Resident Evil 4

 PlayStation 5
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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4763 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3,646 out of 4763
  2. Mixed: 133 out of 4763
  3. Negative: 984 out of 4763
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  1. Dave199
    Mar 27, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Really mediocre Gameplay and story to much action, less survival horror
    Pro good graphics And atmosphere    … Expand
  2. KousukeDD
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    Esse jogo está sensacional, melhor remake até agora. Parabéns pelo trabalho Capcom, respeitou bastante o original. A jogabilidade, gráficos, efeitos sonoros estão impecáveis também.
  3. kevcap09
    Mar 27, 2023
    9
    Incredible remake, they kept what was good in resident evil 2 remake (almost everything) and elevated it to his max value.
    It's very loyal to the original, love it.
  4. Ryokai
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    -a love letter to the resident evil 4 fans
    -game was great on ps5
    -mapping, side quests, the merchants mini game, and back tracking increases the time of the game
  5. LuisOtavioSori
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    It's amazing, a great reimagining of the classic! It was a mix of nostalgia and innovation
  6. Idk123456789
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    Better than the original in every way and hands down the best remake ever made.
  7. Undercat
    Mar 27, 2023
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all I have to say that I consider the Original RE4 a masterpiece and for me it is the best game of all times. When I heard about the remake I had certain expectations for it. Mostly it had to get rid of the few negative aspects of the game, cut the bad sections and add better ones instead and update the game to modern standards in terms of graphic and gameplay. The remake does a lot of good things in this regard but also misses a lot of good opportunities.
    The biggest flaw of the OG game was the island section for me (and a lot of others) where the game shifts a little too much to an action game. The pacing was just not right as there were too many action orientated segments and too few atmospheric and creepy ones. Especially because of the genius village and castle areas that come before it, the Salazar fight was always a turning point for me playing the OG. After the fight I always get the feeling that the most fun parts are over and that the game goes downhill from now one except for a few nice moments left like the regenerators or the U3 fight. My main expectation for this game was that the game will see the biggest changes here. Although there are some changes the remake unfortunately does not enough in my opinion. Not only is the U3 fight cut (maybe it will be in Ada's story though) but there was also not enough NEW things here. I would have loved to see another section where you play as Ashley here for example to lower the pace and build more atmosphere again. Big missed opportunity!
    In general there were a lot of things cut in the game but if you do that then you have to add something new at the same time or it is just lazy.
    Overall the remake stays close to the OG and accomplishes to improve the game in a lot of ways and especially for people that missed this masterpiece back in 2005 it is the best chance to experience it.

    Some other things I liked about the remake:

    - parry system with the knife. Also that the knife has durability. Really nice choice to add that.
    - moving while aiming, shooting and reloading obviously
    - more dialogue and storytelling in general is improved
    - new weapons (also knifes! I found that super cool)
    - the mine thrower is a really nice weapon now as you can use it as a bolt thrower too
    - you can store your weapons (at any time) in the storage which means that you can actually collect and switch between them in one run
    - the merchant tasks and his dialogue
    - enemy designs
    - the new treasure system
    - the shooting range looks awesome!
    - crafting system
    - character design

    and some negatives:

    - no healing items on short cuts and therefore no healing animations like in RE5. You still have to pause the game to go into the item menu to heal. That takes the player out of the moment (most likely a fight)
    - I don't like to criticize specific people so much but the voice actor of Ada did a really bad job in this game and the performance is not worthy a game of this reputation.
    - the "You are dead" screen is just worse than the OG one. Why did they not keep that?
    - some death animations are either censored or poorly made. Some examples are: The Dr. Salvador kill from the front. The acid kill by Novistadors. The "fingers in the eye" animation (Leon's expression and the scream do not fit at all).
    - some reload animations do no feel so stylish and cool like in the OG
    - Although the OG soundtrack is still remixed in the game at some points, the new one can't reach this level of uneasiness that the OG one achieved    … Expand
  8. JusticePlease
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    CAN SOME MODERATOR PLEASE READ THIS: So this review bombing really made me angry, so i did some research (one google search) and basically it seems to be some "4 channel" project or something. Basically bunch of haters, who deliberately want to lower the user score. There was even someone literally encouraging others to "keep making more accounts" to give the game 0/10. Moderators/ownersCAN SOME MODERATOR PLEASE READ THIS: So this review bombing really made me angry, so i did some research (one google search) and basically it seems to be some "4 channel" project or something. Basically bunch of haters, who deliberately want to lower the user score. There was even someone literally encouraging others to "keep making more accounts" to give the game 0/10. Moderators/owners of Metacritic, do something about it! Least you could do, is removing some negative reviews that are FACTUALLY FAKE!… Expand
  9. PedrovskiBR
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    Por ser um dos mais importante e revolucionário jogo na indústria, Resident Evil 4 Remake não teve escolha, a não ser surpreender os fãs mais uma vez, e realmente conseguiram.
  10. NoobNinja
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    A very interesting take of the plot of RE4 , rather taking a way more serious tone , the characters are less campy and more insecure. I definitely like this change since its only natural to be more scared and insecure in a location full of insane crazy creatures. The gameplay is improved upon and I absolutely love the pary system. There is some cut content which were not important to theA very interesting take of the plot of RE4 , rather taking a way more serious tone , the characters are less campy and more insecure. I definitely like this change since its only natural to be more scared and insecure in a location full of insane crazy creatures. The gameplay is improved upon and I absolutely love the pary system. There is some cut content which were not important to the main stroy but I hope they are added in the future in form of DLC. Great work Capcom.… Expand
  11. ztts
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    It's so obvious that some attention whore (who likely don't even have the game), is making double accounts to review bomb this masterpiece. How sad and pathetic somebody needs to be to do something like that? Get a life loser. Hopefully no Youtuber/anyone really mentions it anywhere, because this loser doesn't deserve any attention. Game is great btw.
  12. Lobiseja
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fresh and smooth! … Expand
  13. Ahmad70
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    اللعبة جدا جدا جدا جدا جميلة صحيح يوجد بعض القلتشات الطفيفه لكن لا تذكر
  14. Moos
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    As I'm writing, the game is being review bombed, by some worthless piece of sh*t, the game is a masterpiece and doesn't deserve that, let's bring that score up !
  15. 9to10Gaming
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    Masterpiece! They changed enough to make it feel fresh but still stayed very true to the original.
  16. RE4RGOTY
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    This is most obvious GOTY of all time! As a Remake, it's amazing. As a standalone modern video game, it's amazing. It's fun, it's scary, it has action, it has horror. It's not just copy+paste "new graphics on old game", nope. This is, in many ways, expanded and updated version of RE4. I would say, 99% of the new addions and changes are absolutely welcomed and well done. Graphically itThis is most obvious GOTY of all time! As a Remake, it's amazing. As a standalone modern video game, it's amazing. It's fun, it's scary, it has action, it has horror. It's not just copy+paste "new graphics on old game", nope. This is, in many ways, expanded and updated version of RE4. I would say, 99% of the new addions and changes are absolutely welcomed and well done. Graphically it literally looks like "next-gen". Rain/storm looks great and makes it obvious that pre-release footage was just some "beta" stages.

    Obviously no game is perfect, i could always complain about something, anything (that goes for any game btw). But i almost don't want to, it's just as close to perfection as modern remake could be. Dead Space Remake was solid, very good. But this one is next level compared to that one.

    To bring out some negatives, as a die hard RE4 fan, i was obviously disappointed that U-3 was cut. U-3 had very interesting design and fight was fun and scary and would have worked perfectly in this new remake. I'm not really sure why the cut it, but i'm hopeful that maybe they are holding it for dlc.

    BUT that didn't break the game for me at all, everything else was great, most boss fights were amazing and expanded content helped as well. Atmosphere was absolutely flawless on all three locations (village,castle,island). Voice acting (for the most part) was great. My biggest surprise was Ashley, she was perfect! I was never huge Ashley fan, in the original she was extremely annoying, but in the remake she almost felt like new character (in a good way). Leon's voice acting was solid, as expected. Overall script/dialogue was also nice, i especially liked moments between Leon and Ashley.

    At the end of the day, i don't even care if it wins any awards, all i can say is, that it's very good game and that's the most important thing. But when development team puts so much passion into a project like this, i think it should be rewarded.    … Expand
  17. yessss
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    Modern Masterpiece!!! Modern Masterpiece!!! Modern Masterpiece!!! Modern Masterpiece!!!
  18. Estranged_
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    Metacritic PLEASE remove FAKE negative reviews. If you don't remove them, it's only hurting this site's credibility. Thank you!

    PS: RE4R is a Masterpiece.
  19. j1981700608
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    Great Game!! exciting.simple, pure fun.classic.timeless.
    outstanding remake paragpn
  20. RE4RisTheBest
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    Game is amazing!!! Seems like some mentally ill hater (or haters) think that they can have some sense of "power" if they review bomb this game. Well guess what, nope. You have no power over anything. You are nobody and nobody cares about your tasteless opinion lol.
  21. Fonta99
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    Amazing remake, grapichs are incredible, the little changes from the original actually adapt the game for a 2023 release. The gameplay is good, a bit clunky sometimes, especially with a lot of enemies to fight, but way better than the original. The acting is good, i'm just a bit weird out by the change of actor for Ada from RE2R, but other than that good performances and changes ofAmazing remake, grapichs are incredible, the little changes from the original actually adapt the game for a 2023 release. The gameplay is good, a bit clunky sometimes, especially with a lot of enemies to fight, but way better than the original. The acting is good, i'm just a bit weird out by the change of actor for Ada from RE2R, but other than that good performances and changes of dialogues. No cuts from the original base game story, mercenaries will be added with an update in April so it's fine. It has some performances issue but nothing serious on PS5, totaly fixable and not to distracting. Probably deserves a 9 but some people are giving it a 0 because in today's world people like to complain no matter what, a world full of hate on everything people "don't like" , even if it's something objectively good, and not only in videogames but everything. Anyways giving it a 10 to counter the random hate.… Expand
  22. yesterdayz
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    Resident Evil 4 Remake is a masterpiece, extremely fun, modern game, that has perfect combination of action and horror. Game is already huge hit and will very likely win GOTY and even if it doesn't, it's still one of the best games in years.

    It's also obvious that some lonely loser is wasting his life away, trying to review bomb this use score lol. I'm not sure why Metacritic is not    Resident Evil 4 Remake is a masterpiece, extremely fun, modern game, that has perfect combination of action and horror. Game is already huge hit and will very likely win GOTY and even if it doesn't, it's still one of the best games in years.

    It's also obvious that some lonely loser is wasting his life away, trying to review bomb this use score lol. I'm not sure why Metacritic is not doing anything about it and removing those fake negative reviews, but oh well...    … Expand
  23. Methabolica
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    Still a masterpiece. Over the top action. Feels like a real video game. Pretty arcade.
  24. Jenkins2633
    Mar 27, 2023
    8
    Resident Evil 4 remake is everything I wanted! It’s great! However, I am very disappointed in the fact I put 13 hours in the game to make it to Luis’s lab and the key is gone. I’ve tried researching a fix, but so far no good.
  25. Flabb
    Mar 27, 2023
    10
    A masterpice!! I am allready on my second playthrough! The core gameplay from the OG is preserved and the new mechanics like the knife is an awesome improvement. The enemies are more agressive and the game is even more stressful than the OG!!
    Capcom you have made an amazing job, the game just needs iron out some of the techincal issues, but they are minor on ps5. (Turn off chromatic    A masterpice!! I am allready on my second playthrough! The core gameplay from the OG is preserved and the new mechanics like the knife is an awesome improvement. The enemies are more agressive and the game is even more stressful than the OG!!
    Capcom you have made an amazing job, the game just needs iron out some of the techincal issues, but they are minor on ps5. (Turn off chromatic abberation/lens distortion, that setting makes the picture blurry)    … Expand
  26. DarthPravum
    Mar 26, 2023
    10
    Everything is INSANE . This game is definitely a lesson . Buy and Play
    I didn't see any mistakes in a remake of the game that was true to its essence, it was absolutely flawless, I recommend it to everyone
    GOTY !!!!!
  27. Tom1267
    Mar 26, 2023
    6
    Certainly better than the Resident Evil 3 remake, but other than graphical fidelity I don't think it does anything better than the original.
  28. ccummings
    Mar 26, 2023
    10
    The original is my favorite game of all time. This is truly a love letter to the original. The combat is addictive. The game has truly terrifying moments, and every encounter is tense and stressful in the best way. The game is truly survival horror, whereas im not sure the original was. Capcom knocked this out of the part. People review bombing this for a voice actress, or some changes, orThe original is my favorite game of all time. This is truly a love letter to the original. The combat is addictive. The game has truly terrifying moments, and every encounter is tense and stressful in the best way. The game is truly survival horror, whereas im not sure the original was. Capcom knocked this out of the part. People review bombing this for a voice actress, or some changes, or because they suck at the game, is truly just sour grapes. This game easily should be up for GOTY.… Expand
  29. SFChef96
    Mar 26, 2023
    10
    Not sure why the user score is so low. I played this on ps5 and felt like it was a nearly perfect game. Didnt have any performance issues, it ran very well and I couldn’t stop playing it. Amazing, must play game
  30. NintendoFan9501
    Mar 26, 2023
    10
    Absolutley amazing game, with fun action and gameplay, an interesting story, and a great atmosphere!
    I think this is going to be one of my favourite games this year. I would highly recommend, as it is a great remake that has upgraded almost every aspect of the original.
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#3 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2023
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#4 Most Discussed PlayStation 5 Game of 2023

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93

Universal acclaim - based on 126 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 124 out of 126
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 126
  3. Negative: 0 out of 126
  1. Movies Games and Tech
    Jul 31, 2024
    90
    The story of the game is a mediocre story, the gameplay is very enjoyable and attractive, in terms of visuals, it is equal to Cross Gen 2023 games and has a stunning visual, the main boss fights are very similar to each other. The sound design of the game is wonderful, the enemies have a good variety and only one new type of enemy has been added to the remake compared to the original version.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 23, 2024
    100
    Overall it holds together very well, and even though I played the whole game in two days with minimal sleep, I didn't even think about taking a break for a while. [Issue#327]
  3. Trusted Reviews
    Jun 30, 2023
    100
    Resident Evil 4 Remake not only does right by its original source of inspiration, but it also sets a high bar for what modern day remakes can be. All components of the story have been finetuned into a more well-thought out package, and that’s before mentioning the game’s full use of today’s graphical prowess to deliver a more terrifying interpretation of rural Spain. The core gameplay also retains what made it so great back in the day, but with modern amenities such as a parrying system, quick-select for weapons and the ability to run. And despite the new improvements, the increased aggressiveness of the enemies ensures that the game never feels like a cakewalk. I don’t know who still needs to be convinced at this point, but Resident Evil 4 is a masterpiece that I cannot recommend enough.
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