Resident Evil 4 Remake - DF Tech Review - The Definitive Version?

One of the greatest games of its era, Capcom was always facing a massive challenge in mordernising Resident Evil 4 for the latest generation of gaming hardware. So what's new and different, what's stayed much the same - and are we getting a polished day one experience? John Linneman has the DF Tech Review for you.

00:00 - Introduction
03:09 - Did they fix the demo problems?
08:47 - Comparisons with the original game
11:23 - How do the mechanics stack up?
19:05 - Wrap-up

[demontheory]

You can get the laser sight a little bit further on in the game. Just gotta do a couple of alternate missions to get 10 spinels and get it from the merchant

[yuukimasamura]

Been playing all day today and what I really noticed was the audio using headphones. Some of the sounds like metal hitting metal and listening to villager in the distance are so realistic that you get so absorbed that you forget you’re playing a game at some points.

[maathatter]

The laser sight is an upgradable feature for the pistol which can be obtained via spinels (the Merchant's side missions)

Edit: it is an attachment, not an upgrade

[forresthunter]

I stayed up until 1a on a work night playing it, and it's wonderful.

[Nu_Merick]

im playing this game and its PHENOMENAL. the way they outdo the horror despite me being a veteran to the 2005 release is insane! 3 chapters in and its solid 10/10 still!

[seangalvin]

It's shocking to see how good that original RE4 looked almost 20 years ago.

[aeronovus]

Remakes the last couple of years have been nothing short of outstanding, and I hope the trend continues!

[minutesavedme]

It's crazy how well the original holds up. Its atmosphere also feels quite different which is really great in my opinion.
It means there's still plenty of reasons to play it instead of the remake and the two can exist in beautiful harmony ^^

[Spider-Complexion]

Playing the village encounter on hardcore was intense and I loved it.
I genuinely haven’t felt tension like that in a video game before.

[jordanwhite]

That transition between the GameCube El-Gigante fight and the current-gen El-Gigante fight with absolutely masterful props to the editor for that. It was like looking at the game as it actually was and then the modern remake is like how you remembered it in your brain. 😅

[雪鷹魚英語培訓的領航]

Glad you mentioned the Resident Evil HD project for PC!

[r.lum.r]

This is exactly what I needed, right on launch day. Thank you!

[iamastrangeloop]

Aside from RT crashing the PC performance has been incredible. I'm seeing lots of like 75fps/72fps (avg/1% low)... the consistency in frame delivery in a modern AAA game just makes my heart sing

[SystemBD]

Another important improvement in this remake is that enemies speak proper Spanish (without the Latin-American accent of the original game). You might think it is a nitpick, but... imagine, for example, if everyone in the Harry Potter films spoke with an American accent (or type "Harry Potter Cast Speak American English!" in the search bar). Hopefully, you can understand how much this change improves the experience for those of us who can understand the language.

[davidgrg]

it's 2023
and many developers still struggling with the rain.
Devs should learn from Kojima's 2014 MGSV: Ground Zeros.
It's still probably has the best rain in a video game.

[Dracobyte]

I am happy to live in a timeline where we are having Dead Space remake, Resident 4 Remake, Advance Wars remake, Persona Remasters and Metroid Prime Remastered.

The 2000's are coming back better than ever!

[MoonSarito]

I don't have a PS5 or Xbox Series X so I'm going to play this game on PS4, despite the downgrades it's pretty impressive to see hardware from 10 years ago still getting a great game like this, it's surreal.

[Sadurai]

Honestly the Resident Evil 4 remake is a great game, played it for 10 hours and it has a lot to offer, i do like the original Resident Evil 4 more cause of how it looked back then and how it still holds up, the atmosphere of the Original Resident Evil 4 looks and feels better imo but that is just my opinion, the good thing is both versions offers outstanding gameplay, in the Remake version they did fix some problems the Original version had, like the camera movements not everybody is fond in that camera movements. i don't mind it myself honestly cause in time you would get used it

[WOLFxLORD]

I love that there are areas I can recognize, rooms ripped right out of the original, but there's just so much more there now. It's awesome, I'm loving this game so far.

[gustavludwig]

I hope code veronica and onimusha both get a remake