Resident Evil: An update makes games unplayable on PC, Capcom returns

On the night of 14 June 2022, Capcom held a new conference. An opportunity for the Japanese studio to reveal additional information about the Resident Evil 4 remake and even these upcoming games street fighter 6. In addition, Resident Evil Village was also on the schedule as the game will receive its first solo extension.

Meanwhile, Capcom took the opportunity to announce the immediate availability of a next-gen patch for Resident Evil 7, Resident Evil 2, and Resident Evil 3 on PS5 and Xbox Series X. Ray Tracing and 3D audio, not to mention faster load times.

Next-gen update of Resident Evil games breaks PC versions

Of course, PC players were not forgotten in this process and enjoyed these additions. It just turns out that this update changed the minimum requirements To launch these games on PC. In fact, many players with minimal configuration could no longer enjoy these three games.

Problem, it was impossible to go back to previous versions of games… And therefore being able to restart them. Of course, many gamers raised the issue on social networks and on the official forums of Capcom and Resident Evil.

Capcom re-enables previous versions on PC

However, Capcom took note of these concerns and Re-enable old PC versions of all three games. “Due to the overwhelming response from the community, we have re-enabled previous versions without Ray Tracing and enhanced 3D audio. Improved and previous versions will be available in the future”, said the studio.

If you are in this situation, here is the procedure to revert to the previous version of RE 7, RE 2 and RE 3:

• Launch Steam and go to your game library
• Right click on the game and select Properties
• Select Beta from the menu that appears
• Here select “dx11_non-rt”
• Close the context menu and let the Steam client continue updating

Well, you should be able to restart the game in its previous versionbefore the next generation update becomes available.