Blog #4 A Remake Done Right

 Hello! Welcome back to my blog, today I decided to talk about something involving technology as it has been a while since I last talked about it. This blog will be talking about a new video game that was released a few days ago and that game is, Resident Evil 4 Remake. The original Resident Evil 4 came out in 2005 on the GameCube first then later PlayStation 2. You may be asking, what is Resident Evil? Resident Evil is a survival horror franchise made by Capcom, a company located in Japan. Resident Evil or as it is known in Japan as, Biohazard was first created in 1996 for the PlayStation. As time went on, more Resident Evil games were made as the series grew in size. Capcom wanted to innovate the Resident Evil formula for their 4th game in the series and RE4 was their testing grounds. RE4 went through a lot of changes in it's early stages in life, originally RE4 was supposed to be where you play as Tony Redgrave, a human with super strength and speed who dawned a red and black attire with white hair. As they developed that idea more, they realized that this was straying too far from what made Resident Evil work and what it was known for. That idea wasn't fully scrapped as the director Hideki Kamiya picked up the project and turned the prototype RE4 into what is now known as Devil May Cry. Later prototypes of RE4 had the returning character Leon S. Kennedy, a character from RE2 become the main lead of the story. The gameplay of these prototypes were more akin to the original experience of classic Resident Evil games but with more super natural tones to it like fighting ghost, dealing with a demonic dark mist and having hallucinations. All of those ideas were scrapped and they finally found what they wanted for Resident Evil 4, an action packed survival horror game.  

                 source: Wikipedia

When Resident Evil 4 came out, it became a quick success among the fans for how fun it was. Although some fans were upset that it changed so much and that RE4 wasn't really a "horror" game anymore as it wasn't scary anymore. RE4 wasn't as scary but it was one of the most fun experiences you could've asked for with tons of satisfying ways to take down your enemies, on top of that there was tons of stressful encounters to make you feel relieved that it is over. The game overtime grew in popularity and was one of Capcom's best products, so much so that they re-released the game to almost all modern platforms and even VR. Capcom continued to make Resident Evil games and most of them tried to capture what made RE4 great but with no success. After a lot of fans have lost faith with Capcom on making a good RE game, Capcom decided to remake the very first Resident Evil game. Fans loved it and wanted Capcom to do it again for RE2. Capcom wouldn't work on RE2 Remake for a long time as they were in the middle of developing RE7 with a new engine they made. After RE7 came out, Capcom decided to finally remake RE2 and it will be under their new fantastic engine that is called RE Engine. When RE2 Remake came out, fans absolutely loved it as it brought everything we loved about RE2 into this remake with updated gameplay and of course updated graphics. Fans wanted more and so Capcom remade RE3, sadly though RE3 Remake didn't live up to RE2 Remake. Resident Evil 3 remake cut out huge portions of the game and it didn't feel faithful to the original product and felt lack luster. Fans were disappointed, myself included. I grew up playing the old Resident Evil games and I can feel what everyone else was feeling at that time. I loved RE2 Remake but I didn't love RE3 Remake, I enjoyed it for what it was but I was disappointed with this remake in the end. I wish to this day that they would go back to add onto the game but I can only imagine the hell it would be to try and fix that. Now fans and myself were worried that they would mess up RE4 Remake if they continue to remake all of their mainline Resident Evil games. 

 
Resident Evil 4, a game that fans love and cherish with all of their hearts are worried that Capcom would cut out too much and stray away from what made RE4 special. Capcom during a livestream dedicated 10-15 mins of showcasing RE4 Remake and fans loved the looks of it as it looked like it was going to be a faithful remake. Fans were eagerly waiting to see more info and more gameplay of what Capcom had planned and a few weeks before the release, Capcom released a demo for free for everyone to try and to see how the game is. The fans and myself were absolutely loving the demo, to me it brought back memories of how games use to be and I loved every single second of it, the gameplay, the graphics and how faithful to the original they were. They even had cool secrets you can do where you can access a weapon and even tackle a hard challenge. I was ready to play this game and when it came out, it was one of the best experiences I have had with a game. Capcom not only changed up the story a bit and changed up iconic areas to freshen it up for veterans but they barely cut out segments of the game, I wasn't disappointed at all and even surprised that they changed up some of the bosses for the better. While there were some areas that were the exact same but it didn't feel like it. It still felt fresh and exciting and I feel that is because of the updated gameplay, it opens up so many ways to play the game. This was one of the most faithful remakes I have played in a long while and I had so much fun playing it. Capcom truly outdone themselves with this remake and I can't wait to play more. They even kept one of the iconic lines that Leon says. You can watch this video to see the comparison of how far this game has come graphically and mechanically. RE4 Remake brings what made RE4 great and that's high action, fun gameplay and satisfying encounters in wonderful quality. RE4 Remake may not be the best looking game in terms of bright colors but there is plenty of breath taking encounters like the castle and the big open lake. 

                                    source: Shacknews

That wraps up with what I want to talk about for now, I will be posting another blog later tonight so look forward to that. I hope you enjoyed my blog about Resident Evil and now possibly want to get into the games if that suits your style. Thank you for reading and I'll see you next time! Thank you again!