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Why Resi 4 Remains The All-Time GREATEST

Ryan King: "To make this interesting, I’ve decided to write this in list form. And by ‘interesting’, I mean I’m writing this in a way that you’ll be bothered to read it. I’m not going to go on about the ludonarrative dissonance or pontificate about the religious symbolism of the churches or discuss dynamic gender issues not being representative of our current society or whatever it is proper games journos do these days besides reading The Guardian and shopping for cheap suits at Moss Bros.

I only really want to talk about the best bits in Resident Evil 4.

Mostly, if I’m being honest, I just want to talk about the merchant."

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FallenAngel19842815d ago

RE4 dramatically changed the way how we play most third person action games

It is indeed one off the greatest

naruga2815d ago (Edited 2815d ago )

no ...RE4 doomed the series to the mess it has transformed now without return (trying to save itself with a tragic FPS parody)...BEST Resident Evil IS and remain the first RE PSX original version ..all others follow with RE4 being far from best and closer to a game which never should bear the Resident Evil name (though its a good game as standalone)

Moonman2815d ago (Edited 2815d ago )

Whatchu talking about Willis?

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

NapalmSanctuary2815d ago

I agree that it shouldn't have the RE name. Had they been smart about it and changed the name like they did with DMC and Onimusha, it could have been another great franchise, without controversy and without sucking all the oxygen out of the Resident Evil room. Kind of odd when you think about it. All the good games and franchises that started development as RE titles and were given name changes because they were too different, you'd think they would have known exactly what to do.

sullynathan2814d ago (Edited 2814d ago )

How can the best RE be the best when REmake is better than the original? RE4 is and will always be the best resident evil.

NapalmSanctuary2814d ago (Edited 2814d ago )

@sullynathan RE4 really isn't much of an RE game. Its more of a MGS game, minus the stealth, in a macabre setting, where you play as Leon instead of Snake. You can't even compare it to any game that came before it in the franchise because its a completely different genre.

NukaCola2814d ago

RE4 is like FFX.

It changed the formula into something we hate, even though people claim it to be the superior game. It made the series more linear than ever and alongside garbage acting. Those lead foot shooting mechanics are not fluid at all.

RE4 is straight science fiction and ties little to the series. The removed the survival horror and turned it into some weird European B Movie.

I really don't understand all the hate for Resident Evil 7 and all the praise for Resident Evil 4. VII is actually attempting a rebirth and rejuvenation of the franchise.

sullynathan2814d ago

Resident evil 4 is not supposed to have fluid shooting mechanics. What sort of stupid criticism is this? The first 3 games didn't have good shooting mechanics at all.

RE4 does not follow the formula of the first 3 RE games and still managed to make a better game than them.

I don't see how resident evil 4 is an MGS game, unlike those it's actually good.

bouzebbal2814d ago

The best resident evil for me is code veronica. But I agree with you downfall started with re4 I personally hated this game.

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mark_parch2815d ago

i love resident evil 1,2,3 and love third person games like dead space but i recently played res 4 and i was really disappointed.

princejb1342814d ago

I love resident evil 4 however the zombies weren't really zombies. They were just humans walking around infected. That game wasn't even scary -_-

Derceto2815d ago

Very easy and short reason. It isn't.

Kyosuke_Sanada2815d ago

It's easily one of the best action games ever created. Horror-wise........not so much.

Jaqen_Hghar2814d ago

still found it very scary. RE5 really took it in the action direction

Next_gen_20152814d ago (Edited 2814d ago )

Are you serious? Those regenerators still give me nightmares.

PhoenixUp2815d ago (Edited 2815d ago )

I'm glad for RE4's existence. It gave gave us Resident Evil Revelations, which has the best control method in a RE title.

Not to mention how much RE4 influenced the entire industry as a whole

pyroxxx2815d ago (Edited 2815d ago )

Because Shinji Mikami is a genius, only rivaled by Miyazaki, Miamoto and Fumito Ueda in terms of game design.

Kyosuke_Sanada2815d ago (Edited 2814d ago )

I do agree, especially after his contributions for Vanquish, Killer 7 and The Evil Within. However, he has made a few faux pas in the past, most notably removing Hiroshi Shibata's role as director of Resident Evil 4. I thought having both fixed camera angles for exploration and switching to over-the-shoulder when it came to combat was a genius move on his behalf plus the story direction looked to be much more memorable and may have had the hugest impact on the lore.

It's funny that he used some of the design choices for the prototype in The Evil Within though......

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Resident Evil 4 (PS2) Retro Review – The Evolution Of Survival Horror

Matt Evans said: Resident Evil 4 marked a significant departure from the traditional survival horror gameplay of the previous entries in the series. With a fresh perspective (both story-wise and camera-wise), it revitalised the franchise and became one of the most influential games of its generation, and arguably still the best in the series. The PlayStation 2 version, released in October 2005.

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Capcom Keeps Bringing Resident Evil To VR – Here's How And Why

This is how the Resident Evil 4 remake was reinvented again for VR.

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Babadook778d ago

This hints at continued support for the VR versions of Resident Evil.

Nerdmaster78d ago

And Capcom, being Capcom, chooses to keep the VR versions limited to certain headsets in a niche that is already small.

Babadook778d ago (Edited 78d ago )

They wouldn’t work well on Quest. Not the PlayStation versions at least. Also Sony seems to have helped fund these.

StoriedGamer77d ago

... Maybe not quest standalone due to power limitations, but you do know that all of the modern resident evil games including 2 and 3 remake (which dont have even have official VR versions) are available on PC and are arguably better in almost every way...

The porting process to VR with VR capable engines is so incredibly easy that the cost is negligible really. What's worse is having played the games on psvr and psvr2, the developers did a pretty shoddy job whereas the PC versions are better as the community tackled a lot of the issues in a matter of a few weeks...

Babadook777d ago (Edited 77d ago )

@above.

This is simply not true. Compare RE8 praydog vs the native port to psvr2. The native port is an amazing experience. You’d never want to actually play the pc mod. It’s no where near as good. The performance is not good and is nauseating.

StoriedGamer77d ago

... In what ways is it nowhere near as good? On a decent system it runs incredibly well and even better if you have something good, pushing it way beyond what you get on the psvr2. I've literally played both, and on PC it not only looks better, but runs much better overall on pc. Additionally, you get even more games than the 3 official games over both psvr and psvr2 offered by Capcom (4, 7 which is only psvr compatible, and 8).

Babadook777d ago (Edited 77d ago )

@above

It doesn't actually run better on the PC though. I've heard from many PC gamers who will flat out disagree with you. I've seen top end Nvidia cards drop to below 60 fps (no reprojection either). Hopefully you know the effect that Foveated Rendering has on VR performance.

How far did you make it in the story? If you really claim that the PC can compete on performance show me a professional reviewer who claims that who actually tested a large portion of the game. On top of the performance not being in PCs favour you've got a completely inferior level of interactivity.

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Profchaos77d ago

Pretty sure it's because they were very well paid to do so in the past I'm sure there's a deal going because Sony sure isn't in a rush to produce games for their own headset
Plus the re games are fantastic in VR

talocaca77d ago

RE4 is absolutely stellar on PSVR2.

Hoping their next title supports it too 👏👏👏

Babadook777d ago (Edited 77d ago )

Indeed. One of the guys seemed to be a big fan of VR.

And this bit pretty confirms there're plans for more RE VR projects.

Once they wrapped up the project, they realized VR was well-suited to the franchise. While they didn’t discuss specifics, Kumazawa says they “plan to undertake more challenges in the future.”

Profchaos77d ago

Was amazing I thought re8 was also just as good to.

SmortBoie77d ago

I'd give my left nipple for an official RE2R VR mode. Praydogs was good but the real deal would be incredible.
Shame they don't seem to have any interest going back to these releases. RE7VR even already exists just tweak it and pop it on PSVR2. Nnngggg.

sammichosaurus76d ago

Gotta get some VR experience soon.

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Resident Evil 4 Remake Sales Now at Over 7M, SF6 at 3.3M, Dragon's Dogma 2 Climbs to 2.6M

Capcom has announced that Resident Evil 4 remake sales are now at over 7 million units, Street Fighter 6 is at 3.3 million and more.