THE LONG GAME
A progress report on the games we just can’t quit
Developer/publisher Capcom Format PSVR2 Release 2023
Resident Evil 4
For a series originally defined by its fixed camera angles, Resident Evil has gone through a lot of perspective shifts over the years. Resi 4’s was the first, switching to an over-the-shoulder tracking shot that reinvented an entire genre – including its own predecessors, becoming the house style of Capcom’s recent remakes. Yet for this VR update, the game takes its lead from the series’ other branch, adopting (with occasional exceptions) a firstperson perspective. This isn’t the first time Resi 4 has been playable this way; a Quest 2 version was released in 2021. But that felt like a pleasant curio, continuing the game’s long tradition of being ported onto every possible format; PSVR2 may well be the definitive way to play this remake.