what if” situations primarily based on three minor characters that by no means made it out of Raccoon City. Players might be dodging zombies as a soldier, the gun store proprietor and the mayor’s daughter. Also due on similar day are some chunky PSX-style costumes for Leon and Claire. Take a peek in any respect three characters and the outfits beneath.
The Ghost Survivors mode sounds somewhat bit like Raid mode from the Resident Evil Revelations games. There’s apparently some random components to wrestle with, an in-game retailer the place you should buy tools between runs and not less than one new enemy sort. Truly, Capcom, with this remake you might be spoiling us. The mode was first introduced final week throughout a live-streamed occasion, however as I solely perceive just a few phrases in Japanese, I’m counting on second-hand translations till Capcom publish some official English particulars past the date.
(They begin speaking about The Ghost Survivors at 1 hour 21 minutes in)
I don’t imagine we all know the title of this masked trooper, however his chapter might be referred to as Forgotten Soldier. I’m hoping for an opportunity to chop free in opposition to some monster swarms with military-grade {hardware}, minus Hunk’s ticking time restrict.
Gunsmith Robert Kendo actually doesn’t appear to be doing too inform in his little teaser screenshot. His state of affairs is named No Time To Mourn.
And right here’s Katherine Warren in her chapter, Runaway. Which looks as if good recommendation, provided that zombie over there.
And right here’s the (fully beauty) retro costume DLC. Again, it’ll be a free bonus. Despite solely having about ten polygons to a hand, old-school Leon (who seems to be a bit extra like Leonardo DiCaprio) has no bother dealing with a gun.
Original PSX Claire all the time appeared extra prepared for a battle, not less than to me. Maybe it’s the vest and shoulder knife-holster combo, however she seems to be higher ready for a sudden zombie apocalypse than a fresh-faced rookie cop.
It’s good to see Capcom getting a lot mileage out of such a comparatively small play-space, and providing what seems to be like an enormous chunk of DLC at no cost. RE2 has no season cross, and the ‘Deluxe’ DLC bundle solely features a handful of costumes, a (helpful, however not important) pistol and an alternate soundtrack. Matt Cox’s Resident Evil 2 evaluate isn’t fairly as constructive as I’d have been (RE2 holds a really particular place in my coronary heart), however he nonetheless had a bloody good time with it – it’s nice to see that it’s solely going to enhance over the approaching months.
Resident Evil 2 is out on Steam and Humble for £45/€60/$60, and The Ghost Survivors free DLC and costumes arrive on February 15th.
