Bro please pin this so people know or share it because i dont see anyone talking about it. For anyone who doesn't have all the RE's and has ps4 or ps5, right now there is an amazing sale on the PS store. I paid 70 for the RE4 remake and i paid only 65 dollars for every single other resident evil in the store!!! Huge sale!!! There is 60 percent off some of them. Even the 20 dollar ones are only 4.99 rn!!!

Avalanche Reviews still hasn't reviewed a single avalanche. Unbelievable

According to Leon’s voice actor, Capcom was gonna originally drop the bingo line but decided to keep it after Nick recorded it

Funny enough, if you add this to your updated “Every RE Game Reviewed” compilation video, your retrospective on RE4, plus the Every Port video, plus this one comes out to about 2 hours and 23 minutes meaning you’ve talked more about RE4 than any other game in the series

Yo!! Sorry it took so long to get this one out. I owe all of you exactly one kiss and\or hug.

Hearing someone say OG RE4 had "bad pacing" is wild.

Jared, the low res textures are just a result of bad pop in. I've tested this and basically sometimes the high res textures have a problem loading in for certain textures, mainly fabric. But if I wait or reload the area, the high res version will pop in. You could see this especially with the fabric that shows the Ashley piggyback areas. And yeah it annoyed the hell out of me too, so you're not alone in that. I found that if I turned off the extra terrain setting, there would be way less pop in and the textures were way more consistent.

I like how Ashley in 2005 didnt know how to climb down a ladder and 18 years later she finally learned how to do it

At first i was like “damn, the knife breaks? Lame”. Then it totally made sense after realising how many mechanics they added to it. Now it feels weird to play 2 and 3 remake without the knife mechanic lol. But obviously those games would be way too easy when most of the enemies are unarmed slow zombies

I have been playing this game pretty much nonstop since it came out. It really is for me about equal to the original version. One thing that I kinda appreciate was the stronger ties to the overall RE continuity. Like Luis being one of the creators of Nemesis.

I definitely don't agree with any personal attacks on Ada's voice actress, but boy howdy she was terrible lol. Felt like she just woke up before delivering her lines.

He doesn't even know who Ada is working for... Oh my God. He didn't even beat the game!

Glad to be back at the RE Retrospective!!

Digital Foundry made a video about optimized settings for RE4R and they mentioned the low quality textures-- it's an issue on PC and it's related to the texture settings + pop in. Give it a look, after following their recommendations I got the game running 30% better and looking great.

27:53 yes, ammo drop way less because: 1.- Now you can recover bolts to use with the crossbow. 2.- The game drop all those materials to craft more ammo. I don't really now what to think about it. The craft system is a nice way to obtain the ammo you really want instead of what the game gives you, but it add a new step and also fills your inventory with junk. In the original, even in professional i rever really was out of ammo (thanks partially to savvy knife use). I was carring most of the time 20 or more shootgun shells, 20 or more rifle bullets, multiple grenades. The only ammo i was missing was magnum bullets but i guess that worked as intended.

I don't agree with RE4R being more fluid when it comes to movement. It's fluid animation-wise but original is more snappy when it comes to movement and shooting. They added tons of contextual animations such as getting up from grenade shock or barely scraping by a grab similar to RE2R but that usually delays player inputs. I also noticed a slight delay from going to shooting > knife parry to shooting again which is a strange decision imo. One of the reasons why RE4 felt so fun to play was how snappy it felt imo. Character never does anything outside of what player asks them to. Quick turns also felt "more quick" in original imo.

OG re4 has one of the best pacings in any game. it's highly replayable and the enviorement is so varied that nothing overstays it's welcome. That comment aside, I agree with a lot of your review, especially the toggle quicktime events option, that sounds so good it should be free dlc

Might as well be my new favourite game. I'm approaching my 30's and it's been a while since I game really got a grip on me. Well, this released and I couldn't stop playing. Finished my 18h hardcore run in under a week and went straight into a Pro run, just like that. I seriously can't remember the last time that happened. Now I have finished 3 runs and doing Hardcore No Merchant and it's actually an amazing experience. The only thing that can rival this is RE1 Remake but I just like to play this more over that game.

OG re4 is a game that works well with what it's doing and is also still unique and special in it's own way. RE4 Remake is a different game with a different interpretation and take on the same thing the original did. OG re4 is irreplaceable. For example, the indestructible knife allowed for a gameplay where a lot could be done with very less and that made for it's own kind of great rewards. A constant weapon that if mastered, could lead to increasing accumulation of resources to make certain section easier or even use them to attempt crazier feats for the player. Hell, mastering that knife promised an escape from the need of tighter resource management or the need for resources at all, which was an amazing reward offered by the game. It was an amazing reward of it's own and even presented a brand of survival horror that relied more skill, reflexes, speed, understanding of the machanics of the game and patterns of the enemies, deeper understanding of the game level structure and environment after repeated playthroughs as opposed to puzzle solving and resources management (there maybe more and there may be some overlap but the point is that the survival horror presented is different). The knife in the remake is now just another expendable resource that needs to be managed, even if it does new things. It's just a different game. Also Leon being able to move and enemies being adjusted around it does not make for a better game, just different. Leon not moving in the OG and the way the enemies were adjusted around allowed it made for a different kind of game that had consistent patterns and therefore predictable patterns to their enemies and enemies combat design that is SUPER fair (Good invisibility frames, good crowd dispersal, slower and more comprehensible invasive enemy advencements, enemies announcing themselves whem closing in from invisible angles and generally not attacking from out of nowhere, sounded projectiles and maybe even more). The game is almost mechanical and mathematical. That is what makes it special in it's own way and unique even as a 3rd person shooter in general. That is why it is almost irreplaceable.

There is simple way to get around the issue with voice acting. Just play with JP voices, works perfectly for me.

I'm gonna have to disagree with the original not being neccessery anymore due to the remake. I loved RE2 remake but it will never replace OG 2, I never played RE4R but I imagine its not gonna be diffierent for me.

Red 9 chads rise up! Great video as usual. I enjoyed the remake a lot as well but yeah I definitely have my issues. You really nailed the cluttered nature of the locations, which were a detriment in my mind. There are also some art direction choices that I don't particularly like as well. It in no way replaces the original but now after I beat OG RE4 I'll then pop in the remake lol

The cracked dialogue and bizarre tone whiplash is the heart and soul of the og game, I don't even think it's that far off from a lot of stuff in previous games. I just don't get the opinion of disliking camp and character when it's legitimately done well and isn't even a thing that is oversaturated in gaming. There's already a million other shooter or horror games where everything is serious strictly due to pre-conceived expectations of what that type of game should be like. To me that weird tone skating is the main draw of the game in a sea of media that is entirely focused on checking arbitrary boxes. RE4 is like James Bond vs. zombies, maybe it goes a bit further than that, but it never goes so overboard that it becomes Austin Powers vs. zombies. Look I'm just sayin' not one single time playin og RE4 did I say to myself "damn, I really wish this guy had PTSD from shooting an explosive barrel in a giant crocodile's mouth 6 years ago."

Something to add to your section on Luis his involvement with umbrella was with the European branch and as his photo shows he was a member of the nemesis team Also why he is so knowledgeable about parasites besides his phds/degrees. I'm sure we will get maybe a little more lore on him with the separate ways or what ever they do with the dlc.

Hoping in the inevitable Separate Ways DLC they include the U3 boss fight after hearing fans wanting it

So you liked this game because it was mostly faithful to the original, which you didn’t like, but since you didn’t like the original you’re also ok with the things that are different in the remake? This review should have been titled “I don’t yet know how I feel about this game.”

I saw you in a tweet thread discussing a certain Crowbcat video. I still don't really get the accusations of him messing with the ambient soundscape. Even to me, the RE4make seemed more reigned in when considering the soundscapes department.

Thank you Jared! I’m glad the day is finally here and it’ll be nice to have a new video to have on repeat, you the man!

Luis had nothing to do with the T-Virus outbreak, he was on the team that made Nemesis, so he actually had nothing to do with with what Leon faced.

Always a great day when a new RE Retrospective video is added

Wait... is the fumble at 17:05 a bit? If not, it def works as one.

I love the “Hey, that was my lance!” Line. I don’t doubt for a second that Luis genuinely used that lance against the Ganados.

Perfect timing. I just finished my first playthrough right now at a whopping 29h on hardcore!

Whilst I don't ever approve of harassment, do keep try to abstain from painting her as some hard done by victim. The woman was and is a talentless hack that tried to position her casting as some pivotal moment of progress.

This is a sureeeal review! Went not like I thought it'd be. You weren't kidding when u said such. Not covering the story beats lent it to launching straight into the comparison and technical aspects. The only YT channel where it's an hour long and wanted an hour more 💚

It's finally here! I think I honestly feel the same way towards this remake! I went back and played OG RE2, RE3, and RE4 after it and am now working my way back through the remakes. While I don't feel that RE2R has completely replaced RE2, I can safely say that RE4R is my new defacto way of experiencing that entry. The OG RE4 is still fun, but I just find this remake better in nearly every way.

idk why your complaining RE4 og is cheesy when... this entire series is.... Like I don't think you've been paying attention to some of the laughable writing of the og games from 1 all the way to current day with 8. It's part of the series identity of being cheesy.

The laser actually works on the Sentinel Nine DLC handgun as well. I do agree it is super weird how it doesn't work on like the Blacktail. Also wasn't a huge fan of how using iron sights on certain guns forced you into first person.

Finally putting this game down after my 7th playthrough on Professional. Fully upgraded the Sweeper, Handcannon, Primal Knife, CQBR rifle, starting pistol, bought the Infinite Rocket Launcher, unlocked Ashley Armor and at this point I'm just going through every section without getting hit and making the fights as cool looking as possible. I'll eventually do a NG Pro run for the cat ears but for now I'm gonna take a break. I said this after my 4th playthrough too but the game pulled me back for another three playthroughs. Haha. I've been playing this religiously since it released. It's even the first game I've ever preordered. The gameplay is close to perfection and I like the changes to the overall pacing, although I will say I prefer some parts of the original as far as music and atmosphere goes, but for the rest of it the Remake supersedes it in atmosphere and environment design. Having played RE4 OG and the Remake back to back, I can appreciate both for what they do and confidently say I prefer the Remake, but it stands strong alone without necessarily replacing the OG.

I feel like most of the engine issues could be explained by the fact the game was still being designed with the ps4 in mind And also I think the laser reticule and headshot and kneeshot changes were purely for game feel or balance, staggers being random actually keeps the players more engaged since you have to pay attention and react quickly to staggers, instead of knowing they are coming, that also adds some decision making to them because in the og you would always go for them since they were so strong, but by being random you have to evaluate if you have enough distance from other enemies where you could afford a 3rd hit stagger instead of a 1 hit one. I havent played 4 in so long I couldnt tell if it was a change for the better but playing RE4R I had no issue with it personally. Loved the video as always.

Definitely agree that the story was improved, it’s still silly to a degree, but it isn’t shlocky anymore story wise now. I loved the original but i think i love the remake even more!

30:00, to your point about playthrough time, my first was clocking around 30 hours, because I often stopped to smell the roses 🤤, but now I'm being to run through the game much more quickly to get those higher ranks.

Taking out all the cheese/B-Movie vibes made the Remake just worse for it. The tone was just so much more fun in the original.

I appreciate you pointing out the more claustophobic environments. I actually prefer the original re4 for this reason alone, and I'm not even a huge re4 fan. If anything, this remake has gave me a bigger appreciation for the original, been playing it a lot since. More detailed claustrophobic environments seems to be a trend for the last 5-10 years. Especially in fps games. Playing newer Doom wads and TCs it's very noticable. Detail is great, but not at the expense of satisfying gameplay.

Honestly, I do and I don't miss the laser sight. In the original it made just about every gun pin point accurate and fairly similar, but in the remake the guns all feel unique and different. I think having the laser sight for only a few weapons really makes the game feel a bit more realistic and more serious, I also really like that its a choice if you want it or not.

They better give me my code Veronica remake next after all Capcom cancelled the fan remake.

Ada this time around was voiced by Lily Gao. She portrayed Ada in Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. She isn't my favorite Ada actress but, I've grown to like it. And as for the amateur comment, this was her first VO job... Though she sounded the exact same way in the film. I guess Capcom just wanted an Asian to finally play the role... Idk what their reasoning was... But after some time with the game, it doesn't bother me. The hate people threw her way was just so messed up... I hope she returns in another game.

Another great video as always. My only criticism is with you liking the Red9. I do not know why so many people like that gun and I will die on the hill of the Blacktail being the best handgun in both the OG as well as RE4 remake. Can't wait for your next video, here's hoping you get to covering Fear 3 sooner rather than later.

The change to Sadler from someone obviously posing as a religious leader with no actual faith, looking to leverage his control over this cult to gain power to a generic zealotry spouting true believer was pretty disappointing. It added nothing while taking away an actual facet of his character. I think that might actually pan out across the whole game, the Remake might have been updated to the current "accepted standards" but I strongly doubt its going to last the same amount of time as RE4. Not in the same way that the original REmake has anyway. RE4make is a fine game, well made but right now its just another good third person shooter, its impact and influence on the genre will barely be felt where as RE4 is still to this day guiding how games in the genre are made.

Great video as always! I didn't know you were never so hot on the original it was interesting to hear your views on it.

Surprised this one came out so soon, really excited to hear your thoughts about this!

I personally hated the og RE4 when it came out in 2005 for killing the genre and still do. I would pick every single tank control/puzzle solving over OTS action. That being sad I found RE4 remake better than the original considering the atmosphere, the more claustrophobic areas and some cut content like lasers rooms, rolling in a rail track inside a fire room inside a castle, chasing statues.. Definitely not a true survival horror but at times like these..no complains I guess

I feel your position going into this remake is kind of similar to my thing with the RE2 REmake. I went in without necessarily being particularly attached to the original so the areas of missing content didn't phase me to the same extent as others. I also had a similar experience here. I honestly didn't notice how missing content there was without it being pointed out to me aside from the Gandola lift section in the Village and the U-3 boss.

RE4 was indeed my first introduction to Resident Evil so it actually worked out pretty well that I didn't need to know much about the previous games to enjoy it. I am definitely not biased either as I have played the original like 10 times and it is one of my favorite games to this day. I had a great time with the remake and loved a lot of the changes, but there were a few disappointments for me. The best change was the new level designs especially with how they integrated backtracking. The village was the most noticeable and it was great. Remaking the lake to serve as a way to go back and collect treasures or complete side quests was much more interesting than the original. Including more merchant side-quests was a nice touch although I wish there was a bit more diversity than just hunting rats or shooting medallions over and over again. The special monster hunt side-quests were great though. The knife was mostly a plus for me. I liked being able to do stealth-kills, parries (though I never really had it down to an instinctual level either), or use it to take down the enemies that picked up Ashely without accidentally killing her. The durability was a nuisance, but it really stopped being a problem once you got it upgraded. I almost never had it break in the castle especially after I got it fully upgraded. I do agree that Luis and Ashley were greatly improved. Both felt like they contributed much more to the story and were much more well-rounded. Smoothing out a few of Ashley's more annoying moments like her panic attack causing her to run away from Leon made much more sense and fit with the overall terror of what she is going through. The time you take control of her is also much better and honestly feels more terrifying. The Las plagas was also much better integrated into the story and the journal entries from the villagers and miners as they slowly lost control of themselves did a much better job of conveying how terrifying they were. I actually felt really bad at one point knowing that I was killing a bunch of innocent people even if it was a mercy kill at that point which was something I never really felt in the original. I also agree that the stuff they cut out was a good idea. Even with the cut stuff, I was running out of fumes on the island and actually just one-shot the final boss with a rocket launcher because I was just done by that point. On the downside, I do have to disagree with you on Salazar and Saddler. The radio conversations between them and Leon was great to me and really helped flesh them out. Salazar acting arrogant and superior, but slowly loosing his cool as time goes on was great to watch and I loved Leon's witty one-liners that pissed Salazar off. Saddler becoming more actually like a crazy cultist that truly believed that the las plagas was some holy being was an interesting change, but his lack of actual appearances or encounters with Leon and Ashley before the very end of the game kind of diminished him to me. Yeah there was some nice foreshadowing and you saw him using the las plagas in Leon and Ashley, but he still felt almost tacked on rather than an integral part of the game like he was in the original. I also was not happy with the new shooting range that the merchant set up. The game itself was well-done and better than the original, but the reward being some tokens that you exchanged for random prizes was beyond annoying. It got worse once I realized that you could get duplicate prizes meaning that all the hard work I spent on getting high scores at the shooting range just went to waste. I do agree with you that I did not like losing the laser-sight. The biggest reason I stuck with the original pistol was because I liked using the laser sight for it. I had also already spent the spinel's on getting the laser sight not realizing that other pistols couldn't use it so it felt like it would have been a huge waste of spinels not to stick with the starter pistol. The starter pistol having the high-critical exclusive boost meant it wasn't a huge loss, but I really wanted to use the red9 as it was my favorite gun from the original. The last thing I did not really like was the regenerators. I don't know why, but they actually felt less-scary in the remake despite being more dangerous. Them being able to move quickly felt like it kind of actually cut some of the tension as opposed to them moving slowly, but surely towards you. The sound they make wasn't as intimidating either. Sorry I wasn't expecting this to become such a long comment. To summarize, I did have really good time with this game and Like a lot of its changes. I am absolutely planning to play it again sometime in the near-future, but overall, I think that Dead Space remake was a slightly better remake than this remake was.

I just find it awesome and crazy that this year we got 2 of the best horror games in years... and they're both remakes. Between this year and 2005, my favorite horror games were dead space 2 and RE2make

I personally do not think the remake is a replacement for the original, same goes for any of the recent remakes, especially last of us lol, and Dead Space. The only true remake of all time which just 100% improved and replaced its original, would be re1.

I disagree with Leon dealing with his trauma in this game. It only gets mentioned at the beginning of the game and is never brought up again. This was the problem with RE3R and this game didn't learn from that mistake.

33:11 In response to how staggering works in remake, the SG-09 attached with the laser sight mostly negates this issue, since all your shots are considered "focused in" with a higher crit chance, and the exclusive upgrade giving a 5x crit chance COMPLETELY negates this issue. I'd have to argue with you saying that the red9 in the best gun in the game. In the original, sure, but in remake the quick draw on-the-move ability of the SG's laser sight combined with the crazy crit upgrade makes this gun crazy busted if you can land your shots. Players coming from the OG game that swear by the red9, I heavily recommend you try out the SG this go around. I'd suggest it be the first thing you use your upgrade ticket on. Definitely the sleeper hit in this version.

Great video dude, the laser sight can also be put on the Sentinel 9 , HOWEVER I am aware that maybe you didn't mention that because it's a DLC weapon when you buy the deluxe edition, which I feel like alot of og fans did, but I don't take you as a guy to indulge on bonuses that aren't included in a vanilla playthrough especially at first lol looking forward to more uploads bro!

When it comes to the low resolution textures, there seems to be an issue in the game regarding pop in as others have pointed out. Moreover, it seems that depending on the gpu that someone has, if they run out of vram (and this game is very hungry for it) the game will downscale some textures to make sure it will run. This game certainly has a vram issue because when the ray tracing is enabled on a gpu with 8 gigs of ram or less on ultra settings it will simply crash if you go over the limit. Certainly something they need to fix, but it seems less lazy than how you portrayed this issue. Also for me personally, I really enjoy the presentation and it is more important for the game to look great and perform well than to look AMAZING and have terrible stutters and frame drops.

I'll take the kiss and the hug thank you very much. I have been waiting on this SO much. Can't wait to devour this video. Edit: you can turn the button smashing to button holding for the escapes in the options menu. And man, I agree with you on everything on this, and as a hardcore RE4 fan, I felt that most of the changes were very fitting, and I have the same feeling, auditorily and visually I prefer the original, but the story was improved massively. I really dislike how most of the enemies have become tanks though, that straight up sucks.

Damn, watching this video made me want to complete yet another run of RE4 Remake

When I first played re4 on ps2 I didn’t enjoy it too much being a fan of the originals and the style of those. But I absolutely loved this remake

Great review! On the topic of the low rez textures, I think the texture variety is to blame. Even with the recycled assets, they likely have high resolution versions as a source. When it comes to texture budgets, both texture resolution and variety eat up memory. The more you lean on both, the more memory it consumes and this game already has a high memory requirements, so I wouldn't be surprised if the variety of textures is the main cause for the random low rez textures we run into.

Man I'm a massive RE fan! I have played them since 98 I wasn't a big fan of the original RE4 but the Remake of 4 is absolutely one of my favorite games ever made! They made it perfect!

17:08 In case you didn’t know, she also played Ada in Welcome to Raccoon City…

One thing I didn't like in this remake is the grabs. It adds to the tension at times which is cool but it totally ruins the flow when you get one going. Would be cool if they added an option to break the grabs or something.

2 days after my wedding, Jared gives me the gift I’ve been waiting for

Been checking my feed daily for the past week for this upload, great retrospective as usual - this is one of my favourite series of videos on KZfaq to rewatch! I did notice that at 17:05 ish there is a repeated line left in when you talk about Ada's voice performance - or am I missing something and this was some joke about reading lines flat and emotionless 😂

As a matter of speculation, the "cut" boss fight against U3 comes alongside a peculiar addition: a series of files that seem to go out of their way to establish the "naming scheme" for the U3 bioweapon. Which makes me think that they may not so much have removed U3 entirely as set it aside for Ada Wong's campaign. From what the rumor I've heard implies, the Separate Ways campaign for the remake seems like it's going to be more substantial than the original PS2 version.

I have been enjoying your RE retrospective videos quite a lot. I may disagree with your opinion on some very specific games, but you have very interesting takes and your honesty is quite refreshing. I especially loved your retrospective on the OG games and RE5. Do you think you could do a tier list where you rank all of the RE games ? It would be really cool to see!

Re4R was a lateral move, in my opinion. What wasn't exactly the same was either as good, or a fraction better/ worse. I have no complaints aside from Ada and Saddler's dramatic downgrade in their voice acting, the current year script tweaks, and slightly sluggish movement.

Great video as usual! While I still lean more in favor of the original RE4 I am pretty sure that's because I played it so many times over almost 20 years the nostalgia goggles won't come off. Still RE4make delivered and will be a great way for newer fans to experience RE4. I am a bit sad though, with how quickly they managed to get around to these remakes I'm guessing they will be going straight into RE5 and then RE6. I really wanted something more in the vain of RE2 Remake before they got to the action focused games but I guess that was already a dead dream by RE3 Remake.

I want a Dino Crisis remake or A Parasite Eve remake

I think the game looks incredible, but I did upscale the image somewhat on my PC. Played on mostly max settings @ 1440P (no RT). Not sure if downscaling would mesh badly with their TAA implementation.

I strongly disagree the pacing in the original re4 was fine and so was the game length

9/10 game, would be a 10 if the voice acting (besides Leon and Ashley) was better and if Leon was more responsive. Leon has lead shoes

I think when it comes to the laser sight on the pistols, it was a purposeful decision not to give some of the pistols the option for the laser sight (even though the blacktail has a mount built onto the bottom of it). I personally feel like if the Blacktail or the Red9 (mainly blacktail for me since I prefer the higher fire rate plus only like 0.3 less power than the fully upgraded Red9) had the option for the laser sight it would genuinely make all the other pistols obsolete with how the guns have been rebalanced for the remake. Slight addendum as well, when you have a stock equipped on a weapon the reticle will always be tightening and won't open up when moving your aim around, only once you shoot will it open back up again.

I'm literally doing handcannon the slow way just to make it last longer

Fun Fact, the voice actress of Ada was the same person who played her in the after credits of “Welcome to Raccoon City”, so that may explain some things lol

I'm still surprised how much I like this remake. I never liked the original game but this remake fixed almost every issue i had with the original, aside from no zombies.

As soon as I heard the legendary word “retrospective” I was very happy.

Yeah attacking the ada actress off social media was really heartless and rude

I have to disagree completely with the "forced cheesiness". The dialogue is cheesy but it never feels forced in any way, it feels more like Army Of Darkness to me (The situation is dire yet the main charismatic character wisecracks even when in danger) than when a director tries to force a "meme movie" like the sequel to Samurai Cop.

Seriously feel you in parts here. I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels the island isn't all that necessary. As far as the voice segments go I think I prefer Krauser's more unhinged interpretation. You did a great job here. Really felt like a fair assessment in every category. This hour went by quick lol

Thanks for the vid darlen! Your focused and still a tiny bit playful way of reviewing is always welcome. Now, we all have "my best RE4" story right. Well. I did have one from 2006, but now mine is from 2023 and the oh so wonderful spoiled, bored, self absorbed, martyrs that are in high school currently in 2023. Being a huge gamer nerd from table top, cards, Warhammer, d&d, and clearly video games. After my first run of the remake, I dusted off the cube. Couldn't find my fav controller, knew I would but just played the OG RE4 on my switch instead. While in the castle, my twin Sister stopped by with her 17 year old daughter. Rather surprised, I was kinda sitting on the couch (she has a key duh) when her daughter comes in takes a look up from her phone (because TikTok thooo...ugh) glanced at the switch controllers on my wrists then at the paused screen. My Sis excuses to use the restroom (thanks sis...) And her kid joins me. We don't like one another ( I'm not sure she can't spare the mobile data to bother remembering which of is her mom -.-) I offer her the joys asking if she wants to play a real game. Snatching them up with our family's blood line pride she moves Leon for about 5 seconds and says. "Omg this game is uuuuugly, is it like indie or something? Thought you made good money auntie!" I -calmly- explain, no this is Resident Evil 4 from the mid 2000s...you know...BEFORE YOU WHERE BORN! It's a classic and a ground breaker, plus this version is up res and HD! "Tsk...only thing this game needs is garbage can. Why can't I run sideways on this fairy twink boy???" Sigh ahh youth! 😅

I just miss shooting the sparkles to uncover gems. They could’ve left some in with the hanging lanterns

I don't agree with harassing voice actors on their social media either but lily hiding behind the race card because she couldnt handle the criticism is also "bitch-made".

Regarding the character's looking different from the original to the remake, I think it's important to point out that capcom has been been emphasizing the use of actual people as their face models nowadays more so now than back then.

I distinctly remember going to pick this game up for my GameCube and purchasing the big cheat guide at the counter. I was so excited to have this game in my hands. The feeling that RE was moving into a different direction, was such a good idea at that time. I love the remake however even more. They did a fantastic job on adding new things for us veteran players and, it’s more gritty. RE 2 will always be my favourite but, RE4 holds a special place for me.

Nice! Another video of Jared's ever-soothing voice to help me get to sleep tonight 😊

I literally just finished the full retrospective compilation before seeing this video came out so LET'S FUCKIN' GOOOOOO!!!

Capcom didn't rehire Jolene Andersen as Ada because she joined a union. Lily Gao, the new actress, openly stated that she finds seductive Asian woman trope to be racist and stands by her modern portrayal of Ada. A shame, because it was important to get Ada and Leon scenes right, since they are the only bits of storytelling in RE4 that are important to the overall story. Since Leon and Ada have 0 chemistry in RE4R, it's like RE2R never happened and their moment together in RE6 is now impossible to achieve without serious rewrites.

I have to say bro, your original point of view on the original re4 is weird. Re4 is an outstanding game. The fact that you think re5 is better than 4 is mind blowing. Re5 is trash. Re4 was a revolutionary game that changed 3rd person shooters forever and at the time of its release, there was nothing like it. Not only was re5 not leading the pack, but at the same time, compared to other shooter, it was behind the curve. I understand that re4 was not like the rest, and that might be a letdown. But I think Shinji was not trying to make another survival horror. He had enough of tank controls and decided to make a revolutionary game. If you think about it, after re5 came out, Shinji laughed at the game so hard that he came out with Vanquish. A game that is extremely underrated in the 3rd person shooter genre.

I have to disagree with the laziness on the laser sight. They implemented it on some, it would have been easy to do for the rest, it had to be for balancing purposes

From someone who has played the original like a million times, I thoroughly enjoyed the remake. I can't say I really missed any of the content that was cut, although I did see some theories that some of the cut content would be present in a future Separate Ways campaign. I liked that the voice acting was a more serious tone while still keeping most of the cheesy one liners from Leon.

Took me like 27h for my first playthrough on Hardcore 😭 In three playthroughs I still haven't achived anything higher than a B Rank 😥 But yeah, I feel like the game kinda drags on too long. Never had that issue with the original but I think because the game requires more effort, it's kinda tiring to play it from the start to finish.

Game is a masterpiece along with the original

33:25 hyper armor is particularly obnoxious in professional, where you can't consistenly stun ganados in the first fights of the game (you just have the standard gun, just a few shells for the shootgun and some grenades) while everything stun Leon. Basic grenades offer just a tiny bit of CC but the damage is misserable.

About the texture issue, what GPU do you have on your PC and was it on max settings?