I was not expecting this game to hit as hard as it does. Aside from the kinda whatever story that mostly just does what it needs to, I have no notes. This is one of if not the most fun shooter games I've played thanks to tons of gameplay variety and options at your disposal during combat. The atmosphere here is also incredible with the game's three distinct locations each having a grand mood of their own. The game also zooms by so if there's a not-so-strong setpiece, it doesn't last very long and gets onto the next one. The music also goes hard along with the just insane visible detail in the environment. I played through about half of the original re4 before getting very busy with other games and school but from what I can tell, all of the changes they made here were incredibly smart. Leon still says one-liners and the game can still be campy as fuck but it manages to do that in a way that doesn't feel jarring.

Anyway yeah this is my game of the year