Resident Evil 4 Remake Demo Review: The game nobody asked for.

[Coyote Guy]

I was here for the original RE4 Demo release back in 2004. The original was pretty dang controversial among RE fans. No proper zombies? Action based? SPAIN? At the time we simply didn't know what was in store for us. But alas, RE4 came to be one of the most applauded and beloved games ever made. It broke barriers we didn't know needed breaking.

The RE4 Remake Demo... does not break any barriers. It is exactly what you expected it to be. A high graphical fidelity rearranged remake of the game we've played at least 50 times already. The voice acting is flatter than a dead mans pulse rate. The player movement is somehow clunkier? It's just very odd and uninspired outside the visuals.

The graphics are really nice. I love the way this game presents itself visually. This is probably the best Capcom has ever done, really. But for what? All this visual beauty for an alternate reality version of a game that we've had for 18 years. I'm willing to bet we would have been a lot happier with a graphical update to the original. I know I would have been game for that.

But the biggest glaring issue I can already see in this demo, that has tainted every resident evil game in the last several years, is the dead game play. The gun play feels like I'm playing an air soft game. A 12 gauge shotgun has ZERO thrash to your foes. The enemies are sponges. It feels like I'm not meant to fight the enemies.

Overall, I will not be purchasing RE4 Remake. The original, along with the free community made HD project, is unsurpassed. While I hope others enjoy this, RE4 remake is not the next generation RE game we needed.

[Mitziete]

the game with like 5 remasters and that people had been begging capcom to do again, is the game "nobody asked for"

[lackesis]

It is worth it, even just for the better mouse and aiming control.
I can't play the original RE4 because the aiming and camera controls are terrible.

[Kinggoken]

I knew people were gonna talk ♥♥♥♥ about this game lmao.