Resident Evil is notable for its modern renaissance of remakes, "demakes," and other such reinterpretations in the franchise. Resident Evil's twenty-five year history accounts for many different control schemes and gameplay mechanics that have ultimately divided and married fans, but has nonetheless appealed to a wide playerbase who may prefer one gameplay style over another.
Demakes typically refer to reverting a modern game backward to a retro platform's graphics and control schema, while remakes either modernize it or alter something fundamental about it. But while Capcom has indulged in modern remakes of original Resident Evil games lately, fans have continued to demake or otherwise mod and alter other classic Resident Evil titles.
Aydan Watkins has shared a mod called "Resident Evil: Survivor Redux" that respectively zooms out from Resident Evil: Survivor's first-person-perspective and gives players a third-person perspective instead with fixed camera angles, just like that of Resident Evil 2 or Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. Resident Evil: Survivor and its other spin-off sequels may not be the most iconic of the franchise due to their emphasis on arcade-style light gun shooter gameplay, Aydan's remake may perhaps interest fans in the game with traditional gameplay that fans know and love.
Because of these preferences, other fans and modders have also "demade" Resident Evil7's first-person-perspective into a classic PlayStation-style game in low-poly third-person, as well as traditional fixed camera angles and tank controls. This demonstrates that while newer entries in the franchise have been hugely successful, there is still a devoted fan-base for the early PlayStation era of Resident Evil titles that made such a significant impact on survival horror.
Another popular remake in the Resident Evil franchise has been the recent VR adaptation for Resident Evil 4, which is also receiving fan-made mods. Interestingly, Aydan's remake of Resident Evil: Survivor is filed under Resident Evil 2 mods, which would seem practical since Resident Evil: Survivor primarily recycles its enemies from Resident Evil 2. Resident Evil 2 and its sequel were officially remade and modernized to great effect, and it seems as though Capcom's remakes will continue in third-person while its new, original entries might pursue first-person instead.
Aydan's Resident Evil: Survivor remake mod impressively recreates the original game's imagery and atmosphere, but gives it a fresh take with a different camera perspective and traditional controls. Fortunately, it is also a completely playable mod that the creator has distributed for Resident Evil fans to get their hands on in the form of a demo that is "now available to download and play!"
Resident Evil: Survivor is available now on PC and PS1.
