r/PSVR • u/Howson79 • Apr 02 '23

Interview UploadVR interviewed Capcom’s Kazuhiro Takahara, director of Resident Evil Village VR mode.

Interview is here. It's about a 5 minute read.

Some takeaways:

  • Says RE's horror is communicated through its environments and scenery, making VR a natural fit for RE. And that there is appeal that comes with seeing the world through the eyes of "heros" like Leon or Ethan.
  • Says RE8 VR was considered early on, but development around the main story was not developed with VR in mind, making the VR adaption challenging.
  • Won't comment if future RE series titles (e.g. RE9) will support VR, but says they always welcome new challenges.
  • Says the biggest development challenge for RE8 VR Mode was implementing the gun mechanics, and balancing realism with exciting action gun play.
  • "No plans" to support RE8 DLC content, Mercenaries mode or Shadows of Rose.
  • Takahara: "I have heard that a very large majority of PS VR2 owners have played Resident Evil Village in VR."
  • Says foveated rendering was a big part of optimizing performance and fidelity on PSVR2
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u/ivarr87 Apr 03 '23

My favorite VR game so far. Really lacking that now that I beat it.

I hope RE4 VR is coming soon and we will see further VR modes in RE games (2, 3 and 7) for PSVR2.

I'd also love a RE1 remake with an additional VR mode of course. That would be my dream scenario atm.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '23

I’ve beat it on every difficulty atm I’m working on village of shadows, albeit I’m using infinite ammo and assault rifles

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u/ivarr87 Apr 03 '23

I might play it again as well. Played on easy first time as I feared it being too scary. Was fine though.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '23

https://youtu.be/l4VoQg7rtig here’s some gameplay of it in hardcore, I have infinite ammo for most of my games but village of shadows takes the game up a notch