Resident Evil 4

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  1. kingofkoopas
    Mar 27, 2023
    7
    Just finished it and I really like it, but it has disappointed me. There are a few things that kept this remake from swimming in the same territory of greatness as the original. The game needs iframes badly. The enemies and bosses can hit you over and over before you can properly recover. This gets extremely frustrating. In the original, Leon moves stiffly but is swift once you startJust finished it and I really like it, but it has disappointed me. There are a few things that kept this remake from swimming in the same territory of greatness as the original. The game needs iframes badly. The enemies and bosses can hit you over and over before you can properly recover. This gets extremely frustrating. In the original, Leon moves stiffly but is swift once you start running. In the remake Leon is really clunky(not the same as stiff) and it makes running feel really off, and in fights it can be infuriating. Its significantly worse than the running in "The Witcher 3". I don't care if it makes his movement more real, its not immersive because it makes movement really frustrating. In the last fight, right before you fire the red rocket at Saddler, I got stunned locked by the tentacle and almost died. I couldn't do anything but watch Leon take 4 hits from the tentacles. That is just one example of nearly a hundred in one playthrough. How many of you have called bullcrap on dynamite sticks being thrown at you?

    The game has a difficulty problem as well, it throws wild curve balls at you from time to time. I started on hardcore and the opening was getting to me. Until I realized that the time you have to survive is shorter than the original, but it was well done. The fight with Mendez was a joke, the second part of it was just scripted/movie garbage, not real gameplay. The fight with Lago was really easy this time, you don't fall off the boat if you hit the trees in the water....Then there are parts that are very very difficult such as the Regeneratos and Iron Maidens. They are much too fast for how clunky Leon is. They were difficult in the original, but here they are nightmarish. The Novistadors have been reduced to absolute cannon fodder, why are they even in the game?

    Last and probably least are the design choices, some of this might be nitpicking on my part but I will list some anyway. Ada's voice in English is horrendously bad, its jarring, it takes me out of the experience of the game. Its like something out of a Neil Breen movie. Krauser's is quite bad too, horrible voice, but unlike Ada's, at least the voice actor is trying to act and not read lines like he's dying from a serious case of boredom. The game is going for a darker, more horror look over the original and in most areas I think it succeeds, but when it doesn't it fails miserably. Take the wolf enemies for example, they look too chubby and almost cute. In the original they looked like real animals and thus a bit scary to fight. Chief Mendez too, he just looks like a big chunky dude, not sinister like in the original. The first Garrador was not only too easy, but they also removed his torturous and unnerving scream. The Chainsaw maniac's eyes are too bright and cutesy...Ugh why? Then they removed the one fight in the original that can be scary or at least creepy, the fight with "It". I was also hoping they wouldn't load the game with needless cursing, but its 2023 and it was naïve to hope for that. The game doesn't have mercenaries either which I find very disappointing.

    The game is totally worth it and if they were to patch some of the things I mentioned, then the remake could stand next to the original easily. I am starting to convince myself that some people were right about the RE Engine, its not very good, at least not for RE4's much faster gameplay.    … Expand
  2. philzlz
    May 28, 2023
    7
    I was never a big fan of the original release, the move to a more action orientated Resident Evil never sat right with me. The remake is good, its entertaining enough but for me I prefer the more grounded horror experience of the franchise.

    The graphics looked great and guns felt powerful enough, I did not care for the errands or the shooting range of the merchant and liked the upgrade    I was never a big fan of the original release, the move to a more action orientated Resident Evil never sat right with me. The remake is good, its entertaining enough but for me I prefer the more grounded horror experience of the franchise.

    The graphics looked great and guns felt powerful enough, I did not care for the errands or the shooting range of the merchant and liked the upgrade system. Leon has some funny voice lines.

    The boss arenas were terrible and way too small to navigate, which made some bosses frustrating to fight.    … Expand
  3. res0nancer
    Jul 17, 2023
    7
    Для человека, который проходил оригинал особо нового игра не предложит, что не является минусом разумеется, на то это и ремейк. Для тех, кто не играл в оригинал - игра может стать просто бомбой. Попробовать стоит обязательно, если вы не знакомы с оригиналом.Для человека, который проходил оригинал особо нового игра не предложит, что не является минусом разумеется, на то это и ремейк. Для тех, кто не играл в оригинал - игра может стать просто бомбой. Попробовать стоит обязательно, если вы не знакомы с оригиналом.
  4. GabriMH19
    Aug 9, 2023
    7
    - RESIDENT EVIL 4 -

    Ambientación 9 Escenarios 9
    Narrativa 8 Personajes 7
    Dificultad 6 Jugabilidad 6
    Mecánicas 7 Gráficos 8
    Innovación 7 Contenido 7
    Errores o bugs 9 Plano artístico 8
  5. CloudXz
    Apr 7, 2023
    7
    It is a great Game but not on the Same Level as the orginal What is really a big Problem is getting S+. I'm not SO bad in Videogames. But this is simple ridiculous. It's ok to make something hard but not to hard + you have to rush because you have to do it in under 5 1/2h and with only 15 saves. There is something like hard and then there is something like ridiculous...
    I did in the End    It is a great Game but not on the Same Level as the orginal What is really a big Problem is getting S+. I'm not SO bad in Videogames. But this is simple ridiculous. It's ok to make something hard but not to hard + you have to rush because you have to do it in under 5 1/2h and with only 15 saves. There is something like hard and then there is something like ridiculous...
    I did in the End after Weeks but it was pure Pain. I would give it a 8/10 but this is a reason to take a Point away. But after all it's still a good Game that makes fun. The 0/10 Rantings are ridiculous. But the 10/10 are way to much too. This would mean it is a All-Time Classic. And i don't know if this is something Peoble still will love in 15 Year's like the Orginal?!    … Expand
  6. WellEvil
    Apr 9, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great game with a huge focus on story, characters, and world-building. I don't remember the last time when the story absorbed me so much. Yes, there are a few bugs here are there, but nothing game-breaking. Usually minor visual glitches.… Expand
  7. retroisback96
    May 18, 2023
    7
    Pretty good remake all things considered however what I can't see past is the crashing that occurs with high VRAM usage and hopefully this is something that gets patched soon. Considering though how bad some games get ported over to pc (hogwarts legacy comes to mind) this is a pretty good release.

    It's a shame developers seem to neglect optimization for PC these days if that trend    Pretty good remake all things considered however what I can't see past is the crashing that occurs with high VRAM usage and hopefully this is something that gets patched soon. Considering though how bad some games get ported over to pc (hogwarts legacy comes to mind) this is a pretty good release.

    It's a shame developers seem to neglect optimization for PC these days if that trend continues it'll be tough to keep committing to being a pc gamer rather than console. However, Res 4 is not completely broken it just requires lowering of some settings to resolve the crashing till a fix is pushed out.

    The game looks good but it shouldn't need 16GB of VRAM for max settings that's ridiculous cyberpunk looks 10x better than Res 4 and I can run that maxed out no problems.    … Expand
  8. DavidMP98
    Apr 12, 2023
    7
    Is an absolute masterpiece, loved the gameplay, story and graphics, it brought me back to my childhood when I used to play it, but adding more things to enjoy. I think it remains very loyal to what the original game was, almost all of the puzzles and bosses were remaked. I would love to give it a 10, however, the game crashes on my pc sometimes. I am playing it with an RTX 3070 with 16gbIs an absolute masterpiece, loved the gameplay, story and graphics, it brought me back to my childhood when I used to play it, but adding more things to enjoy. I think it remains very loyal to what the original game was, almost all of the puzzles and bosses were remaked. I would love to give it a 10, however, the game crashes on my pc sometimes. I am playing it with an RTX 3070 with 16gb RAM and an I5 on 1080p so there should not be a problem. Hopefully a patch will be released.… Expand
  9. jsmithe
    Apr 16, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all, this is not a 10/10 game. The critics lied and it is more like an 8/10 at best. The game is good overall but it has some issues. Having just beat it on Standard and everyone already knowing the pros I will list some of the cons:

    - The game is too hard even on Standard and is ridiculous and downright sadistic on a clean playthrough on Hardcore and Pro. Standard is probably 30% harder than the OG on Pro which is dumb for what is supposed to be a normal difficulty level. The OG had an almost perfectly balanced difficulty on Normal when it came out in 2005. As of this writing which is over a month after the game came out, only 49% of PC players have beaten the game on Standard according to Steam statistics and that is because the game is too hard with less than 30% having beat it on Hardcore and some portion of that 30% includes new game plus players using end game weapons. 99% of players didn't want to play a Souls game.

    - As so many others have reported the new RNG aiming system is ridiculous. This does improve dramatically once you can put the laser sight on a few of the pistols but of course they then limit the sight to a couple of handguns only for "balancing reasons." Literally all of the OG fans who played it in 2005 just wanted the Red9 or Blacktail with the laser again and they made the dumb decision to remove that. Sniper rifle accuracy even when the high magnification scope is also janky and too hard to land headshots. It's not a "skill issue," it's just a poor implementation. Aiming becomes much better with a mouse vs controller but still is janky and most don't want to play with mouse keyboard these days even on PC.

    - The shooting range is almost impossible to perfectly S rank using controllers even with the deadzones adjusted and still too hard even using a mouse due to the RNG aiming system. No one wanted to sink hours into each range just to S rank them all. A month out from the game's release and only 26% of PC players have S ranked them all and that doesn't mean a perfect S rank which proves that the range is poorly designed and too hard.

    - Ammo is too scarce to the point that even if you play well you're lucky to have 12 shotgun shells and 10 sniper rounds at any given time. RE4 is supposed to be action horror not some old school RE survival horror-action horror hybrid and the game's enjoyment suffers as a result. The OG would let you stock up a decent amount but not a ridiculous amount either as a reward for having good accuracy which was much more fun overall.

    - Headshots not always staggering enemies was a dumb design decision that ruins the crowd management aspect of the OG. Granted using the laser sight seems to cause most of the enemies pre-island to always stagger but it's dumb you need the laser sight for that considering you are then forced to use the starting handgun or the punisher for the entire game which are early game weapons with low maximum damage.

    - The knife parry mechanic is bugged and randomly doesn't work 10% to 20% of the time. I would reload the same save multiple times near a single low level ganado, let them swing a hatchet and try everything from spamming the parry / knife ready button to watching for the perfect parry prompt and one time out of five on average no parry would be performed and I would take damage. This while playing the game with a perfect high framerate.

    - The stupid grab move that so many of the enemies spam is ridiculous because you can't parry it and trying to duck it only works half the time at best.

    - No bonus weapons with infinite ammo after beating the game on Standard is ridiculous and then forcing the player to speed run the game on professional to unlock even the Chicago sweeper is even more ridiculous. Capcom did this primarily to force people to buy the inevitable $5 DLC unlock pack that they eventually offered for the RE2 remake. The other reason was to appease the Twitch influencer speed run loving cheeto beard crowd who have ruined gaming with their willingness to play through the same game twenty times to unlock anything. The OG gave you the sweeper after beating standard which is what they should've done here especially after RE8 (Village) unlocked the infinite Dragoon assault rifle after beating it on Standard.

    - The Extra Content Shop sucks in general compared to RE8 with a bunch of cosmetic only costumes and even the infinite ammo weapons and so on only require a few thousand points to unlock. The result is that on a first playthrough you work hard to earn challenge points for ends up being nothing compared to RE8.

    - The game has optimization issues that result in a lower framerate then it should have.

    - The Ada Wong voice actor is beyond terrible and it's clear she put forth zero effort into the job.

    - Cut OG dialogue and a more serious tone that doesn't fit the setting don't mesh well

    I had way more to say but I hit the review character limit.    … Expand
  10. ElPozu
    Jun 21, 2023
    7
    Un gran juego, pero sigue siendo un remake... No merece mas nota que un notable.
  11. stalkerfan
    Aug 16, 2023
    7
    Overall, the remake is a commendable effort, but the persistent crashing associated with high VRAM usage is a notable concern that I hope receives prompt attention. While some PC adaptations disappoint, Resident Evil 4's PC launch is relatively commendable. The current trend of developers overlooking PC optimization is unfortunate and may sway gamers towards consoles if it continues.Overall, the remake is a commendable effort, but the persistent crashing associated with high VRAM usage is a notable concern that I hope receives prompt attention. While some PC adaptations disappoint, Resident Evil 4's PC launch is relatively commendable. The current trend of developers overlooking PC optimization is unfortunate and may sway gamers towards consoles if it continues. However, Resident Evil 4 remains functional; adjusting settings can mitigate the crashes until an official fix is released.… Expand
  12. P4inskiller
    May 12, 2023
    6
    The graphics are good and it runs very well on my PC. The shooting mechanics work. The difficulty on "Normal" is too high and in many places unfair and just stressful. The weapons are too weak. The gameplay and level design is not particularly good and rather boring. "Thanks" to mIcrotransactions I was able to level up my weapons so that at least a bit of fun comes up. But even so, itThe graphics are good and it runs very well on my PC. The shooting mechanics work. The difficulty on "Normal" is too high and in many places unfair and just stressful. The weapons are too weak. The gameplay and level design is not particularly good and rather boring. "Thanks" to mIcrotransactions I was able to level up my weapons so that at least a bit of fun comes up. But even so, it remains a mediocre game with outdated gameplay.… Expand
  13. HanSolo123
    Jul 1, 2023
    6
    Never played the original, so I come unbiased to this mess.
    This is not a 2023 game, its clunky, not original, and you have to babysit Ashley for 1/2 of the game.
    I did not enjoy this game at all. Chapter 7 is by far the worst part, where you have to protect ashley (again) but this time w/ limited supplies and a **** ton of enemies.... Has no one tested this section before hand and    Never played the original, so I come unbiased to this mess.
    This is not a 2023 game, its clunky, not original, and you have to babysit Ashley for 1/2 of the game.
    I did not enjoy this game at all. Chapter 7 is by far the worst part, where you have to protect ashley (again) but this time w/ limited supplies and a **** ton of enemies.... Has no one tested this section before hand and realized: " oh **** we should add some more ammo here " ?    … Expand
  14. JOnasx
    Apr 13, 2023
    6
    I'll preface this by saying I never played the original and this is my first experience with the RE4.

    The graphics rework on this is just stunning. One of the best , if not the best I've seen. Everything form the lighting textures, effects, everything is just 10/10. That being said, the game play is a little ..meh. It's kind of fun for the first 2 hours of the game or so, it    I'll preface this by saying I never played the original and this is my first experience with the RE4.

    The graphics rework on this is just stunning. One of the best , if not the best I've seen. Everything form the lighting textures, effects, everything is just 10/10.

    That being said, the game play is a little ..meh. It's kind of fun for the first 2 hours of the game or so, it just becomes point, mash buttons and run around after that.

    The puzzles are uninspired to say the least, either too simple or just stupidly obtuse.

    Compare this to a similar modern title like shadow of the tomb raider and it just becomes silly.

    There are some truly unique experiences to be had, I won't spoil them in this review.

    It's really linear , though you can go back and do things you missed, especially in the partner mode.

    I got through chapter 14 and just couldn't finish it, it just became more of the same old annoying so I just put it down, maybe one day i'll go back and complete....but probably not..i just don't care what happens.

    The voice acting, especially the supporting characters is kinda mediocre.

    The story is old rewashed hero's journey....maybe that worked at the first release but it doesn't now,

    This definitely isn't a 60 dollar title...maybe 20 bucks. Wait for it to go on sale, except for the graphics, you ain't missing anything special.    … Expand
  15. AbrahFP
    Jun 5, 2023
    6
    El original dejó el listón demasiado alto, y el remake no llega.
    -Lo mejor: mejora gráfica, las físicas, y que es más desafiante porque los enemigos son más numerosos, rápidos y agresivos. El buhonero también está mejor, han añadido algunas misiones opcionales que aportan contenido y están bien, y la galería de tiro está chulísima. En cuanto al escenario y la inmersión, la parte del    El original dejó el listón demasiado alto, y el remake no llega.
    -Lo mejor: mejora gráfica, las físicas, y que es más desafiante porque los enemigos son más numerosos, rápidos y agresivos. El buhonero también está mejor, han añadido algunas misiones opcionales que aportan contenido y están bien, y la galería de tiro está chulísima. En cuanto al escenario y la inmersión, la parte del pueblo casi hasta el final es la única que está mejorada.
    -Lo peor: no entiendo por qué destruir las cinemáticas épicas y tan características del original y convertirlas en esta basura. Literalmente el guion y la producción de las cinemáticas de 2005 se mean en las del Remake(solo había que dejarlas igual, mejorando los gráficos), pero no, mejor quitarle todo el interés a la trama y la personalidad a los personajes y convertirlo todo en una comedia con 0 de coherencia. A parte de esto, han eliminado zonas enteras y bosses del original sin introducir ningún boss nuevo a cambio. SPOILER ALERT: por ejemplo, el boss del tren de la isla, que era el más difícil y terrorífico del juego original, aquí desaparece sin dejar rastro, cuando era de las mejores partes de la isla....solo han dejado todas las zonas que son un call of duty. La banda sonora es pésima, en vez de utilizarla para crear miedo y tensión, hace todo lo contrario, impidiendo escuchar a los enemigos rezando y cosas por el estilo....lo que supone una bajada de terror enorme respecto al original con míticas escenas como el "morir es vivir" frente a un altar con una música muy tenue y tensa de fondo. La aparición de las hermanas Bella es de coña, la aparición del gigante épica del 4 matando a sus carceleros cambiada por un "rompe la puerta y ale" Básicamente TODAS las escenas y TODOS los momentos míticos del original han desaparecido. No lo suspendo porque la jugabilidad es buena y por los minijuegos que he comentado en los puntos a favor.    … Expand
  16. gameplay_first
    Apr 7, 2023
    6
    The most important aspect of any game is how it controls.
    More important than gameplay, graphics or lore.
    And this game simply does not control good in any way. I don't know what they were thinking. The original Resident Evil 4 was more of an action adventure. Maybe they wanted to go further into the direction of survival horror and made the controls that tedious on purpose, or they    The most important aspect of any game is how it controls.
    More important than gameplay, graphics or lore.
    And this game simply does not control good in any way.

    I don't know what they were thinking.
    The original Resident Evil 4 was more of an action adventure.
    Maybe they wanted to go further into the direction of survival horror and made the controls that tedious on purpose, or they just wanted to recycle the code of RE2 remake, but they really have overdone it.

    Your character has so much movement based inertia now, that he feels as if he is constantly walking on ice. Every single input has a weird delay to it. You can't turn on a dime anymore and if you stop moving your analog stick, your character keeps going for a short time. It just feels wrong, even for a survival horror game.

    In this game they screwed up every single aspect of movement:

    + The camera is constantly so close to your character that it really feels nauseating, even for people who are not prone to motion sickness. And if you aim down sight it zooms in even more, to a point where it gets almost completely impractical.

    + Every single animation, including aiming down sight, takes forever to perform, with really long drawn out animations.

    + Your last resort weapon, the knife , has durability now and often breaks, so that it gets unusable on a regular base. Nobody asked for that change. Just like nobody asked for them replacing the laser pointer on your starter weapon with a very view obstructing widespread cross-hair.

    + Oh and headshots and ankle shots do not reliably stagger anymore.
    Out of some weird reason they randomized the amount of shots you need to stagger enemies now, which is really bad for no hit runs and general playing in higher difficulties.

    The whole game is just super unresponsive to control overall.
    Your character just simply never does what you want him to do and constantly lags half a second behind. Almost as if you would stream the game in the cloud from halfway across the world.

    +They also cut a lot of content, including some locations and a boss fight, probably just to resell them as DLC.

    + And the english voice acting is really bad. The game also completely lost its campy nature and humor and has a much more serious tone now, which is really unfitting for how ridiculous the setting is.

    Conclusion:

    They put a lot of effort into the game.
    Mostly into the presentation.
    But the things which really matter like controls, camera, faithfulness to the original, do the gameplay mechanics work and make sense, are all handled significantly worse than in the original game.

    If the controls were better, than it would be a 7-8/10 type of game.
    In its current state, it is a 6/10.

    There are mods available to fix many of the issues (no further zoom in on ads, larger FOV, unbreakable knife, reliable stagger on headshot, laser pointer on base pistol, no yellow paint on interactables, patching the obnoxious rain effects out of the game, no more constant grunting and out of breath sounds from Leon and Ashley) but mods cant fix everything.

    Up to this point there is no mod to patch the sluggish controls due to the movement based inertia and the cut content does also not come back with mods. Maybe the cut content is buyable via dlc later on.

    Its probably smart to wait 6-12 month until mods fix the movement and then buy the game plus dlc for 30 dollar in total. But even then the original seems just a better game overall, level design and gameplaywise, if you can handle the rustic look.    … Expand
  17. Blaze8
    Jun 20, 2023
    6
    C'est un jeu très bien réalisé, mais il lui manque l'âme de l'original. C'est quand même un bon produit, mais ce n'est pas un remake fidèle. J'ai l'impression qu'ils ont joué la sécurité à l'excès et se sont trop concentrés sur l'aspect technique.
  18. Promotheus
    Apr 5, 2023
    5
    Basicly, for better and for worse, Capcom took RE4 in a completely different direction with this "remake". This is a Frankensteinian mix of og RE4's action gameplay, and the survival horror of RE7-8. If you enjoyed RE4 (2005), play this one on Standard difficulty, and never touch the other difficulties. Hardcore is already much harder than Pro on OG RE4, and Professional is stupid I think.Basicly, for better and for worse, Capcom took RE4 in a completely different direction with this "remake". This is a Frankensteinian mix of og RE4's action gameplay, and the survival horror of RE7-8. If you enjoyed RE4 (2005), play this one on Standard difficulty, and never touch the other difficulties. Hardcore is already much harder than Pro on OG RE4, and Professional is stupid I think. If you play Professional and think it's fun, all power to you. You do you. Capcom obviously hit the mark then. But I can't for the life of me find any enjoyment in it, and I was also already highly frustrated by my Hardcore run that I did finish. I love hard games, but this type of frustration and over-reliance on the awful parry mechanic is not my cup of tea. Apparently parrying is a thing now in many AAA-games? I couldn't tell. I usually avoid AAA games like the (las) plagas. Regardless, Capcom should've been the bigger person and just not put that junk in the game. And don't get me started on the introduction of stealth.… Expand
  19. daryl83
    Apr 1, 2023
    5
    The game does not live up to the original in any way. Worse voice acting from supporting characters, missing levels and it does not even control as smoothly with more input lags than the original's smoother controls. How is this a 10/10 game?!?
  20. TastyCalls
    Apr 25, 2023
    5
    It is true they didn't butcher it like they did with RE 3, still, the game feels kind of soulless. Gameplay is fine, graphics are good and some of the fights are fun but that's it. Mediocre at best and I don't see how this can be called a "masterpiece". I think the term has lost its meaning or maybe because gaming has become too mainstream and for the most part petty that the moment a gameIt is true they didn't butcher it like they did with RE 3, still, the game feels kind of soulless. Gameplay is fine, graphics are good and some of the fights are fun but that's it. Mediocre at best and I don't see how this can be called a "masterpiece". I think the term has lost its meaning or maybe because gaming has become too mainstream and for the most part petty that the moment a game hits the minimum, folks would scream masterpiece.

    I don't understand why capcom don't want to remake their games the way they did with the 1st remake which was the remastered/remade RE game that got released on Gamecube and later on ported to steam and next gen consoles. To this day, I still think that is the perfect remake of a classic and it even got rid of the need to bother and play the PS1 OG Resident Evil. They did a great job with 2 Remake though . I'm not going to talk about 3 Remake, it was horrible.

    Sadly, RE 4 remake didn't quite live up to the OG. Cut content as usual, removing a lot of personality from the game, removing many cheesy yet iconic lines making the game so bland . RE 4 was never about horror . That claustrophobic, puzzle solving and strategic horror-survival element ended with 3 . RE 4 was just a goofy, yet funny and lively b-movie like game full of action and character, you remove that aspect and you simply end up with a generic action game .

    I've read many reviews in here, and I don't believe this is trolling. You can clearly see people bringing many solid points on why they did not like the game. I give it a 5 because like I said it's an okay remake especially after the atrocity that we got not too long ago.

    After this remake, now I'm certain that capcom don't really care about the old fans anymore, and they're just making games for a completely new audience, and clearly, they don't even like the original games. I think maybe we, old RE fans, should move on and forget about this franchise

    For those who wanna play it, wait till the game gets cheaper.    … Expand
  21. SPAGHETTIBOLEG
    May 21, 2023
    5
    This is an incredibly well made game, but it SORELY lacks the heart of the original. It IS still a good product, but it is not a faithful remake. I feel they played this way too safe, and focused too much on the technical side.

    The reason why RE4 original has aged so well is because it was innovative and bold In the end, this game lacks any warmth and comes off as a pretty generic    This is an incredibly well made game, but it SORELY lacks the heart of the original. It IS still a good product, but it is not a faithful remake. I feel they played this way too safe, and focused too much on the technical side.

    The reason why RE4 original has aged so well is because it was innovative and bold

    In the end, this game lacks any warmth and comes off as a pretty generic 3rd person action game.    … Expand
  22. Ratingss
    Apr 14, 2023
    5
    More like a demake, the only thing it does better than the original game are the graphics

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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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