The Resident Evil 2 demo may only allow players to enjoy it for half an hour (unless they mess with the files and reset the timer) but this is long enough for fans to have discovered some of its secrets. Specifically, players have figured out how to make the game's graphics look a whole lot worse than they were designed.

By reducing the game's settings, players can reduce the Resident Evil 2 demo's graphics back to the pixellated and not very detailed visuals of the original PlayStation 1 game. For those who want to experience the upgraded gameplay but with much worse graphics, they can go into the game's graphics settings and tinker with them to reduce the quality.

Below are the settings that Resident Evil 2 players will need to adjust in order to make the game look like it is running on PS1. Though, it should be noted that these will only be on the PC version of the demo as the same settings don't appear to be available on PS4 and Xbox One.

  • Put all of the game's graphical settings on "Low"
  • Disable modern day graphics effects such as ambient occlusion, depth of field, and volumetric lighting
  • Change the game's resolution to 640×480, then lower the resolution scaling to 50%, and then upscale it to 1920×1440
Resident Evil 2 remake PS1 graphics screenshot

It should be noted that while decreasing the settings of the demo does mostly make the remade game look like the original PS1 version, there are some small tweaks from the original that even graphical settings won't change. Astute players will notice that Leon Kennedy's character design has been changed from the original title. In the original game, Leon wears large shoulder pads in order to make his design stand out in a low-polygonal setting. However, this has been changed for the remake as his outfit now looks more realistic.

The game has also made changes to the iconic alligator boss battle and the enemy's design had to be changed several times. Moreover, the Resident Evil 2 remake has chosen to go with an over the shoulder camera angle instead of the fixed camera angles that players of the original grappled with. Because of all this, the remade game is unlikely to feel exactly like the game that it's based on. But the lower graphics provide a small throwback to the classic title that many know and love.

Resident Evil 2 launches on January 25, 2019 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

Source: DSOGaming