The combat is great (even though without the laser sight it feels less like re4) but I had issues in a few places with the camera in close quarters. Not sure about the music, I switched to the original soundtrack after I heard Nine Inch Nails during the village fight in the demo. Game looks great, just wish there wasn't so much clutter everywhere. Voice acting of Leon, Luis, Ashley, Hunnigan and the Merchant is great but the rest didn't do much for me and the less said about Ada the better. Game has a weird tone. It wants to be more serious than the OG but they turned Leon into a quippy redditor instead of a wisecracking action hero. In addition I felt that most of the cutscenes have much less impact than their original counterpart and there is less charm in general, although the added dialogue between Leon and Ashley/Luis was great. New sidequests are pretty lame outside of the stronger enemies you can fight. Hated most of the boss changes, especially Salazar. Island is still the worst part of the game and I was ready for it to end by Chapter 14.

In summation, Resident Evil 4 2023 is a good remake of a GOATed game. It can never replace the original outright but it makes a good companion piece to it, especially for it's added characterization and story beats and for that I'm happy it exists.

Played for the first time using the HD project. Looked amazing despite some hiccups here and there. Even though this is one of my favorite games and I have played through it dozens of times over the years, it definitely shows it's age in some areas. Going back to this from the Remake demo really hammers home how bad the AI is in this game and the QTEs get old, especially on the Island. Speaking of, by the time I got here I was ready to be done. Outside of the Regenerators the Island just isn't that interesting compared to what came before and it's repetitive to boot.

In conclusion, I love 2/3 of this game and tolerate the other bit. Hope I love 3/3 of it in the remake!