Resident Evil 4 (2023)

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Resident Evil 4
"Ahhhhh.... I'll buy this remake for a high price!" — Merchant
Protagonist(s): Leon S. Kennedy Genre(s): Survival horror Platform(s): Microsoft Windows PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X/S PlayStation 4 iOS Release Date: March 24, 2023 (PS4, PS5, Win, XSXS) December 8, 2023 (PlayStation VR2) Engine: RE Engine Developer(s): Capcom Publisher(s): Capcom Country: Japan Series: Resident Evil

Resident Evil 4 is a 2023 survival horror game developed and published by Capcom. A remake of the 2005 game Resident Evil 4, players control the US agent Leon S. Kennedy, who must save Ashley Graham, the daughter of the United States president, from the mysterious Los Illuminados cult.

Plot

The President's daughter Ashley has been kidnapped to a Spanish Village. Can Leon rescue her while uncovering a conspiracy?

Why It's Time For Bingo

1. For a remake based on the original game like this, the graphics are amazing with lots of cool detail to the textures and high image quality that it gives, especially on the new-gen consoles.
   • Once again, the Mobile port, while inferior, is technically impressive to play the remake on mobile, albeit it was only playable on the A17 Bionic Chip.
2. The merchant is back; like the original, he serves an awesome purpose for Leon; he sells guns, maps, upgrades, and can upgrade the stats on each firearm. His lines are also memetic in a good way, and you can also sell him treasures to get high prices. His voice is different from the original game. You can even trade him Spinels to get things like the Treasures map and Red9 stock.
3. The remake keeps the original game's charisma and what was good about the said original but adds much more.
4. This game has improvements over the original, such as allowing you to crouch and disarm explosive traps, use your knife to deflect attacks, and stealth kill enemies.
5. The shooting range game was given a rehaul, with dancing lights and energetic flamenco music to spice things up.
6. As this game has the RE Engine (like Resident Evil Village), the visuals are fantastic and give a remarkable depth to what the game looks like.
7. This is the first Resident Evil remake to have VR mode support (PSVR2; only available for the PS5), and needless to say, it is fantastic and makes the game feel realistically terrifying when fighting enemies like the chainsaw bosses or the big cheese.
   • While the iOS port is inferior, it is truly impressive how powerful phone devices can handle it, even though it has the same problem as the first one.
8. What makes the treasures worth getting is that you can put gemstones onto certain treasures to get even more pesetas.
9. The cheesy story in the original was given more depth. For example, if you free the dog in Chapter 4, it will help you in the fight with El Gigante. The lightning strike behind its howl makes it more badass.
10. The Separate Ways storyline, which was free in the original version, returns here with improved controls, graphics, and overall scope.
11. This remake overall proves that even though the original game is perfect in every way, this remake ends up improving upon many aspects that made the original flawed. While the term "if it ain't broke, don't fix" still applies to remakes such as the XIII remake, this ultimately proves it to be not the case.

Bad Qualities

1. Again, the iOS is an inferior port with the same problem as the first one.
   • It's constrained to only running to the powerful hardware, M1/A17 Bionic chipset.
   • The touch control, on the other hand, still has the same problem as the first one, and thankfully, you can play on the controller to make things easier.
2. For some reason, the PRL-412 from the original game does not return here, as it's unlocked in the original game after completing professional mode; however, even after doing so in this remake, you don't get this special weapon for no good reason, which is stupid because that weapon is powerful for multiple reasons.
3. The Separate Ways expansion, which was free in the original, is now at a paywall of $10. That doesn't mean it's a bad expansion overall though.

Reception

The game received universal acclaim, earning a 90/100+ on Metacritic for all three versions, including the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Angry Joe gave the game a 9/10.

The Separate Ways DLC also received favorable reviews, with an 88/100 on Metacritic for the PlayStation 5, and an 89/100 for the Xbox Series X/S and PC versions.

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