Resident Evil 4 remake

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I have been playing the game (almost) for a solid week.

Damn do I regret not posting each night. So here we go, a massive dump of my current progress so far.

DAY 02 PROGRESS

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The action really starts picking up here. For us Resident Evil 4 vets, this area is a stone cold classic. It was a nice remix, but this was one of the easiest parts of the chapter.



Pinche Mendez, this dude does look creepier in the remake. That "Children of The Corn" vibe he's got going does make him look super creepy.



Normally I hate shooting galleries in games. This one was really REALLY fun. That remix if the classic RE4 intro theme was rocking. That bonus round looked sweet too.



The Del Lago fight was a bit underwhelming as well. Only because very little changed from the original. It does take quite a while to beat it on hardcore though.



Keeping it going. I know some peeps on the forum are playing on normal (ViperW). Gotta ride the lightning.

DAY 03 PROGRESS

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These fucking things. make sure you look really good for all treasures. I actually missed 1 closed drawer by the time I wrapped up the village section of the game. Them Pesetas.



El Gigante baby! There is a MAJOR change in the way you reach this boss fight. I don't want to spoil it for anyone who has not played it yet.



I love the story building with Leon and Ashley. For someone who has played the original, it actually makes their relationship much more meaningful.



This might be the only chapter where I did not die haha.

DAY 04 PROGRESS

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Finally having Ashley lets you get to spots which you could not access before. Some of these are gold mins in lore and treasures. Backtrack baby.



The weather actually starts to affect the environment. MORE PLEASE.



"Game Time" baby! I got my ass KICKED here. The fact that the cabin is smaller than the original makes this area super tense.



Like I said ASS KICKED.



Don't want to spoilt too much here, but that Mendez chase was pretty sweet.



Another easy fight. Either I'm retarded or you really can't dodge much when Mendez starts throwing shit at you. It's probably the first one...



Another tight chapter, the deaths give it away.

DAY 05 PROGRESS

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Ramon looks like a cracked our Drag Queen. I LOVE IT.



This was an awesome scene. Although the update did give it an Evil Within vibe.



I was waiting for this room. It did not disappoint.



"Temperance child". Probably my favorite line from the remake.



That water room destroyed me.

DAY 06 PROGRESS

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Those Red guys kick major ass, but they're pretty weak. It's better to take them out first.

BTW, you see that tactical vest? Touch it baby!



Another great update to a classic scene. I do HATE that they changed Ada's voice actor though. She sounds dumb.



Dark Souls ain't shit.



Delinquent youth. Let me see you run away again.



I was on the verge of death probably 10 times. I had such little ammo that if anyone looked at me I would have died.

I am really enjoying RE4. I highly recommend anyone still playing to take it slow and explore, explore, explore. That back tracking goes a long way here. Not to mention the merchant side missions.

I cannot wait to replay this in order to get screenshots for the wiki.

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Capcom has released a free update for Resident Evil 4 which includes The Mercenaries.

From what I have gathered, the 4 playable characters (that I know about) are:

• Leon S Kennedy

• Luis Sera

• Jack Krauser

• HUNK

THE MERCENARIES TRAILER

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I am still going through the campaign on my 1st run (hardcore).

Just got out of the castle.

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As I had mentioned on the site, I am finally out of the Castle.

This game has probably had the worst coverage on my part. Especially when compared to how "on-it" I was with RE Village.

I have been enjoying the game a lot, but instead of getting screenshots as I play, I have been recording my sessions in order to get screenshots off of the footage later. It does sound better in practice, but it is extremely easy to get caught up gaming and "forgetting to post". Anyway, here is what went on in the Castle for me:

CHAPTER 8

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The Garden area was great, it is essentially left the same as in the GameCube original. However, it was great to see how the area itself "connects" with the rest of the Castle. Don't wanna say too much here. But there were some heavy Dark Souls vibes in terms of "connectivity".



The Grand Hall. This section breaks down into 3 main areas. 2 are easy. 1 will kick your ass.



Easy.



Too easy.



Haha get some you son of a bitch.



I did enjoy Ashley's section more than the 2005 original.



Puta madre.

CHAPTER 9

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There is a lot of stupid complaining going on online about how Ada is not "sexy" enough. Dude, all of her scenes start with a butt-shot. These people want to see her naked probably.



The ballroom was really nice. I liked the added "verticality" to the space.



This room. Get wrecked son.



This was a great update to the original scene. The black liquid reminded me of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.



A lot of Lore updating here. Don't want to show the Verdugo for anyone ho hasn't encountered him yet.



Not as bad as the previous level, but that Garrador room will kick your ass.

CHAPTER 10

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This chapter is probably one of my favorites from the remake. There is a lot of character building with Luis, plus this chapter is a perfect balance of remixing classic areas while adding totally new events to the story.



This area is a perfect example of that.



Too much to spoil here, a lot of story development.



Not too bad here.

CHAPTER 11

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At this point in the story, you SHOULD back track for some treasure. Plus, if you don't, you can miss out on a Stone Cold classic.



The Clock Tower, this chapter is actually pretty short, pero te la van a meter (translate that with Google baby).



Little shit. I'm coming for you.



For us RE4 vets, this is VERY manageable. It is shorter than the original Clock Tower. But there are 2 moments where everything can go tits up if you don't pay attention...



Hobbes 2026.



There were MASSIVE scenes I didn't want to spoil here. See them deaths?

Finally caught up on posting. Hopefully I can get some time in tonight.

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So I finally managed to beat the game.

Damn was that one wild ride. As I mentioned before, I REALLY suckled at posting my daily progress this time around.

I thought I would try recording the footage then grabbing the screenshots from there. Although this does work, it almost felt like working backwards (not to mention it felt like it was taking way too ling to post). Don't get me wrong, I do have a lot of footage if I ever cut a retrospective together...

Here we go, the final chapters of Resident Evil 4:

THE MERCENARY ISLAND

Once I got here I got my ass kicked so hard that it almost felt like playing Dark Souls. Just like that series, I approached this section wrong. I rolled up onto the mercenaries as if they were normal Ganado and tried to roundhouse kick everyone. Well, turns out that does not work (at least not on hardcore).

What the game is trying to show you here is that these dudes kick major ass, so you should watch yourself. Once that epiphany hit me, I went to work. I would roll up on them all Solid Snake style and stealth kill them. Then, when bullets needed to be fired, I skinned that smoke-wagon and got a John Wick on everyone.

This worked perfectly.

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But those damn Regenerators do give you quite the scare though.

Every major encounter left me with only a handful of bullets, which made me chug my white monster energy constantly.

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KRAUSER

Haha, this son of a bitch. I was looking forward to the fight and it did not disappoint. I was ready for a slog-fest of traps and him chasing me around (just like in the GameCube original). But they did manage to surprise me there. Not to brag, but my knife-work is awesome if I do say so myself. Those sections had me making Krauser look stupid.

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ENDGAME

There is too much to spoil here, but for anyone who has not played it, these sections do get a lot of love. They are remixed perfectly for us veterans, plus they added some new elements to those familiar areas and character encounters.

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I'd love to stream this soon, but fuck that, I'd do it on normal. This way I can talk about all the changes and updates.

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I wonder if my knife has an ultimate upgrade where it won't break anymore...

Damn, now I have to put in some work into The Mercenaries to play as my man dude HUNK...

Oh, the gallery now has the concept art by the way.

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Capcom revealed upcoming DLC for the Resident Evil 4 remake.

As expected, VR mode is coming along with Separate Ways.

It will be interesting to see how they update Separate Ways, personally I think they can basically scrap the majority of the original and do something totally unexpected for the fans who were there for the original release.

My wallet is ready.

09.21.2023 baby!

TRAILER

Trailer Trailer

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With Separate Ways finally released, it's great to be back playing the Resident Evil 4 remake.

It was weird for Capcom to release the launch trailer days before the DLC was actually released.

Oh well, what do I know.

TRAILER

Trailer Trailer

Check out my progress below. Major spoilers for chapters 1 and 2.


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First night First night

Capcom has a talent for making previously released characters scary as shit:



The lab. I think I need to start making my Linux machine look like this. BTW, Ada's name is misspelled.

It actually reads "Ada Wang". Bottom right. You read that here first ^_^



Lord Wesker himself. I am not worthy.



This just looked weird. It looks like this Illuminado is hugging the wall:



I did enjoy how the fade-in for the title actually showed up during the second chapter.



Leon Mansauce Kennedy. People keep saying he looks like me. I can see the resemblance.

Loved the first night.

There is one pretty cool change they made to Ada's story. I don't want to spoil it though ^_^

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Finally got to sit down with Separate Ways again.

I had left off on Chapter 5. It did take me a while to get used to the controls again. That's my fault though, I got sucked into playing Watch Dogs 2 and had a hard time putting it down.

There was a boss fight here that I don't want to spoil.

Plus, it was great to see Lord Wesker have screen-time.

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Nights two and three Nights two and three

This motherfucker, forgot how ugly dude actually looks. This was a great scene.



My man Wesker kicking ass as usual. Dude is too mantastic.

They did a pretty cool mix of a classic boss and character from the original Resident Evil 4 and brought some new life into that scene. My Resident Evil 4 veterans know what's up.

Finally made it to the Mercenary Island.