Resident Evil 4 Remake's Improved Controls Make It Hard To Go Back To Raccoon City

While the Resident Evil 4 remake succeeds in making Leon more capable, doing so makes playing its predecessors feel clunky by comparison.

[-Foxtrot]

There is one thing I think the RE2 Remake does better and that’s movement speed

Even moving around enemies in the RE2 remake was better

If you try to run past enemies in RE4 and one is directly in your way, it’s harder to swerve around them and they’ll most likely grab you

Even running from enemies you seem slower. If I was running at Leon’s speed in RE4 in RE2 while being chased by Mr X I feel like he’d have been right on my ass constantly with no breathing room. Sometimes it feels like Leon is trying to run in tar.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

I like your observation on running speed.

[Chard]

if we're being charitable, we can note that it's a remake of a game that was designed around not being able to walk while aiming, so perhaps this was an effort at balancing and maintaining tension

[ZeekQuattro]

Indeed. If Leon handled in here the way he did in RE2 remake it would of been a problem. Leon's aiming spasms don't help either. The enemies are faster than ever and Leon decides to get a case of the tremors every now and then.

[-Foxtrot]

Peoples excuse is “well he’s carrying around a lot of gear” but let’s be honest when does logic ever factor into these games. Not to mention canon wise Leon isn’t going around with a massive rocket launcher or other weapons he’s found all at once in a “case” is he.

It’s like “Leon you’re being chased by a bunch of parasite infested villagers with weapons and that one over there is coming at you with a f****** chainsaw, hurry the f*** up man”

[Ratchet23]

That is so true.

[FortWaba]

Joke's on you, I'm playing with Control Type C1.