Resident Evil 4 Review (PlayStation 5)

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For our Resident Evil 4 Review, Where Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president’s kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.

Resident Evil 4 Review Pros:

  • Stunning graphics.
  • Download size.
  • Platinum trophy.
  • You get the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 versions of the game.
  • Graphics mode – resolution or frame rate.
  • Play data gets uploaded to Re.Net.(optional)
  • Controller settings – six presets, toggle run, toggle crouch, quick turn type, parry button, repeated button input type, aim to assist type, aim to assist max speed slider, reticule deceleration slider, auto-reload, reset scope magnification, vibration, and adaptive triggers support.
  • Camera settings – Invert axis and sensitivity sliders for the camera, zoomed-in views, and gameplay. Field of view slider, motion sensor camera control, running camera assist, camera wobble, and motion blur.
  • Display settings – ray tracing, HDR, brightness slider, Hud, dot display, damage display, Hud opacity, display tips and tutorials, sight settings like color, lens distortion, depth of field, hair strands, and color space.
  • Accessibility options for – visual, auditory, and motion sickness.
  • Sound settings allow setting up surround sound, individual noises and effects, and preset.
  • Extra content shop – earn CP (completion points) and spend on new unlocks and Skins.
  • Challenges award CP.
  • Concept art and character viewer.
  • Three difficulties – assisted, standard, and hardcore.
  • Action survival horror gameplay.
  • Fast loading times.
  • Third-person perspective.
  • Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
  • Oozing in Dread and fear.
  • Uses the controller speaker.
  • Typewriters are where you save, change out weapons and deal with inventory management.
  • Your case (storage) can be a customer with skins and charms.
  • Cutscenes can be skipped.
  • In-game cutscenes that look incredible.
  • Familiar controls.
  • No tank controls or ink ribbons in this one.
  • Some of the best lighting work in a game.
  • Powerful and impactful soundtrack.
  • Quick weapon change menu on the d-pad.
  • Treasure maps show where valuables are in the game and are on the map.
  • Stealth kills are gory and practical.
  • Can approach situations in many different ways.
  • All crafting recipes are shown when you click craft on an item.
  • Blue request notes can be found and give out tasks and rewards. (optional)
  • Send items to the storage that is located at save points.
  • The merchant allows you to buy/sell/trade/repair and upgrade items and weapons.
  • Spinel gems are rare rewards and can be used to buy rare items from the merchant.
  • Upgrade all aspects of your weapons.
  • Your case (inventory) can be manually or auto-sorted.
  • The end of the chapter breakdown gives a rundown on performance and time taken.
  • The merchant will do one-off limited sales of items.
  • Still had the handy 180-degree turn.
  • Complete dismemberment engine, shoot off legs and arms, and enemies will crawl and react to shots.
  • Just like in the other remakes, enemies will react and dodge Gunfire and attacks.
  • A lot of reasons to replay the game.
  • Mercenaries game mode is coming as a FREE download.

Resident Evil 4 Review Cons:

  • So many in-app purchases.
  • You must click on challenges to see if you did any of them.
  • Cannot rebind controls.
  • The tutorial pop-ups seem to be delayed or in a weird order.
  • Signposting is not always the best.
  • The map takes some getting used to.
  • Doesnt offers a first-person view.
  • No VR support. (An FYI more than anything)

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Resident Evil 4:

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Developer: Capcom

Publisher: Capcom

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PlayStation

  • 10/10
    Graphics - 10/10
  • 10/10
    Sound - 10/10
  • 10/10
    Accessibility - 10/10
  • 9/10
    Length - 9/10
  • 10/10
    Fun Factor - 10/10
9.8/10

Summary

Resident Evil is back and my god Capcom upped the ante! I thought the previous remakes were the best of the best but this game takes it so much further. It doesn’t matter if you have played the game before or have never touched it because it’s the experience you need to have. I love how it has changed everything up, The locations looking as crisp as ever, The music punctuating the atmosphere like a chainsaw to the head. Honestly I cannot go into story stuff because it drives you forward but you need to understand that this game does grab you instantly, It has enough extra bits on the side to keep replayability at the forefront, Locations allow a fair bit of exploration off the beaten path. They have reworked and tweaked the controls so they feel modern but don’t let up the intensity of situations you got with the previous control schemes. The Playstation 5 version adds more immersion with its touchpad and speaker implementation. I cannot say anything good things and will continue to champion and play the game long afterward especially as we get Mercenaries DLC for free and soon!

Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!