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Have you ever needed to play Lifeless Area, however each the 2023 remake and the 2008 unique are simply not fairly sufficiently old for you? You’re in luck, as a result of now you’ll be able to play Lifeless Area reimagined as if it was working on the PS1 by way of a brief Lifeless Area Demake demo developed by Fraser Brumley.

The tech demo is simply 10-Quarter-hour lengthy, and it appears unlikely it’s going to ever get any extra intensive than that. I gave it a attempt, and it… positive is Lifeless Area as depicted by way of chunky polygons and unfiltered textures.

“I’ve been engaged on this for lots longer than I deliberate and the tip product might be shorter than you count on however I hope you could have enjoyable enjoying it,” Brumley mentioned on the demake’s Itch web page. “This mission was principally a approach for me to be taught Unreal and the PS1 aesthetic so look ahead to what I’ll be placing collectively sooner or later.”

It’s form of exhausting to say that is what the precise Lifeless Area can be like on the PlayStation 1. It nonetheless makes use of the over-the-shoulder digital camera angle that wasn’t actually fashionable till 2005’s Resident Evil 4. It presents some dialogue by way of a closely compressed cutscene, and I did discover it amusing that Lifeless Area Demake retains pestering you to “shoot off their limbs” a number of instances, even after your first necromorph encounter.

Quite than an earnest try to suit a contemporary recreation on older {hardware}, Lifeless Area Demake feels extra like a light-hearted homage. Kind of a fond love letter to each Lifeless Area and the PS1 {hardware}. In that sense, it succeeds. Simply don’t count on something in the best way of enjoyable technical magic.

You may obtain the Lifeless Area Demake proper now from itch.io.