After the incredible Resident Evil 7: Biohazard on PSVR, we’ve been hoping for some form of Resident Evil Village announcement. Sadly, we’re no longer holding our breath for that – but we’d never have bargained for a Resident Evil 4 VR announcement to fill the void. That’s exactly what was announced overnight, however, with development being led by ex-Metroid Prime developers Armature.
This conversion transfers the series’ trademark third-person gameplay to a first-person perspective, and sees you physically wielding Leon S Kennedy’s arsenal of firearms. Unfortunately, the re-release will be exclusive to Oculus Quest 2 – in fact, Facebook is not even bringing this one to the original Oculus Quest headset or its PC-based Oculus Rift S.
What are the chances of a PlayStation port, then – especially with next-gen PSVR around the corner? Well, it looks like Oculus Studios is involved in the development of this, so we’re going to say low. However, we wouldn’t rule it out entirely – we all know Capcom loves to flog Resident Evil 4 wherever it possibly can, and bringing this to other platforms at a later date surely makes sense.
Of course, it’s worth remembering that Sony purchased exclusivity for Resident Evil 7: Biohazard’s virtual reality mode, and it hasn’t released anywhere else. Still, considering how iconic this game is, we’d absolutely love to experience it from another perspective, so let’s hope PlayStation is on the phone with Capcom and can convince them to port this once its deal with Oculus has expired.
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It looks amazing so here’s hoping it comes to anything other than Oculus at some point. And Resi 7 VR goes to other platforms too as fair’s fair.
Even the boring inventory screen looks great in 3D lol
we can connect a psvr to PC's , ive played this game on the GameCube the playability was amazing! it was like a digital limb on yhe the GameCube ps2 not so much but still enjoyed it on both consoles ,i havent played this hd one. and i remember was it Stargate that based the Ori on these messed up folks 😂 yes im a Stargate fan would love that put into a whole complete rpg.
SONY GOT DESTROYED BY WALMART.
IT'S OVER. WALMART IS A THREAT!!!! SONY DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY!!! IT'S OVER FOR SONY!!!
That looks so good. I know there's way to play Quest games on PC with an Index but after seeing this I'm super tempted to buy a Quest 2 to go with my Index.
Man I don't want to buy a VR headset from a company that steals personal information.
@HotGoomba I honestly don’t think there’s a VR headset out there from a company that doesn’t steal some form of data.
I can't explain how much I want and need this.
@nessisonett Yeah but Facebook is the worst case scenario.
@OrigamiCrane I also get motion sickness from first person games. I was wondering if their are games in virtual reality that are third person view and maybe they would be ok for peeps with motion sickness. 🤔
Played this game on PS2, Gamecube, PC, Switch/Switch Lite. Should I play it on VR? Probably but I'll have to wait for the PSVR version first.
I have Oculus Quest but I'm not particularly bothered about this tbh. I've played Resident Evil 4 so many times now I don't feel a need to go back to it.
This would need the psvr 2 controller for an easier port. So hopefully its exclusive for a year.
I heard about this a while back and knew it was true, still can't help but be a little disappointed about it being Quest 2 exclusive. I mean, shouldn't the companies forego exclusivity for a while? I don't know, saaaay; when the platform is established properly and has a sustainable amount of regular customers where development is always safe enough???
@Jayofmaya i know it will disappoint many fans, but this makes perfect business sense for Facebook, to throw their weight into a system-selling title that everyone knows and loves - especially in the vacuum of Ps5’s still being rare to buy at retail price. It will shift OQ2 units like nothing else currently on the Oculus Quest store. I’m only surprised its taken them this long - or, maybe, they have actually shifted enough units that this is projected to expand that user base. I’ve got a OQ2 and obviously it’s light years ahead of my old PSVR, I expect it will get ported to PSVR2 as and when it arrives.
@idtgatt In the short term, but as VR is not particularly popular yet... Like even near 50 million unit sales popular yet, then in the long term, there still should be a focus as to range of full triple A games with shared investment. There are some out there, but only enough as a Sony or Microsoft console that has been out half a year or so. The indies are good, but they're not responsible for major unit numbers. If PSVR 2 and Quest 2 don't do better than their previous versions (in support and sales), I see it being left entirely to PC devs and users to forward the market and that's even riskier.
I'd love to play resident evil 4 again in vr but I'm not buying another expensive headset just for this when I already have psvr Shame Sony gave epic that 200 million , could've given capcom some of that to get this exclusively on psvr
@HotGoomba. You don't have to worry about them feeling your information if you don't add your information I bought a quest to yesterday for re4 create an account and don't plan on using Facebook at all and all they asked for was basically an email and a password and a name and a phone number
I can't wait for this to release I bought an Oculus quest to yesterday and put money aside for when it releases Horizon zero Dawn is by far my game of all time the RE 4 is number 2
@d0a01xz
Did you buy a Quest 2? Unfortunately this will not come to original Quest.
Haha. I see the 'to' now. Can't delete previous comment.
This is just one more thing to be miffed about after I bought a Quest 1 and Oculus announced Quest 2 five months later.
Perhaps, it will get PSVR2 upgrade.
Hard pass on this cheap looking port. I will keep blindly waiting for the actual Resident Evil 4 remake that is reportedly in active development.
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