Resident Evil 4 Makes EXCELLENT Use Of The PS5’s Triggers

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 find out how to take advantage of out of the DualSense controller’s fancy adaptive triggers.

If you happen to’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 by way of the participant’s fingers. Loads of video games use them, however most of them use them solely in essentially 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 current concepts, and in others simply model new concepts completely. Take footsteps, for instance. Whereas 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 instances strolling in).

Weapons are one other instance of some outside-the-box pondering. Once more, practically each sport that options firearms will ship some rumble by way of the triggers whenever you fireplace, however Resident Evil 4 extends that to the act of switching between weapons; in case you pull out a handgun it’ll really feel mild, whereas swapping to a shotgun will add some heft.

Additionally nice (if in a roundabout way associated to the triggers) is using the controller’s small speaker. As soon as extra, a great deal of video games use it, and lots of use it nicely, so on this case it’s not like Resident Evil 4 is pioneering something, however nonetheless. The way in which the sport’s radio conversations play out all crackly by way of your controller (as a substitute of a cutscene like they used to) is a neat piece of immersion, and in different instances you’ll get tips like many of the audio enjoying by way of your TV whereas a number of the spookier results come by way of the DualSense.

None of this can be a game-breaker, and I’m under no circumstances 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 GameCube’s varied 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)