The Resident Evil Village modding scene exploded within days of the game's release and is showing no signs of slowing down. The game released to critical acclaim and quickly became a fan favorite, bringing fans with the skill to create modifications together to edit the content of Resident Evil Village to their liking.
The Resident Evil series is no stranger to fanmade mods and its latest mainline installment is no exception. Those knowledgeable about the game's engine have been hard at work adding additional settings, making Lady Dimitrescu's hat constantly grow, and, in this case, adding more useable melee weapons.
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The More Melee Weapons mod by MadMaxLiS adds a selection of weapons from previous Resident Evil games, as well as some seen used by Resident Evil Village NPCs that are normally unobtainable by the player. Heisenberg's Hammer is normally only available as a crafting item to be sold at the in-game store, and Lady Dimitrescu's knife is completely inaccessible besides a cutscene. More Melee Weapons makes these useable by the player, though not without some caveats.
More Melee Weapons is a model swap mod, meaning that while the 3D model for the weapon changes with it installed, they function the same as if they were never changed. This means that Dimitrescu's knife will deal no more damage than the default knife. In addition to this, only one model swap can be used at a time with this mod.
For players looking for a change in scenery, More Melee Weapons will lend some more visual variety to slashing monsters. The installation process is simple, using the excellent Fluffy Mod Manager for a user-friendly, easy installation. Fluffy Manager also provides some options of its own, including Field of View settings and the ability to disable the vignette effect, in the service of better viewing the game's terrifying locales and monsters.
Some may say mods go against what Capcom intended, but the large community around modding has lead to modders creating improvements as well as fun eye candy like More Melee Weapons. Players willing to go to the trouble of modding may find enjoyment in finally using these inaccessible weapons, even if they still function the same as the default knife.
Resident Evil Village is out now on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.
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Source: Nexus Mods