The Spencer Mansion of Resident Evil 1 stays some of the iconic areas within the historical past of horror video games. Personally, I choose its authentic, 1996 rendition – it has extra character and low cost attraction. However Resident Evil Remake’s model of the zombie-infested property does an awesome job of wrongfooting collection veterans. You suppose you already know the puzzles and the traps, however Capcom is a step forward and twists your expertise again on you. With rumors of Resident Evil 9 and a Code Veronica remake nonetheless within the air, and different horror collection like Silent Hill forging a comeback, out of the blue, ten years after it arrived on Steam, Resident Evil Remake has simply gotten a wierd replace.
This, after all, is the remastered model of the remake that got here out in 2015. By my rely, we now have 5 variations of the unique Resident Evil: the primary (and finest) one from 1996, the Director’s Minimize, the Twin Shock Version, the unique version of the remake, launched in 2002, and eventually this remake remaster. It’s testomony to the longevity and affect of the pioneering survival horror sport. Once I discover the fortress in Amnesia or the derelict lodge in Alan Wake 2, I nonetheless consider the Spencer Mansion.

And it’s the Spencer Mansion that’s ostensibly the topic of this new replace. Launched on Wednesday February 5, on the Steam retailer web page for RE Remake, the patch notes solely point out “miscellaneous bug fixes”. Dive a bit deeper through SteamDB, nonetheless, and a single executable named ‘bhd.exe’ has been amended. This executable is listed beneath two depots: ‘Mansion Content material’ and ‘Mansion Content material Worldwide.’
The replace has additionally modified “flags” regarding service data on the native PC model of the sport, and a manifest ID quantity, which might be linked to how the sport is listed on Valve’s retailer, has additionally been modified. Again in 2023, there have been some complaints from RE Remake gamers that the sport would often crash to desktop – it appears unlikely, given how a lot time has handed, however the brand new replace might be associated to that concern. It’s additionally price noting that Resident Evil Remake is presently on sale for $4.99 / £3.99. If you wish to strive it out for the primary time, maybe any lingering technical wrinkles have lastly been ironed out.
Both approach, it’s good to see Capcom nonetheless giving consideration to its erstwhile classics. On that be aware, a brand new Onimusha remaster has simply been introduced. And due to modders, it’s also possible to now play an ultra-hard reimagining of Resident Evil 2 Remake.
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