In the seven or eight hours it takes to complete the original Resident Evil 4, you will find more imagination, variety, and creative ambition than in any days-long open-world game. The mechanics are simple. The gunplay is clean. But it moves, with great energy and pace, from one visionary set piece to another. Resident Evil 9 is presumably in the pipeline. A remake of Code Veronica also seems possible. But if you’re craving more RE and you’ve already dusted the superlative original Resident Evil 4 dozens of times, the remake is also an absolute blast. The 2005 game will always win out, but especially now that it’s super cheap, the new Resident Evil 4 is a fantastic companion piece.
Although they’re reimaginings of the original game, Resident Evil 4 Remake nevertheless has some of the best shootout scenes in the entire horror game series. In the macro sense, they’re the same as before – same settings, same enemies, same weapons.
But little touches like the ability to parry attacks with the knife and the more dynamic dodge system add a tremendous amount of complexity and tension. Animations and movement are weighty. The guns sound spectacular, and the Las Plagas hordes respond to hits with ghoulish displays of biological pyrotechnics. Combat in Resident Evil 4 Remake is stressful and loud. It can also be graceful and stylish. At the best of times, it reminds me of Max Payne 3, the best third-person shooter of all time.
My Resident Evil 4 Remake review explains more, but if you haven’t tried the game yet, now is definitely the time. Over on Fanatical, you can get Resident Evil 4 Remake right now for the seriously low price of $16.99 / £14.01. The Gold Edition, which contains the Separate Ways DLC and a variety of smaller additions like extra guns and costumes is also on sale at $25.49 / £39.98. If you want to pick it up, just hit the button below.
Elsewhere in Resident Evil world, there’s the possibility that one of the most… debated games in the series, RE6, could be getting a relaunch.
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