Resident Evil 7 Ditches First-Person For Classic Fixed Camera In Mod

A fan-made mod for Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is changing the way players see the game by swapping out first-person for classic fixed camera. The Resident Evil franchise has been a major part of the entertainment industry since the first game released in 1996. It’s led to dozens of games that have successfully kept fans on their toes.

Resident Evil 7 was a major shift in the series, as it was the first major installment to shift away from the classic third-person perspective. Instead, Resident Evil 7 took a first-person view that immediately made fans draw comparisons to the Silent Hill franchise. This even prompted Capcom to dispel rumors about hiring staff from P.T.

Now, a fan-made mod allows Resident Evil fans to go back to that classic, third-person view the series was so widely known for. YouTuber Enveloping Sounds posted a video, which showcases the version of Resident Evil 7 as it could have been had Capcom not elected to make the perspective shift. However, the mod is not a straight jump back to the old camera style players of the newer Resident Evil games might recognize:

Instead of the over-the-shoulder third-person perspective Resident Evil fans have known since Resident Evil 4, Enveloping Sounds creates a mod that has a fixed, third-person perspective. This a throwback to the original Resident Evil games, namely Resident Evils 1, 2, and 3, for the original PlayStation. The camera does not follow the player as if standing behind him, but instead there are several cameras within a room. The game shifts from one perspective to another, tracking the player’s movements as he moves in and out of frame.

The clip that showcases the mod is just over 2 minutes long and sees the player control the protagonist of Resident Evil 7, Ethan Winters, as he moves through several rooms within the main house from the campaign. The player moves Winters from the dining room, through the kitchen, into and down the hallway, before finally making it into the living and theater rooms, and eventually to an outdoor path. The clip doesn’t showcase any of the menu or indicators that players would normally see when playing Resident Evil 7, but the original controls appear to be intact. Ethan equips a gun at the start of the clip, and he is able to open the refrigerator, so the controls within the game are retained.

This is not the first time Enveloping Sounds has modded a Resident Evil game. Back in 2019, when the Resident Evil 2 remake was released, the user also created a mod that shifted the camera perspective to the fixed camera from the original PlayStation games. In any case, the Resident Evil 7 mod video is a welcome throwback to classic games, even if younger fans might not recognize them.

Source: Enveloping Sounds/YouTube

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