So the Resident Evil 4 remake is, surprisingly completely no one given the standard of the supply materials, good. It seems nice, it has some trendy concepts about stock and, on the PS5, it additionally is aware of how you can take advantage of out of the DualSense controller’s fancy adaptive triggers.
If you’ve by no means held one, the DualSense doesn’t simply have triggers, it has triggers that may have their resistance adjusted by the sport, and which might additionally ship vibrations via the participant’s fingers. Lots of video games use them, however most of them use them solely in probably the most predictable, rudimentary methods.
Not Resident Evil 4! Capcom actually put in work right here, utilizing the triggers in methods which might be in some methods enhancements on present concepts, and in others simply model new concepts completely. Take footsteps, for instance. While many video games will provide you with just a little rumble to match the participant’s stroll, in Resident Evil 4 that suggestions will differ relying on the kind of terrain you’re strolling on (or in some circumstances strolling in).
Guns are one other instance of some outside-the-box pondering. Again, practically each sport that options firearms will ship some rumble via the triggers if you hearth, however Resident Evil 4 extends that to the act of switching between weapons; when you pull out a handgun it’ll really feel mild, whereas swapping to a shotgun will add some heft.
Also nice (if indirectly associated to the triggers) is the usage of the controller’s small speaker. Once extra, a great deal of video games use it, and lots of use it properly, so on this case it’s not like Resident Evil 4 is pioneering something, however nonetheless. The means the sport’s radio conversations play out all crackly via your controller (as a substitute of a cutscene like they used to) is a neat piece of immersion, and in different circumstances you’ll get tips like a lot of the audio enjoying via your TV whereas a number of the spookier results come via the DualSense.
None of it is a game-breaker, and I’m by no means saying variations on different platforms are any worse for missing these options. It’s simply good to see, prefer it was with the Dreamcast’s VMU and the GameDice’s numerous add-ons, when studios take the effort and time to cater to a console’s bizarre, specialised promoting factors!
(PS, is anybody enjoying on PC with a DualSense? Would like to know if the options work on that model too, or in the event that they’re simply locked to the PS5 version)
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