The highly anticipated Resident Evil 2 remake demo is out now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One! It'll give you strictly 30 minutes of horror-infused fun. Yup, only 30 minutes. Sorry folks. But people are completing the section on offer in around 20 minutes, so don't feel like you have to rush too much. 30 minutes doesn't sound too long to survive for though, but you know, there's still plenty of room for dying repeatedly, or to hide in a safe room and hyperventilate after encountering your first zombie, or whatever. The important thing is that you'll only have a half hour to do it all before you're locked out - that's why they call it the "1-Shot Demo". Once it's over, you'll (theoretically) have to wait until the Resident Evil 2 remake comes out on January 25 to play more. Thirty minutes, one shot!The Resident Evil 2 “1-Shot” Demo is coming to PS4, Xbox One, and Steam on January 11th! Learn more: ☣️ https://t.co/wBXu6Uv65e pic.twitter.com/GK05cBL3ndJanuary 8, 2019 See more When is the Resident Evil 2 demo coming out? The Resident Evil 2 demo will be available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One from January 11 to January 31 (just under a week after the full game comes out). Assuming you download the demo while it's live, you'll likely be able to load it up even after it's no longer available online… though you may not have much reason to, for reasons I will presently elucidate. What is in the Resident Evil 2 demo? The Resident Evil 2 demo serves up a relatively early portion of the game as rookie cop Leon Kennedy arrives at the Raccoon City Police Station. With a city's worth of lurching ghouls at the gates, Leon's safer inside than out… but not by much. Capcom says you'll have a certain mission objective to complete and you're free to start the demo over again if you accomplish it or die horribly. Whatever you do, an in-game timer will constantly tick down from 30 minutes. A new cinematic trailer will play at the end of your time and then that's it. Wait, is the Resident Evil 2 demo really just "one shot"? Even if you exit and restart it, the Resident Evil 2 demo will remember how much time you've spent in game. If your 30 minutes are up, you can't play any more (though you can watch the trailer you unlock at the end as many times as you want). I'm not sure how this limitation may be affected by uninstalling and reinstalling or simply switching user accounts, but the idea is to give you a 30 minute teaser and leave it at that. How can I get the Resident Evil 2 demo? The Resident Evil 2 demo will be a free download on PC (via Steam), PS4, and Xbox One from January 11 to 31. Just pull up your platform's digital storefront, search for Resident Evil 2, and you should find it. Capcom hasn't revealed how much storage space you'll need for the download; the full game's approximate size is listed as 21.07GB on the Microsoft Store, so it shouldn't be any bigger than that.<doc-sep>As we reported earlier, the Resident Evil 2 Remake Demo was released earlier today. As the title should imply, being called a 1-Shot Demo, you have a very limited time with it. To be precise, players are given just thirty minutes of play time to fight their way through this section of the remake. A different part of Resident Evil 2 Remake than I covered during my hands-on preview with it at Gamescom, I'm certainly interested in playing a bit more. Are thirty minutes enough? For me, sure. It's hardly likely that Capcom is going to throw an unbeatable section at players. Though, if players want to play for longer and thoroughly explore everything in the demo, they may be in luck. Monster Hunter Rise 3.0 Will Improve the Game’s Ending, New Roadmap Released According to a post in the Steam community, the 30-minute time limit has apparently been cracked. Just how secure this crack is, though, is left down to the user to decide - as with anything of an unverified source. 'Frag Futuristic', the poster of this thread, states: Pc Master Racers Download Here: http://www.pcmrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Resident-Evil-2-One-Shot-Demo-Plus-4-Trainer.zip You need a fresh 30 minutes account to use the trainer: without R2 Demo' achievements unlocked. ---- edit ---- Player "Stoibs" also played with the trophies unlocked and achieved profit. Enjoy. VIRUS TOTAL: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/b2831b3acceb9354fe556f5777a1f1425471a834dcc48c690dd16e871517936b/detection In reality, there may not be a whole lot to actually see in this demo. We know the demo teases some classic and quirky characters, including a secret one from the original Resident Evil 2. Will there be more teasers and hints found by those more observant and with the extra time? Only time will tell. Until then, I'll be playing through the demo sometime this weekend without the crack, as Capcom intended. It should give me the perk that keeps my interest levels high for when Resident Evil 2 Remake comes out on the 25th on the PC, PS4 and Xbox One.<doc-sep>Capcom will give survival horror fans a brief taste of the Resident Evil 2 remake later this week with a limited-time demo — very limited, in fact, at just 30 minutes. Resident Evil 2’s “1-Shot Demo” will be available for PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One from Jan. 11-31. Players will have just a half hour to complete the demo. If they do finish their specific mission objective, they can continue to replay the demo until the 30-minute mark is reached. The demo will also include a new cinematic trailer that’s exclusive to the trial version of Resident Evil 2. While the demo itself is time-limited, the trailer included as part of that experience can be rewatched multiple times without limitations. Resident Evil 2’s “1-Shot Demo” will feature Leon Kennedy as a playable character. The full game will also include Claire Redfield, Ada Wong, and other playable characters featured in the original game. Resident Evil 2 is coming to PS4, Windows PC, and Xbox One on Jan. 25. Update: The Resident Evil 2 “1-Shot Demo” is now available on the PlayStation Store, Steam and Xbox Games Store.<doc-sep>Resident Evil 2 Remake ’s 30-minute demo is supposed to be just a single go-round , literally one chance to live or die, but that obviously hasn’t stopped enterprising players from finding ways to get around the restriction. PC players have figured out a hack to reset the timer, and console players are using multiple profiles to get around it. Naturally, the best choice when confronted with the idea that you can play an extremely short demo more than once is to make it even shorter. Thus, we have the burgeoning, likely short-lived, idea of speedrunning the thing. As of writing, the current world record is just under three minutes, at 2:55, dethroning yesterday’s record of 2:57. Knowing speedrunners, surely someone will do better, but here’s the video: The Resident Evil 2 Remake demo is available until January 31st. The full game releases on January 25th.<doc-sep>
The release of the Resident Evil 2 remake is creeping closer and closer, and soon you'll get a taste of the action. But true to the tense survival-horror tone of the series, it's going to be a race against the clock that tests your skills and wits, and once time has expired you're out of luck. A demo will be available to download from January 11 through January 31. The "1-Shot demo" for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One will last just 30 minutes. You'll be put into the shoes of Leon with a set of objectives to complete. If you finish them before the timer is up you can restart the mission to explore Raccoon City again to fill out the rest of the time. If you become a zombie snack, you'll be able to continue as much as you'd like until you hit the time limit. Once you complete the demo, you'll get to view an exclusive new cinematic trailer. You won't be able to play the demo again once the time has expired, but you can view the trailer as much as you'd like. Just like the original, the full game will feature dual perspectives between Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield. It's an ambitious project that goes far beyond a simple reskin, though, as Capcom is designing it from the ground up with new scares and a more modern control scheme. Resident Evil 2 will release on January 25. It's among our most anticipated games of 2019, in large part because it appears to be doing justice to a bona fide classic. Capcom has been teasing bonus extras like classic costumes and other special looks for the remake. For details on how to get all of their clothing options, along with several other special edition goodies, check out everything we know.