Off the recreation of the village I knew this game would become an instant favourite for me. The original Resident Evil 4 was a game I always loved for its great gameplay and great cast. I'm happy to say the remake transported everything I loved and I feel made, most things better.
The gameplay in the remake is so good in my opinion, Leon controls like butter. Gunplay is snappy and feels very responsive. The added parry mechanic is very fun and gives a good test of your reflexes on harder difficulties where they only accept perfect parries. Reworked Ashley missions are better but still could use some work. The new setpieces introduced in the Remake are awesome and spices up things for returning players. The characters are very similar for the most part. Leon is still quippy but still badass and Ashley I feel is improved and less annoying. Ada sadly takes a huge fall off as it seems she feels 0 remorse for Leon following the events for RE2R which makes sense but is disappointing considering how she was a good character in that game and the original RE4 and she comes off as dull in this game. Overall though, this Remake was a joy to play and had me feeling like I was playing the original all over again which is exactly what I wanted from it! As it stands this is my game of the year and I don't believe I will be picking up any other big hitters like Baldur's Gate 3 and won't be playing Dead Space remake in time.
The gameplay in the remake is so good in my opinion, Leon controls like butter. Gunplay is snappy and feels very responsive. The added parry mechanic is very fun and gives a good test of your reflexes on harder difficulties where they only accept perfect parries. Reworked Ashley missions are better but still could use some work. The new setpieces introduced in the Remake are awesome and spices up things for returning players. The characters are very similar for the most part. Leon is still quippy but still badass and Ashley I feel is improved and less annoying. Ada sadly takes a huge fall off as it seems she feels 0 remorse for Leon following the events for RE2R which makes sense but is disappointing considering how she was a good character in that game and the original RE4 and she comes off as dull in this game. Overall though, this Remake was a joy to play and had me feeling like I was playing the original all over again which is exactly what I wanted from it! As it stands this is my game of the year and I don't believe I will be picking up any other big hitters like Baldur's Gate 3 and won't be playing Dead Space remake in time.