![]() That opening hits as hard as ever, the oppressive feeling of gaggles of infected villagers stalking down on you gunshots popping into flesh but still they come. Before, of course, they turn en masse to Leon axes in hand and violence in mind. ![]() Separated from his guides, Leon stumbles into hell rotting corpses and squishy entrails -rendered in suitably gruesome detail- pile in corners of cabins a local policia is tied to a stake and set alight in the village square the cultish denizens shuffling and chanting around their grim pyre. It starts as it always has: with rookie cop turned super government agent Leon arriving on the outskirts of a mysterious, fog-shrouded hamlet in search for the President’s daughter. And, despite its far reaching influence, how there still isn’t anything quite like it. But it is still a powerful reminder of what an exceptional game it is. So a remake of Resident Evil 4 can’t have that same bold transformation as the Resi 2 remake and comes across more as a handsome, modern and faithful re mix of the original. That claustrophobic over-the-shoulder camera, thumping gunfire and taut aiming Resi 4’s genre-defining influence went far beyond itself and its own series, forming the basis of the third-person shooter that perseveres today. Partly because of technical and visual enhancements, but majorly because it was made, well, more like Resident Evil 4. Now, though, is the first time that it has had the full-on remake treatment that seems so hot right now.ĭeveloper Capcom has sterling previous in this regard with its remake of Resident Evil 2, a classic game made brilliantly modern. Since its original release in 2005, Leon S Kennedy’s gruesome foray into a macabre, parasite-infected European village has bounced its way to different consoles, incorporated light-gun esque motion controls, had a HD touch-up, been on mobile phones and gone all virtual reality. Resident Evil 4 is nothing if not flexible.
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