A new video has just been released showcasing what it looks like when a gamer decides to rebuild pieces of Resident Evil Code Veronica, a 2000 Dreamcast classic, in Unreal Engine 5 from scratch. On April 11th, the creator, Yuri from Luli Studio, posted the brief concept demo. In it, Claire Redfield walks through a rain-soaked graveyard that feels real before entering the terrifying Ashford Mansion, where every element refers back to the original story.

Mark of I Make Games, chose to rebuild Diablo 2 from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5, but with one major difference: the entire game is played in first person. A clean heads-up display lies at the bottom of the screen, displaying your current location, an experience bar that ticks upward as you fight monsters, skill slots, glowing potion icons, and a stamina meter that drains anytime you push yourself too far.

When EA confirmed there were no plans for a Sims 5, most fans were disappointed and moved on. Tytar decided to do something about it instead. With no background in game development whatsoever, he opened up Unreal Engine 5, gave himself a brutally tight 14 day deadline, and got to work building a playable version from scratch. Remarkably, he pulled it off. The result is a familiar top down experience where you guide your Sims through their daily lives, complete with a few pointed jabs at EA for leaving fans out in the cold in the first place.

Leo Torres has done an incredible job with his new Skyrim project. He takes the Forgotten Vale from the Dawnguard expansion and essentially reimagines it from scratch in Unreal Engine 5.7.2. Anyone who has delved into this place will know it as a vast, glacial valley dotted with ancient elven ruins, those rather disturbing falmer enemies, and an atmosphere of endless isolation. He increases its scale to give it a more realistic and lore-accurate feel, completely free of the constraints of Skyrim’s original graphics engine. The resulting result runs smoothly on an RTX 3090 and has sixteen times the level of detail you would have seen in 2012.

Chrono Trigger – a classic 1995 Super Nintendo game that’s still a beloved staple in the world of role-playing games. People still talk about its mind-blowing time-traveling story and it’s simply amazing pixel art. NOBL Games – a YouTuber with a real passion for the game – is giving this old legend a new lease on life by recreating it all as a modern, third person adventure using Unreal Engine 5.

Need for Speed Underground 2 came out in 2004, and since then, EA has published other titles, but none have nailed the raw thrill of designing your vehicle from the ground up while the bass thumped in the background. Apfelbaum, a lone developer, had a single goal: to bring this classic into the present day using Unreal Engine 5.