Resident Evil 4 Remake

Seriously, Capcom is one of the best publishers around

Game no: 510
Genre: Action 
Platform: PC 
Release Date: 2023

18 years have passed since the the original game was out. Resident Evil 4 was a complete reboot of the franchise where everything has changed. Some remnants of the old story is there but now there is a new threat which promise to shape the franchise going through the future. So what can I say 18 years later? One word this game is amazing.

You play as Leon S. Kennedy the rookie cop for Resident Evil 2 but now you are task in finding the presidents daughter. Which they really don't explain how she got herself kidnapped in the first place and
end up in a remote town in the woods of Europe (I am assuming its Europe not quite sure on that) This game ditches the survival horror of RE 2 and moves more to action arcade style action where you have to blast your way among hoards of monsters (not sure we can call them zombies). This game is fast paced and frantic where you have a split decision on what do you need to do and where you need to go before they catch you and probably kill you. Ammo is sparse and you need to craft a lot of them on the good which means you can't be all trigger happy and start to mow down everyone. 

The gameplay however is much more streamline than the previous iteration. Each stage (or chapters) has a start and an end where you go from point A to point B. There are a lot of checkpoints in case you die along the way and the merchant is back to sell or trade you stuff along your journey. This is where the risk and reward of shooting down everyone and collecting credits from them plays a part to upgrade of buy new weapons along your journey. The problem is that with the limited resource you have, you really need to decide when is the right time to use the big guns and can you survive with just your trusty knife. Halfway throughout the game you'll eventually find Ashley the presidents daughter and the game has an added element of escort mission. But Ashely is more competent than before since she knows what to do when you ask her too. So far this game has nothing but praise from me. 

But that doesn't mean there is somethings I don't quite like. I don't like the one part where you get to control Ashley. I think I've died multiple times during that chapter. I also don't like the mission with the sea monster. That one was not to my liking. Other than that, everything else seems to be okay. Thus, brings me to why I say this game is amazing. It is all because of Cheat engine. Really with just infinite ammo cheat on, the game becomes a whole different beast. You will still die, you will still get mob by monsters but at least you have a fighting chance to survive. After I got the rocket launcher which apparently is a one time thing, the bosses are a breeze to handle. Plus halfway through the game you'll get a magnum which is regarded as the most powerful weapon in the game.

In the end, I can say you can try to play RE4 the way you intended it to be played or you can play my way and just enjoy yourself and have a good time. I manage to finish the game in around 10 hours with an A rank despite saving more than 50 times.  Because of this, I will give this game an S-Rank.  Probably one of the best games of this year.