The Resident Evil 4 Remake Was Disappointing
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The Resident Evil 4 Remake is upon us, and it's solid but uninspired. Join Jorin in this brief video essay as we broadly tackle what worked, what didn't, and why remakes in general could be bad for the medium.
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I am 9 months too late to disover this video, but I personally agree with it. They removed a lot of things that made Re4...well Re4.
But that was not the main complaint. Its that the remake was not as revolutionary as the original.
He wasn't looking for a good game.
He was looking for the next greatest videogame of all time.
"the first non remake to be on a nintendo console"
cries in re 0 noises
I've made it to chapter 10, and I hate to admit it but I'm bored. Compared to the original, it just feels so devoid of personality. Such a shame, I was looking forward to playing this. Lets hope Code veronica can pull me back in.
Nah I agree tho. I will definitely go back to the OG and not this one
I'm playing the OG Mercenaries right now haha
@@cthulhu4411 sick one bro. I’m playing BF3 rn
@mattymclaughlin5900 the old battlefield? Damn haha I have the original dead Space Trilogy Too
I'm really tired of the idea of soft rebooting the old Resident Evil games and calling them “Remakes” just like the Resident Evil 2 and 3 and 4 soft reboot
yeah this is just a classic AAA third person shooter.
Metal Gear, last of us, uncharted, if you played one you played em all
Crouching around, stealth kills, weapon wheel etc.
Its a great game if you like 2020's AAA games in the genre
What the fuck lol
Literally plays nothing like those
The game felt like it shrank somehow for me, there are alot of great addition all over the place otherwise, weapons (M4 was a nice surprise to me) even if they removed the PLR.
I did not like being forced to use a non upgraded version of the R9 during the minecart part, prefered the OG minecart part tbh. The Spinel were very nicely recycled, wish we could hide some accessories (I find the cat ears to be ridiculous looking)
I now struggle to play the game though, I think I burned myself when I completed it on HC for the ears, so taking a break.
The cat ears are so absolutely ridiculous 🤦♂️ and why would they be for Leon…? Unbelievable.
Yeah, its deterring me from using them, I guess I can not be the only one.
@@theshredguitarist25 Thats why they're an option bruh. You are not forced to put them
@@BuryTheLight-yp4mc no, they’re asking why they are for Leon and why there’s not something like that for Ashley
Thanks for saying it, it seems that everyone is blind to the flaws of this remake. The original is infinitely better, they screwed up the gameplay and the balance but casuals didnt even notice.
Casuals...okay boomer, try touching some grass
I played the og game many times, and I can assure you it has way more flaws than the remake
Casuals aren’t going to notice. That doesn’t mean they’re blind to flaws it means you’ve played RE4 too much. It’s the same with me, I HATE Bayonetta 2 for all its gameplay tweaks, but 99% of players won’t even notice them. But the thing is, THAT’S OKAY! Don’t take out your disappointment on other people you’ve never met.
@@slippingjimmys"ok boomer" yeah pal you're chronically online go live a little buddy.
@@slippingjimmysOnly a keyboard warrior uses so many buzzwords all in one comment, maybe it is you that needs to touch some grass ? Just pointing it out.
Didn't like it either. If i don't like the gameplay i don't like the game. The remake felt bad to play to me.. It wasn't an enjoyable experience and i won't play it again probably
RE4 is a disposable game, I remember investing so much time in the OG game but the remake feels monotonous for some reason. No wonder why the game didn’t win a single category in the game awards.
Honestly im done ive bought it twice but i play the original way more its my most played game been playing it for 15 years its my go to for the ache of wanting to relive the past it hurts seeing remakes because the new heads in these studios have no creativity
This is exactly what they did with 2 and 3 except there was very little attempt at recreating what made their originals good. I don't like playing a game like I've never played that before in a remake. Save that for anew game. RE1 remake wasn't perfect, but it did a good job of establishing itself as the definitive version of re1, not saying o.g. doesn't have its merits as I like both games. But especially with the remaster of rEmake where they added some modern control options and an in game reload that's how a remake should be handled.
I’m on 2nd play through and I agree. There is some great stuff in the remake but it’s just not as much fun as the original…feels smaller and that it’s just missing something.
Interesting that you mentioned that. I played RE4 OG with HD Mod Project and I never skipped a cutscene. The Remake however, I skip every time.
The OG had its charms, well voice acted and scripted dialogue. of course. Ada Wong was the icing on top. (Her OG voice actress and her signature red dress was awesome.)
LMAO yeah the non Asian va was perfect ….
@life09m I'm Chinese. Why would that be a problem, you woke-tard.
The Re4 OG va was a talent. I don't look for race. How many Asians have you talked to that can speak without their native accent?
The originals cutscenes and story is overshadowed with unintentional comedy marred with disjointed story beats and laughbly executed plotholes which persists throughout the game. The remake instead offers a degree of snappyness while still retaining traces of cheese from the original.
@@mrpussinboots4252don't bother. People are blinded by nostalgia.
the remake felt utterly pointless, it's not better than the original and it's not different enough to separate it from the original either....it's just a pale imitation that takes itself WAY too seriously
call me insane but re4 original aged gracefully and with the HD remaster mod that adds modern controls and improved mesh+textures on top of letting you remove all the quick time events there's just no version more perfect than that one
The story and characters and gameplay and bosses are much better. If you like QTE movie games with no skill, the og re4 is for you
@@frogglen6350 This is all subjective. Nobody attacked your opinion, so don't attack others. Og resident evil was better at certain things and the remake was better at certain things. That's reality.
I honestly loved the remake, even with the original being my favourite game of all time.
I can't agree with most of your points, I loved the little sidequests that you seem to dislike, but I see where you're coming from, well put together video man.
It feels like he doesn't get into why he dislikes the game and barely scratches the surface of issues, not the best analysis video imo
@TotallySearch I didn't really see it as an analysis video in the first place, just a collection of thoughts, besides I don't think I'd watch if it was close to an hour anyway, there's plenty of discourse out there already.
They made Leon a brooding femboy with male insecurities.
@frozzytango9927 The scene where Leon starts monologueing about how his muscles and junk are too small was a bit out of nowhere, I must admit.
@@TotallySearchhe manages to say so little in so much. He doesnt give any real critisisms.
I don’t think anyone is calling this a bad game including me, but why is it so DARK.
Nice to see policenauts fan here!
its not a bad game, its just not a masterpiece, id rather place resident evil 3 remake over this
Because to modern gamers darker=scarier
You guys are hilarious. It's dark because it is an action HORROR game
Why is re1 remake so dark too?
The remake fixed that island section for sure.
I mean aside from cutting some content I'm not sure what's so different about it
And what exactly is wrong with the island again? I just played through the original again. It's fun, climactic and the ending is great. Where specifically is this nose-dive in quality I hear about?
Tbh i am far more enjoying the original than whatever they fix on the remake interm of maps.
The less industrialized zone kinda killing the vibe for me on the remake.
I thought you died on Shadow Moses?
Will you please do this for resident evil 2 remake?
This game did not need a remake. Pus there's latency and hit detection issues with the game (which fucks with the gun balancing). Especially since RE8 was basically already a modern version of 4. And even with the improved controls playing it doesn't feel good like it did with the original. It would have been better to remake Code Veronica (and taken more liberties with it) as that would have fit in better with the gameplay designs of the other REmakes. This game just feels unnecessary.
Honestly I don't want anymore REmakes I want a remake of Dino Crisis. We need to bring dinosaurs back into vogue.
I want Dead Rising.
Forget Resident Evil with Dinos
There is something really wrong with Capcom fanboys, they can't handle any valid criticism.
We accepted the criticism of re3 remake and re6 what are you talking about
@@enowmessi2844clearly not this one though lmao
@@enowmessi2844
They only criticize re3 for being short, not for the fact that it butchered the content that they did keep in the game. If it was filled with 6 more hours of useless nonsense yall would of loved it and defend it like all the rest
Re6 honestly doesn't deserve the hate it gets. It's a much better game than what Capcom has been making recently where they just butcher the characters and story. People want to complain about action but what do you expect out of the 6th (really the 9th) installment of the series. The series was always headed in the action direction. Ever since the first game, and every subsequent game released afterward has included more guns, ammo, and action set pieces. They put so much content in re6 its honestly insane. Now Capcom just cuts corners and is lazy, releasing the least amount of content with the least amount of effort but for a higher price
Much better game bro what are u smoking 4 really bad campaign long walking simulation sections stupid cheesy split up sections and plot points that are predictable and a gameplay that forcuse u to use the very bad hand to hand combat mechanics all thay and 6 gets too much hate please go launch the game and experience pain Leon's is the only decent part of it and that still sucks @Chaso-1124
@onepeso98
I played it just recently and it still holds up. I used to be one of the biggest haters of re6 but as time has passed and the more I played the game, the more appreciation I had for it
Yeah idk if my expectations are just incredibly measured or if my taste is scewed farther in a different direction compared to those who thought this game was sub par, but holy shit was this NOT the case for me.
The boss fights, minecart set-pieces, all the Gigante encounters (but especially the double Gigante room), the Krauser knife fight and the overall combat system were super intense and contributed incredibly fun/memorable action sequences. I'm also a bigger fan of horror than most, so the new Ashley section, the new Regenerator and Garrador encounters, the dungeon, and especially the new Verdugo encounter were welcome inclusions for a horror junkie. The characters, lore, overall presentation, and pacing were also incredibly well handled, and personally I intend on returning to the Remake many times before I do the original.
Agree to disagree I guess? :\
Say everything you just said on professional mode.
You can’t. And if you do you are lying.
@@fabjtown1 Okay dude.
@@fabjtown1 how does that disprove his statements about the base game?
@@fabjtown1 what? That makes no fucking sense. My first playthrough was on hardcore. Since my first playthrough I have beaten professional mode twice now and professional is just hardcore but without quick saves. The damage is virtually the same and same for the agro of enemies. I agree with this person's opinion and I have beat it on professional. I guess get good buddy
I think these new remakes are more popular with females for some weird reason. Haven't heard a female saying they didn't like newer RE engine Resident Evil games.
I think the remake genuinely captured some great aspects of the original. The regenerators and the Krauser fight were great imo. I am disappointed in the cut gameplay sections (the castle just seems less complex). Also enemy spawning isn’t as good as the original. You can literally see some enemies pop into existence.
I thought the regenerators were nerfed af lol, a lot of the virus thingies seem designed to be cool as opposed to creepy like in the og
and the cutscenes, they have no style, if re4 original cutscenes were trying to be cool and entertain you in the craziest ways possible (through cheesy dialogues too), those are directed like a generic modern hollywood movie, so technically good yes but they lack author style, plus the generic super dark horror atmosphere doesn't help
@@Peasham idk what you mean by the plagas being less creepy. They still squirm around and eat your face. I really wish they didn’t remove the falling ceiling sections.
@@leek5682 For example the first plaga you encounter literally looks like an exploded head with bulging eyeballs, it looked like something that would result from a virus bursting a head open, what the Remake version is supposed to be I have no idea
@@PeashamIts a Parasite not a virus.
This remake's hype came to a halt rather quickly. Much of that is thanks to Tears of The Kingdom. Don't let comment section fool you to thinking that the hype is still around; this game's hype is already long gone.
What I can't understand is that I haven't seen anyone else mention the terrible, inconsistent lighting and color pallete. RE2MAKE looked great, but this looks like an unfinished engine demo. And it degrades terribly. Half of the footage I've seen of this game has the brightness turned up too high, and you really see the fundamental lack of coherent visual design. Just look at the skin texture and funky, fake, halfway shadowing in the very first shot of Leon in the car.
It's a common problem when making a foray into new technologies, and I largely blame the split development of including the new(ish, and still rarely properly implemented) trend of tacking on ray tracing into the world design. It goes in two mutually exclusive directions if you try to do full ray traced lighting, as opposed to something like shadows only in I think _Rise of the Tomb Raider_ . Looking especially at the color of and texture work of Ashley makes her stick out like garrish lipstick on earth tones (just looking at the photo makes the lack of color grading or advanced focus apparent). It ruins the storybook visual style of the original for the remake not to even have a uniform visual style.
Word salad.
I don't understand why you said the original RE4 was inspired by MGS3. Where are you getting that from?
Good question, also calling the biometric eye from the OG RE4 a direct reference to MGS2 is a huge stretch. I get that this is Kojima-centric channel, but c’mon…biometrics have been in media many times before MGS2 did it.
@@Fox_Pajama Thats really odd i never found too many similarities between RE and MGS beyond both being major PS titles that went sort of downhill arguably and are now apparently both being revived with remakes.
Devil May Cry seems more like a Capcom Kojima reference even if by coincidence since both series are goofy and comedic at times and Dante and Snake look alike even especially in the art for DMC2 (but people hate that one so whatever)
Not to mention the whole Twins rivalry thing except DMC keeps it up longer.
source: made it the fuck up 💀💀💀
I felt RE4 took a bit of MGS 2 and 3. I started RE4 immediately after finishing MGS3 and noticed it.
RE4 didn't need a remake. Code Veronica or Dino Crisis deserved remakes and they could actually benefit from them.
RE4 2023 is good, but it is definitely no 10/10 masterpiece that replaces the original. Nor is it in any way revolutionary like the original either. Can't set trends when you're following them from other 3rd person action games.
As for Zelda vs RE4. Zelda has already sold over 10 million copies. I'm not sure RE4 2023 can say the same.
While it didn't necessarily warrant a remake, now its all said and done I couldn't be more greatful it has came to be.
The current devs who took over the project have stated they never wanted to remake it and believed it to be too monumental of an undertaking. But they followed through and delivered a classy exhilarating experience that ticks all the right boxes.
@@mrpussinboots4252you can’t please anyone nowadays might as well tell capcom to quit with the remakes since there’s gonna be some that’ll complain and shit
Re4 remake deserves a 6/10 at best.
@@Justsomerandomdude397 they really should quit with remakes though.
God you are spot on in the argument that dino and C:V deserve remakes. I honestly wasnt crazy about them remaking four until i played it and enjoyed it but kept thinking all throughout it why isnt there this same level of treatment for arguably the most underrated survival horror titles in capcoms catalog.
Jorin what are yours thoughts on the rumors surrounding MSG 3 snake Eater remake? Are you worried that it’ll suffer as this RE 4 remake or are you excited to see the series appear again in the modern day?
I would rather old older games be remastered, maybe stuff nobody cares if they fukk em up but if they make it cool would breathe new life into stuff that had good ideas but fell short?
like Crazy Ivan or Disruptor.....hell where's a Nights into dreams remaster?? lol some things should be left alone IMO and I feel messing around with MGS won't do any good....
Fingers crossed. Would be a dream come true.
Its Konami for one, and if the SH2 remake sucks the chances for Mgs3 are low.
The issue i also have is that them remaking 3 instead of the FOUR other games before it says a lot not about what they are trying to do but also with SH2 remake.
Unless for some odd reason they decided to do it timeline wise which means the next remake if MGS3 does well will weirdly be Peace Walker.
Then they’ll either skip 5 or remaster it lol.
@@judgedrekk2981 i just wish they would port the old mgs games to new consoles.
Same for most ps2 platformers as well Sly and ratchet need to live on.
Also be nice to get an actual good Silent Hill remaster collection especially since i never played those games.
@@chandllerburse737 well , 3 days later
I only started using the shotgun when the plaga enemies started to appear. You can probably go through most of the game just using an un upgraded pistol and a knife. (I was playing on standard)
It's like
It wants to focus more on horror and that's fine, but the og has SO MANY good horror ideas and concepts that Remake just... ignores. Does not adapt. Which was a shame considering how well they'd work in a more horror setting.
Now that that's the Remake's only flaw but still
what did this remake leave out besides the U3 fight that nobody cared about anyway?
@@candidklutz5056 Not about fights at all. For example, remake makes the village delapidated and uninhabitable, making it obvious that some weird stuff's going on there, but in the original all the cult stuff was mostly hidden and you could be excused for thinking that all the people are just normal crazy people instead of infected.
That wasn't played up in the og at all, was a subtle detail, but actually playing that up for horror? Remake doesn't even attempt that, you know these people aren't human from the first enemy
@@candidklutz5056 nobody cared about? by all means simp some more for capcom, 10 more comments like these and they will personally award you with a dog collar for being such a good boi
@@Peasham subtly isn't something most modern devs understand
@@MGrey-qb5xz what the fuck are you on about
It is nowhere near as good as the OG.
Happy for those who like the remake but not for me.
This game was so boring and by the numbers with so much gutted from the original that because of that and the dogshit aiming, I dropped it at the castle part and just haven't had the urge to play it again. This is AAA slop to the letter
Tweak your settings for aiming, it should garner you better results.
What was gutted from the original? You're overreacting terribly. The remake sticks closely to the source matieral.
@@mrpussinboots4252 no amount of tweaking is gonna change the fact the aiming is 100% different from the previous game lol. If you like RE4 Lite you're a fool
@@limericky8548 No shit it's different. It's a new engine and 18 years has passed. But this revolves around a skill issue. If you put the time in and adjust said settings, your aiming abilities will improve considerably.
@@mrpussinboots4252 tweaking isn't gonna help the fact its busted, unfun aiming idiot. There's no "skill" in random bullet misses because of gay ass open reticle nonsense.
@@mrpussinboots4252
18 years later and the controls have somehow become even more clunky
People need to understand the differences between a remake and a remaster
I'd say Jorin has a good grasp on it alright
you need to understand the difference between a remake and a reimagining
@@MGrey-qb5xz After Resident Evil 2 Remake, I thought people already figured by now that they're more akin to reimagining by now (think End of Evangelion, you know: Final Fantasy 7 Remake/Rebirth operates like it)..
But I guessed not.
@@AL2009man they now, they just want to push a narrative that companies should only do reimaginings so it's a safe 70 bucks spent
I just wish they had done what the Dead Space remake did. Kept it MOSTLY like the OG but only adding in things that were needed, like being able to control Isaac however you wanted while in zero G, quicker melee and so on. A lot of the additions to the RE4 remake just feel like they were thrown in for the sake of it. It doesn't feel like a remake of 4, it feels like a modern RE game, which are just annoying AF to play.
I feel the same way. I hated RE2 remake and this seems like more of that
@@EpsiIonEagle dude finally, i hated re2 remake too! Ha!
@@EpsiIonEagle its even worse than re2 remake. at least in that game the enemies were fewer and a little slower. in this game they upped the amount of enemies and made them much faster while also greatly hindering your player abilities and making the controls and aiming even more sluggish and slow. they took mechanics for a slower paced game and put them in a fast paced chaotic game and it is really bad to play, especially on higher difficulties
You people expected a one to one recreation. No improvements over the story or maps.
What were you expecting after re2 remake? That game was no one to one recreation either and it was amazing
@@bubba418
We expected a proper remake, not a reimagining which ruined the gameplay, story, and characters. As well as the tone and atmosphere. It is a bastardized version just like re2 reimagining
Futurasound dropping this just before the MGS3 remake announcement, you can hear the video editing software reawakening with a vengeance.
The unlockables for stuff that was easier in the OG is shit, capcom really hates us
Despite really enjoying the game, even loving some parts, I definitely agree with many of your points. For me, it's the lack of charm, which you accurately attributed to the lack of Gamecube-yness, that made it feel lacking. In the original, there was horror and tension but it still managed to be tongue-in-cheek. With the remake it's all very serious, barring specifically cordoned-off goofy moments. I still liked those parts but like you said, it's painting by the numbers. Modern classical vs. old-school jazz.
Charm is entirely subjective. And the remake is anything but what you claim it to be 'very serious'. Have you even played it through? I doubt it.
felt people with autism made this game
@@mrpussinboots4252 See, you made a decent criticism - that charm is subjective - that I could agree with and would be willing to have a conversation about, but then you immediately follow it up with "and I bet you never even played the game!", which kinda kills any point to a continued discussion.
If you're so repellent to the idea that someone who generally liked the game has some major issues with it when comparing it to the original that you have to make shit up to avoid engaging with their criticisms... then why should I bother? I'm taking the time to write this in the hopes that in the future you'll consider the fact that people will disagree with you about pretty much everything, and rather than immediately attacking them with nonsense that only make you feel better about your beliefs, you should just talk to that person and try to understand why they feel differently.
@@mysticwizard1943 Don't pretend to be the arbiter of what or isn't an acceptable point.
@mrpussinboots4252 Learn how to spell arbiter before you make such silly statements, I disagree with the guy but there's no need for stupid smack talk.
The intro with RE2 save music was majestic, it goes to show how music can enhance games more than lighting or RT effects can, its such a shame that RE in general is leaning towards diagetic sound more than actual music. Great job Futurasound.
That's RE3
Leon runs like a 40 year old man
Lol! It would be awesome if there was a way to upgrade his speed like in Village
@@reykaisertvyou can
@@TheKensei777 how?
honestly aside of the gunplay feeling lackluster(sound and feel) and the fact u cant one headshot stagger anymore +grabs this remake is full on an upgrade
i also hate the fact that most guns arent accurate but this was done as a balancing thing so cant complain there
That heavily depends on what you consider an upgrade lmao
The sound of weapons in the remake sounds as it should, beefy. Handling is heavy across the board too.
You CAN headshot stagger - most notably on assisted/standard. Which also transcends to hardcore/pro with weapon upgrades.
sound design in general has been bad in modern games so might as well get used to it
I undertsand your criticisms and it seems a bit more of a difference between expectations (which is completely fine!). So far this is still my personal goty even after pouring 50+ hours into tears of the kingdom.
He doesn't explain it well at all, Synthetic Man made a lot better points than this video about why he doesn't like the game much
It shouldn't be a goty contender it's not an original game it's been done back in 05 you know what I mean sequels and new ip should be gotys
The original was so groundbreaking that it took over a decade for its magic to wear off long enough for Capcom to feel safe to go back to the horror genre in RE7. In 5 or so years the original will probably have more speerunners than the remake, if it even takes that long.
Speedrunning sucks in the remake. Too many random variables that make the run less about skill and knowledge of the game and more about luck and RNG. It's an inconsistent mess
I'm inclined to agree on many levels. I expected the story to be fixed flawlessly. Unfortunately, there were a lot of inconsistencies, plot holes, and questions left behind.
The game plays 98% like the original, making it feel very dated in some ways. The voice acting was bad on many levels. The villains were very one-dimensional and forgettable this time out. Leon's character took a hit with more bad and frequently-spoken quips. His personality and appearance took a hit, too. Ashley's AI sucks like it always did, and she's equally as useless. Her girly flirtation was tiresome and ill-timed.
The animation wasn't great. The graphics weren't too hot. The dialogue sucked. Many of the cutscenes were watered down, as were several boss encounters. The entire castle portion was nerfed, too. Although the game was entertaining enough, it failed to impress me. It simply imitated its predecessor down to its outdated combat system while trying to add a darker tone that didn't match the comic tone of Leon's nonsensical quips and made him dull while making the game paradoxical. In short, it lacked the charm of the original.
yeah that's why i'm not buying it, really it has no purpose.
Spot on. I didn’t feel any passion went into this remake while playing it. In many ways it just felt like it was rushed and half assed… likely because Capcom knew a remake of RE4 would do incredible regardless of whether it was in the same master class as the OG or not.
It didn’t have to prove itself to the fans the way the OG did… because the OG already did that so well basically carving the remake a straight path to success.
@@Janjibro66 ps2 games in general shouldn't be reimagined, actual remakes are fine but not reboots. Also hate the ubisoft looking chapter pop ins and button prompts. the big ruined looking flashy button were better then this assassin creed looking garbage, also why do they stay on them like a lock, just make it visible when leon is near them.
I despise this game's difficulty so much it made me put down the game. What's fun about bullet sponges who's attacks are hard to avoid, take huge chunks of damage, and deplete your ammo? It's rinse and repeat and gets really bad from the castle forwards.
YES! I’m on professional playing the Krauser fight and I feel like I’ve being punished. It’s not fun. It’s not even hard it’s just unrelenting endless Bombardment. And Leon is such a p**sy in this game. Everything hurts you all the time.
Capcom forgot about the other countries that will purchase this game. Not everyone out there takes sh** this far.
Game designers need a reckoning, yesterday. They need to be forced to include a tactical one-hit kill on any enemy, and should be disallowed from including boss fights or more than two jumping platforms in a row until they learn what actually makes a good game.
modern gamers seem to be masochistic
hard agree imo
the original was built from the ground up with the combat mechanics and physics in mind and to top it off, all the wires just crossed in the right place (cinematography, sound design, atmosphere, the writing, etc.)
the remake for me feels very samey and tacked on, it may be a retelling of the story of re4, but it plays nothing like it, it's re8 again, just in 3rd person and disguised as re4
I enjoyed the remake enough to complete it and do a few more runs through the game just to unlock content, but I honestly felt underwhelmed with the game. It just doesn't capture me the same way RE 2 Remake did. With RE 2 Remake, I could sit there and do entire runs through the game in one sitting and STILL don't feel like turning the game off. The Dead Space remake felt this way to me as well. Hell, even the heavily-criticized RE 3 Remake, despite its flaws, kept me engaged and entertained consistently. I could sit there playing for hours and hours on end without feeling bored. But with RE 4 Remake, I play for about an hour and I feel like turning the game off. I feel like I need to take a break and do something else with my time for a while. Same experience I had with RE Village actually.
RE 4 Remake is a good game, for sure. But 'masterpiece'? 'Perfect remake'? I'm truly baffled by those statements.
what about dead space remake, that was a complete disaster and a mockery of visceral game's work and dedication. Literally the only positive everyone gives are the graphics whilst ignoring just how amatuer and stiff it is
It was a disaster? It did well better than the Original Devs game apparently.
I played RE4 so much over the years that the remake kind of feels like just another retread. Plus they removed the satisfying sound of the head-squishing suplex and an entire boss fight.
meh sound design in general has been bad in modern games for some reason, probably not as loud and aggressive to scare the kids
@@MGrey-qb5xz no kids should be playing m games
@@buttertoast1146 i'm not talking 5 year olds Einstein
No ballistics were very disappointing
You must be blind then
Ashley is hotter tho
I regret spending 60$ for this, I should've just donated that money to the guy who made the RE4 HD Project.
re4 HD PROJECT is great play it
I’m of the belief that the game suffers simply because it’s a remake. The problem is not exclusive for Resident Evil 4 but is prevalent amongst modern media.
It’s much easier to capitalize on something that already exists and is known amongst the public than to take a risk and make something new.
Let’s say Disney makes another Spider-Man movie and it’s mediocre. It doesn’t matter because it’s still Spider-Man. People know who Spider-Man is and are willing to pay money to see anything relating to him.
Hey man you bringing back the what really happened in mgs? I’m binging your mgs content and I’d love a quick summary of mgs1 😂
I truly loved it and went in disregarding the original hoping for a completely different interpretation. I felt more dissatisfied when motifs of the original happened that ultimately felt subdued and the best parts of the remake were the new moments entirely different. The original is my favorite amongst just one of my favorite games like many other fans. The remake, although, holds a high level of polish and fun to me, and i genuinely loved my many playthroughs of it. My only wish was that they doubled down on building upon the originals ideas instead of staying on a narrow track of the original. And my only complaint was the lack of charm throughout it. I see many sentiments like this video and it really is a testament to every individuals ability to interpret and preferences for stories and games. I think thats the best part of this global discourse among this game alone not even the series. Shows how important the original was and still is. And why its definitely still playable for first timer in 2024.
It suprises me the most that people don't really remember how well the gameplay of the original is, enemies get staggered easily with headshots (like they should), it is just stupidly annoying that they changed that, ohh and the cutscenes can't be skipped as fast as in the original, the only good thing about the remake is the superior graphics.
I played the chainsaw demo and that completely put me off of the game. It's infuriating how game developers keep trying to make "super serials rEaLiStIC video movie games, guys" and yet there's no reactivity or coherent and consistent and intuitive element to the combat.
Ooooh, two axes can collide mid-air. Oooh, I can parry real-time with knife.
Yeah, well, someone throwing an axe will go straight through someone in front of them and then hit me.
And enemies will lock onto you from three meters away and you are ordained to have to do a hidden quick time event to struggle off even if you could have moved out of the way.
Fuck that noise. Fake freedom of movement is infuriatingly bad game design.
@@SolarScion I played the remake from start to finish and the RNG is really bad, you need a lot of luck to get through this game with zero deaths (it was easy in the original on professional), the cruel part of this remake is the no stagger thing, you have to circle around in the first village section even if you have the shotgun, in the original you just stay in the corner of the house where leon puts a drawer right in front of a door, almost impossible to do in the "remake, faithful to the original game".
Everything in this game is a bullet sponge. They can attack you on ladders even though you have to control after executing a climb or descend.
EVERYTHING IN THIS GAME HURTS YOU. Even dead enemies collapsing hurt you sometimes. It’s idiotic as sh**.
Leon also has the slowest run cycle ever.
@@fabjtown1 That is also my experience, the design of this remake is just unfair in some regards, some gameplay mods eleviate it a bit, but the original is still much better and does not need mods for playability.
The bullet sponge for the headshot just killing the vibe for me. I don't care what ever the difficulty is, something like headshot should be rewarding which it didn't.
The one that infuriating me the most are how they reimagine and rewrite the character lore which stuff that i never like for either good or bad on everything.
The encounter of each character kinda to.. exaggerated a little bit. Its too much that rather than making you relate to the character it kinda do the opposite for me.
The map not as stylish like the OG and for a reason most reimagine map just got me bored.
The remake was like did 7 out of 10 justice to the original but the last 3 out of 10 content irritated me a lot because i can see the potential on what happen it the last 3 content can be achieved. It could have be a perfect game but they choose not to.
Yup, it was a big disappointment, something like re 3 remake. Their only good remake,until this day, was re 2 remake. Perhaps Capcom has to reconsider their remake policy and create more fresh things like re village, for example.
I wanted to love this game I really did, but this might be the only resident evil I actually don't like and I like all the resident evils
As a life ling fan of resident evil, i really think the series started going down hill around RE4.
Thoughts on mgs delta? I’m personally incredibly disappointed.
Yeah the remake is pretty rockin. A great compliment the original
Bit of advice, don’t buy this game.
You are absolutely right, in contrast to the OG, remake is too distressing and WOKE. I am done with capcoms remakes
The fact that you said woke just shows that you think like a 2 year old
@@danielgregori7019 shut up
Woke? Tf you talking about its just a zombie game.
My friend, I'm very conservative-leaning and I'm sitting here baffled by the claims that this game is "woke" or pushing any sort of ultra-progressive propaganda. With the Dead Space remake, those accusations were understandable due to the inclusion of progressive ideology (making some characters gay/bi, 'they/them', trans, etc). The 'woke' details were very small and inconsequential, but they WERE there undoubtedly. But with RE 4 remake, I have not seen one single thing that is expressing any sort of political ideology of any kind.
What exactly is 'woke' about this game? Please explain precisely. Let's see if you can.
@@DeadPixel1105
Re4 remake has some of the worst kind of woke, the kind that tries to hide it and subtly subvert culture.
They changed the dialogue to cater to "modern audiences". They made leon a simp and removed all of his flirty and "womanizing" speech. Removed the part where leon chokes ada while under influence from the parasite because it would be wrong to show "violence towards women". They tried to turn Ashley into a strong female character. They made leon have to constantly reaffirm Ashley and tell her she is amazing, all the way till the end when leon says "you don't need me, you can handle yourself". The male / female dynamics in this game sucked. The writing in this is truly God awful, some of the worst writing in the series and it is because of the clear western influences.
Oh, and don't forget you can't look up Ashley skirt while she calls you a pervert 🤷♂️
I was one of the first reviewer after completing 2 wt's on steam. I had not a lot fun. Played the original back to back and omg it's so much better.
Kinda same. Have already played the original 30+ times and found myself replaying the original again for like 8 playthroughs after being done with the remake.
I found that after some playthroughs, the game is just not that fun to play, the guns don't feel like they got oomph behind them, which is super disappointing, also visually and from an audio perspective I don't think it will be held at such a high regard after years. Still a great game though, no doubt, it's just that the original has a masterpiece aura about it, which the remake doesn't.
@@JuliusCaesar103Wait what? Have you set your bullet impact sound to low because all the weapons sounds beefy in the remake.
@@mrpussinboots4252 it's not about the audio, but rather about the fact that enemies don't react, and the crosshair instead of the laser makes it feel less satisfying for me personally.
Bro likes TPP and calls another game a disappointment 💀💀💀💀
When things in the original are more innovative like for example Enemy AI when it comes to "stealth"( In the remake, you can legit casually walk behind enemies or even break wooden boxes and they won't notice), breakable wooden doors, incendiary grenades for crowd stun + minimal damage, dumbed down novistador enemies(these things were terrifying as hell. They are a joke in the remake.).. etc. It puts into question whether or not the new devs made a serious genuine attempt at reimagining re4 and not simply cashing out on the success of re2r along by phoning it in with random modern game mechanics like parry and stealth that don't necessarily belong here gameplay-wise. They ended up making The last of evil 4.
A simple take i have that puts into perspective how misguided and wasted some of the designs are. Why not use the weapon position/placement in the Case as hotkey for in realtime swapping? Why not include other items as physical objects valid as such, like in Re5 & 6. Why have a seperate LOU style shortcut menu? There was also no need to downgrade Ashley by removing her healthbar altogether, by doing so they fck over their own "muh realism" approach with this remake. Mechanically the remake is a mess, it wants to live up to re4 without respecting basic sht like pacing, level-design, movement and atmosphere. Again, it's The last of evil 4: modern audience edition.
How is enemies not noticing you obviously walking behind them or breaking crates actually more innovative than you know making Enemies hear you do that? Like real people?
Could you simplify your final paragraph. It lost me.
@@chandllerburse737 he said breaking stuff behind them doesn't alert them, also you can hear some one walking behind you
@@MGrey-qb5xz I literally said that last part dude.
The way his comment read to me was that he was saying you use to be able to walk up behind them and that sucks you can’t now.
@@MGrey-qb5xz I guess i misread his comment eh whatever my bad.
Can't wait for Konami MGS remake and how it's going to be received :)
Waiting for your perspective about MGS3 confirmed remake
Awful cringe worthy shooter that has nothing of Resident Evil, the voice acting is terrible as well.
I'm also felt the same
My thoughts exactly.
This REMAKE LATTERLY REMOVED CONTENT im so disappointed about this fact
It was great but not a masterpiece that some say
I think this is something that should be explained because "disappointing" can be a very misleading as a descriptor if you just take it as face value.
At least in this case, he's not saying this game is bad, he's saying it didn't meet the expectations he had, and it's not the first time I've heard this criticism of this remake, but as he says himself, he still had a good time with and will play more, it's not a *bad* game, it just fell shy of doing more that it could've, or the direction wasn't what it should've been, and it's just a reality that most remakes are cash grabs, cause lets face it, there's many RE games that deserved the remake treatment more than this one.
I've yet to play RE4 remake myself, only seen people play, but I can bring a close parallel myself with Elden Ring; as a veteran Fromsoft fan, I found Elden Ring disappointing as an installment because there was so many things it did very wrong which they had already done much better prior in the series, and there's certain aspects of it that could've been more as well, but I still enjoy the hell out of the game for the most part, I've replayed a crap ton.
Good points
True
Bad in so many ways its not even funny
1) Run speed is reduced compared to the original
2) Gun damage spread like the shotgun was reduced
3) Mercenaries mode is unbelievably awful compared to the original
4) Enemies are not instantly staggered in every area of their body ESPECIALLY during animations.
5) You can be attacked DURING animations(I dont think I am tripping, but if I got grabbed by a ganado, another ganado or el salvador, cant attack me)
6) Unable to perform an action like jumping over a fence WITHOUT the input showing in front of you(something that hasnt been fixed since re2 remake)
Just some things that came to mind. RE4 original better. Cant even replay remake.
Preach!!!
lol yea@@cartoonvideos5
Yip yap just enjoy the game what are you even smoking
The gameplay was a big win but the story took a big hit, it's more detailed and complex, and yet it feels more generic, the only improvements was Ashley actually being pleasant to be around this time and Luis having a more lasting importance to the story, which I liked, but all the villains, all of them, feel like a downgrade, I'm not talking about the monsters, I'm talking about the bosses, all of them lost something in this transition, they are much less menacing and sound way lore generic, maybe it has something to do with the direction this time, who knows...
I see myself coming back to this game for the satisfying gameplay, but for the story, I'm sticking to the OG, the Remaster Mod does wonders to that game, that should be endorsed by Capcom to be honest
I'd say Krauser was improved but only cuz his voice acting is so bad it's good now lmao, fits the OG like a glove
@@Peasham I agree to some extent, he has more lore and more relatable motivations, but he is horribly miscast and looks nerfed, to better put my criticism into perspective, try to imagine if Bane had the same physique as Batman and a high pitched voice, he wouldn't be menacing at all, you could make him more relatable or charismatic, but that would ultimately turn him into a completely different character.
Much like Bane, Krauser was supposed to be superior to Leon in physical prowess while also being ruthless, it was supposed to be a "oh shit, this guy could kill Leon" moment, now they just have a bromance in the midst of battle...
@@CrashD6 Oh the entire thing's a ripoff of Big Boss from MGS3, which in and of itself is a long standing anime trope, I ain't saying he was better in terms of genuine quality, I just like how he's the only one who seems to be having fun with the role, the rest of the actors seem... reserved, I guess? And considering the core story's still as dumb I do not understand that decision.
gameplay is defo not a big win on higher difficulties , not that on normal the weird stagger isn't annoying
the designs of the villains took an even bigger hit, they seriously had no idea how to one up the originals huh
The remake is fine enough in a vacuum, but I really miss the goofiness the original had. This coming from having replayed it again just a month or so ago with the HD mod. I imagine RE4R going in blind will be almost as good as the original, though. A lot of the issue is that it's being compared to something great.
I do think Ashley's characterization and visual design/animations/etc. is overall better in the remake.
hard no on the visual design
It's not perfect of course, I have my gripes but as a huge fan of the 05 original if say the remake does the original justice for sure.
loved the remake, the OG had more and better content.
fountain room was easier and the minotaur fight was gone.
I prefer OG RE4 because its more fun to play, simples.
It was just kinda boring
You got a spelling error there my dude. But we all knew you meant amazing. No worries.
7:20 i was thinking the same way tbh
I only come here for the ballistics
Very good review and an honest truthful one!!!!
I don't think you feel very confident about your take, if you have to post it a bit longer after release.
"Not confident in your take". Bro, it's not that serious. It's his opinion about a video game. If he doesn't like it as much as other people do, there really is no reason to lie or be dishonest. Get your head checked lol
@@DeadPixel1105 you should probably get your head checked, replying to a random casual comment I made 7 months ago 😆
Between everything in the game you miss a reference to MGS2? Hmmm.
I specially agree with you in the grpahics part, the upgrade is indudable, but the level desing, in general, is poor.
Loved the original. Didnt like the remake. But i gave it a chance…
Did you finish it? Or did you just cut half way through?
Merchant purchases disappointing. STINGY with shotgun ammo. Game was good but original is better.
what were you expecting
Says ths guy who defends mgs v
I feel like this is contrarian for the the sake of sounding pretentious and bringing in views. Very mute points with no support I was really expecting a challenge on my view of the game
You should learn to form your own opinions and not parrot whatever your favorite youtuber parrots from game journalists.
@limericky8548 lmao 👍 ok (as you defend someone else's opinion) Nice to see you licking this guy's ass 🤣. This is my opinion. I was first in line to hate this game when it got announced but it genuinely surprised me to how great it was. But I get it, you edge lords need to stick together. How cute
Resident evil 4 remake it's not disappointing
Yes
As much as i love the gameplay and technically one of the best gameplay i play for the last decades, i cannot bring myself to love the "reimagine" of how stuff are happening in the storyline and maps. the problem with this remake are Resident Evil 4 (original) existed and i pretty much more enjoying most of the aspect of that game than the remake. i feels like new line and story are dragging too much and the new maps are mostly boring to replay compared to the original. eventhough the playtime of the remake and the OG are almost comparably the same but there are more area that being explored in the OG.
calling this remake soulless as other said i think are too far since i do believe the dev that remaking this game kinda do a great job recreating stuff that hard to immitated such as RE4 but i can personally say that i cannot give the same love as i give to the original on this one.
while the original trying to be as goofy and Edgy as possible, its kinda make senses in term of RE universe law while the remake trying to be as make senses and realistic as possibly that it kinda killing the vibe and just becoming generic horror story least for me. interm of story, Resident Evil was not really have realistic looking story but the thing that attracted me are the edginess and the weird thing that are existed on this franchise more that other horror survival games.
Is disappointing the new word for amazing? Because that's what this game is.
Ah. I see we are being easily pleased today.
I Agree, we found a new way to use that word.
Some people expected the same game just with a fresh new coat of paint
As someone who has finished the Original game over a 100 times i'm so glad Capcom made the Remake so different than the OG
@@mehranmayahi554 Exactly it's a remake not remastered.
True tbh
I couldn't disagree more with that "Capcom believes this is the definitive version of RE4 because they called it Resident Evil 4" statement when every other remake was also named in the same fashion
The Original is also readily available on pretty much every console and PC and i believe Capcom themselves shouted out the HD Renovation mod while the Remake was in development
You couldn't disagree more when what they did in the naming does precisely that? It's the same thing companies have been doing with reboots/remakes for the past 15-ish years. They just called the Tomb Raider reboot "Tomb Raider", instead of calling it what they called the second game. It's precisely about replacement, done to gaming search algorithms by completely paving over the search string with results about the newest product.
Yeah, ~Konami~ CAPCOM wants you to buy all of their things, but they especially want people to buy the bullshit with fucking microtransactions in it. And they did a review bait and switch by releasing the game without them until the reviews all came out.
@@SolarScionts a remake often remakes are called the same thing same for reboots it does not mean the company is trying so hard to push it as the definitive version and even if it is thats a subjective thing who cares? Capcom isn’t forcing you or others to see it that way its up to the buyer.
Most remakes i’ve seen do not have a subtitle.
@@SolarScionAlso whats with the Konami capcom thing? Capcom isn’t Konami or owned by it and also what microtransactions are in this game? There are none as far i see and they even gave us Mercenaries mode for free.
Removed salazaar conversations
Removed minigun cult leader
Removed gullotine room
Removed kicking doors to stun enemies
Removed shooting doors objects
Removed U3 miniboss in the container area
Removed fire room
Removed cable car
Removed village boss’s eye scan to open door
Removed underground village
Ada’s personality is horrible
Krauser sounds feminine
Removed Ada and krauser’s conversation
Removed Leon’s laser room acrobatics
Leon looks less like an agent more like bts member
Censored Leon luis and Ashley’s dialogues
Removed Leon’s RPD uniform
Le Capcom bots :-🤡it’s a masterpiece coz it looks good 🤡
That all accounts for 10 minutes of a 15 hour game
@@mrpussinboots4252 so you can defeat the U3 boss in 10 min in professional difficulty?
The dialogue was definitely weaker in this game. Nothing memorable. Some just off like Leon mis-using "story of my life." It flowed better in the original. In this one, it felt off because we can longer say "women." Geez. As a result, really forced.
You need to update this and your statement about krauser sounding feminine was nonesense.
Laser rooms are back. U3 was brought back. Etc. etc. etc.
@@Programm4r Exactly. Now the petulant group can at long last simmer down.
I’m just not as good as I was with 4,5,6. The handling is just something I have to get used to
I really love both of them the only thing I can say is better to me than the OG is we get more luis.
Resident Evil for remake was disappointing for me*
Looking at the public perception, I doubt people will forget this game. I get what you mean but I disagree with nearly everything you said.
Side quests? They are often the blue medalions and extra bosses, while others are more like tutorials.
Only the rats barely bring something new. However, they also barely interrupt your game.
Hard disagree. Re 4 was lacking in its delivery of the narrative. The remake actually gave some cohesive identity to the illuminados as well as making both ashley and leon likeable, decent characters.
That being said i didnt WANT the re4make because the og still holds up, even if it is the start of the action cancer that plagued the franchise til recently.
The remake edges it for me. And is far more akin to classic RE titles with optional backtracking and more frequent puzzles.