Resident Evil 4 PC not in digital stores, probably never will be

I love to be scared - the anxiety, the adrenaline. Whether its being enveloped by a good book, teetering on the edge of my seat in the theatre or plunging head-first into the world of survival horror, I want to be there.

I’ve gone into detail before about the PC port of Resident Evil 4.  To put it frankly – it just sucks.  It’s actually quite widely believed that it sucks, too.  No out of the box mouse support, terrible textures, all in all it just wasn’t what it could be.

Capcom seems to think so too.

Over at the Capcom Unity boards, the question was posed by a fan of why we don’t see Resident Evil 4 available for direct download through any of the major online retailers.  Senior VP Christian Svensson had this to say.

Sorry, but there’s enough people at Capcom who aren’t happy with that version and would prefer it not be in the digital marketplace.

I don’t want to be the one to say it but…c’mon – you know it’s bad when Capcom themselves don’t even want to make any more money on it.

Have you played the PC version?  What do you think of it?

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  • Takaki

    Well I own the pc version and its fun for one reason. Modding. I replaced Ada with Jill RE3 remake for mercenaries, I replaced all the villagers with zombies, and claire from darkside chronicles is in the main game. You can do some neat things with it. Also I believe the textures and models were patched in a later version.

  • Mrox2

    When its modded its awesome , but still someone needs to figure out how in game cutscenes work , then all we need to do is repack ones with HD Textures , effects , items , players , models , enemies , HUD …. and In-Game Cutscenes “if happened” ….

    if we can do that ^ Capcom sure can , They can release an Updated Version why not ? Port the WII version just how they did with PS3/360 , But they were too lazy to update anything ; including textures …. Really Crappy “Not soo HD” Port , the problem is capcom their self’s ….

  • Red-Dragon-Cro

    Yup,mods,loads of em.Texture packs,replacement models,…

  • liam

    im not a graphic whore so I really enjoyed the pc version loved modding it as well so I can use claire in the mercs mode

    plus you can add mods to increase the detail of the game.

  • Estelvea

    That’s what Dolphin is for!

  • ljbad

    I always wanted the pc version. Just so I could use that Heather Mason as Leon mod.

  • http://www.TacoCatGames.com Chance

    Dolphin?

  • Mass Distraction

    Dolphin is a Wii and GameCube amulator. Never got into that one.

  • ale

    I actually played RE 4 in PC and beat it all, unlocked everything.
    And of course modded the textures and some other useful stuff, and I did enjoy the game a lot even if it had no mouse support, it still is one of my fav RE’s.

    It’s kinda funny how I’ve downloaded all numbered RE games to my PC lol. I just need 0 but I dont have a Nintendo console. :/

  • sith

    I never bored play PC version,even with crappy texture,cutscene.
    But there is always solution,i’m using Albert Patch,wow it almost close to GC version,with detail texture,and by the way,the Fallout weapon can input to this version,i have Gattling gun complete with the animation to replace chicago typewritter
    And from the mod sites i found HD Cutscenes

  • Dude Huge

    Initial PC port is quite crappy, yes. But modding community has done wonders to it – there’re several patches that fix every broken aspect of PC port – crappy controls (added mouse support), poor-quality FMVs (HD FMVs released as separate patch), 2 major texture packs, which upgrade textures to Gamecube level or even better. Also, there are a couple of really nice graphical updates, which add bloom, motion blur, DoF, ambient occlusion etc.

    Check out these screens rom heavily patched PC version:
    http://imgur.com/a/aLkAV