Resident Evil 4

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6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 2549 Ratings

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  1. pedazo
    Aug 29, 2023
    0
    It's shameful for Capcom to add post release microtransactions so journalists would over rate this game since MTX wasn't around until april 6th. Shame on capcom
  2. ahmedayad60
    May 19, 2023
    1
    If you would like to enjoy the game , play Chapter 11 , Luis and Leon Chapter , the rest is **** and the original Resident Evil 4 is way better , here Leon and Ashley are just couple of teenagers overreacting and overdoing to attract each other
  3. Aymeric
    Apr 8, 2023
    0
    It's shameful for Capcom to add post release microtransactions so journalists would over rate this game since MTX wasn't around until april 6th. Shame on capcom
  4. Craigster
    Apr 15, 2023
    3
    Bought Deluxe Edition just for OG soundtracks and they managed to remove serenity from save locations and made it just merchant theme. It's a good quality game but it's really kinda soulless and lacks of atmosphere. The only good merit of this game is graphics, most of the characters are generic and dull compared to the original, VA's are awful for the most part... This remake is boringBought Deluxe Edition just for OG soundtracks and they managed to remove serenity from save locations and made it just merchant theme. It's a good quality game but it's really kinda soulless and lacks of atmosphere. The only good merit of this game is graphics, most of the characters are generic and dull compared to the original, VA's are awful for the most part... This remake is boring and has no replayability, I beat it once and forgot about it.… Expand
  5. Wavew
    May 16, 2023
    3
    León ha pasado de ser el jodido John Wick, a moverse como un deficiente mental borracho.

    Es imposible entender la decisión de Capcom de ofrecerle al jugador del 2023 un personaje que cada vez que da dos pasos parece que se va a asfixiar. Todo el realismo y la inmersión del juego se va a la porra por este motivo. Entiendo que no es un "shotter" y que el uso de las armas tiene que ser    León ha pasado de ser el jodido John Wick, a moverse como un deficiente mental borracho.

    Es imposible entender la decisión de Capcom de ofrecerle al jugador del 2023 un personaje que cada vez que da dos pasos parece que se va a asfixiar. Todo el realismo y la inmersión del juego se va a la porra por este motivo.

    Entiendo que no es un "shotter" y que el uso de las armas tiene que ser algo mas complicado, pero que un policía de un cuerpo de elite tarde 2 días en apuntar a un "señor" que tiene delante es como para pedir el rembolso y olvidarse de esta basura.
    Por lo demás el juego se hace aburrido enseguida, solo lo puedo recomendar para fans del original.    … Expand
  6. Cyn3
    Mar 31, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. With the original Resident Evil 4 the team set out to make something new and allowed the game to take the shape it wanted to, they caught lightning in a bottle and history was made. Why Capcom thought they could do this twice is beyond me.

    Pros:

    -The combat actually feels good, the impact from your physical attacks respond well to the environment
    - I like how they improved the Gigante fight by having the dog do more doing the fight. He even stays after the fight so you can thank him personally. The goodest boi!
    - Luis is a more long term coop buddy allowing you to form a stronger bond with him
    - The Merchant
    - The improved shooting gallery
    - The Donkey Kong Mine cart section is way more fun
    - They expand on Krauser and Luis' backstories, for the better in my opinion.

    Cons:

    - U3 Boss fight from the original was cut
    - Remember when they removed all the jokes pertaining to Ashley's body and anything that remotely seemed like flirting from RE4VR? Well they did the same thing here and replaced them all with awful MCU quips, as is the style of the time.
    - Speaking of Ashley, Capcom is well aware of the public perception of the original Ashley and as a result they have over corrected to the point where the game tries to trick you in to thinking she's more useful by constantly having her spout dialogue like "We're a team! Right Leon?". Yes Capcom, we get it, we can't have a damsel in distress in stories anymore! If you looked anymore insecure I would think you didn't actually care and you wanted to increase your ESG score! (Fyi there was nothing wrong with Ashley in the original, you were just bad at the game!)
    - The voice acting is serviceable in most places but the voices for Krauser and Ada can't be described as anything else than terrible. Whoever was in charge of casting should be fired because I don't know how a blunder like that got past the radar.
    - The Castle while still present was shortened significantly from the original.
    - Separate Ways is paid DLC-- WHAT
    - Mercenaries not available at launch. Supposed to be a free update and I'm hoping against hope it's not a live service trap. (Hah!)
    - PC version has Denuvo

    In conclusion, game's not bad but it's not the new masterpiece critics and certain fans say it is. A good remake keeps the foundation of what made the original good and adds on to it, this is not what I see here. As I mentioned before the original was something new and it took the form it wanted to take, this one while it does some things better is also being held back by cutting out content and adhering to modern sensibilities to the point where it's embarrassed to be associated with the cheesiness and B movie fun of the original. If you really want to check this out and you haven't played the original yet I highly recommend playing the original first, it still holds up, it's on sale all the time and the HD project mod breathes new life in to the game that is so good it honestly makes this remake irrelevant. There really is no reason for this game to exist when we could have gotten a remake of Code Veronica instead.    … Expand
  7. Lynxes
    Apr 10, 2023
    0
    Not worth it.

    The game looks good, but hey it's 2023 and it's RE Engine, that much had to be expected, it also runs great! On an overclocked 4090 that is! The game is horribly unstable, crashes all the time, I had to replay the same parts multiple times because of the game crashing not near a type writer or a checkpoint, it may crash every 10minutes or every 2 hours, but it's a pain.    Not worth it.

    The game looks good, but hey it's 2023 and it's RE Engine, that much had to be expected, it also runs great! On an overclocked 4090 that is!

    The game is horribly unstable, crashes all the time, I had to replay the same parts multiple times because of the game crashing not near a type writer or a checkpoint, it may crash every 10minutes or every 2 hours, but it's a pain.

    The censorship was really unnecessary. It's a girl in a skirt and a couple jokes, just because a couple of people from twitter find them offensive now we gotta play a censored version of the game? We really need to dress Ashley more? What, are we back in 1800 where women couldn't show any skin or something? It's a videogame, not real life, and she doesn't even exist, so just leave her the way she was in the original, because yes those jokes and situations (that have been removed in the remake) where funny and gave the game part of it's personality, removing them makes the whole thing a bit more shallow.

    The lack of DLSS is the icing on the cake, I get it that the game is sponsored by AMD, but FSR sucks quality wise, it's looks like literal garbage. Even the little preview image in the settings where you have the toggle shows you an incredibly blurry image.
    There is a DLSS mod even though I had no luck with it, welp, thankfully I have a 4090, but if you don't do know that you can't enjoy max quality with DLSS thanks to AMD.

    Overall pretty disappointing, it's a watered down and more boring with less personality version of Resident Evil 4 with pretty graphics that crashes a lot of times.
    Don't buy this, and don't buy stuff that has been filtered by the Twitter Politically Correct Police, I did and regretted it.

    Update:
    A note that I have to add about voice acting.
    In my opinion almost everyone did a good job, but Ada was really subpar, Ada has a specific personality and her lines are meant to be read and played in a specific way, Lily Gao fails in doing this.
    Ada sounds bored, and rather than sounding like Ada it seems like she's trying to be Aloy from Forbidden West or any other generic wannabe bad female character, it's boring, repetitive, doesn't fit the character and quite frankly throws you off the immersion.

    Also, ignore those who discard negative reviews as **** trolls", no, those are legit complaints. The fact that some don't agree with it doesn't mean that who they don't agree with is a troll.    … Expand
  8. Jimbob2k666
    Apr 8, 2023
    3
    It's OK but is it really necessary? Won't be long now before we see a remake of a remake in this series. I think its time to lay this IP to rest.
  9. Ruboca
    Jul 15, 2023
    0
    Muito ruim, porcaria, lixo, completo desastre, ruim de mais, pior jogo, arrependimento
  10. frmetacriticfr
    Apr 9, 2023
    1
    This game doesn't support DLSS even though it came out for PC

    And this remake too followed the graphic resources of the original re4

    So even though it came out later than re8village, it is less sophisticated and messier than re8village's graphics.
  11. hellbard
    Mar 30, 2023
    0
    The "Resident Evil" for people who don't like Resident Evil. This is just a generic action game with hordes of enemies, non-stop combat and not a glimpse of "horror" after the first 10 minutes of gameplay.

    Once again, Resident Evil 4 is not Resident Evil. Both the original and the remake sucks if you're looking for what makes the original ones great.
  12. Federx
    Mar 31, 2023
    3
    this game did not need to exist.
    greed like this should never be encouraged
  13. TsukasaHiiragi
    Apr 15, 2023
    0
    Absolutely shameless to destroy RE4 legacy by adding microtransactions several weeks after release to avoid any backlash from consumers, Capcom should be ashamed of themselves.
  14. Procrustes
    May 15, 2023
    0
    I cant give a good score to a company that uses DRM malwares such as denuvo.
    Denuvo in, Wallet out.
  15. carnivorCactae
    Apr 26, 2023
    2
    Its a Resident Evil game for people who don't like Resident evil.

    Campy and unnatural dialogue (it was worse in the original, I get it), its not scary (besides maybe 3 short sections), its too easy and you'll never have enough ammo for the really fun weapons. The RE2-remake managed to elevate RE2 and build on its strengths. RE4 Remake on the other hand feels like life- and soulles    Its a Resident Evil game for people who don't like Resident evil.

    Campy and unnatural dialogue (it was worse in the original, I get it), its not scary (besides maybe 3 short sections), its too easy and you'll never have enough ammo for the really fun weapons.

    The RE2-remake managed to elevate RE2 and build on its strengths.
    RE4 Remake on the other hand feels like life- and soulles cashgrab.

    Not enough that players are robbed of 60 bucks, they are flat out forced to play with the Denuvo-Virus.

    The game itself is more of a horde-mode 3rd-person shooter with pretty annoying combat-mechanics and boring leveldesign.

    It runs well at least, despite of DENUVO, but I have zero motivation to replay it and was more or less relieved when the end-credits rolled (it isn't even a particularly long game. It just tries to pad the playtime with mini-games and collectibles).

    Wish I'd invested the money into Everspace 2 instead.    … Expand
  16. DaveAus
    May 5, 2023
    1
    A lazy remake, some texture look better. But content was removed, micro transactions were added and they censored stuff.
  17. Kunray
    Mar 30, 2023
    2
    It's your call but for now it's not recommended.
    1/10 this game at that stage.
    RE 4 Old The Best
  18. ColdSourCoffee
    Apr 2, 2023
    2
    I am disappointed by game play, music, art style, dialogue, voice actors, and cut content. The game cannot in any way be a replacement for the original 2005 version, and i doubt it will be remembered in a few months.
  19. zenobustra
    Apr 3, 2023
    0
    Controls are bad, shootings is bad, character models look bad, voice acting sounds bad, ton of cut content, a total disgrace to the original.
  20. aspseavra
    Apr 13, 2023
    0
    jogo filha da p..... de zerar no modo profissional essa desgraça mesmo com arma infinita não vai não da pra conseguir rank S+, o antigo era mais facil, desperdicei dinheiro e tempo de vida jogando essa merda.
  21. lalalalnznzn
    Apr 23, 2023
    2
    if it was new enmy, new area, new story it will be good game.
    but its remake and not a single thing change the gameplay change to RE6 similar one, thats the only major change, otherwise evertything just downgraded or removed
  22. Kboum
    Mar 31, 2023
    4
    nostalgie de 2004 mais qui ne reviens pas et encore en 2004 c'était moyen .
    Sans plus évité de le prendre au prix fort il ne le mérite clairement pas.
    Les notes presse sont fausse, ce jeu à tué la série avant l'arrivé du 7
  23. justagamerken
    Apr 4, 2023
    1
    downgraded voice acting and fsr 2.1 not well implemented in the game and the price is not justified for a 10 hour gameplay and has no replayability
  24. LeandroB
    Mar 31, 2023
    0
    I wish Capcom would stop making action games out of Resident Evil... I just want a good survivor horror.
  25. Vlad161
    Apr 25, 2023
    2
    Microtransactions must die

    Microtransactions, sometimes abbreviated as mtx, are a business model where users can purchase virtual goods with micropayments. Microtransactions are often used in free-to-play games to provide a revenue source for the developers.
  26. JasonMassaker
    Apr 28, 2023
    0
    Absolutely shameless to destroy Resident Evil 4 legacy by adding microtransactions several weeks after release. The Performance is good, but that is not enough.
  27. Redford234
    May 2, 2023
    1
    Overall,fails to live up to the hype and is a prime example of style over substance. It is a shallow and uninspired experience that left me with a bitter taste in my mouth. Save yourself the disappointment and invest your time and money elsewhere...
  28. no_thanks_bro
    Mar 27, 2023
    1
    Really disappointing, too much cut content in this game especially my favorite boss U-3 ,Its just RE3 in a different setting, same clunky controls, same boring weapon sounds and music, its just so lame compared to the original, the death scenes are trash, the blood is too much to fill the screen, and there are no chainsaw decapitations

    and also bad voice actors, especially Ada, Krauser,    Really disappointing, too much cut content in this game especially my favorite boss U-3 ,Its just RE3 in a different setting, same clunky controls, same boring weapon sounds and music, its just so lame compared to the original, the death scenes are trash, the blood is too much to fill the screen, and there are no chainsaw decapitations

    and also bad voice actors, especially Ada, Krauser, and Merchant T_T., the dialogue is trash, and Leon's character is very boring and too serious, with too many rendering delays, bugs, and a stressful AI, Where is assignment Ada? Where are the separate ways? This is an incomplete game!

    The camera is too close to be fighting El Gigante, the water visual against Del Lago is trash, the cinematography of the movie is very bad compared to the original, and the most stupid thing is that in this game you can kill Ashley, but they removed the word "women" which makes it non sense for censorship and also they cut other iconic words, what a lazy developer.    … Expand
  29. NAYKEN
    Mar 28, 2023
    2
    I don't think Capcom realized how difficult a job it was undertaking before this game came out. Make the best video game ever in history again. There are so many things to say before we start examining it that I don't know where to start. In the past, when asked a question about what would have happened if Re4 had been a terrible game, everyone would have said Re5. Now the answer to thisI don't think Capcom realized how difficult a job it was undertaking before this game came out. Make the best video game ever in history again. There are so many things to say before we start examining it that I don't know where to start. In the past, when asked a question about what would have happened if Re4 had been a terrible game, everyone would have said Re5. Now the answer to this question is Re4 remake. Everything about the original game has been made terrible. Let's move on to our review. Let's start with the mechanics. I want to mention the RE Engine, although this game engine was very bad, it didn't make itself noticeable from a woody camera angle like FPS, but when the Re2 remake came out, it slowly became clear how bad this game engine was. The feel of the hit and their physics were very bulky and unresponsive, but due to the structure of Re 2 remake, the zombies already had low artificial intelligence and were not very understood in this game either. The original game was such an active game that even when the remake demo came out, I saw that the RE engine could not withstand this active gameplay and how terrible the mechanics of the game made it. Enemies often don't react when they're hit The TPS camera angle is bad, no one expected it to be as good as the original game anyway, because the original game still has the best TPS mechanics and perspective ever, and there's been no equivalent, there's just been some close ones. Unfortunately, Re4 remake has become one of the games with the worst TPS mechanics ever. As for the gameplay, there is self-defense with a knife in the game, and it definitely doesn't work properly, most of the time you get hit by the enemy, and this raises your nerve level quite a lot. I would like to mention the boss fights, but I will give them a separate place at the end of the review. Now we can move on to the department designs. There are too many sections removed from the original game and it affects the fluency of the game a lot, the village where we started the game interpreted the original game in reverse and we are going the opposite way. As for the castle section, it feels very different from the original game, most of the places have been removed, most of them have been made of terrible designs, most of them feel like a huge empty box. There is nothing to mention in the island section, most of the places have been changed, just like the castle. Unlike the original game, the episode designs do not contribute to the mechanics of the game, soulless designs. Now there is something I want to mention in the original version of Re4. Atmosphere, ambience and music these three things made the ojrnial game one of the best horror games ever in history. Re 4 remake is a disgrace in this regard, even the remake has become a complete action game. Re4 remake is the same action game as Re5. The atmosphere, ambience and music have been completely removed, you are doing nothing but shooting enemies who are flocking to you, and the terrible TPS mechanics of the game make this situation even more difficult. The terrible music has been completely removed. If you play the game in its original sounds, these soundtracks come back, but the fact that the atmosphere of the game is a disgrace negatively affects these soundtracks as well. Now we can come to the boss designs that I mentioned at the beginning of the review. All the bosses in the game repeat the same movements, whose modified designs have become incredibly easy and simple, until the fight is over. Salazar, the krauser bosses have been radically changed and have become a disgrace, I don't even want to talk about salazar in particular. Tactical analysis in bosses, you just need to rain bullets on them with your removed weapons. The bosses show their weak points themselves. As I said, the other bosses are incredibly easy to either do the same moves or jump around, especially the last boss. In addition, one of the best and most iconic bosses of the game, U-3, has been removed from the game. Along with Verdigo, I strongly condemn the makers of the two scariest and most difficult bosses in the Resident evil series. The Verdigo boss is one of the most difficult bosses in the history of the game, you feel almost soulslike desperation, and now that this difficulty has been completely eliminated, you can rain all your bullets on Verdigo. There are a few things I would like to mention one last time. I want to talk about the character modeling of the game. In this game, the photorealistic character graphics continue, and all the characters look so terrible. Separate ways, Assignment Ada and mercenaries are not in the game. We came to the end of our review, the original game was the best game ever in history, Capcom couldn't handle it. If they had pushed a little harder, it would have been a game as outrageous as Re Village and Operation Raccoon City Re 4 remake. As for the rating of the game, 20/100… Expand
  30. CepheusAR7
    Apr 2, 2023
    0
    money grab by capcom, game is too expensive i'm not going to pay 60% of my montly salary for an game that didn't have to be remade, and ofcourse crapcom now puts effort in this but with re3r, which comes from a much better original game, unlike this one, they did a horrible game, from what i've seen from being a part of the speedrunning comunity and a fan of resident evil for more than 20money grab by capcom, game is too expensive i'm not going to pay 60% of my montly salary for an game that didn't have to be remade, and ofcourse crapcom now puts effort in this but with re3r, which comes from a much better original game, unlike this one, they did a horrible game, from what i've seen from being a part of the speedrunning comunity and a fan of resident evil for more than 20 years this game looks ok but it's still a re4... can't be better than the original and the original only had gameplay going in its favor, they **** the story up and this is where the series went downhill. 23k argentinian pesos is what they are asking for this game... i'd rather eat this month than buy this and go on a fast for 2 months...… Expand
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Universal acclaim - based on 23 Critic Reviews

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  1. Riot Pixels
    Aug 8, 2023
    75
    Resident Evil 4 is a good remake. It is not as creative as RE 2 reincarnation, and it follows the original too diligently, but it still looks very decent.
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  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    May 4, 2023
    88
    As far as remakes go, Resident Evil 4 is very solid, but very safe, to the point of losing some of the original’s spark. Early RE games used to be unashamedly goofy, and RE4R seems to be afraid of that legacy. [page 64]
  3. GameCritics
    Apr 7, 2023
    90
    Resident Evil 4 is a truly fantastic remake of an already-stellar title. Some of the omissions, tweaks and changes do mean that it’s a perfect complement to the original experience rather than a replacement, but this is about as fine an update to a classic as one could possibly hope for.
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