
The Resident Evil 2 PC download size is 26GB. With a Resident Evil 2 release date of January 25, Capcom has updated the game's Steam page with more details. The patch is simply an alternative executable for the game - bio2 1.10 - which you should use instead of the original ‘bio2’ to open the game from now on.Resident Evil 2 is being remade for the PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Once you’ve done that, extract the 1.1.0 patch into your main Biohazard 2/Resident Evil 2 install directory. On the site, download the Resident Evil 2 Classic REbirth DLL (opens in new tab) and the official Sourcenext 1.1.0 patch (opens in new tab) for Biohazard 2. They’ve also given the REbirth treatment to Resident Evil 1, and are working on three all-new Resident Evil fan projects using the original game engine (one of these is based on the extensive Resident Evil 2 ‘1.5’ prototype version that was leaked a few years ago). While you’re on the site, you should check out some other work done by the collective of developers. So assuming you have the Sourcenext version of Biohazard 2 and have managed to get through its garbled installation menu to install it, what next?įirst, head over to The Apple of Eden (opens in new tab) website to get the patch files you need. The game seems to be long since out of print, though it’s still listed on the Sourcenext website (opens in new tab) and Play-Asia (opens in new tab).īecause of its obscurity today, it can be hard to find, so we recommend keeping an eye on the linked sites and eBay for actual copies. You’ll need the Sourcenext version of Resident Evil 2 (or ‘Biohazard 2’, as it’s known in Japan) for this to work. How to Install Resident Evil 2 Classic REbirth

Among other things, this patch added the following: In 2018 however, it was brought back from the dead courtesy of an impressive patch called Resident Evil 2 Classic REbirth, by modder Gemini which. But hey, at least it let you skip those protracted door-opening loading screens.Īside from the occasional fan translation and exotic curiosity value for collectors and YouTubers, this PC port loitered in obscurity for a number of years. It worked poorly on Windows 7 upwards too.


The Sourcenext port was designed to work on modern Windows machines (well, Windows XP), but in reality it was a bit limited, lacking the higher resolutions, texture filtering and other settings you’d expect from a PC game.
