Resident Evil 4 Remake VR Review - IGN

Resident Evil 4 Remake VR Mode is just about as great as you’d expect, but the base game’s third-person perspective made Capcom’s job a lot harder.

[Babadook7]

Hmm. Low ball review compared to the majority.

I love this game. 9 or 10 for me.

[ibrake4naps]

totally! A masterpiece for sure

[OtterX]

Right? I had RE4 VR on Quest 2 which I would have given an 8. These perfect or near-perfect reviews I'm seeing in the 9-10 range sound more accurate. Resident Evil games make for amazing VR experiences! Can't wait to get a PSVR2.

[ibrake4naps]

Gotta go to VR channels for VR reviews. Mainstream outlets act like VR is on the level as phone games...

[Leeroyw]

I came here to write something similar. They may even see it as a challenge to their jobs.

[SmortBoie]

I hear you guys but IGN ain't wrong on this.
I'm a massive RE fan since day 1, loved them all, and Village VR was unbelievable.
RE4R is an incredible game and, like the author here, I've had massive amounts of fun with it in VR. It looks incredible and the combat is tight and amazing.
However, it's immersion and interation with the world is hugely scaled back. You barely interact with anything, even basic things like doors and cabinets which were fully interactable in Village VR. Here everything is just an X button prompt - no grabbing handles, puzzles are just flat screen at times, and actions such as climbing ladders, kicking, or even being downed all take you out of first person and just have you hovering over the character as they do something. It's weird, because some things are intensely polished in VR, like using rampart cannons or holding Ashley's blue lantern. But other things, like doors and chests etc, feel incredibly unfinished even though the same assets were interactable in Village.
Even original RE4VR on Quest tops this version in terms of interactivity. It kinda feels like Capcom gave the team a sudden end date on the project and lots of unfinished content was just dropped.
It's too bad, because if it was as polished as Village VR, this would be just about the best VR game there is. As it is, it's just really good, but not even the best REVR game let alone VR games as a whole.

[Babadook7]

If RE4R is incredible should it get an 8/10 though?

As for third person actions, its something to get used to because its different, but after you get used it, its no problem. By skipping though interactions faster, you get into the combat quicker, which is a benefit because the combat is great. There are many saying this game is the best VR game of all time and beats Village. Even if its not as good its still not an 8 IMO.

I agree with IGNs points. I disagree with the score though.

Edit: I just checked, IGN gave Village an 8 too! Thats pretty lowball. No excuse for such ignorance.

[SmortBoie]

Lol you're right about that. It doesn't really make sense to take away 20% of a games score because there's a few button prompts instead of full interaction. And they even defend the mode in the review too, stating they get this is a 3rd person game ported to VR as opposed to 1st, so of course there's going to be some small caveats. If anything, it only makes RE4Rs VR even more impressive.

You made an excellent point actually - using buttons to race through certain actions DOES improve the pacing of the action shooter style combat. If that's what you're looking for. Though I still find the cuts to 3rd person rather jarring especially for ladders or pushing heavy 'load' doors open. The cut scenes I can forgive it would have been a nauseating nightmare being stuck in them. I played praydogs RE2R VR mod and the in-mode cutscene were rough to get through.

I will say tho, I prefer to play very slowly, examine and explore every element in an environment, slowly open doors, look through windows, walk through grandiose halls and really try to feel like I'm in it. So the lacking immersion was disappointing - for me. To each our own and its good you were able to see it and play it as a plus. Cheers.