Forget PS5 — Resident Evil Village looks stunning on PS4 Pro

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While PS5 and Xbox Series X owners take a fairly practiced idea of what to wait from Resident Evil Village thanks to a playable teaser demo, owners of last-generation hardware may be a scrap more than wary. If the whole Cyberpunk 2077 debacle has taught us anything, information technology'due south that some games just don't play brilliantly on last-gen hardware.

Thankfully, it doesn't look similar the game will offering any unpleasant surprises — or at least not on PS4 Pro. IGN's First Look has published five minutes of Resident Evil Hamlet running on Sony'southward souped upward PS4, and the title looks very nice indeed on the five-year-old hardware. You can run into for yourself in the video below.

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On one level, this shouldn't exist overly surprising, given Resident Evil 7 remains one of the all-time looking games of the previous generation. It plays perfectly well even on the original PS4 and Xbox 1 (even if the rumored next-gen upgrade could actually get in polish).

Withal, with pre-release footage previously limited to side by side-gen hardware, information technology would be easy to worry that Capcom had something to hide. Thankfully, that doesn't appear to be the case — although it is of class still possible that the game will be a considerable step downwardly on the base of operations PS4.

That's a huge relief for those who haven't yet been able to get their hands on PS5 or Xbox Series X stock, thanks to the ongoing shortages. Not but does the game look perfectly playable on last-gen hardware, but buyers have been promised a complimentary upgrade from PS4 to PS5 or Xbox I to Xbox Series X/South. In other words, you lot should be able to beginning the game on PS4 without having to worry nigh ownership the game again, should you manage to get lucky during a PS5 restock.

In that location's non long to go until Resident Evil Hamlet'southward May vii release date, but fans eager to hear more than about the game ahead of time should have an opportunity before then. Capcom is planning another showcase of the game this month, and the word is that a longer, more representative demo is on the way, too. Hopefully that'll launch on all formats so Xbox 1 and PS4 gamers can get a full taste of the experience on last-gen hardware, before parting with their hard-earned greenbacks.

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