I played Resident Evil when I was a child on the starting on the PS1 with Resident Evil 3. I fell in love with this series and played all the games.
I remember playing this game back on GameCube and not liking it so much. I mean, it wasn’t a bad game. But it did not feel like Resident Evil to me.
Recently, I played 7 and 8 which where really good. They feel different than Resident Evil, but they were scary and I enjoyed these games a lot. Still not as good as the classics or the RE2 and RE3 remake.
So what is it about Resident Evil 4? Well, it feels like an action game and less a survivor horror game. It was a linear experience of just moving forward. It lost the metroidvania part of RE for the most part.
I know this game is loved by many and I can understand why it is loved. It is a genuinely good game. It just should not be a Resident Evil game.
I like RE4 a lot, but I wish they had released this version instead.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Mgl5EcwMOj0
This looked like a continuation of what the first RE remake started. Much more horror-focused, more realistic and less campy. I still watch this trailer every once in a while to torture myself over what might have been.
But I don’t think that game would have been as commercially successful as the RE4 we did get. The shift to more action definitely brought in more players, but a lot of classic Resident Evil fans felt alienated at the time.
Thanks for sharing that. I’m surprised I’ve never seen it before. You can see some of the same ideas made it to the actual game.
Is this a leaked trailer or something?
It’s great that it brought a lot of fans in, but the next 2 games were not really that great. But I’m happy where we are with RE today. So, maybe those growing pains were worth it.
Now im just hoping for a code Veronica remake.
I believe this trailer was shown during E3 or TGS. There’s another version that was also shown a year or so later but never released either. It has more of a supernatural vibe to it that people compared to Silent Hill at the time.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=m_B2BoJDUdw
I was a member of an RE fan forum back then where we spent an unhealthy chunk of our lives poring over these trailers.
This is what I’m hoping for next as well. RE5 is way too recent to need a remake, but then again I thought the same thing about RE4. Code Veronica is such a good game but is old enough that it could really benefit from updating the graphics and gameplay.
I always run low on ammo in this game. I think I need to run from fights for frequently.
I think I only finished it once and I could have used cheats back then. I can’t remember. I also never played 5 or finished 0.
I need to buckle down and play these games now 😂