I don't replay games often but I loved this game so much my first time around so I decided to beat it on hard mode.
Hard mode was tought because I suck at video games, but I don't blame the game for my incompetence. However, in my first review I said something along the lines of "this is a perfect video game from a gameplay perspective". And I still think it's near perfect but some things lost their magic this playthrough. Regenerators went from a really unique section to just plain tedium. Some sections felt so much shorter now that I knew what to do (not in a satisfying way), and overrall I was just a lot more critical of some portions this time around.
Not critical in a hater way but more in a loving constructive criticism (to a billion dollar corporation that will never hear it) way.
I also wish this game had more side content. Like I recently played the Dead Space remake and that game had a few extra side quests that added a bunch more lore and was really fun. I think RE4 could've added some missions like that that weren't just fetch quests and lazy mini-bosses. There wasn't much, but when I was allowed to, I really liked exploring in this game, but I just wish there was a bit more to explore but the game is so linear and it was like... damn ok.
But it's ok it's still a great game