TL;DR - Great game, good remake, I prefer the original. I hope at least some of you actually watched the video before hitting dislike 💙 If you'd like to see more of my content, here's the Critical Nobody playlist - bit.ly/2M3r65U
@@Mark-bn5ek In OG RE4, you can have her wait in spots to keep her out of harm's way. I don't see why you shouldn't be able to do that here. Especially for players who are familiar with the layout of the levels
@Daman yes because running to the ganados is clearly much better.. The OG4 required you to position her and use your brain on spots ganados would Be agro on leon more. Remake its a 50/50 Ashley runs around like an idiot and into the ganados or actually stays behind leon for that bit.
THANK YOU. finally someone points out Ashley wasn't bad at all in the original, and i 100% agree with you about the stagger. The stagger on hardcore and professional is fucking ridiculous.
@@ridethelightning1511 You had the option to have her stay behind and hidden in most areas with enemies in the original. Modern Ashley will just get in your way. Both versions have flaws we can't ignore.
Original RE4 was something that completely changed my mindset of what i was supposed to be expecting of 3rd person shooters at the time or even all AAA titles. The combat, graphics, animations, qtc and etc. This game pioneered so many things’s that are being exploited up to this date.
Yeah, the original was one of those rare lighting in a bottle game changers for the gaming industry at whole. Can't say the same for the remake, even if it is good.
@@Gruntvc The remake doesn’t feel like it is trying to be a game changer. It just feels like a game that respects where it came from and tries to give its own interpretation of the original story without trying to replace it. I like that. I can still play the original any time I want (With the HD texture mod it is basically perfect), and play this for the fun of it.
@@Odinsday which is why its so divisive and why re1 remake is generally held in high regard because it was the only remake to stay true to the original while enhancing the experience while these past 3 remakes have been pretty heavily detached from the original for the sake of “modern gameplay.”
In the remake, by the time I finished the castle I was done with it. The cuts they made took away a lot of variety that broke the game up, whether you liked the cut parts or not. By the time I got to the island I was too bored to continue going through the same repetitive mob wave section after mob wave section. A side from the odd mine cart section it was very straight forward wash and repeat.
Even with the new back tracking with boat feature it still feels linear even the pacing feels off and you get no real creative freedom when play you can't shoot through doors and you can't kill enemies in a fun way it's not satisfying at all.
yeah I felt the same by the time I got to the castle lol, specifically the area before the two garradors. Stuck with it and by the time I finished it, I liked it more but man... idk. The higher amount of backtracking for side stuff felt pretty lame too. Having to speedrun through the game and skipping like 50% of the content for an S+ sounded so lame I didn't even bother trying professional.
@@keonboonehell yeah I have more than 50 hours in this game but I only played pro for s rank purposes and I have to admit it was so annoying bc of lots of reasons 1) the enemies are bullet spongy. 2) Leon having such a slow recovery animation I mean i can bear it in low difficulties but in hard core or pro it straight up kills you bc enemies don't wait hit u and you can get hit multiple times at one moment. 3) the weapon upgrades being so expensive than original and being even more expensive in pro mode makes things more harder for u especially if u are trying s+ r rank bc you aren't Gonna spend your whole time in killing everyone to get money or will try to get every single treasure. I know u can use bonus weapon and it makes game lot easier but for me it is no fun to use a single weapon for the rest of the game.
20:30 Thank god someone said it! I absolutely adore the new voice for the merchant, but god did it become so grating as he talked on and on. I feel like newer games think dead air makes the game too "video gamey" like they want characters to feel real so they pumped them with voice lines. I get it, an NPC standing around only speaking when you select something is "unrealistic" but its sure isn't immersive having the other side of the coin. Love the video overall, and I share practically every sentiment! Quality stuff, dude.
I would say it's like they took the Duke from Ethan's story and tried to pour some of that into the Merchant, who was never really that kind of talky smarmy guy. So it's like a weird mash of Merchant/Duke who just never shuts up
Merchant's voice seemed weird to me, more London / cockney than pirate, like the original (and like the shooting range suggests). Feels like the localisation team took liberties, or at least made calls that some random fan (me) doesn't necessarily agree with. Hey ho.
@@Hugsloth No, they didn't put the Duke's backstory here in the remake merchant. Not once does Leon interact nor banter with him, nor does the merchant explain how he's this pirate travelling around the world. The merchant simply is a game feature, your typical store owner in video games. Nothing more and nothing less
Nu friend, Just because a new game makes a character talk more, that doesn't necessarily mean they're making it realistic. Is it realistic that the merchant repeats his line every time you see him? Is it realistic that the merchant can't shut up every time you're buying something? The devs simply added more lines to the merchant to make him stand out and offer something new. And it's not like newer games have silent NPCs or merchants. Take Elden Ring for example, most of the NPCs there barely talk and that includes the merchants.
I think the best thing about the remake is that if you don't like it as much you can easily go back and play the original. I wish more games were preserved like OG RE4.
Really? I didn't think Capcom did a very good job of the HD remaster of RE4, unlike that of REmake 1 (both GCN / similar period), which had really nice polish. Main factor for me was the updated control option. Maybe on PC some fans have done a better job, I heard of 'proper' remasters like this. I guess the devs preferred REmake 1, like me 😁 I think RE4 is similar to the REmake in that it feels great at causal level, and the more you play, the more it feels like an unfinished game. Moreso the remake if I'm to be honest...
@@travistreadway3180 fair enough. I sit at a desk most of my week, so when chilling in my own time I prefer the sofa. PC seems to give a lot of options, so probably good for those less casual than me 👍🏼
Honestly this is the most accurate and understandable take on the remake vs the original. I really appreciate your takes on the gaming industry in all of your videos. Im not always looking for someone to align perfectly with my own opinion but your opinions just make sense so much of the time.
The first time I played the remake, I immediately used the tactic 'fake run' only to realise it didn't work anymore,😂 And yeah I agree with Ashley being not glued to you, I had lots of game over just by trying to save her
You know, other than the sections where you were separated from her I never had much difficulty keeping her safe. The game only tells you this once, but tight formation is for evading enemies while running away. If you use it in combat she's gonna catch a lot of collateral from all the attacks coming at you. Loose formation is best for combat, then use a little situational awareness. She usually backs away from you, so if you're facing the bad guys she'll stay behind and you form the line of defense. This also helps her avoid attacks as she'll run away from enemies instead of staying behind you in damage range
@@maxmfpayne on harder difficulty number of enemies are greater and they come from a lot of direction, when loose formation is used she is vulnerable to be kidnapped while moving around needs her to be closed, forcing you to keep moving and use hit and run, the issue is staggering chance make handgun mostly useless during crowd fight (tmp, flash, Shotgun useful) and if you try to stand your ground, you need to pay attention to Ashley, and as mentioned, it's harder to keep a lookout since she's not immediately move towards you and stand behind you
@@aumialumi I'm playing on hardcore but I don't have much desire to play on professional if I'm honest. The challenge on hardcore feels like a decent balance for me, so I can't speak for professional difficulty, I should have mentioned that before. I see what you're saying, I usually just shoot at multiple heads in the group to increase my chance of stunning without killing them so I can kick for crowd control when using the pistol. I am using the dlc pistol though, which I believe does slightly less damage. If they get too close it's shotgun time. I don't have enough experience with the original to compare them though, as I've only played a bit of it so far.
@asdfqwerty420 to be fair, professional is quite hard, you either run like hell or run out of ammo, my point is the gameplay has flaw, which is that it's not design to fight hordes of enemy IMO. Regardless, it's a great game & it appeals to new players rather than old school re fan, most of them at least
@@aumialumi I can agree with that sentiment. Personally, I love it so much, even when it feels a bit unfair (stun locking) because it works with the vibe for me. I get why people criticize it though, not everyone is gonna look the other way when bullshit occurs just because the setting contextualizes the bullshit. I appreciate it for what it is, and for getting me to play through the older re games too starting with 4.
Best fucking review omfg, that Ashley section made me so happy, when i watched faze jev play this game and talk about "how bad Ashley was in the original " it annoyed the hell out of me, im glad somone understands that if u think Ashleys ai was bad in the original, u literally just sucked at the game, the new Ashleys ai is so much worse in comparison 💀
Getting stuck in level geometry and running towards enemies is somehow not an issue for these clowns. This goes to show that popular opinion is worthless when it's grounded in complete nonsense
I think the remake's combat works on standard difficulty, but hardcore and professional were unbalanced to entice players to buy tickets. Professional mode objectively is not a good time without bonus, skips, or cheats. I cannot understand why in a game that is about precision aiming they removed the laser sight on all weapons to make the weapons more imprecise. Imagine if Dead Space removed the lasers, gave the weapons a ridiculous amount of spread, doubled the movement of the enemies, and then expected you to make precision attacks. You could tough your way through it but you wouldn't be enjoying it.
Hardcore is really fair if you’re good at the game. You know like good at aiming, making your shots counts, picking your spots wisely, avoid getting surrounded and cornered. And by the time you reach near the end of the castle, you should have most of your weapons fully upgraded. For me, I had my hand gun(SG, my favorite), shotgun(Riot Gun), and Combat Knife all fully upgraded around the mines section(Krauser was a cakewalk with my maxed knife). Reaching the island, I get my Stingray maxed out. Ammo was never an issue and I mostly kill everything on sight with a few exceptions like the opening village fight and occasionally I’ll run by the fish farm arena(can go back to collected everything later after Del Lago enemy free). I even kill Verdugo every time just because and I don’t even use magnums. I’m fairly conservative with my shotgun ammo and very liberal with handgun ammo. I only craft flash bangs and occasionally heavy grenades later in the game. Hardcore is a fun challenge I will agree that professional is pretty rough and I only played it for 100% completion. Nothing wrong with balancing the game’s weapons. We are are free to choose how we want to play. We’ve got the good ol classic all-rounder Silver Ghost which is very precise, compatible with the laser sight, amazing at crits. The Punisher is a bit weaker but has great penetration and while I personally dismissed it at first, it certainly still has its advantages and place. The Red9 is wildly inaccurate and pretty slow but in turn packs a hefty punch. Blacktail is also powerfully and pretty fast. The Matilda is basically an smg with its stock. You get to choose your style and I find nothing wrong with that. Why would you want every gun to pretty much be the exact same? Why even bother with other weapons if they all could use the same attachments? I like what each piece offers. Enemies are smarter and more aggressive and efficient. Why is that a bad thing? The player also has increased mobility. Positioning, timing, aiming. Name of the game since day one.
@@thatoneguy1232The problem with the higher difficulties is that they readily expose the flaws in the combat system, which is the the opposite in the OG in which PRO showcased how tightly tuned the combat system was. If I'm nailing headshots and limb shots there should be feedback from enemies. I shouldn't have to shoot an enemy 5 times in the face or limb before they stagger or drop their weapon. At that point why not just remove stagger from the game entirely? I'll take some limited mobility over mediocre, inaccurate weapons every time.
@@AngryCosmonaut I never had an issue with hitting staggers. It’s not 100% guaranteed, which is fine imo(wouldn’t want the game to be too easy like the og), but more often than not, I hit them. And I have two main handguns. For challenge runs I use the Red9 which gets staggers less but still just kills the enemy outright. On regular playthroughs I use the starting SG and I guess the laser sight helps with staggers and crits. And again, by the castle my handgun is nearly or fully maxed out. For Separate Way things are a bit tougher for me. The Blacktail I don’t get as many staggers but Ada also comes with a tmp so I guess that’s not a big issue even though I personally don’t like smgs.
It shouldn't ever take five clean headshots to stagger an enemy. I don't care what the difficulty is or what handgun I'm using. The balancing on Professional is terrible. @@thatoneguy1232
@thatoneguy1232 you played on PC which is essentially easy mode. Leon's sluggish movement, the ridiculous spread of the shots, the unprecise aiming are objective flaws of the game, which despite being more action oriented is somehow more limiting in its mechanics than RE2R which was a more horror based game, ridiculous.
yeah after playing the original I felt like I got to the ramon fight way too quickly in the remake, with the absence of so many castle sections and the conversations with him to build his character and make his transformation more impactful
I hate modern games that require us to pay more for more content. Why can’t games be like they used to be, buy one game that is complete working base game with extra contents all under one purchase. But no, now everything goes to paid DLCs.
Well, because they started doing that nonsense and gamers said they hated it and yet bought the shit anyway. I still remember what a big gigantic clusterfuck it was when TF2 got hats.
The white paint telling you where to go and what to do, the c4 with big red lasers and beeping, the game just has too many mechanics that handhold the player. Makes the c4 traps useless
TBH I feel like trying to claim either game is better than the other is kind of missing the point, at least from my experience. There seems to be a trend of RE players thinking that remakes have to "replace" the original just because the first game had that lightning in a bottle of a remake that did so. The RE Engine series has never quite been that sort of series for me, moreso a sort of modern "remix" of the originals, especially prevalent when you start in different places and travel the map differently in RE4R. That doesn't excuse every choice they've made, RE3R is still getting hell, but you can see in a lot of cases how they wanted to adapt the story rather than just do it all again. RE4's a different case because I not only got to play the original last year, but others are also able to do so. RE4 Classic is a widely available game, meaning that the importance in comparison doesn't feel as strong of a need like RE2 and 3 does. I have to emulate those games because the originals aren't available on my platforms. RE4 is just ... there. After playing RE4R I straight up went back to the original just to get the different vibe. Both games are great and they both deserve love to this day.
@@WSendam RE1 is different because that was actually remade by the original creator who set out to make what they felt was their actual vision without limitations, kinda hits different when the people creating the remakes aren’t the same as those who created the original especially when they have a completely different vision, style and exist in a completely different era
@@WSendam I mean, let's be real. It's not hard to replace RE1 and improve upon it in every way. Also I've still seen people claim the Dead Space remake "ruined" the original. Like if you want everything to be exactly the same just okay the original.
@@prl4122 Not to mention the first REmake being only 6 years and one console generation apart from the OG. It was a much more impressive leap in that context.
Well said. It annoys me when certain people act like an older game is outdated and irrelevant once it’s remade. The Resident Evil fandom in particular has a few too many people with that mindset.
Yeah, I agree with this. I always took it as "hey, you like RE4? Here's a new game that's like RE4". If someone dislikes the remake on the basis of thinking the original shouldn't have been remade, its not my place to tell you you're wrong, but I do think you're missing out. I enjoyed both games, even if I think there's some things the original did better and vice versa.
No one can just like something or have a favorite anymore- it's gotta be a masterpiece. Everything is a goddamn masterpiece now. No nuance left in our culture.
In trying to find an authentic Asian lady to portray the Asian lady character, they found the most generic Asian voice. She read those lines, which were meant to be seductive, like she was at her son's teacher parent meeting.
I honestly don’t even remember the new ones soundtrack but oddly enough they did an AMAZING job on the mercenaries remixes but what’s funny it’s Capcom hasn’t released these tracks or put them out anywhere 🤷♂️ when they’re legit better than the main game
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
Great review, man. A lot of great and valid points raised. I still don't understand how you keep getting pushback on micro-transactions of all things. Defending a corporation for mtx is like thanking someone for charging you for a climbing rope after they had thrown you down the well themselves 🤦♂️ the gullibility is baffling.
It’s nice to see someone who isn’t BLINDLY inlove with this game, it’s good and waaaay better than RE3R, but no one near reaches the heights of the RE2 Remake. It’s just really missing ALOT of the charm the OG release had.
@@cynicalbastard8855 All I know is that I got 100% on RE2 and have yet to complete RE4R as I have given up on my playthrough as I find the characters and writing to be COMPLETELY BORING. RE4 OG had so much charm and wit. the remake is just flatout boring outside of the gameplay
RE 2 remake was not that great either they completely butchered the B scenario cutting 90% of it and making it just a a copy of the A scenario with a couple of differences here and there whereas the original B scenario was a completely different story for both Leon and Claire depending with who you had played the A scenario first.
I feel like in ten years people will look at the remake and be embarrassed that they called it the best game ever. I enjoyed it, but I’m not blind to all of the faults the game has. It’s far from perfect and I wish people would stop saying it’s a hard 10/10. Please be real and true peeps
Alright so according to your logic: It’s not perfect because I said so and everyone should agree to it. In the next ten years, you will look at the Remake and be embarrassed you didn’t take off your nostalgia glasses. Sorry little bro but that still won’t change the fact that 4 Remake is my top favorite game with 4 OG coming behind.
It's good, and you might enjoy it ( I do too with gold edition and on my third playthrough so far), but it does have its problems performance wise especially. It is not a 10/10. @monkeyboooty
As someone who can beat the original on Professional and not die once or only get hit a handful of times, this game is very much not in your favor when it comes to the combat. I enjoy the stagger and kick mechanic a lot so to see it get nerfed so much really puts a small but deep dent in the experience when playing harder difficulties. But overall still fun to play
I agree that the higher difficulties are unbalanced The Capcom intended you(the player) to play on standard. However, as a big Dark Souls fan, I enjoyed the harder difficulties regardless.
@@TheNether333 Yeeah I am a soulsbourne fan through and through, and when I told my friends that Re 4 on the higher difficulties is dogshit, is because I mean in from a place where I played the best hard games, where soulsbourne games are difficult, but really fair, and well balanced all things considered. Re 4 on hardcore and above is just not fund and loads of bs.
@@desfefe The hardcore could be bs sometimes, but I it was never the game's fault. I just had to be more tactical. Professional is not meant to be played without bonus items.
Honestly, its a good thing. Being able to stagger and kick so easily made the original game too easy. It also made it so that running out of ammo, basically never happened because you can kill 10+ enemies with like 4 bullets. No wonder so many people can play the original on the highest difficulty without ever dying. The new game is actually forcing the player to prioritize shooting their gun and conserving ammo. The stagger kick is basically a random reward at the higher difficulties.
@@reredrumuoy to be honest, I’ve gotten better at the game, and I have since prioritized perfect parries in order to kick, so I’m stingy with ammo and it’s easier. Leon’s kick is my favorite both OG and remake so I have to use it as often as I can
Your review is perfect, exactly how i would summed up playing both OG and the remake as a whole, both have their pros and cons but its overall fun and enjoyable to play...and the best part is both are available in every platform unlike the previous OG trilogy which i hope will be added someday besides being limited as a PS1 game
RE4R is not available on Xbox One, I don't entirely blame them but just figured I'd add that. You can play the OG Trilogy on PC using source ports, the OG PC ports are abandonware at this point and run on the most potato of potatoes. I keep them on my flashdrive, all I need to do is plug in my flashdrive and they play on any computer without a need to do any installation. I should add I own the OG trilogy physical PC copies, before anyone calls me a pirate. I'm really hoping they do a solid Code Veronica remake next, RE5 still plays very well as far as I am concerned. If they do RE5 remake, I really hope it doesn't land until the next console generation at earliest, otherwise RE5 is still in great shape imo. To be completely honest I'd be much more interested in an RE0 and RE1 refresh before RE5. I don't think it needs a complete remake, but if they do, it would be cool to allow them to play with both fixed camera angles, and in 1st/3rd person. If you could switch between that, it would be really cool. If it is fixed camera angles, they can use pre rendered graphics, I really hope it looks photo realistic and has maximum brutality.
Capcom having micro transactions in RE4 Remake isn’t something they decided to start implementing with this game. They had already done the exact same thing with Devil May Cry 4 and 5. In both 4 and 5, you could purchase Red Orbs/Proud Souls with real money. You could also bypass the unlock conditions for the super versions of characters by paying for them as well. Don’t even get me started on the “DLC” Devil Breakers and Devil Arm.
I've seen people dismiss my complaints on Discord by pointing this out, but I've never been a fan of accepting that something being normalized means it's okay.
Just wanna say this.... Protecting Ashley remake is much harder and frustrating than original Ashley .... Seems to me no one wants to admit this just because Remake Ashley is "waifu" material.
@@mr.sinjin-smyth I mean Ashley was written better in the remake, but protecting her can be annoying at times, sure. However I didn't have many problems.
@@LethalByChoice I don't doubt she's better character wise in remake thanks to the flirting and banters, but escorting her is made way harder which I'm surprised no one is willing to point out.
@@mr.sinjin-smyth there's been times during combat before I realized the distance feature for ashley was useless, sometimes ashely would move in front of me and I would shoot her however, she had the knight armor equipped but if she didn't have that outfit she would have died. Unlike in the og it's 100% your fault if you hit her but in the remake there's a chance you can hit her on accident due to the new AI mechanic
I thoroughly enjoyed the remake and would heartily recommend it to anyone, but yeah, the original is just one of those timeless classics like Silent Hill 2 or Majora’s Mask that perfectly encapsulates its era. Just an undefeatable, legendary game - no matter how good the remake is it can’t beat the legacy.
I will admit, I agree with the issue with stagger. Which is why I on my hardcore run I got rid of the SG and made the switch to the red9 then the blacktail asap. Stagger is tied to damage now. If your handgun doesn't do enough dmg, ganado will walk right through bullets. Once I made the switch and beefed up my fire power, the handguns felt reliable again.
The exclusive upgrade on the SR along with the laser sight, easy best pistol in the game. It will crit A LOT after you max it out. I played an entire NG+ with it maxed, that upgrade makes a world of difference.
I installed mods that let you stagger with 1 shot to the leg or head, and the game became 100 times more enjoyable. The pro difficulty, outside of bullshit teleports, homing projectiles and magnetic grabs, becomes a fun challenge, except for the S+ runs. Overall, I completely agree with everything. Glad to see someone not shilling for this game.
Nobody is shilling for this game. It's a great game. No shilling needed. Also, by "it became 100 times more enjoyable" you just meant it became much easier. Skill issue.
@@loubloom1941 I beat every single challenge in this game, including Pro S+ without bonus items or mods. So, yet another drone with the skill issue argument can fuck off, goodbyyyyyyyyye
After playing the remake and being a die hard fan of the original i can say this, the game is not a masterpiece. Yes it improves on some aspects like combat, inventory in some cases (tho i think the extra knife system is stupid) and some of the weapons. But ya there is alot that i disliked as well like how they changed salazar and sadlers motivation and character, Ada,Luese,Ashly (tho ashly is not too bad tho the breathing is annoying), The removal of banter using the phone calls, Stages feel lack luster sometimes (the castel epically). The over use of a dark filter, like most times environment is a bit too dark. And finally the lack of the flirty dialogue and lack of revealing outfit. While i do think that its a fun game it dose lack the personality the original had.
I'm also kinda tired of RE remakes. I would like to have a Resident Evil game that have a story about Hunk and alpha team where u get to play as Hunk or somebody else in his team. Wouldnt that be great
I didn’t grew up playing RE4, but 2 years ago I beat it for the first time and its damn near perfect. It has imo the most precise controls for a TPS and that’s what make it addictive I gave the remake a shot and all the precision aiming is gone and now you’ve got this floaty unresponsive aiming system that isn’t precise and Literally every enemy now feels like a punching bag rather than a dart board where getting bullseye isn’t necessary to win The parry also makes the game feel so cheap because running out of ammo doesn’t really matter either These modern conventions are fine in other games, but they totally break the fine tune gameplay of the original and any sense of atmosphere of the original is gone in favour of this generic art style. Even the menus and HUD look like a generic unreal engine template with no style or flair
Thank you! The re engine is better designed for survival horror than action horror the animations that Leon and ada have is ridiculous there is no reason why I'm getting animation locked in an animation all because I jumped out a window or jumped down a ladder and they take a long time to get up if they get knocked down too. It's so pitiful 😂
I thought I was losing my mind because it felt like I was the only one around me saying that Ashley really wasn't that bad in the OG, in fact she's fantastically responsive. She gets stuck on bodies and dies sometimes but like you said that's very few and far between, and controlling her well almost eliminates that possibility entirely. I agree almost wholeheartedly with this review on most every point except for Luis, I did not like the buddy cop thing he had going and he was more obnoxious than anything to me, especially in the minecart section(s) when he would constantly interrupt himself to keep telling me that we're going off the rails and that this shit's gonna flip.
Those who say Ashley was bad in the OG were just bad at protecting her, plain and simple, if anything new Ashley is more annoying because she's so pretentious and harder to protect because they decided to get rid of the wait command and also she'll come out of her hiding spot if you get far away from her.
@@mr.b89 Claims herself to be the master of unlocking when the most complex thing she's ever done in regards to unlocking was solve something equivalent to a children's puzzle, on top of wanting to become a government agent like Leon despite constantly screaming and fearing for her life in the game.
@@TheCyclicGamer that's a joke genius, and a reference to jill . do people not understand jokes anymore. gameplay wise old ashley was not a pain if you knew what you're doing. charachter wise new ashley is better because she actually has a personality. old ashley was just a mission. newer one feels like an actual character
I will never even try to get an s+ on professional in this game. Never mind the bullshit of every death adding time if you don't fully back out of the game and reset and absolutely no auto-save, the added condition of having to beat three straight chapters without saving once to get the under 15 saves condition is bullshit on the hardest difficulty. Fuck the Handcannon, I don't want it for that kind of hassle.
@@CriticalNobody Got it yesterday, thanks. Didn't know it unlocked in mercenaries since I gave up trying for it by the time it was released. Still not gonna go for the Cat Ears, though.
The remake is fine but it really serves to highlight the expertise that went into balancing and polishing the first game. As Nerrel pointed out in his review, the group battles especially highlight the gap in design between the two. If anything, the remake has made me appreciate the original more. A lot of small design details went unappreciated by me until they changed to “modernize” or “improve” the game.
removing the ability to shoot Luis for a bad ending during house defense was such a baffling choice to me. like I know it's not something most would do on purpose, but it was literally just a choice the player could make which had a built in proper response. it was showing that RE4 was very responsive to player actions (even in how its difficulty would dynamically increase or decrease depending on how well you were playing).
@@marbl3d45 it's a small thing, but i firmly believe if a remake is intending to entirely eclipse its source, at least keep the little details. don't even get me started on Leon's limp-wristed Red9 reload compared to OG
@@Zovereign yeah but the fact that not EVERYONE is going to agree that EVERY change made is an improvement means that’s the quotations serve their purpose
My number one issue with the remake is the stupidest ass aiming being the modern garbage . I can’t believe no one asked the question, why is it that Leon who was a first day rookie in re2and was trained well enough for the President of the united states to send after his child. now has aim that is WORSE than his first day?
When do you run away more? I kill everything on sight. The beauty of Resident Evil games is that you often CAN run away. You don’t HAVE to. If you suck or low on health and/or ammo then maybe that’s the best option for you. But when do you ever HAVE to run away more?
@@MaximumPayine explains what? Please tell me you aren’t talking about what I think you’re talking about because if you are that is embarrassingly backwards 😂
Really refreshing to hear someone who isn't just hopping on the remake bandwagon but actually giving a logical breakdown on why it's just not like the og
@@Redog68 the problem is that a lot of the remake fanboys claim that the remake replaces the original and makes it obsolete (as if now the og RE4 is suddenly a bad game). So it’s good that reviewers like Critical Nobody, Nerrel, and TheGamingBritShow are setting the record straight. The remake is good but it offers a completely different experience and it isn’t a replacement of the original.
Enemy staggers and bloom are immediately noticeable. Second I got the handgun and shotgun I thought it was extremely lame that they didn’t have laser sights.
@@HenryMyth I get it: you played the original since you were ten years old and haven’t moved on since. You’re childish outlook won’t allow you to admit that the remake has better controls. I understand, you can’t cheese enemies in the remake. It’s harder and you don’t like that. 🎻🎵
@@guyc1479 The remake is easier than the original game lol. You've either never played it or haven't in a really long time if you think that every enemy can be "Cheesed". Really pathetic that remake fanboys attack the original game when they have no clue what they're talking about. I actually play games on higher difficulties and for more than one playthough, unlike you clearly.
To be fair . I loved this remake, gameplay wise is my favorite ps5 game. However it made me miss the original,and thankfully everyone has access to it.
The thing that's better about the original is Leon can't move while aiming. It forces you to choose between offense and defense, that's where the depth of combat arises from.
It takes me forever to beat the original because of that. I have to stop to shoot, then run backwards when the enemy gets too close to avoid getting hit since there is no parry system. I have to shoot, run back, shoot run back, shoot run forward, and on an on when there is a horde of enemies. The whole thing takes a long time and is very tedious. Also, Leon was trained by Krauser to use the knife, but in the og he never uses it to defend himself. That's the unfortunate thing about the original.
Tank controls suck and is a big reason why later titles that were 3rd person shooters never continued it. Leon stopping to shoot wasn't by design but limited technology.
@@neiloconnor7776 I haven't played many games, but with the original 4th it took me a long time co.pared to other games. I've played the original Resident Evil 4 many times and it takes me some time to beat it.
People that DEFEND microtransaction in a 70-60$ dollar are really cringe and this is not the first time Crapcom did this, they pulled exact same shit on Devil May Cry 5
People can't have differentiated opinions anymore. Something is either the greatest thing ever made and any critique is literal blasphemy, or absolute garbage without a single irredeemable feature
well, thing is with dmc5, you need skill to use moves (assuming if you play on harder difficulties) while in re4 remakez, with those tickets the game becomea hella easy
@@Thonato420 It doesn't matter if it affect the game. They are testing water on how much they can get away with it. You allow it now and they will push it further. Push them back before this shit gets out of control.
Agree with exactly what you said in regards to the microtransaction part. Cheat codes used to be amazing back in the day growing up where i was only allowed a short amount of time to play games each week, as to let me play with the silly stuff but not grind for it, because i personally didnt mind or care about the loss of gaining acheivments, i just wanted to play. The fact that most people nowadays dont even realize thata how it used to be and defend shitty practice that has littered the industry is a shame.
The reason I prefer Remake 2 was because it was a much slower paced game, and it was survival horror. I love re 4 OG and when I went into remake 4, I understood what I should be expecting. The problem however was that remake 4 from a mechanical standpoint is similar to remake 2, but has action elements added to it. This doesnt really work though on higher difficulties. Especially how there is an RNG on the shots placed on the heads or the sensitive spots, shall we say. With remake 2, even if there was cut content, it still however met my expectations when I played it.
People that pay real money for unlockables essentially want an easy mode without actually picking easy. You see this in MMOs a lot, people go out of their way to cheat the system, buy currency with real money, circumvent ingame challenges or anything that requires any effort on their part. In a singleplayer game this means absolutely nothing, but it can and does absolutely destroy anything played with other people. And I hate the excuse of "hurr durr I have a real life, I don't have time to play XY game for hours on end" because that clearly means that the game isn't for you, if you need to cheat in order to participate in something, don't participate at all because all you're doing is ruining the experience for the rest of us.
The biggest issue with Ashley is the fact that loose formation is just completely useless. It is never a good option and Ashley still gets in the way sometimes even acting like a ganado bodyguard, taking hits for them. In the og game Ashley was like an obedient dog, I dont know why people hated so much dealing with her back then and I honestly blame them for the way Ashley acts in the remake cause this is definitely the result of player feedback otherwise chances are we would still have "wait" and "follow me"
If Ashley gets in the way, it’s your fault. If she’s in your way then odds are you told her to back up in front of you. Tell her to come in and she will not always rush towards you and even do so while crouching if you’re aiming. That’s when you have her back up to avoid getting if enemies are close or have ranged options. She will listen to what you want her to do. If you don’t want to deal with enemies then keeping her close is the way to go but you still gotta create somewhat of a path for her. If a Ganado is in your way, they’re likely going to be in hers as well.
On normal she’s okay. I even use her to tank damage for me sometimes which is pretty funny. But I’m baffled at how I can’t tell her to wait anymore. She also doesn’t behave well if Leon is moving. I’ve had times where I’m back stepping while shooting and she gets in front of me.
@@5000Seabass Not when I'm shooting. Or trying to tactically position her. Honestly they made it so she cant die in one shot to compensate for how bad the free range chicken AI they gave her is. She actually tanked a chainsaw and said she was okay. Which made me laugh my azoff. The fact that she just gets downed after that proves they had to compensate.
Been waiting for this, thanks Critical nobody. Personally I think RE4R is awesome but I wouldn’t call it perfect, if it had some of the cut content still It would probably push it over the edge for me. We have 2 amazing RE4’s though, everybody wins. I’ll be revisiting the OG sometime soon. Edit: Bro people really defending the trashy microtransation tickets, that’s disgusting dear god. People like that are why the industry is so horrendous rn. The tickets aren’t inherently a horrible thing, but if they do well, the goalpost will be moved. Y’know the whole slowly turning the temperature on a boiling frog instead of instantly turning the temperature from 1 to 100 causing it to immediately jump out. Stop being idiots please. I like RE4R too, it’s awesome, that doesn’t mean its garbage business practices should be defended.
I'm not defending the tickets, I think that microtransactions should not be a thing in single player games, but I'm guilty as hell since I actually bought like 3 tickets just so I could have an easier time on S+ Speedruns.
Exactly, everyone laughed at horse armor dlc in The Elder Scrolls Oblivion back in the day. Look where we are now. Its become ridiculous today. Give companies like Capcom an inch, they will take a mile. Never forgot the on disc paid dlc baloney they pulled with Xbox 360/PS3 games.
@@Gruntvc I don’t necessarily have an issue with microtransactions as a whole, but pay2win is pretty awful. I don’t mind some cosmetic micro transactions and if it’s a game I really like I’ll toss them the couple bucks and buy a few things here and there, but the issue is when they take it too far.
Loved this game, but less than half way through the second play through, which also had the added benefit of mods... I got bored... I STILL go back and play the original. That isn't "nostalgia" doing that, it's good game design.
RE4 was revolutionary, RE4 Remake is, well a remake, it won't change gaming or wow anyone and it is definitley NOT a 10, hell even an 8 is being generous IMO, but it's a really fun game and I am on my 3rd playthrough as of now.
Man idk. Imo, and having played RE4 a couple years ago, this remake IS a masterpiece. Did it need a remake? Maybe not, at least not as much as 2 and 3 needed it. But a remake THIS good is always welcome, unlike TLOU (and maybe RE3 remake). I was totally fine with most changes, and things that were cut weren't really as important (lava room, lasers, etc.). I think nostalgia can be a dangerous feeling when it comes to judging modern reimaginings (if that's even a word) of video games.
fun is subjective. especially when alot of Leons lines in the OG made him cringey and pretty lame. when i play RE i want to play someone who doesn't sound like a doofus who walked out of a comedy movie
Taking away almost the entire knife parry mechanic in the jump from hardcore to professional was the most stupid game design choice by far. It wouldnt be a problem if the perfect parry window was just a few frames bigger.
I agree with most of your points laid out here, especially the Ada Wong performance. As someone who's sworn by Capcom games since I was 10, I *do* find the practice of microtransactions scummy, and to see my favorite company from childhood go down that Call of Duty road since 2010 is a stab in my heart. As a game dev myself, hiding extra content behind paywalls is just slapping the players around with a rotten fish; if devs wanna do something like that, then give them a personalized code to download the content for free after completing the game once.
@@neiloconnor7776 when I first saw him in the remake, I turned to my partner and said "I'd keep my kids away from that face" but after playing, he won me over with his charm.
This game is yet another fine game on it's own, but also another pointless reimagination that changes the f out of everything that was fine, just like the last two ones. RE4 didn't really need a faithful remake either tbh, it didn't need a remake at all. Capcom is now just soft rebooting the whole series for no good reason. I guess the current devs might have something against the way the OG games were for some reason.
The solution to the Ashley problem: Take the characterization of the remake and combine it with the mechanics of the original. That way, she can be interesting, but still keep the core gameplay of the original.
@EvilDead_Editzthe original was NOT meant to be survival horror so you are wrong as hell. If tank controls were good they would still be a thing. Fortunately they are not
Couldn’t agree more! Always a pleasure watching your honest views with supporting information. (“Splinter cell, this is not.” And there it is…haha!) Masterpiece in 2005: A game so good that every mechanic is uber-polished and the gameplay is so ahead of its time that it inspired ton of other amazing games like Dead Space, Gears of War etc. A trend-setter. Masterpiece since 2010s: Everything has to be realistic and follows trends. Not to mention the fact that most will ignore any shady business practices, because people will defend anything. RE4R is fun, and I had a good time as an OG fan. I like the remake as a supplement to the OG. At the end of the day, I’m glad we’ve two versions of this game that people can enjoy. P.S. The word: “masterpiece” needs to redefined if every game will be called one - remake or not.
It is good, but none of these recent remakes have recaptured what made RE1 Remake 2002 so good. At best, they stand along side the original. Not RE3 2020 though. And yes, Capcom is definitely following trends rather than setting them now. What a shame...
Yup, not when they call at best an 8/10 good game a 10/10 Masterpiece that replaces the original. Can't wait to see RE become another watered down empty soulless husk like most AAA games these days.
@Henry Myth, I agree. I only liked the Not A Hero and End of Zoe dlc for RE7 and didn't care at all for Village, except for Chris' blatant CoD knock off section lol. I haven't liked any of the new Winters characters, not one of them. The only recent RE I liked before the release of RE4 2023 was RE2 2019. I didn't want them to turn RE4 into RE2 Remake though.
16:20 that’s a non argument, the optimal strategy for finishing most games is through glitches and bugs, is what speed runners use, that doesn’t mean the game is not fun
Yea that was a weird thing complain about lol. Almost every single game ever has some glitch or exploit to obtain record times. Him using that as a basis for the claim that the game can be “un-fun” is silly
I thought Ashely was bad in the original, but wait til i play the remake Ashley is 10x worse than the original. She pisses me off so much that i would have to murder her myself just for releasing my frustrations! I told her to stay the f inside the locker, but she always defies my command and as a result i died so many times just being too busy with babysitting her! Capcom! If you can’t make your AI character to listen to you, then why the hell would you offer lockers for Ashley to stay inside in the first place?! Some people complain about the AI assist in RE5, but do the same people have a clue how much worse the AI in RE4? At least Sheva could hold a gun to save her life but Ashley is a constant burden!
Glad you mentioned lighting and the flashlight. Village had the same issue and it's the main reason I didn't give it another playthrough. Now I know to wait until this game is bundled and at a discount before purchasing. Well that and bc they usually bring "cut" content back in a dlc because people are stupid enough to keep dishing out money to them. I guarantee 4remake has costume and gun/item add ons you can buy to prove my point. Guess I should've waited before comment lol, you covered this too. Point still proven lol
I think with how much faster everything is-Leon, the enemies, the guns, everything-it would trivialize the combat way too much if you got to stun enemies every single time you landed a headshot. You could play the cabin fight on professional with nothing but the starting pistol with no upgrades and get through it in like 6 shots if you were allowed to kick the enemies EVERY time. It worked in the original because of how much slower everything was, it would not work here. With the parry too? Forget about ever being in danger ever. If they ever somehow managed to get past your Chun Li kicks, you could just block their attack. Leon does control like he's wearing a 60 pound backpack sometimes tho.
Has there ever been any evidence that the shitty voice actor for Ada was ever “harassed”? It sounds like she was just criticized and she says that’s harassment.
I disagreed with some arguments presented in the video, but it's ironic how much of the people who gave it dislike will not know how much "in-the-same-spot" they are with you. Great video, my friend. Keep up the good work.
Reward for beating the remake is what killed it for me as casual gamer who just wants to blow shit up, not break speedrun records....didnt even know you had to beat it in hardcore to get the typewriter only to find out that its kind of garbage compared to the og. AND its not unlimited till max upgrade! 3rd playthrough for me but ehh kind of had enough already.
You don’t have to be a speed runner 😂. Personally I wish Resident Evil games rankings weren’t time based, but it isn’t bad. In fact, it is a fun new challenge to be able to find the best ways to deal with many sections. Map out the best routes for blitzing through the game. A personal favorite of mine is the dynamite section in the mines and later the double Gigante fight. 4 flash bangs in total for the whole section and you’re golden. Super fun doing that. I don’t care for the Sweeper/Typewriter. I did use it for my S+ runs but that’s all it was to me😂. It’s not a fun weapon and never was(I hate SMGs in general so maybe that has something to do with it).
TL;DR - Great game, good remake, I prefer the original. I hope at least some of you actually watched the video before hitting dislike 💙
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I'm still on the fence as to which one I prefer, but I can definitely understand why some would like the original more.
YOU DARE SAY THIS CRITICAL??????
oMg i CaN’T BeLieVe U DoN’T tHinK tHe RE4 rEmaKe iS a mASteRpIeCe. I UBsuBbiNg aND DisLiKe Ur vIDeO
Honestly same.
You're blinded by nostalgia obviously
worst thing is that you cannot make ashley wait in a spot
So you want her to stay in a specific spot while enemies try to grab her? Lol
@@Mark-bn5ek In OG RE4, you can have her wait in spots to keep her out of harm's way. I don't see why you shouldn't be able to do that here. Especially for players who are familiar with the layout of the levels
@Daman yes because running to the ganados is clearly much better.. The OG4 required you to position her and use your brain on spots ganados would Be agro on leon more. Remake its a 50/50 Ashley runs around like an idiot and into the ganados or actually stays behind leon for that bit.
WAIT follow me WAIT follow me etc etc
@@Mark-bn5ekWow.... you really are dumb. Play the OG again, cheesehead.
THANK YOU. finally someone points out Ashley wasn't bad at all in the original, and i 100% agree with you about the stagger. The stagger on hardcore and professional is fucking ridiculous.
The worst part about OG RE4 was Ashley's Dumbo ears gliding her into trouble 😂. Now they just gave her goofy hair to cover those champs.
Nah. She’s annoying in the OG.
@@ridethelightning1511 character wise maybe, but gameplay wise she is way better in the original.
@@ridethelightning1511 You had the option to have her stay behind and hidden in most areas with enemies in the original. Modern Ashley will just get in your way. Both versions have flaws we can't ignore.
Yeah but she's still a burden
Original RE4 was something that completely changed my mindset of what i was supposed to be expecting of 3rd person shooters at the time or even all AAA titles. The combat, graphics, animations, qtc and etc. This game pioneered so many things’s that are being exploited up to this date.
Yeah, the original was one of those rare lighting in a bottle game changers for the gaming industry at whole.
Can't say the same for the remake, even if it is good.
@@Gruntvc The remake doesn’t feel like it is trying to be a game changer. It just feels like a game that respects where it came from and tries to give its own interpretation of the original story without trying to replace it. I like that. I can still play the original any time I want (With the HD texture mod it is basically perfect), and play this for the fun of it.
@@Odinsday finally someone sane.
@@Odinsday which is why its so divisive and why re1 remake is generally held in high regard because it was the only remake to stay true to the original while enhancing the experience while these past 3 remakes have been pretty heavily detached from the original for the sake of “modern gameplay.”
@@TFD.aep2 or because going 1:1 with outdated design decisions isn't a smart idea
The only thing I did not like in the game is Leon moving like a slug while enemies move in fast forward.
well it’s resident evil, not john wick, so there’s that.
In the remake, by the time I finished the castle I was done with it. The cuts they made took away a lot of variety that broke the game up, whether you liked the cut parts or not. By the time I got to the island I was too bored to continue going through the same repetitive mob wave section after mob wave section. A side from the odd mine cart section it was very straight forward wash and repeat.
Even with the new back tracking with boat feature it still feels linear even the pacing feels off and you get no real creative freedom when play you can't shoot through doors and you can't kill enemies in a fun way it's not satisfying at all.
yeah I felt the same by the time I got to the castle lol, specifically the area before the two garradors. Stuck with it and by the time I finished it, I liked it more but man... idk. The higher amount of backtracking for side stuff felt pretty lame too. Having to speedrun through the game and skipping like 50% of the content for an S+ sounded so lame I didn't even bother trying professional.
@@Gustavozxd13 professional would have probably ruined your experience with the bullet sponge enemies I don't recommend it 😅
@@keonboonehell yeah I have more than 50 hours in this game but I only played pro for s rank purposes and I have to admit it was so annoying bc of lots of reasons
1) the enemies are bullet spongy.
2) Leon having such a slow recovery animation I mean i can bear it in low difficulties but in hard core or pro it straight up kills you bc enemies don't wait hit u and you can get hit multiple times at one moment.
3) the weapon upgrades being so expensive than original and being even more expensive in pro mode makes things more harder for u especially if u are trying s+ r rank bc you aren't Gonna spend your whole time in killing everyone to get money or will try to get every single treasure. I know u can use bonus weapon and it makes game lot easier but for me it is no fun to use a single weapon for the rest of the game.
20:30 Thank god someone said it! I absolutely adore the new voice for the merchant, but god did it become so grating as he talked on and on. I feel like newer games think dead air makes the game too "video gamey" like they want characters to feel real so they pumped them with voice lines. I get it, an NPC standing around only speaking when you select something is "unrealistic" but its sure isn't immersive having the other side of the coin.
Love the video overall, and I share practically every sentiment! Quality stuff, dude.
I would say it's like they took the Duke from Ethan's story and tried to pour some of that into the Merchant, who was never really that kind of talky smarmy guy. So it's like a weird mash of Merchant/Duke who just never shuts up
Merchant's voice seemed weird to me, more London / cockney than pirate, like the original (and like the shooting range suggests).
Feels like the localisation team took liberties, or at least made calls that some random fan (me) doesn't necessarily agree with. Hey ho.
@@Hugsloth No, they didn't put the Duke's backstory here in the remake merchant. Not once does Leon interact nor banter with him, nor does the merchant explain how he's this pirate travelling around the world. The merchant simply is a game feature, your typical store owner in video games. Nothing more and nothing less
Nu friend, Just because a new game makes a character talk more, that doesn't necessarily mean they're making it realistic.
Is it realistic that the merchant repeats his line every time you see him? Is it realistic that the merchant can't shut up every time you're buying something?
The devs simply added more lines to the merchant to make him stand out and offer something new.
And it's not like newer games have silent NPCs or merchants. Take Elden Ring for example, most of the NPCs there barely talk and that includes the merchants.
@@struggler7164 I didn't mean his literal backstory. I meant how he talks and sounds. It's much closer to Duke than the OG merchant
I think the best thing about the remake is that if you don't like it as much you can easily go back and play the original. I wish more games were preserved like OG RE4.
Really? I didn't think Capcom did a very good job of the HD remaster of RE4, unlike that of REmake 1 (both GCN / similar period), which had really nice polish. Main factor for me was the updated control option.
Maybe on PC some fans have done a better job, I heard of 'proper' remasters like this. I guess the devs preferred REmake 1, like me 😁
I think RE4 is similar to the REmake in that it feels great at causal level, and the more you play, the more it feels like an unfinished game. Moreso the remake if I'm to be honest...
@@Oakeybloke these remasters saved the PC port for sure I’ll promise you that
@Elvis Jones I don’t feel they wouldn’t do it lmao it’s the Skyrim of resident evils but unlike Skyrim you don’t need to mod it to work
@@travistreadway3180 You don’t need to mod Skyrim to make it work either. They mod it to make Skyrim to make it modern.
@@travistreadway3180 fair enough. I sit at a desk most of my week, so when chilling in my own time I prefer the sofa.
PC seems to give a lot of options, so probably good for those less casual than me 👍🏼
Honestly this is the most accurate and understandable take on the remake vs the original. I really appreciate your takes on the gaming industry in all of your videos. Im not always looking for someone to align perfectly with my own opinion but your opinions just make sense so much of the time.
You never even mentioned how bad the aiming is in this great but flawed game and how awful the shooting gallery is too.
They didn’t want Ada to be a “dragon lady”. So now she’s just a sleepy lady. (That and I hear Capcom doesn’t fux with union voice actors)
Yep that's why they change actors so much
iirc wasn't Saddler's OG VA crossed out solely because he was part of a union?
The first time I played the remake, I immediately used the tactic 'fake run' only to realise it didn't work anymore,😂
And yeah I agree with Ashley being not glued to you, I had lots of game over just by trying to save her
You know, other than the sections where you were separated from her I never had much difficulty keeping her safe. The game only tells you this once, but tight formation is for evading enemies while running away. If you use it in combat she's gonna catch a lot of collateral from all the attacks coming at you. Loose formation is best for combat, then use a little situational awareness. She usually backs away from you, so if you're facing the bad guys she'll stay behind and you form the line of defense. This also helps her avoid attacks as she'll run away from enemies instead of staying behind you in damage range
@@maxmfpayne on harder difficulty number of enemies are greater and they come from a lot of direction, when loose formation is used she is vulnerable to be kidnapped while moving around needs her to be closed, forcing you to keep moving and use hit and run, the issue is staggering chance make handgun mostly useless during crowd fight (tmp, flash, Shotgun useful) and if you try to stand your ground, you need to pay attention to Ashley, and as mentioned, it's harder to keep a lookout since she's not immediately move towards you and stand behind you
@@aumialumi I'm playing on hardcore but I don't have much desire to play on professional if I'm honest. The challenge on hardcore feels like a decent balance for me, so I can't speak for professional difficulty, I should have mentioned that before. I see what you're saying, I usually just shoot at multiple heads in the group to increase my chance of stunning without killing them so I can kick for crowd control when using the pistol. I am using the dlc pistol though, which I believe does slightly less damage. If they get too close it's shotgun time. I don't have enough experience with the original to compare them though, as I've only played a bit of it so far.
@asdfqwerty420 to be fair, professional is quite hard, you either run like hell or run out of ammo, my point is the gameplay has flaw, which is that it's not design to fight hordes of enemy IMO. Regardless, it's a great game & it appeals to new players rather than old school re fan, most of them at least
@@aumialumi I can agree with that sentiment. Personally, I love it so much, even when it feels a bit unfair (stun locking) because it works with the vibe for me. I get why people criticize it though, not everyone is gonna look the other way when bullshit occurs just because the setting contextualizes the bullshit. I appreciate it for what it is, and for getting me to play through the older re games too starting with 4.
Best fucking review omfg, that Ashley section made me so happy, when i watched faze jev play this game and talk about "how bad Ashley was in the original " it annoyed the hell out of me, im glad somone understands that if u think Ashleys ai was bad in the original, u literally just sucked at the game, the new Ashleys ai is so much worse in comparison 💀
Getting stuck in level geometry and running towards enemies is somehow not an issue for these clowns. This goes to show that popular opinion is worthless when it's grounded in complete nonsense
I think the remake's combat works on standard difficulty, but hardcore and professional were unbalanced to entice players to buy tickets.
Professional mode objectively is not a good time without bonus, skips, or cheats.
I cannot understand why in a game that is about precision aiming they removed the laser sight on all weapons to make the weapons more imprecise. Imagine if Dead Space removed the lasers, gave the weapons a ridiculous amount of spread, doubled the movement of the enemies, and then expected you to make precision attacks. You could tough your way through it but you wouldn't be enjoying it.
Hardcore is really fair if you’re good at the game. You know like good at aiming, making your shots counts, picking your spots wisely, avoid getting surrounded and cornered. And by the time you reach near the end of the castle, you should have most of your weapons fully upgraded. For me, I had my hand gun(SG, my favorite), shotgun(Riot Gun), and Combat Knife all fully upgraded around the mines section(Krauser was a cakewalk with my maxed knife). Reaching the island, I get my Stingray maxed out. Ammo was never an issue and I mostly kill everything on sight with a few exceptions like the opening village fight and occasionally I’ll run by the fish farm arena(can go back to collected everything later after Del Lago enemy free). I even kill Verdugo every time just because and I don’t even use magnums. I’m fairly conservative with my shotgun ammo and very liberal with handgun ammo. I only craft flash bangs and occasionally heavy grenades later in the game. Hardcore is a fun challenge
I will agree that professional is pretty rough and I only played it for 100% completion.
Nothing wrong with balancing the game’s weapons. We are are free to choose how we want to play. We’ve got the good ol classic all-rounder Silver Ghost which is very precise, compatible with the laser sight, amazing at crits. The Punisher is a bit weaker but has great penetration and while I personally dismissed it at first, it certainly still has its advantages and place. The Red9 is wildly inaccurate and pretty slow but in turn packs a hefty punch. Blacktail is also powerfully and pretty fast. The Matilda is basically an smg with its stock. You get to choose your style and I find nothing wrong with that. Why would you want every gun to pretty much be the exact same? Why even bother with other weapons if they all could use the same attachments? I like what each piece offers. Enemies are smarter and more aggressive and efficient. Why is that a bad thing? The player also has increased mobility. Positioning, timing, aiming. Name of the game since day one.
@@thatoneguy1232The problem with the higher difficulties is that they readily expose the flaws in the combat system, which is the the opposite in the OG in which PRO showcased how tightly tuned the combat system was.
If I'm nailing headshots and limb shots there should be feedback from enemies. I shouldn't have to shoot an enemy 5 times in the face or limb before they stagger or drop their weapon. At that point why not just remove stagger from the game entirely?
I'll take some limited mobility over mediocre, inaccurate weapons every time.
@@AngryCosmonaut I never had an issue with hitting staggers. It’s not 100% guaranteed, which is fine imo(wouldn’t want the game to be too easy like the og), but more often than not, I hit them. And I have two main handguns. For challenge runs I use the Red9 which gets staggers less but still just kills the enemy outright. On regular playthroughs I use the starting SG and I guess the laser sight helps with staggers and crits. And again, by the castle my handgun is nearly or fully maxed out. For Separate Way things are a bit tougher for me. The Blacktail I don’t get as many staggers but Ada also comes with a tmp so I guess that’s not a big issue even though I personally don’t like smgs.
It shouldn't ever take five clean headshots to stagger an enemy. I don't care what the difficulty is or what handgun I'm using. The balancing on Professional is terrible. @@thatoneguy1232
@thatoneguy1232 you played on PC which is essentially easy mode. Leon's sluggish movement, the ridiculous spread of the shots, the unprecise aiming are objective flaws of the game, which despite being more action oriented is somehow more limiting in its mechanics than RE2R which was a more horror based game, ridiculous.
it's almost like the Ada actor was not even coached on how to voice the character , just simply paid to read some line's then walked out the door
It's weird too cause this isn't even her first time playing Ada. She played her in the post credits scene of Welcome to Raccoon City.
@TheSoulGage, True, but she didn't do a good job in that cameo either.
Should've used the VA who voiced Ada in RE2 2019.
hey hey kids I'm talking krusty!
learn from a professional, kid
WHY does everyone forget how much cut of the Castelsections are before arriving to Ramon and the whole RUINS/Tomb area?
yeah after playing the original I felt like I got to the ramon fight way too quickly in the remake, with the absence of so many castle sections and the conversations with him to build his character and make his transformation more impactful
I hate modern games that require us to pay more for more content. Why can’t games be like they used to be, buy one game that is complete working base game with extra contents all under one purchase. But no, now everything goes to paid DLCs.
Well, because they started doing that nonsense and gamers said they hated it and yet bought the shit anyway.
I still remember what a big gigantic clusterfuck it was when TF2 got hats.
The white paint telling you where to go and what to do, the c4 with big red lasers and beeping, the game just has too many mechanics that handhold the player. Makes the c4 traps useless
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TBH I feel like trying to claim either game is better than the other is kind of missing the point, at least from my experience. There seems to be a trend of RE players thinking that remakes have to "replace" the original just because the first game had that lightning in a bottle of a remake that did so. The RE Engine series has never quite been that sort of series for me, moreso a sort of modern "remix" of the originals, especially prevalent when you start in different places and travel the map differently in RE4R. That doesn't excuse every choice they've made, RE3R is still getting hell, but you can see in a lot of cases how they wanted to adapt the story rather than just do it all again.
RE4's a different case because I not only got to play the original last year, but others are also able to do so. RE4 Classic is a widely available game, meaning that the importance in comparison doesn't feel as strong of a need like RE2 and 3 does. I have to emulate those games because the originals aren't available on my platforms. RE4 is just ... there. After playing RE4R I straight up went back to the original just to get the different vibe. Both games are great and they both deserve love to this day.
@@WSendam RE1 is different because that was actually remade by the original creator who set out to make what they felt was their actual vision without limitations, kinda hits different when the people creating the remakes aren’t the same as those who created the original especially when they have a completely different vision, style and exist in a completely different era
@@WSendam I mean, let's be real. It's not hard to replace RE1 and improve upon it in every way. Also I've still seen people claim the Dead Space remake "ruined" the original. Like if you want everything to be exactly the same just okay the original.
@@prl4122 Not to mention the first REmake being only 6 years and one console generation apart from the OG. It was a much more impressive leap in that context.
Well said. It annoys me when certain people act like an older game is outdated and irrelevant once it’s remade. The Resident Evil fandom in particular has a few too many people with that mindset.
Yeah, I agree with this. I always took it as "hey, you like RE4? Here's a new game that's like RE4". If someone dislikes the remake on the basis of thinking the original shouldn't have been remade, its not my place to tell you you're wrong, but I do think you're missing out. I enjoyed both games, even if I think there's some things the original did better and vice versa.
From start to end it was an true nostalgic and enjoyment ride
No one can just like something or have a favorite anymore- it's gotta be a masterpiece. Everything is a goddamn masterpiece now. No nuance left in our culture.
lol Didn't even watch the video
This
Girl shut up
How could they get a PERFECT body and face model for Ada, who now looks better than ever... but also get the worst voice ever...
In trying to find an authentic Asian lady to portray the Asian lady character, they found the most generic Asian voice. She read those lines, which were meant to be seductive, like she was at her son's teacher parent meeting.
One thing this remakes miss the mark is the music, the original versions or Re have this haunting and beautiful soundtracks.
You can change it to the original sound track
only if you got the deluxe edition
@@MydasAU no you can buy it for 3 bucks
I honestly don’t even remember the new ones soundtrack but oddly enough they did an AMAZING job on the mercenaries remixes but what’s funny it’s Capcom hasn’t released these tracks or put them out anywhere 🤷♂️ when they’re legit better than the main game
Code Veronica has the best soundtrack, hands down!
Finally someone else said it I though I was crazy thinking Ashley's AI was better in the original.
I mean yeah in the remake you tell her to go close formation but she’s still like 20 feets away from you she cant even stick close to you lol
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
except the games are significantly different, not the same at all
Great review, man. A lot of great and valid points raised. I still don't understand how you keep getting pushback on micro-transactions of all things.
Defending a corporation for mtx is like thanking someone for charging you for a climbing rope after they had thrown you down the well themselves 🤦♂️ the gullibility is baffling.
It’s nice to see someone who isn’t BLINDLY inlove with this game, it’s good and waaaay better than RE3R, but no one near reaches the heights of the RE2 Remake. It’s just really missing ALOT of the charm the OG release had.
It’s a far better remake than 2 idk why you think 2 remake is better.
Ye re2 remake doesn't even come close, it's not even close.
@@cynicalbastard8855 All I know is that I got 100% on RE2 and have yet to complete RE4R as I have given up on my playthrough as I find the characters and writing to be COMPLETELY BORING. RE4 OG had so much charm and wit. the remake is just flatout boring outside of the gameplay
@@TheNomadJack fair enough, suppose this is all just subjective tho...
RE 2 remake was not that great either they completely butchered the B scenario cutting 90% of it and making it just a a copy of the A scenario with a couple of differences here and there whereas the original B scenario was a completely different story for both Leon and Claire depending with who you had played the A scenario first.
I feel like in ten years people will look at the remake and be embarrassed that they called it the best game ever. I enjoyed it, but I’m not blind to all of the faults the game has. It’s far from perfect and I wish people would stop saying it’s a hard 10/10. Please be real and true peeps
Sry to bring the news, but that will never happen.
Alright so according to your logic: It’s not perfect because I said so and everyone should agree to it.
In the next ten years, you will look at the Remake and be embarrassed you didn’t take off your nostalgia glasses.
Sorry little bro but that still won’t change the fact that 4 Remake is my top favorite game with 4 OG coming behind.
Yup.
It's good, and you might enjoy it ( I do too with gold edition and on my third playthrough so far), but it does have its problems performance wise especially. It is not a 10/10. @monkeyboooty
@@thepeterlafon5082 10/10 for me, never had issues about performance.
"The only thing you can tell her is tight or loose" followed by the faintest giggity 😂😂😂
As someone who can beat the original on Professional and not die once or only get hit a handful of times, this game is very much not in your favor when it comes to the combat. I enjoy the stagger and kick mechanic a lot so to see it get nerfed so much really puts a small but deep dent in the experience when playing harder difficulties. But overall still fun to play
I agree that the higher difficulties are unbalanced
The Capcom intended you(the player) to play on standard.
However, as a big Dark Souls fan, I enjoyed the harder difficulties regardless.
@@TheNether333
Yeeah I am a soulsbourne fan through and through, and when I told my friends that Re 4 on the higher difficulties is dogshit, is because I mean in from a place where I played the best hard games, where soulsbourne games are difficult, but really fair, and well balanced all things considered. Re 4 on hardcore and above is just not fund and loads of bs.
@@desfefe The hardcore could be bs sometimes, but I it was never the game's fault. I just had to be more tactical.
Professional is not meant to be played without bonus items.
Honestly, its a good thing. Being able to stagger and kick so easily made the original game too easy. It also made it so that running out of ammo, basically never happened because you can kill 10+ enemies with like 4 bullets. No wonder so many people can play the original on the highest difficulty without ever dying. The new game is actually forcing the player to prioritize shooting their gun and conserving ammo. The stagger kick is basically a random reward at the higher difficulties.
@@reredrumuoy to be honest, I’ve gotten better at the game, and I have since prioritized perfect parries in order to kick, so I’m stingy with ammo and it’s easier. Leon’s kick is my favorite both OG and remake so I have to use it as often as I can
Love this review. Honest and I have the same opinion.
Ashley's AI is more cumbersome this time around.
Your review is perfect, exactly how i would summed up playing both OG and the remake as a whole, both have their pros and cons but its overall fun and enjoyable to play...and the best part is both are available in every platform unlike the previous OG trilogy which i hope will be added someday besides being limited as a PS1 game
RE4R is not available on Xbox One, I don't entirely blame them but just figured I'd add that. You can play the OG Trilogy on PC using source ports, the OG PC ports are abandonware at this point and run on the most potato of potatoes. I keep them on my flashdrive, all I need to do is plug in my flashdrive and they play on any computer without a need to do any installation. I should add I own the OG trilogy physical PC copies, before anyone calls me a pirate.
I'm really hoping they do a solid Code Veronica remake next, RE5 still plays very well as far as I am concerned. If they do RE5 remake, I really hope it doesn't land until the next console generation at earliest, otherwise RE5 is still in great shape imo.
To be completely honest I'd be much more interested in an RE0 and RE1 refresh before RE5. I don't think it needs a complete remake, but if they do, it would be cool to allow them to play with both fixed camera angles, and in 1st/3rd person. If you could switch between that, it would be really cool. If it is fixed camera angles, they can use pre rendered graphics, I really hope it looks photo realistic and has maximum brutality.
Capcom having micro transactions in RE4 Remake isn’t something they decided to start implementing with this game. They had already done the exact same thing with Devil May Cry 4 and 5. In both 4 and 5, you could purchase Red Orbs/Proud Souls with real money. You could also bypass the unlock conditions for the super versions of characters by paying for them as well. Don’t even get me started on the “DLC” Devil Breakers and Devil Arm.
Oh I know. It sucks anytime it happens
I've seen people dismiss my complaints on Discord by pointing this out, but I've never been a fan of accepting that something being normalized means it's okay.
I just find it funny that now people are complaining about it now.
@@jacobrich4453 Most people have been bitching about these things for years.
@@Hugsloth most aren’t going to play the game 24/7 every day
i prefer the old Ashley more than the new one i loved how i could tell her to stay there instead of stay far but still close
Just wanna say this.... Protecting Ashley remake is much harder and frustrating than original Ashley .... Seems to me no one wants to admit this just because Remake Ashley is "waifu" material.
@@mr.sinjin-smyth I mean Ashley was written better in the remake, but protecting her can be annoying at times, sure. However I didn't have many problems.
@@LethalByChoice I don't doubt she's better character wise in remake thanks to the flirting and banters, but escorting her is made way harder which I'm surprised no one is willing to point out.
@@mr.sinjin-smyth Oh Angry Joe did and it's wonderful.
@@mr.sinjin-smyth there's been times during combat before I realized the distance feature for ashley was useless, sometimes ashely would move in front of me and I would shoot her however, she had the knight armor equipped but if she didn't have that outfit she would have died. Unlike in the og it's 100% your fault if you hit her but in the remake there's a chance you can hit her on accident due to the new AI mechanic
I thoroughly enjoyed the remake and would heartily recommend it to anyone, but yeah, the original is just one of those timeless classics like Silent Hill 2 or Majora’s Mask that perfectly encapsulates its era. Just an undefeatable, legendary game - no matter how good the remake is it can’t beat the legacy.
I'll never forgive capcom for taking out the "Ballistics" and "your right hand comes off" lines.
yeah how dare they make Luis not a creep and take out the fact he's harassing women >:(
@@Luna-pk7gz cuck
@@Luna-pk7gzfatherless comment
It's fine that they got rid of those lines. It's just they didn't replace them with something else.
@@Luna-pk7gzshut up you crybaby wuss. This is why everyone thinks everyone's wusses these days. It's guys like this dude just walking around here
I will admit, I agree with the issue with stagger. Which is why I on my hardcore run I got rid of the SG and made the switch to the red9 then the blacktail asap.
Stagger is tied to damage now. If your handgun doesn't do enough dmg, ganado will walk right through bullets.
Once I made the switch and beefed up my fire power, the handguns felt reliable again.
The stagger criticism is dumb. The game is far less predictable, you no longer have the same strategy with every enemy
@@Indigo_1001 but the argument could also be made that the game is unbalanced on higher difficulties due to this
The exclusive upgrade on the SR along with the laser sight, easy best pistol in the game. It will crit A LOT after you max it out. I played an entire NG+ with it maxed, that upgrade makes a world of difference.
@@Indigo_1001 Unpredictability =/= fun. I found it made the gameplay more annoying and less engaging.
Great video. This game got a lot of 10s but it doesn't mean it's flawless.
Weren't you stabbed to death?
@@Skoopyghost my spirit is immortal
I installed mods that let you stagger with 1 shot to the leg or head, and the game became 100 times more enjoyable. The pro difficulty, outside of bullshit teleports, homing projectiles and magnetic grabs, becomes a fun challenge, except for the S+ runs. Overall, I completely agree with everything. Glad to see someone not shilling for this game.
sounds like an extreme skill issue, not surprising.
@@sylicaa8618 another drone with the "skill issue" argument. Get lost.
Nobody is shilling for this game. It's a great game. No shilling needed. Also, by "it became 100 times more enjoyable" you just meant it became much easier. Skill issue.
@@loubloom1941 I beat every single challenge in this game, including Pro S+ without bonus items or mods. So, yet another drone with the skill issue argument can fuck off, goodbyyyyyyyyye
After playing the remake and being a die hard fan of the original i can say this, the game is not a masterpiece. Yes it improves on some aspects like combat, inventory in some cases (tho i think the extra knife system is stupid) and some of the weapons. But ya there is alot that i disliked as well like how they changed salazar and sadlers motivation and character, Ada,Luese,Ashly (tho ashly is not too bad tho the breathing is annoying), The removal of banter using the phone calls, Stages feel lack luster sometimes (the castel epically). The over use of a dark filter, like most times environment is a bit too dark. And finally the lack of the flirty dialogue and lack of revealing outfit. While i do think that its a fun game it dose lack the personality the original had.
I'm also kinda tired of RE remakes. I would like to have a Resident Evil game that have a story about Hunk and alpha team where u get to play as Hunk or somebody else in his team. Wouldnt that be great
I didn’t grew up playing RE4, but 2 years ago I beat it for the first time and its damn near perfect. It has imo the most precise controls for a TPS and that’s what make it addictive
I gave the remake a shot and all the precision aiming is gone and now you’ve got this floaty unresponsive aiming system that isn’t precise and Literally every enemy now feels like a punching bag rather than a dart board where getting bullseye isn’t necessary to win
The parry also makes the game feel so cheap because running out of ammo doesn’t really matter either
These modern conventions are fine in other games, but they totally break the fine tune gameplay of the original and any sense of atmosphere of the original is gone in favour of this generic art style. Even the menus and HUD look like a generic unreal engine template with no style or flair
Thank you! The re engine is better designed for survival horror than action horror the animations that Leon and ada have is ridiculous there is no reason why I'm getting animation locked in an animation all because I jumped out a window or jumped down a ladder and they take a long time to get up if they get knocked down too. It's so pitiful 😂
You get it
I thought I was losing my mind because it felt like I was the only one around me saying that Ashley really wasn't that bad in the OG, in fact she's fantastically responsive. She gets stuck on bodies and dies sometimes but like you said that's very few and far between, and controlling her well almost eliminates that possibility entirely. I agree almost wholeheartedly with this review on most every point except for Luis, I did not like the buddy cop thing he had going and he was more obnoxious than anything to me, especially in the minecart section(s) when he would constantly interrupt himself to keep telling me that we're going off the rails and that this shit's gonna flip.
Those who say Ashley was bad in the OG were just bad at protecting her, plain and simple, if anything new Ashley is more annoying because she's so pretentious and harder to protect because they decided to get rid of the wait command and also she'll come out of her hiding spot if you get far away from her.
@@TheCyclicGamer how is she pretentious?
@@mr.b89 Claims herself to be the master of unlocking when the most complex thing she's ever done in regards to unlocking was solve something equivalent to a children's puzzle, on top of wanting to become a government agent like Leon despite constantly screaming and fearing for her life in the game.
@@TheCyclicGamer that's a joke genius, and a reference to jill . do people not understand jokes anymore. gameplay wise old ashley was not a pain if you knew what you're doing. charachter wise new ashley is better because she actually has a personality. old ashley was just a mission. newer one feels like an actual character
ashley in the original was great. never was frustrated like in so many othe escort missions
Glad the honeymoon phase is over so ppl can rly judge it on how it is
I will never even try to get an s+ on professional in this game. Never mind the bullshit of every death adding time if you don't fully back out of the game and reset and absolutely no auto-save, the added condition of having to beat three straight chapters without saving once to get the under 15 saves condition is bullshit on the hardest difficulty. Fuck the Handcannon, I don't want it for that kind of hassle.
*psst* Mercenaries for the handcannon
@@CriticalNobody Got it yesterday, thanks. Didn't know it unlocked in mercenaries since I gave up trying for it by the time it was released. Still not gonna go for the Cat Ears, though.
The remake is fine but it really serves to highlight the expertise that went into balancing and polishing the first game. As Nerrel pointed out in his review, the group battles especially highlight the gap in design between the two.
If anything, the remake has made me appreciate the original more. A lot of small design details went unappreciated by me until they changed to “modernize” or “improve” the game.
removing the ability to shoot Luis for a bad ending during house defense was such a baffling choice to me. like I know it's not something most would do on purpose, but it was literally just a choice the player could make which had a built in proper response. it was showing that RE4 was very responsive to player actions (even in how its difficulty would dynamically increase or decrease depending on how well you were playing).
Put quotations around improve all you want, it definitely did and the majority would agree.
@@Hugsloth 🤓🤓
@@marbl3d45 it's a small thing, but i firmly believe if a remake is intending to entirely eclipse its source, at least keep the little details. don't even get me started on Leon's limp-wristed Red9 reload compared to OG
@@Zovereign yeah but the fact that not EVERYONE is going to agree that EVERY change made is an improvement means that’s the quotations serve their purpose
My number one issue with the remake is the stupidest ass aiming being the modern garbage . I can’t believe no one asked the question, why is it that Leon who was a first day rookie in re2and was trained well enough for the President of the united states to send after his child. now has aim that is WORSE than his first day?
Spot on ..Playing on harder difficulties shouldn't mean you just run away more.. Especially when its a game where the fun of it is the combat
When do you run away more? I kill everything on sight. The beauty of Resident Evil games is that you often CAN run away. You don’t HAVE to. If you suck or low on health and/or ammo then maybe that’s the best option for you. But when do you ever HAVE to run away more?
@@thatoneguy1232 Did you play with mouse and keyboard?
@@MaximumPayine I’m on controller, ps5.
@@thatoneguy1232 That explains it.
@@MaximumPayine explains what? Please tell me you aren’t talking about what I think you’re talking about because if you are that is embarrassingly backwards 😂
The big question is are we reviewing it as a remake or a game?
You can do both
Really refreshing to hear someone who isn't just hopping on the remake bandwagon but actually giving a logical breakdown on why it's just not like the og
i mean, its not hard to tell this is not like the OG at all.
@@Redog68 the problem is that a lot of the remake fanboys claim that the remake replaces the original and makes it obsolete (as if now the og RE4 is suddenly a bad game). So it’s good that reviewers like Critical Nobody, Nerrel, and TheGamingBritShow are setting the record straight. The remake is good but it offers a completely different experience and it isn’t a replacement of the original.
You're right about everything.
But what I agree with the most is that you won't notice any of this unless you know the OG Version Inside & Out
Enemy staggers and bloom are immediately noticeable. Second I got the handgun and shotgun I thought it was extremely lame that they didn’t have laser sights.
Controls in the remake are so much better.
They're not. But I can see why casuals would think that.
@@HenryMyth Yes they are. But I understand why nostalgia brats would disagree.
@@guyc1479 It’s not nostalgia when I finished the original on professional several times last week, but nice try zoomer 👍
@@HenryMyth I get it: you played the original since you were ten years old and haven’t moved on since. You’re childish outlook won’t allow you to admit that the remake has better controls. I understand, you can’t cheese enemies in the remake. It’s harder and you don’t like that. 🎻🎵
@@guyc1479 The remake is easier than the original game lol. You've either never played it or haven't in a really long time if you think that every enemy can be "Cheesed". Really pathetic that remake fanboys attack the original game when they have no clue what they're talking about. I actually play games on higher difficulties and for more than one playthough, unlike you clearly.
To be fair . I loved this remake, gameplay wise is my favorite ps5 game. However it made me miss the original,and thankfully everyone has access to it.
The thing that's better about the original is Leon can't move while aiming. It forces you to choose between offense and defense, that's where the depth of combat arises from.
It takes me forever to beat the original because of that. I have to stop to shoot, then run backwards when the enemy gets too close to avoid getting hit since there is no parry system. I have to shoot, run back, shoot run back, shoot run forward, and on an on when there is a horde of enemies. The whole thing takes a long time and is very tedious. Also, Leon was trained by Krauser to use the knife, but in the og he never uses it to defend himself. That's the unfortunate thing about the original.
Tank controls suck and is a big reason why later titles that were 3rd person shooters never continued it. Leon stopping to shoot wasn't by design but limited technology.
@@NoKidsNoProblem I take it you’re new to gaming
@@neiloconnor7776 I haven't played many games, but with the original 4th it took me a long time co.pared to other games. I've played the original Resident Evil 4 many times and it takes me some time to beat it.
@@NoKidsNoProblem it’s very enjoyable once you understand movement works be utilising quick turns
People that DEFEND microtransaction in a 70-60$ dollar are really cringe and this is not the first time Crapcom did this, they pulled exact same shit on Devil May Cry 5
People can't have differentiated opinions anymore. Something is either the greatest thing ever made and any critique is literal blasphemy, or absolute garbage without a single irredeemable feature
well, thing is with dmc5, you need skill to use moves (assuming if you play on harder difficulties)
while in re4 remakez, with those tickets the game becomea hella easy
@@Thonato420 It doesn't matter if it affect the game. They are testing water on how much they can get away with it. You allow it now and they will push it further. Push them back before this shit gets out of control.
Agree with exactly what you said in regards to the microtransaction part. Cheat codes used to be amazing back in the day growing up where i was only allowed a short amount of time to play games each week, as to let me play with the silly stuff but not grind for it, because i personally didnt mind or care about the loss of gaining acheivments, i just wanted to play. The fact that most people nowadays dont even realize thata how it used to be and defend shitty practice that has littered the industry is a shame.
you can even play the original IN VR it definitely has been ported to EVERYTHING
I don’t care about what he said about the game, I’m FURIOUS he insulted the Regenerator’s cake physics. Actually appalling
ikr that was a highlight for me, couldn't even get myself to go in front of it
I'm not a huge fan of modern gaming. Didn't even bother buying a ninth generation console. But RE4 REMAKE IS A MASTERPIECE.
Personally I prefer the RE2 remake, but this was still tons of fun.
The reason I prefer Remake 2 was because it was a much slower paced game, and it was survival horror. I love re 4 OG and when I went into remake 4, I understood what I should be expecting. The problem however was that remake 4 from a mechanical standpoint is similar to remake 2, but has action elements added to it. This doesnt really work though on higher difficulties. Especially how there is an RNG on the shots placed on the heads or the sensitive spots, shall we say.
With remake 2, even if there was cut content, it still however met my expectations when I played it.
@@desfefe L. RE2R is INFERIOR to the Og
@@greatestnitemare6626
I didnt say it was better than the OG, but at least I enjoyed it more than remake 4.
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The replay value wasn't there for me with re2r like re4r
Let's be honest Critical, there would never be a remake that could be good enough
Re2 Remake?
@@GoDmaker108 He didn't like it much at all, specifically the newgame+ alternate (A B etc) gameplay
Remake of the first one is to a lot of people the best remake of all time.
@@foxfire1112 except he did like it? he just likes the original more because the remake did have issues
People that pay real money for unlockables essentially want an easy mode without actually picking easy. You see this in MMOs a lot, people go out of their way to cheat the system, buy currency with real money, circumvent ingame challenges or anything that requires any effort on their part. In a singleplayer game this means absolutely nothing, but it can and does absolutely destroy anything played with other people.
And I hate the excuse of "hurr durr I have a real life, I don't have time to play XY game for hours on end" because that clearly means that the game isn't for you, if you need to cheat in order to participate in something, don't participate at all because all you're doing is ruining the experience for the rest of us.
The biggest issue with Ashley is the fact that loose formation is just completely useless. It is never a good option and Ashley still gets in the way sometimes even acting like a ganado bodyguard, taking hits for them. In the og game Ashley was like an obedient dog, I dont know why people hated so much dealing with her back then and I honestly blame them for the way Ashley acts in the remake cause this is definitely the result of player feedback otherwise chances are we would still have "wait" and "follow me"
If Ashley gets in the way, it’s your fault. If she’s in your way then odds are you told her to back up in front of you. Tell her to come in and she will not always rush towards you and even do so while crouching if you’re aiming. That’s when you have her back up to avoid getting if enemies are close or have ranged options. She will listen to what you want her to do. If you don’t want to deal with enemies then keeping her close is the way to go but you still gotta create somewhat of a path for her. If a Ganado is in your way, they’re likely going to be in hers as well.
Loose formation turns enemies aggro off her a lot of the time. You can see this for yourself in water hall.
On normal she’s okay. I even use her to tank damage for me sometimes which is pretty funny. But I’m baffled at how I can’t tell her to wait anymore. She also doesn’t behave well if Leon is moving. I’ve had times where I’m back stepping while shooting and she gets in front of me.
She’s way better than she was in the first game, stop lying because you’re bad at the gamw
@@5000Seabass Not when I'm shooting. Or trying to tactically position her. Honestly they made it so she cant die in one shot to compensate for how bad the free range chicken AI they gave her is. She actually tanked a chainsaw and said she was okay. Which made me laugh my azoff. The fact that she just gets downed after that proves they had to compensate.
Been waiting for this, thanks Critical nobody. Personally I think RE4R is awesome but I wouldn’t call it perfect, if it had some of the cut content still It would probably push it over the edge for me. We have 2 amazing RE4’s though, everybody wins. I’ll be revisiting the OG sometime soon.
Edit: Bro people really defending the trashy microtransation tickets, that’s disgusting dear god. People like that are why the industry is so horrendous rn.
The tickets aren’t inherently a horrible thing, but if they do well, the goalpost will be moved. Y’know the whole slowly turning the temperature on a boiling frog instead of instantly turning the temperature from 1 to 100 causing it to immediately jump out. Stop being idiots please. I like RE4R too, it’s awesome, that doesn’t mean its garbage business practices should be defended.
I'm not defending the tickets, I think that microtransactions should not be a thing in single player games, but I'm guilty as hell since I actually bought like 3 tickets just so I could have an easier time on S+ Speedruns.
Exactly, everyone laughed at horse armor dlc in The Elder Scrolls Oblivion back in the day. Look where we are now. Its become ridiculous today.
Give companies like Capcom an inch, they will take a mile.
Never forgot the on disc paid dlc baloney they pulled with Xbox 360/PS3 games.
@@Gruntvc I don’t necessarily have an issue with microtransactions as a whole, but pay2win is pretty awful. I don’t mind some cosmetic micro transactions and if it’s a game I really like I’ll toss them the couple bucks and buy a few things here and there, but the issue is when they take it too far.
The original isn’t perfect either. QTEs were a major gripe for many.
@@jmatki1217 I don’t mind QTE’s at all, I’ve never understood the hatred for them.
Loved this game, but less than half way through the second play through, which also had the added benefit of mods... I got bored... I STILL go back and play the original. That isn't "nostalgia" doing that, it's good game design.
RE4 was revolutionary, RE4 Remake is, well a remake, it won't change gaming or wow anyone and it is definitley NOT a 10, hell even an 8 is being generous IMO, but it's a really fun game and I am on my 3rd playthrough as of now.
You can get the RPD outfit by getting S+ rank on all mercenaries maps with every character..... it's a pain in the ass though
Man idk. Imo, and having played RE4 a couple years ago, this remake IS a masterpiece. Did it need a remake? Maybe not, at least not as much as 2 and 3 needed it. But a remake THIS good is always welcome, unlike TLOU (and maybe RE3 remake). I was totally fine with most changes, and things that were cut weren't really as important (lava room, lasers, etc.). I think nostalgia can be a dangerous feeling when it comes to judging modern reimaginings (if that's even a word) of video games.
OG Leon to re4 remake: no thanks bro !!
XDDDDDDDD INSECTS DOESNT COMPARE TO HUMAN LIVES LOL
At this point companies could sell half a game and then the other half for $60 and some people will eat it up, makes me sick tbh.
Ironically, realism turns out to be way less fun than the arcade feel of the original RE4.
fun is subjective. especially when alot of Leons lines in the OG made him cringey and pretty lame. when i play RE i want to play someone who doesn't sound like a doofus who walked out of a comedy movie
@@joedatiusthe lines in the remake are far worse.
@@joedatius so like, all the games? 😅 even RE1 has some cheesy goofy lines Jill and Chris say.. Pretty weak argument there
@@joedatius are you really saying that about a series that featured "Jill's sandwich" IN THE VERY FIRST GAME?
Taking away almost the entire knife parry mechanic in the jump from hardcore to professional was the most stupid game design choice by far.
It wouldnt be a problem if the perfect parry window was just a few frames bigger.
I think the Ada performance is a direction problem, personally.
Played the new re 4. Made me want to go back to the classic re 4. This never felt like a remake, but like a re imagination of hhe old one.
I agree with most of your points laid out here, especially the Ada Wong performance. As someone who's sworn by Capcom games since I was 10, I *do* find the practice of microtransactions scummy, and to see my favorite company from childhood go down that Call of Duty road since 2010 is a stab in my heart. As a game dev myself, hiding extra content behind paywalls is just slapping the players around with a rotten fish; if devs wanna do something like that, then give them a personalized code to download the content for free after completing the game once.
Ada Wong voice is great
Krauser and saddlers is complete dog 💩 and ruined the characters
The person who voiced Ada Wong in the RE2 remake was a lot better. I don’t know why they changed the actor.
@@stygianjack9017 it sounds like the same woman but she just phoned in her performance this go around.
@@stygianjack9017I believe it had something to do with unions and pay.
Nooo they took out the laser hallway. That was so badass though. 2nd only to the knife fight
It's in Separate ways.
Luis is the most improved character. He is amazing in the remake.
no more sadler "jokes"
Someone said he has a “rats face” and I can’t unsee it now
@@neiloconnor7776 when I first saw him in the remake, I turned to my partner and said "I'd keep my kids away from that face" but after playing, he won me over with his charm.
@@KyleDevy I get what you mean he’s still seems creepy and looks pretty bad imo but at least he has alot more to do
he's the only character in remake i like the most, the others i just didn't care for or felt they were neutered (especially Saddler)
This game is yet another fine game on it's own, but also another pointless reimagination that changes the f out of everything that was fine, just like the last two ones.
RE4 didn't really need a faithful remake either tbh, it didn't need a remake at all.
Capcom is now just soft rebooting the whole series for no good reason. I guess the current devs might have something against the way the OG games were for some reason.
You're one of the best critics that I've ever seen on UA-cam....keep up the good work brother
Ada's VA, was very much the reason for the voice. After all it's "her Ada".
The solution to the Ashley problem: Take the characterization of the remake and combine it with the mechanics of the original. That way, she can be interesting, but still keep the core gameplay of the original.
I love when critics call out game companies on their shitty practices like day 1 dlc. Makes me feel I'm not alone in the sea of consoomers
The controls in re4 remake is vastly superior. The OG camera control was horrible
@EvilDead_Editzthe original was NOT meant to be survival horror so you are wrong as hell.
If tank controls were good they would still be a thing. Fortunately they are not
It was worse but it made the game scarier, and the enemies were slower. They also warn you everytime they're behind you.
Nah the original played way better. Your inability to control your character just means you were bad.
Couldn’t agree more! Always a pleasure watching your honest views with supporting information. (“Splinter cell, this is not.” And there it is…haha!)
Masterpiece in 2005: A game so good that every mechanic is uber-polished and the gameplay is so ahead of its time that it inspired ton of other amazing games like Dead Space, Gears of War etc. A trend-setter.
Masterpiece since 2010s: Everything has to be realistic and follows trends. Not to mention the fact that most will ignore any shady business practices, because people will defend anything.
RE4R is fun, and I had a good time as an OG fan. I like the remake as a supplement to the OG. At the end of the day, I’m glad we’ve two versions of this game that people can enjoy.
P.S. The word: “masterpiece” needs to redefined if every game will be called one - remake or not.
It is good, but none of these recent remakes have recaptured what made RE1 Remake 2002 so good. At best, they stand along side the original. Not RE3 2020 though.
And yes, Capcom is definitely following trends rather than setting them now. What a shame...
@@Gruntvc both re4R and re1 remake are my favs fr 💙🔥😎 especially 1 I really want to see that type of game again one day
Masterpiece just means a masterfully crafted work of art. Both games fit into this description.
@@reredrumuoy 🔥
Honestly my only gripe is the bosses, i agree that they’re much more forgettable than the og, good video!
"We deserve better"
no, capcom fans do not.
Yup, not when they call at best an 8/10 good game a 10/10 Masterpiece that replaces the original.
Can't wait to see RE become another watered down empty soulless husk like most AAA games these days.
@@Gruntvc Village and 7 I wouldn’t even give an 8, they’re a 6 at best.
@Henry Myth, I agree. I only liked the Not A Hero and End of Zoe dlc for RE7 and didn't care at all for Village, except for Chris' blatant CoD knock off section lol. I haven't liked any of the new Winters characters, not one of them.
The only recent RE I liked before the release of RE4 2023 was RE2 2019. I didn't want them to turn RE4 into RE2 Remake though.
@@Gruntvc
Bruh,
Gamers like you are insufferable.
Guess what, games are just as good as the shot you grew up with
@@Gruntvccomplaining about 7 and 8 when the monstrosity that is 6 exists😂
Original RE4 was the only game ever made to get both escort mechanics and quick-time events right, both things that are defunct in the remake.
16:20 that’s a non argument, the optimal strategy for finishing most games is through glitches and bugs, is what speed runners use, that doesn’t mean the game is not fun
Yea that was a weird thing complain about lol. Almost every single game ever has some glitch or exploit to obtain record times. Him using that as a basis for the claim that the game can be “un-fun” is silly
it really sucks that ill never have an experience like resident evil 4 again, love both the og and the remake.
I am definitely with you on this. OG was untouched and forever a masterpiece.
I swear Im the only one that doesnt mind ada in this game
She honestly isn't as bad as the other characters imo. Not as good as Luis but still.
@@dalgusmaximus4557 I always thought Adas whole character was she's too cool to be bothered so it felt pretty in line for me
@@thatonezeldaguy250she honestly felt the most faithful to the original character aside from Luis.
@@thatonezeldaguy250The main Complaint is that the actress sounds like a Bored Intern who read the lines on paper and left the studio
@@dalgusmaximus4557 Luis was way cooler in the OG imo, but his role in the plot was better in the remake.
For mercenaries, you get the handcannon with either one S rank per map or one S rank per character
I thought Ashely was bad in the original, but wait til i play the remake Ashley is 10x worse than the original. She pisses me off so much that i would have to murder her myself just for releasing my frustrations! I told her to stay the f inside the locker, but she always defies my command and as a result i died so many times just being too busy with babysitting her! Capcom! If you can’t make your AI character to listen to you, then why the hell would you offer lockers for Ashley to stay inside in the first place?!
Some people complain about the AI assist in RE5, but do the same people have a clue how much worse the AI in RE4? At least Sheva could hold a gun to save her life but Ashley is a constant burden!
Glad you mentioned lighting and the flashlight. Village had the same issue and it's the main reason I didn't give it another playthrough. Now I know to wait until this game is bundled and at a discount before purchasing. Well that and bc they usually bring "cut" content back in a dlc because people are stupid enough to keep dishing out money to them. I guarantee 4remake has costume and gun/item add ons you can buy to prove my point. Guess I should've waited before comment lol, you covered this too. Point still proven lol
I think with how much faster everything is-Leon, the enemies, the guns, everything-it would trivialize the combat way too much if you got to stun enemies every single time you landed a headshot. You could play the cabin fight on professional with nothing but the starting pistol with no upgrades and get through it in like 6 shots if you were allowed to kick the enemies EVERY time. It worked in the original because of how much slower everything was, it would not work here. With the parry too? Forget about ever being in danger ever. If they ever somehow managed to get past your Chun Li kicks, you could just block their attack. Leon does control like he's wearing a 60 pound backpack sometimes tho.
Has there ever been any evidence that the shitty voice actor for Ada was ever “harassed”? It sounds like she was just criticized and she says that’s harassment.
It is going to be hilarious when RE5 and 6 get remakes before Code Veronica
I disagreed with some arguments presented in the video, but it's ironic how much of the people who gave it dislike will not know how much "in-the-same-spot" they are with you.
Great video, my friend.
Keep up the good work.
Ada's voice is not just bad, is HORRIBLE.
Reward for beating the remake is what killed it for me as casual gamer who just wants to blow shit up, not break speedrun records....didnt even know you had to beat it in hardcore to get the typewriter only to find out that its kind of garbage compared to the og. AND its not unlimited till max upgrade! 3rd playthrough for me but ehh kind of had enough already.
You don’t have to be a speed runner 😂. Personally I wish Resident Evil games rankings weren’t time based, but it isn’t bad. In fact, it is a fun new challenge to be able to find the best ways to deal with many sections. Map out the best routes for blitzing through the game. A personal favorite of mine is the dynamite section in the mines and later the double Gigante fight. 4 flash bangs in total for the whole section and you’re golden. Super fun doing that. I don’t care for the Sweeper/Typewriter. I did use it for my S+ runs but that’s all it was to me😂. It’s not a fun weapon and never was(I hate SMGs in general so maybe that has something to do with it).