The laser sight served a gameplay purpose too, the dot shows if it's a shootable object

The Resident Evil 4 HD Project really is incredible.

I was one of the lucky ones that first played this on the gamecube at release. Back then the hype came from gaming magazines, and i just couldnt believe the printed screenshots. I remember just inviting friends over to witness these graphics. It was truly a next gen leap like no other for me.

You know that infamous 2007 PC port messed up entire generation of gamers when it's still being talked about to this day.

Should've also included the 2014 "HD Remaster" version in this, just to see what they actually "upgraded" in it.

John is right, the laser sight aiming was nice. By the way the Resident Evil games on Nintendo 3DS (Revelations and Mercenaries 3D) also used the RE4 laser sight. Sadly every subsequent port of RE: Revelations replaced the lasers with standard crossairs.

The lighting on the GameCube is just incredible

"transparent-esque" you could say it's _clearly_ wrong

Just hearing Alex crack up so many times at the PC version made the video for me. Hilarious stuff

I guess I'm one of the few people who actually cleared the 2007 version using keyboard only; I've played that version so many times until it became a muscle memory.

17:15 RE6 actually uses both a reticle and a laser, but you can buy a skill, which can be unlocked very early in the game that turns off the reticle and leaves you with only the laser like in RE4 and 5 with extra damage on top.

You guys need to do a video on the PC HD Mod, it is an amazing glow up for the original game.

That PC gamepad from the tutorial looks like one of those budget 3rd-party sticks you'd find on the bottom shelf at a Wal-Mart or something, next to the $5 shovelware. I bet it would work great for Big Rigs.

One thing I'd like to mention that I don't think was brought up at all (sorry if I missed it) is that the PS2 version also came with Progressive Scan for 480p output on TVs that could support it, and it honestly made a significant difference on the few CRT TVs that did, as well as early HDTVs.

Never played the botched PC port. This was from a time where PC ports were very hit or miss, especially from Japanese companies. But playing the HD re-release and then the Remake back to back really puts into perspective how far game visuals have come. It's also impressive that the OG version, still looks great and timeless in a way a lot of the best 6th gen games do.

30:04 The reload animations in classic RE 4 never get old. So satisfying.

There was an official patch v1.10 that restored most of the shaders from the PS2 version which made a lot of difference and brought back effects, it was still not as good as the Gamecube

From 23:02 to 23:16 video footages were swapped/mislabeled vice versa. At first I thought when leon got inside the house, the color grade of both versions changed but that wasn’t the case.

Game Cube Version was the Goat

The original game had a certain edge and charm to it that can't be replicated, it was authentic. Not bashing on the remake at all, I'm playing it currently and very much enjoying it. Leon looks so badass in the original. Tired-eyed, like he'd seen some real shit yet kept his cool.

I played through that entire pc port with nothing but a re mapped keyboard and still wasn't the worst port I've played.

That "Made Up Controller" actually is a real thing! I don´t remember where we got it from but i remember having this as a child.

The GameCube version blew us away at the time. That must partially be the reason as to why Nintendo no longer strives for the best hardware. The PS2 ran train on that ass during this generation.

The PC version is how I imagined the PS2 version might look, yet the PS2 version seems to maintain a lot of the original NGC art style. I think it is more crazy that they have clearly rerendered all the cutscene videos using the PC assets.

"Sourcenext were also responsible for developing the infamous Resident Evil 4 2007 PC Port and despite popular claims, Ubisoft were only responsible for publishing the game in the west and were not involved in its original development. Initially when the game was first released on PC; it lacked any lighting at all and a patch was released later on that fixed the issue, bringing lighting back into the game" from RE wiki.

I never played the GameCube version, at that time I could only get the PS2 one and I loved it. After that I had the chance to play other versions (360, Wii, PS4, Switch) and the Wii edition is my favorite of all (the use of the Wiimote was awesome). Still, I want to try the GameCube one, it looks awesome

I’m so glad I had it for Game Cube. It was a blast!

Dolphin emulator, GameCube controller adapter, and Nvidia stereoscopic 3d vision. That's the way I played this game last. It was incredible...

Well, this PC port later received a patch that restored all the lightning, and looked even better than PS2 cuz it didn't have audio compression and low polygon enemies in larger amounts.

Gotta appreciate the floating hat at 25:43 in the PC version. The good stuff.

There should be another video either now or during summer with the HD Project

Those were really dark days of PC ports. It truly felt like some devs just did not care and treat PC gaming as bottom tier trash.

This pc version was the first version of RE4 that I played. I've finished this version playing only with the keyboard, seeing Alex shooting with the enter key gave me horrible flashbacks, what a great game though.

That PC port was my introduction to Resident Evil. I played through it using keyboard, because I didn't own any pc gamepad at the time.

That PC controller is the one MadCatz left at the doorstep of a church because they refused to claim parentage...

You should do GameCube VS the latest Steam release using the finished RE4HD mod. That'd be interesting as well

Keep these PC Time Capsules coming!

I remember plenty of PC versions at the time having trouble with overlapping alpha transparencies. The fixed function pipelines of the PS2 and Gamecube had no problems with that but even emulators of those systems often mess that up. Playing e.g. R-Type Final on pcsx2 would have some delta attacks obscure the whole screen instead of being properly transparent. I thonk that may have been fixed only recently?

This is so nostalgic for me. I bought this back in 2007 for PC, since I had RE4 on GameCube but missed out on the extra DLC in the Ps2 version. Not only was it a pain to set up and get running, but it forced 13 year old me to buy my first PC game pad because the PC version did NOT support mouse and keyboard. What a horrible experience 😂

Played this on the PS2 back in the day. First game I played that I'd love dying to. The chainsaw decapitation was gloriously gory.

I'm kind of surprised that you guys didn't touch on the recent HD fan mod, if only very briefly.

Now this is the RE4 we all know and love.

RE6 has an in-game option to switch to laser sight from crosshair. Same goes for Revelations 2. REmake 4 also has a few weapons that do have laser, namely, some pistols and the Terminator magnum.

Holy crap, q6600 and 8800gt, that was my exact setup back in the day.

The hardware I had at the time made Crisis look just like RE4 :D

John's mix of bewilderment and rage upon finding out that the port doesn't support a mouse absolutely sent me

That intro with the spanish music will be forever ingrained in my memories

It is also worth mentioning that if the PS2 is connected using Component cables, by holding "Triangle+Ex" after the "Playtation2" boot logo the game would load progressive scan mode at 480p. The game looks sharper and runs smoother on this mode.

I actually finished this version back in the day, although with the patch that restored the lighting. If I remember correctly it was also locked to 30fps? Just horrible.

Cant get enough of this relax comparison videos

Alex cracking up at the trees just before the villiage cracked me up bigtime, thank you guys haha

Just realized the red laser beam from Leons gun is missing from the RE4 Remake.

No mention of the 2014 PC port? I love that version of the game.

It was a shame that the 07 port used the ps2 version as base instead of the Gamecube one, we had to wait until 2014 for a "better" port but that one also had some issues at release, some shaders were missing and the 60fps broke some animations and enemy spawns, etc...

The "MATRIX CAR" at 3:59 Killed me! XD

Where is the sound effect at 18:19 from? Been hearing it for years and it bugs me I don't know its origin :)

The laser sight actually came back for the 3ds version of re revelations, but got rid of it from the hd version.

You can unlock a laser sight in RE4 remake, but it behaves weirdly. It's like the sight's origin is coming from the center of the screen and extends back towards the players gun instead of coming from the gun itself. The result is a little awkward looking as the laser wobbles in and out if alignment with the gun since the dot has to stay perfectly center screen like the cross reticle does. I wish they did what the Dead Space sequels and Remake did where you could chose either a proper laser aiming system or a center screen cross hair.

Love these videos!

These first port attempts by Capcom were so ungodly bad but they did do a sharp improvement in their port jobs with the following generation, DMC4 and RE5 PC versions were pretty good and nowadays Capcom's PC versions are some of the best with just some small quirks, the current RE4 Remake on PC runs really well while looking fantastic, even almost fully avoided the horrid traversal/load stutter that every new triple A game seem to be plagued by, i say almost fully cause in my 10 hours i did have like 4 or 5 times where i experience one but that is nothing compared to like the recent Dead Space Remake which had so much more which were easily replicated. It's a good move that Capcom went back on their "promise" of forever exclusivity of RE4 on GC, otherwise a ton of people would've never had the chance to experience it because the GC sold almost nothing when compared to the PS2. The GC also had such a tiny market control in some places, where i grew up i never met a single person or even saw a single shop selling GCs, only PS2s during that whole generation, it just had 0 presence in Southern Europe and Balkans.

As a kid, i couldn't play the game, first, i would crap my pants just at the PS2 boot, second, just hearing the chainsaw coming i would just turn off the console right away. The first time I "played" it was with my parents. He had so much fun playing it, every night we would play resident evil 4. This game is such a big part of my life.

Does anyone know what game the music is from that's being used in the video? Ty

Have only ever played the PS2 version and I had a great experience with it. Great port.

You guys are the best when it comes to tech analysis. Great job!

A great video! Would be fun to warch a Time Capsule of first Mafia's port for PS2 :D

Amazing video. Thank you!

Having spent my childhood playing RE1-3 on repeat over and over again on PS1, I was so mad when RE4 dropped for GameCube exclusively that I waited for the PS2 release. All these years later I didn’t realize just how bad my experience was on PS2 vs GC…

i experienced RE 4 on Playstation 2 wasn't the best place to play it at the time but oh well

Are you running the game cube version in progressive scan? It looks interlaced.

Has the official 1.01 patch been applied to the PC version? I don't see anything about that in the vid.

thanks for using the actual consoles and recording the output , compared to using emulators on a PC. The emulators totally change the feel of the game.

My main takehome from this: Alex once played a console and didn't throw up!

I distinctly remember playing the 06 port up to either the lift room or the salazar fight where upon it would crash. Patched fixed the crashing but then it would run even worse on my grandma's laptop because of the increased demands of having the lighting system and fog working. XD

The PS2 version is the one I played first. Was a bit disappointed when I found out about the visual downgrades, but the game is fantastic and looks great regardless. I think they probably could've done even better and gotten closer to the GC version if they had taken more time. Since it did release within the same year it might've been a rather rushed port, although if so it's a pretty good one.

Poor gamecube didn't get the attention it deserved technically it was more powerful than the ps2

Great video. Unfortunately you didn't save Hewie and thereby missed a perfect opportunity to mention Haunting Ground - maybe one of the best forgotten Gems ever to be released.

Every part of this video is ace, but Alex laughing and cracking up so often has made my day.

This is the shit I sub for.

Major difference between every version.

fun fact, the US retail version of the 2007 port is actually ships pre-patched, the lighting and color grading is def better but the opaque loot drop + laser sight, and wrong shading are still there

Believe it or not, but Resident Evil 6 still has laser sight and you can switch to it at any time, it's just that the game defaults to crosshair aim.

Played entire game with friend on PC in 2007 on keyboard. We were so intrigued by this game, so all technical problems and even awful controls didn't scare us off. I fondly remember that hot summer.

Please do a complete playthrough! I am interested in seeing what the rest of the game looks like. This is pretty entertaining!

The PC port looks like some of those very early software PC ports of PS1 games, with no hardware acceleration whatsoever, where you got a token higher resolution but lost half of the graphics effects and ended up with something that looked far worse overall...

Great video and great old school Hitman background music. Love the classics 😅

At the risk of sound like an apologist for this mess of a PC port, there are some things I need to bring up regard the information being shown to viewers... 1. 12:55 - If you have the game installed on the PC, you should be able to use the SetupTool it comes with to configure the controls with a built-in profile for Xbox 360 (or many XInput controllers) controllers easily though you may have to assign the camera movement under the Camera section of the Gamepad settings in the configuration tool. Also some Doom players can play the game with just the keyboard, even in the full game and mods. 2. 19:43 - Believe it or not, that controller actually did exist and was only released in Japan as far as I'm aware. The controller being ridiculed on the video is an Elecom JC-U1012F and it is a controller that has been adverted as supported in a couple of PC ports of Capcom's other games such as Rockman X8 and Chaos Legion in Japan during that era. It is a 12-button PC gamepad that works of USB 1.1 with similar buttons to a DualShock 2 but with an added "Auto" (possibly Turbo) functionality with a "Clear" button to remove Auto mode on the assigned button, and a Mode switch button for toggling Analog and Digital modes like a DualShock controller on a PlayStation 1 or 2 system. There were also three colors of this controller: Blue, Silver, and Black like one shown in the SourceNext port of resident evil 4. if you look up the model number of this Elecom controller on Google or other search engines, you can still find Elecom's website for this controller and it is still viewable today as of writing. I'm honestly curious about this controller since I would like to try this one out for older PC games I own and have access to. 3. 21:16 - The scope blurring effects was restored in the v1.1.0 of this port, but for some reason the current Steam port by Q-LOC is missing these scope blurring effects entirely and was never officially patched in. 4. 49:43 - That's not a new problem exclusive to the 2007 SourceNext port. The GameCube and PS2 version did this too if you wanted to back out to the game's title screen, and pretty much every port since then did that if you wanted to return to the title screen, however, the Steam port after a later update made it much more oblivious where's the "Quit to Title Screen" menu option is. The exit confirmation pop-up dialog window in the 2007 SourceNext port when trying to quit to desktop via the title screen or Alt+F4 is pretty stupid, not gonna lie. 5. 50:44 - You can get something similar on the 2017 Steam port thanks to re4_tweaks (included with HD Project but can also be used on its own without it) since it removes the extra added deadzone for that version on PC. After using re4_tweaks on the Steam port, it makes the controls feels much better and just as I remembered on the original GameCube version with something like an Xbox One or Xbox Series controller. 6. 51:02 - Again, re4_tweaks and setting the control style to "Modern" with some sensitivity adjustments in the control settings of the Steam port are your friends for make the mouse controls in that version much better. 7. 51:54 - See Point No. 2 again and Google "Elecom JC-U1012F", it existed. 8. 55:06 - The SourceNext ports of Biohazard 2 and Biohazard 3: Last Escape, while not flawless either, are actually improved compared to their earlier in-house PC ports by Capcom, which included better Windows XP or newer compatibility and more surprising the highest quality uncompressed FMV videos running at smoother frame-rates. These ports also have a fan-made plug-in that makes it not only playable in English but also features a host of compatibility and bug fixes, modern controller support, and a few other quality-of-life improvements. 9. 47:05 - You got the wrong patch for your region of the game. Going by the "Biohazard" logo being shown in the FMV after the village attack on your copy of the game, Alex, you most likely had either an Asian/Japanese or Korean release of the SourceNext port and you were trying to use a patch made specifically for the European region release. The only known v1.1.0 patches for the SourceNext port that I can think of that are available and probably archived on the net are for Europe, Korean, and Russia releases. There might be a Japanese release patch but I have no clue where to possibly find it. Also you might want to run the correct patch as administrator in case something goes wrong in the patching process. The North American release of the SourceNext port from what owners have reported that it has the v1.1.0 patch already pre-patched on the disc. *P.S.* And since this is not really mentioned often but albert, one of the creators of the HD Project for the 2014 Steam port, got his start into enhancing re4's visuals by trying to redeem this mess of a port by making texture packs that makes the visual presentation more tolerable and more in-line to the GameCube version, although the outdated Texmod texture injection program used in one of his other texture packs that changes the game's UI, HUD, fonts, and effects sadly causes issues of its own and irritating crashes when trying to mod the SourceNext version of resident evil 4 unless the 4GB Patch is applied to the game's executable. There are still a few mods that have survived 16 years since this port's release, and while some of the game salvage this version, at the same time, the current Steam port by Q-LOC + re4_tweaks and (if you're PC can handle it) HD Project are honestly the best way to experience the original re4 in the modern era on PC, hands down.

Just imagine the fact there was a device with amazing precision for more than 20 years and Capcom comes in and makes aiming with WASD a thing. Like, bruh.

I personally like that inventory selection pauses the game. Gives you a moment to think about what to do next should you choose to. Almost like the game is turn based.

PS2 uses R1+X to shoot, HD version on PS3 uses R1+Square, my brain hurts every time. Long time ago my friend showed me how that PC version looks and controls on keyboard (along with GTA SA), I was so disappointed and psychologically wounded that I can't play on PC to this day.

Lol this is the version I played it on back in the day. Still had a blast

23:00 Somehow the GC and PC splits were swapped! 😹

I just checked out the 2014 PC port for a refresher, it's pretty nice and mostly in line with the GCN version in terms of things like tree leaves and fog. The deadzone on the controller is still pretty poor though.

Despite Capcom's ports to the PC being of varied quality in the 00s at least they were still supporting the platform when most developers and publishers abandoned the PC due to piracy. The situation improved in the 10s significantly but I will always remember the companies that still supported the PC during its darkest days. :)

I was trying to remember what it was like playing this for the first time and this video reminded me that I was one of the poor souls who completed this on keyboard only 😂

First time play RE4 on GC was a truely amazing experience.

I'd love to see a full playthrough analysis and comparison!

25:39 THE HAT! Excellent hat-shot, Mr. Alex.

All hail the VCD mpg1 quality cutscenes

Finished the original aiming with keyboard, after an hour you get used to it and start landing headshots - had a lot of fun, still one of my favorite games of all time, glad I didn't know port was bad in 2007 :)

Awesome video! I'd love to see you look at the steam version because me and my sister played it over the past few months and had a different experience at least when it comes to controllers and some other stuff. I wonder how our experience differed from the original on the gamecube and from the original PC port. We had an absolute blast playing but I can't help feeling like we missed out a bit by not emulating the gamecube version.