![]() It may look prettier, and you can move when you shoot, but thematically and mechanically, it’s more similar than dissimilar. However, I feel like I must stress that this is still entirely Resident Evil 4. There is a tremendous list of omissions and additions made here too exhaustive for the contents of this review. Even the behavior of the villagers was so familiar to me that I could almost take them down through muscle memory alone. If you haven’t played Resident Evil 4 in over 15 years, then you could potentially be tricked into believing this is just a visual upgrade. You can still take all the villagers and cultists on a scenic vacation to suplex city. Leon still loses his jacket and fights Napoleon. Those three parts I mentioned above are still as starkly partitioned. However, beyond that, this will be extremely familiar to anyone who played the 2005 original version. It is, to my untrained eye, a top-to-bottom redo. The most appreciable difference in Resident Evil 4’s refresh is the graphics. I’ll never get over the loss of that jacket It could be argued that Resident Evil 4 didn’t need a remake, and now that it’s here, that remains absolutely true. However, this also means that a remake is less impactful than what we saw with the recent refurbishments of Resident Evil 2 and 3. In a lot of ways, Resident Evil 4 was a necessary evolution of the series, as things were starting to grow a bit stale. So, while the locations of the latter two parts of the game are more familiar in terms of Resident Evil aesthetics, the enemies and change of control style makes it feel like a largely different game throughout. Zombies don’t really pop up at all in a direct interpretation of the word instead, having you fight faster, smarter enemies that come in various flavors. The first part was a major departure for the series, simply due to it being more rural and not including zombies. ![]() Resident Evil 4 can be neatly sliced into three parts: the village, the castle, and the island. Crawling across the countryside are angry people who have worms. Leon’s jacket is lost somewhere in a remote part of Spain. ![]() Maybe find her and ask if she’s seen his jacket. ![]() Also, the President of the United States’ daughter is missing in the area. Now working a different job, he has that jacket taken from him, and spends the entirety of the game trying to get it back. Six years after the worst first day on the job ever, Leon “Sherbert” Kennedy has an awesome jacket. Resident Evil 4 ( PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S) When the Resident Evil 4 remake was announced, like many people, I wondered how Capcom would approach the most over-the-top and ridiculous elements that seem so out-of-place in the drab, monotonous high-budget market. As meandering and unfocused as it could be, it’s an important and well-loved title. Some of the best and worst parts of modern game design were first popularized in the 2005 title. QTE events caught on in a big way, and set-piece moments became focal points in many big titles. Mechanics that were refined in the title, such as the aiming and over-the-shoulder camera, became widespread in the console generation that followed. The impact that Resident Evil 4 had on the industry can’t be overstated.
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