Anyone else a little bit disappointed with the area towards the end of the village?

[๖ۣۜMk137]

In the original game, there was a whole little area with a gondola puzzle and a locked door for which you needed Mendez' eye. It is all gone in this game. The Mendez section felt extremely rushed to me. Anyone else think they dropped the ball in this particular area?

[Das Trojanische Pferd]

the gondola was boring and what puzzle there are no puzzles in the area before the boss

[๖ۣۜMk137]

Originally posted by Troja:

the gondola was boring and what puzzle there are no puzzles in the area before the boss

Maybe I am remembering with rose-colored glasses? I'll have to go rewatch that section.

Edit: looks like you are correct about the no puzzles, but I am quite fond of the gondola and don't find the area boring at all (relaxing maybe). I enjoy shooting the ganados as you ride the car, and I like the open area and the little attached building with items, the mini cave system and the catwalks. The new implementation just felt very linear and unsatisfying to me, but I respect that this might be a niche opinion.

[earendil]

i think the only part missing from the original re4 village was the optional 2nd el gigante section after defending the abandoned house with luis

maybe in seperate ways there was a bigger puzzle part but i dont remember that

[๖ۣۜMk137]

Originally posted by earendilAoE:

i think the only part missing from the original re4 village was the optional 2nd el gigante section after defending the abandoned house with luis

maybe in seperate ways there was a bigger puzzle part but i dont remember that

Yeah the little area that I describe above was replaced with the chase sequence which I didn't care for. I think overall they did a great job with the village part but this specific section I was let down by. I guess I can understand how the new version fits the pacing of the game and a realistic village layout better, but I'm just fond of little non-linear areas to explore.

[DYMAXION]

Originally posted by ๖ۣۜMk137:

In the original game, there was a whole little area with a gondola puzzle and a locked door for which you needed Mendez' eye. It is all gone in this game. The Mendez section felt extremely rushed to me. Anyone else think they dropped the ball in this particular area?

Yeah. Up until that point everything was basically just an addition, but it was a shame to see all that content missing. They repeat this as well in the next two sections which are a larger departure from the original.

[DYMAXION]

Originally posted by Troja:

the gondola was boring and what puzzle there are no puzzles in the area before the boss

I miss the dam section, the gondola, the truck sequence, the split path (where you choose which boss fight).

[Laughing With Salad]

They took out a lot of ♥♥♥♥ that just didn't make much sense in the OG, especially in the village/castle areas. The eye scanner always felt out of place, and it just makes more thematic sense for Ramon to heckle you using an old school tube communication network. I do actually miss the gondola section though.

[๖ۣۜMk137]

Originally posted by DYMAXION:

Originally posted by Troja:

the gondola was boring and what puzzle there are no puzzles in the area before the boss

I miss the dam section, the gondola, the truck sequence, the split path (where you choose which boss fight).

Yeah, honestly this game is a 10/10 for me but also makes me want to play the original again due to just how much was changed. It's crazy how different the castle is for example. Not bad, just different (in fact I would argue that the new castle has better design than the original, but it's definitely missing some of the fun/nostalgia factor from the OG).

[๖ۣۜMk137]

Originally posted by Mung™:

They took out a lot of ♥♥♥♥ that just didn't make much sense in the OG, especially in the village/castle areas. The eye scanner always felt out of place, and it just makes more thematic sense for Ramon to heckle you using an old school tube communication network. I do actually miss the gondola section though.

Yeah this is a fair point. I did notice the infamous lava room is gone from the castle now haha. I think they did a really good job with the pacing and level design in REM4KE compared to the original. Good thing I have both versions so I can still get my full nostalgia fix though.