I can still remember Naruto157 (from the original 123 modding forums) who came up with the concept for a mod that allowed you to play as Barry in the original RE1. Now what we have here is a updated and enhanced version of that created by modder Aydan.
It also has the following additions:
===== Resident Evil - Barry's Mod v2.0 Features =====
+ Play As Barry Burton + Completely Re-written Story Cutscenes + New Character & Monster Textures + New Music & Sound Effects + Changed Puzzle Solutions + Added New Details To Some Rooms + Changed Zombie Locations & Attacks + New Item Locations + Changed Beretta to S.T.A.R.S Custom version + New Starting Items + Changed Title Screen Details + Changed Photos On Item Screen & S.T.A.R.S Cards + Files Have Background Images + Save Screen Now Shows Barry's Name + High Resolution FMV Movie Files + Changed Ending Movies
Now as someone who hasn't played any mods in a while, this one has me intrigued as hell, I mean come on playing as Barry Burton the RE universe's answer to Chuck Norris? That's a win in my book. If I do get the time this month, I will play this mod and post a review, for now enjoy the review.
If you would like to try this out yourselves you can download it from here:
So since the Sega Mega Drive Mini (or Genesis depending on what part of the pond you come from) finally releases in the UK this Friday, I have decided to cover something that should interest RE fans a lot.
Introducing Bio Evil, a indie developed demake of the original Resident Evil only on the Sega Mega Drive. I have to admit I have watched progress on this with interest and glad it has progressed to where it is so far.
What can be said about -Rusty-? He's one of the old school modders who has been modding the classic games way before even the core modding forums was established. Above is his version of Akuma created after the infamous EGM April's Fool joke that he himself was an unlockable character.
Of course way before he even modded the actual RE games -Rusty- himself was doing modding/asset creation for Half Life (yes the original and considered a classic by many who have played it.)
How about one more for good measure? =P this is of course mostly his older work mod wise, below I will cover some of his newest stuff.
You can see a ton of unique mods, ranging from living zombie characters, some even from RE6, 1.5, the N64 exclusive costumes and yes even Distant Memories itself. This is the kind of stuff this community loves to work on and release. He has as a modder produced a lot of custom content for the community to enjoy, and I hope -Rusty- will continue to produce said content. There is also content he created for Requiem of Spies (which was one of the first mods ever created for Resident Evil 2) and various other older things, that have since vanished either to expired links, or thanks to site changes etc. If you can find these though then by all means check them out!
And a big thanks to -Rusty- himself for producing this content, he has a nack for emulating skins/textures that are similar to Capcom back in the 90's so all his custom content has that 90's charm we all know and love.
