Can You Beat RE4 With Only The Red-9?

And now for something completely different.
In retrospect I'm not convinced that Breakables actually interact with the Dynamic Loot system. They definitely do in remake, but here is seems like it's only enemy drops.
The Trainer that I used to get the gun from the start is available on Nexus Mods, and I didn't boot it up again after the first play session.
If you follow my Elite Dangerous content I'll be returning to that shortly, I have a half dozen scripts written. I just thought I'd stretch my legs.
#re4
#residentevil4
#red9

[@InferAGoodTime]

"You can use the Mauser as a rather bad handgun, or you can attach the stock and use it as a rather bad rifle" is actually a paraphrase from Jonathan Ferguson from the Royal Armouries Museum. Ian McCollum has simply made so many videos on C-96-style handguns that it overwrote everything else in my brain. Link to the video in question: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKazqXirirSrnKM

[@eighthmanstanding566]

It's impossible to kill both El Gigante with the trap door. I pulled it with both of them on the trap door, and the game relocated one of them off of it. The game is hard programmed to only kill one with the trap.

[@octopusjacket3472]

Came to say exactly that!

[@FoxySoda]

​@@eighthmanstanding566 What version are you playing?

[@eighthmanstanding566]

@@FoxySoda the last time I played was the HD version on Xbox 360

[@FoxySoda]

@@eighthmanstanding566 This guy is playing the HD Remaster on PC. Pretty sure he mentioned it in the video but the pc version has a whole host of problems.

[@dougo5528]

Just a note, Dr. Salvador actually can be reliably stunned for a melee attack. You need to just bait an attack and shoot his face. I've never had it fail unless I went for the knee for some reason. Just a little tip for ya.

[@Rainbow_Sheep]

Not only that, but you can actually do this with the knife, if you knife him in the head... its dangerous though but you can kill him with literally 0 ammo

[@waragon4737]

High risk high reward!​@@Rainbow_Sheep

[@yusukeelric]

Correction. You in fact CANNOT kill both giants with the same lava trap. The leon won't react to the lever until there is only one.

[@yusukeelric]

In case you wonder, the same is in remake, instead , the cutscene plays and only one giant falls, the other is warped next to it.

[@campeãodomundo2137]

"The Leon" vortigaunt type speech lmao

[@yikes6969]

cOrReCtIoN 🤓

[@grimmerjxcts2206]

1:08 Forgotten Weapons mentioned 🦅🦅🦅🦅🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣

[@wolflinkk]

In Ian we trust 💯

[@Cool1st]

Gun Jesus

[@N_A_R_]

​@@wolflinkk😏

[@SushibiNewSNESMusic]

40:51 You showing concern for Krausers future with that Arm was so funny!🤣

[@RulezAPower]

Well, who cares? He'll be dead anyway.. l0l

[@Magalhaes298]

I don't know if you are aware of this, but if you want a tip to deal with the Novistadors more easily, wait till they're fyling. If they're flying, EVERY shot at them will kill. You'll only need 1 bullet instead of more, saving more ammo. At the Novistador Nest after Ashley is kidnapped, there's an easier and safer way to deal with' em: go back to the door and jump through the window to the left. The Novistadors won't be able to pass through the windows and you can one-hit kill every one of them while they're flying. Also, the zip line straight at a J.J. does not kill him. Every time I did it, he only suffered damage. Maybe you shooting at him helped? Also, great video! It was entertaining, interesting and I had a lot of fun watching. Keep up the good work! ❤

[@modageddon2742]

were you on professional? since he's definitely on normal

[@Magalhaes298]

@@modageddon2742 Honestly, played it on Normal and, after some time, on Professional. For me, Professional was hard as fuck with the Red9, but it worked at Normal and Professional dificulties, so it should work for him as well

[@modageddon2742]

@@Magalhaes298 I meant more like the JJ being oneshot part I should have specified mb

[@Magalhaes298]

@@modageddon2742 oh, sorry. Tried both on Normal and Professional and it always survived. Truth be told, tho, I've always fought him when I've landed, not before, so this might have some impact

[@modageddon2742]

@@Magalhaes298 yeah its probs that then

[@wimdyslim]

Ill be honest. The standard pistol is my favorite handgun. That headshot crit rate is just such a fun thing to have. Plus its made by Kendo, so automatically has points.

[@sixx2683]

Plus it can have a silencer. Anyway i agree 😂

[@Ethonra]

I prefer the Silver Ghost based off its name, looks, and ability to potentially one shot most generic mobs thanks to its high critical hit rate, even on head Plagas. Though I loathe they made the crit gun be held by Leon like he is an over-caffeinated, hardcore basshead and not a literal super agent using his own custom gun, literally should have best aiming and handling based off that alone, but I digress. I used it every run on the original RE4. That said, even I respect the Red 9. Also, nice dig at losing that awesome jacket. While I like the RE4 version more, I am glad that RE4R realised the mistake of not letting the jacket not be an alternative costume.

[@Acr0polis]

11:12 Did that one dude deadass just jump into the water by himself? 😂

[@gundamnduke0]

if you play mercenaries' mode, you know Krauser can transform his blade arm at will

[@Frostaltered]

I personally always went Blacktail for a more overall better handling experience and capacity. I also forgot about a few of these OG areas since Ive been grinding playthroughs of re4 remake this summer. Im glad they cut out/down some of the areas and gave a but more love to others

[@Rb889]

Red9 only is basically easy mode, depending on which version of the game you're playing. Original GC version, you'll get a metric fuckload of ammo, but the gun is slightly weaker. Later versions rationed ammo to you after you got a certain amount in your inventory, but bumped up the Red9's damage.

[@tom13king]

That buff you mention right at the start is only applicable to the *North American* Gamecube release. They gave that particular version different weapon stats for some odd reason. The worst example of this is the bolt-action rifle's damage nerf to its exclusive upgrade; without it, it's objectively inferior to the semi-auto rifle. At least it the other versions the BAR's massive exclusive damage gives it one advantage.

[@BIadelores]

You can beat the game with the default pistol and the Red9 is better than that one so yes, you can lol

[@mrthanos8140]

Yea any beating resident evil with this or that with a gun is pointless cause yes you easily can.

[@BIadelores]

@@mrthanos8140 Only interesting part is figuring out what they do before they get whatever gun the run is supposed to be about

[@Verdugo47]

A restricted weapon run for og RE4 doesn't have a problem with ammo since if you sell the gun and rebuy it, it'll be fully loaded same goes for upgrading it's capacity. So it goes from not having enough ammo drop to having to have enough money to buy the gun again and again for bosses, i learned this from Dante raviolli's shotgun only.

[@Akay4444444444444444]

I'm fairly certain both base handgun and base shotgun are completed challenge runs. Haven't done them myself, maybe I should rectify that...

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

Honestly i think the red9 is fine on its own but playing the wii version, you see the _immediate buffs to it_

[@RiftRipper]

I appreciate the love of the Red9 too. Great video!

[@Rift2123]

Its sound in re4 is iconic never did trade my red9 out when I played the first time

[@thematt6705]

24:53 Actually, it uses an internal magazine, it's just loaded using clips, which can be of any size.

[@igormmx]

Quality video, my dude. Subbed. Intrigued with what you’ll post next.

[@DGneoseeker1]

You don't need fire rate when your pistol hits with the power of a rifle bullet. Fun fact: The power of this weapon depends on the version of the game you played. If I recall correctly I originally played to completion an imported foreign copy of the game. In the PAL version the Red9 was even more insanely powerful. I think it was something like 6.5 power instead of 5 maximum?

[@RedMenace0]

my favorite weapon probably because of the vr gameplay:3

[@Agustin-xs6ug]

You should have used re4_tweaks, a mod that comes with the HD Project and fixes an inmense amount of bugs, including the tedious 60FPS QTE's.

[@mikehawk8984]

Everytime that I play RE4 I always try to say that I'll use a different handgun, and I've done that 0 times 😅

[@Dk_deadXD]

his voice is chill and comfortable as hell, the only youtuber who deserves to be watched while drinking a cup of of chocolate milk in dark room

[@mattiag1846]

Completed this game 2 times, never bought guns other than the free one you get with medallions

[@GreedyDrunk92]

I remember beating the game using only knife and starting handgun (solely for enemies, that can't be touched in melee, like Salazar). The game is pretty liberal in that regard. Also this was how i found out, Krauser is super vulnerable to knives

[@andyb4071]

Enjoyed this, please make more OG re4 content!

[@trustycrusty1773]

Red9 only? You mean half of my re4 playthroughs?

[@tatlxtael2303]

My baby the only hand gun I ever go with

[@nafereuskortex9055]

I'm one of those, if you have to brake the rules for any reason than the run can't be done. The Harpoons do not count and the lanterns don't count, they are both part of the environment.

[@xplorerman105]

I mean clip or magazine works in this guns case honestly because it uses stripper clips to load the guns internal magazine its just like a classic bolt action rifle in that regard

[@PrimevalDemon]

5:09 is it "Aerie" or area? I've played neither og or remake outside a weird phone version, so i dunno lol 12:48 / 13:02 seems fine looking to me? What's it normally look like? I love your writing. Editing too As of 2:07 am Wednesday August 21st 2024 video stats are at: 336 comments before 337 3.3K likes before mine 95K/ 95,945 views Uploaded 2 months ago, June 19th 2024 Channel subs before mine all too happy number bolstering further 1.45K strong!

[@Pyco_]

The Novistadors died in a single shot because they instantly die from any gun if shot while in the air.

[@RustyCog]

Resident evil 4 remake would be so great if it just had laser sight for more weapons and if the movement was more responsive, somehow the tank controls of the original feel better to use than the janky re2r movement which worked fine in re2r but doesn’t fair well in re4r

[@jasonboudreaux1930]

I always preferred the black tail just for fire rate.

[@sixx2683]

Too bad i didn't like it in the remake. In the OG i used the standard pistol more with the x5 crit but blacktail and re9 were amazing with re9 having shotgun tier power. The remake didn't make me like red9

[@leawright588]

I tried this challenge once a few ywars ago. Got stuck at Krauser, and had like 450 bullets. Good work

[@andreaverone9377]

Which trainer did you use? Raz0r's one?

[@Δεινόσαυρος]

I always thought the same thing with transformations. Like surely they have to have transformed before so they can know how to use their new form, right? Like Krauser transforms between sword arm and regular form in mercenaries, so that was always my head cannon.

[@ohno5507]

Before watching the video, I'm going to assume easily yes, since maxed out it does basic shotgun damage, and you can get very far with much less.

[@zayzay5457]

The only other handgun that even comes close to the red 9 is the blacktail but yes and its actually quite easy and I don't have to watch your video to know that literally can kill the first boss the giant like nothing

[@leonsjacketre4]

If you ever do a pistol only run in this game again, if you have a ton of money, you can buy the handgun, discard it, and the ammo stays. At least, I think it does. If thats true then you can buy ammo at a very expensive scale :o

[@firedrake110]

29:28 actually, in the original RE4, any airborne enemy will die in one hit. Don't know why they made that design decision, but it's true for professional as well iirc

[@jollygoodfellow3957]

You could do this without the trainer. Just do new game plus and sell everything that isn't the starting items and the Red 9, then ban yourself from using any money above the amount you collect from a fresh save(calculate your money disregarding the money you already have).

[@cheatsykoopa98]

the "guigante" lmao

[@oldgoat8132]

Nice vídeo buddy, I see that your channel is somewhat in the beginning, I'm gonna subscribe to help it. Try making a "can you beat" video of an RTS game like age of empires for example, KZbin lacks those videos

[@Fishbro]

You can buy ammo in re4. You buy a gun, sell it, and the ammo stays in your inventory. Dont need to buy the red9 over and over.

[@IgorValar]

while blacktail kinda is better than red9 i still use red9 simply because... its cool as F... so much different than any other handgun in the game

[@RichterTheRat]

Can you beat RE4 with a handgun that hits like a shotgun but from any distance? Yeah. Pretty sure you can.

[@JanJansen985]

Yes you can I saw my mom do this exact thing at least 20 times

[@therealfriday13th]

...what do you mean the Red9 was nerfed in Re4make? I still prefer it to the Blacktail?

[@hatad321]

They kept the high damage but nerfed it in other ways, like without the stock the spread is as bad as the Hand Cannon.

[@Purlypurlington]

intensity director lmaoooo

[@YudMurZ]

40:55 Actually I have the same thought but for another boss as well that still has consciousness such as Alexia Ashford, imagine living while your body filled with plant and having a giant ass tentacle in your house, well maybe that will fend of any intruder lol, but hey atleast you won't need to worry about heat since Alexia can produce for free XD

[@SerAslatiel]

Loved the video, keep the good content!!! ❤

[@Tofuuuuuu]

Gallery room puzzle solution is 1 2 3 4 i'm not even kidding, try it.

[@GRLemkeStar]

In brazil we got master reset with these challenges. Now on english we got Infer

[@GRLemkeStar]

I recommend the master reset channel cause he make like every single gun, grenade and knife, pacifist and genocide run in Re4

[@adrenaline7252]

great video id watch the whole thing if you were better at the game tho its kinda painful watching you miss 3 bullets in a row

[@steelbear2063]

I mean people beat it with the basic pistol, I don't see why not the Red9

[@WetBoy]

GROG STRONGJAW

[@AnjasDwiPrasetyo]

well i have already done red-9 run in the past the only thing I can say it is doable

[@home9dog2blue199]

24:03 🤦‍♂️ OMFG WHY. Instead off DROPPING the valuables why not return to the merchant to sell them? and Wait to upgrade the capacity? each time u upgrade he give you free ammo. Also if you run out of ammo completely, just sell em the weapon altogether and buy it back in it's base form with the base amount of ammo 🤷‍♂️ edit: oh wow so you KNEW THIS?? THIS WHOLE ENTIRE TIME??? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@Xerxes0421]

ill save you an hour, definitely.

[@Cuscuz_Paulista]

very good video

[@nightmare-xk7si]

is red9 enough? -u guys uses guns?

[@L0rdTobithegreat]

6:05 aged poorly for Palworld :(

[@SharpForceTrauma]

mfw I completely ignore the first village visit by just going up the watchtower out of range of their molotovs 🧍‍♂️ Also no, blocking with the shelves doesnt necessarily do much other than bottleneck how many can get into the room for a while if you use it cleverly, Usually you wait for the boards to break and then block one window at a time

[@vasheal]

"Leon, Hunnigan, Ashley Graham, President, Later" lmaoo 🤣

[@RockStoneLee19]

Mission briefing to a whole new meaning

[@Tuschi17]

Haven't heard "laming it out like it's X Tekken" since Two Best Friends disbanded. Good times.

[@Kydino]

Kinda made me realize how few people actually say laming it out, not even FGC people say it anymore. Sad that they're not together anymore, hope wollie is fine.

[@MetalandMGS]

Was hunting for a comment like this, gotta love how we all remember the good shit from them.

[@edfreak9001]

@@Kydino I wasn't there for the SBF days really but woolie and pat are doing alright and still run a podcast called CastleSuperBeast, it's fun and the clips are posted on WoolieVS.

[@ShouAlias-io7ud]

It's still a regular in my vocab, glad to see I'm not the only freak out here using it.

[@MisterMelvinheimer]

​@@Kydinowoolie is killing it, and as much as it sucks to admit, SBF breaking up probably kickstarted his career. Pat is married with a kid, Matt is still making wha happun, and Liam is probably still alive.

[@Dorraj]

I assume you did it so that you made sure you got kills with the red 9, but seeing you skip over like 90% of the kick/suplex opportunities you had, especially with the shield enemies, made my instincts crawl. Whenever I see someone grab their head or get on their knees in this game, it's like my brain turns monke mode and I will sprint through a group just to kick them lol

[@SneedFeedAndSeed]

40:53 He can in mercenaries, instantly too.

[@taimhilalalbady7783]

you should have shot Sandler's face eye rather than his torso. if you didn't know after destroying all of Sandler's eyes (two in front and two in back) his face eye will be permanently open for you to shot and stun him.

[@Slash_Bastian]

You mean Saddler? I didn't know the main villain was Adam Sandler. lol

[@Redguns4life]

@@Slash_Bastian With how bizarre his acting is, I wouldn't be surprised if Saddler was just an old Adam Sandler who started a doomsday cult as a retirement project.

[@blknmongl342]

@@Slash_Bastian I'd kill for a Resident Evil game with Adam Sandler as the main villain.

[@cookiesmusic8395]

dude I watched most of this video without checking the stats of it, this is crazy good work for a smaller channel, astonishing to me that you have better voice over quality than most other content creators that make this kind of stuff lol. Congrats, you've earned another sub and I look forward to seeing that remake run!

[@CordyMcDonald]

Have to agree here, amazing video for such a small creator!

[@Dorraj]

Same. Am a fan of the mostly-deadpan commentary with jokes split in. And the cutscene editing never fails to make me giggle

[@home9dog2blue199]

"better voice over quality than MOST other content creators"?? Like WHICH ONES?? 🤔

[@ales141]

29:27 they died in a single shot because you shot them in the air which is a guranteed kill

[@Schrodingers_kid]

True Novistadors have HP of 1 when mid air

[@superset3888]

A fun thing for the hedge maze is that as long as you move the camera upwards (Hold up on the control stick)and as long as you keep running you won’t get hit (also you can get the red9 before Ashley by just going to the merchant in the secret passageway before going into the castle)

[@Schrodingers_kid]

It works for most enemies as, already mentioned in the video, game has limited resources. Enemies become less aggressive and ganados won't even throw stuff at you if you can't see them

[@cartoonvideos5]

Nice video, I like the editing and how you don't spam memes or yell to attract hyper active Gen Z. Keep them up!

[@rainingnights1409]

The red9 is literally the most legendary handgun in videogame history

[@Looneyboy]

Uhh how about doom guy’s pistol in the original doom? Or Halo’s magnum?

[@SneedFeedAndSeed]

@@Looneyboy Lol, nobody ever uses it after getting the chaingun. Probably the worst peashooter ever, just behind HL2's USP.

[@cactusmann5542]

@@SneedFeedAndSeed Nobody uses it after the shotgun. Unless a player runs out of shotgun ammo for some reason

[@KyrreStalsberg]

I would argue the mk23 socom from mgs

[@travistouchdown2222]

Nope , that title belongs to the silver ghost

[@staufackar2135]

A 46 minute video on the Red 9. Hell yeah.

[@siegfriedcortes7726]

When I was a kid I beat RE4 with Red9 and knife. Never touched any weapon not even sniper when needed. Beating the game with Red9 is easy enough when you get to the point beating it in hardest difficulty.

[@DrBlackBull]

Nice lie

[@user-hx5oe9iz1h]

Nice true

[@TheGodJames]

@@DrBlackBullNah I doubt that he’s lying. When you are kid with crazy amounts of time, you’ll get to learn a lot about the game with putting limits on yourself

[@juanlilg]

This video would be unwatchable and pretty boring if it weren’t for your commentary. Perfectly engaging all the way throughout and funny. It isn’t broken, don’t fix it

[@travismorales5443]

Great video. I really enjoyed your sense of humor and the way you edited the dialogue scenes

[@thesultanofswing8706]

I really enjoyed your deadpan humor. Subbed.

[@WoobertAIO]

29:29 Fun fact: Novistadors *ALWAYS* die in 1 shot, but only while they're flying. With any weapon. Including eggs. It's completely independent from the adaptive difficulty.

[@Lomuuran]

2:57 Talking with your dad over phone be like

[@francescagearsolid]

insanely good video, great to see people still talking about og re4 🙏

[@222TripleJ]

RE4 but you are a WW1 German officer

[@Greendawn-di3dl]

Yeah man, as a kid that thing got me through tons of tough times

[@dillonqaphsiel7977]

Ive always maintained that the Blacktail is better

[@EFCkingTom]

SG is better than both.

[@dairiskuznecovs7233]

i tried it in re4 remake it felt bad beat the game with the first gun you get

[@theseabear3008]

Incredible work I loved this. Will you be doing a dead space plasma cutter only run or one run type? You mentioned it near the start and I'd love to see it :)

[@jamesduke5848]

In the original and remake i only use blacktail for handguns. Tried the red 9 with and without the stock in both, and i came to the conclusion that the blacktail is just all around better. Less space, faster fire rate, easier to hit shots even with the high fire fate, and higher dps overall. Not bashing anyone who used red 9 or anything else, just saying i personally never liked using the red 9 in either game tbh.

[@Toishinai]

In the OG I really liked the Red9. It's very debatable that the damage on the Red9 was a great trade off against the Blacktail. In the Remake though, the Red9 feels so bad that it'd never be my first choice.

[@govinpillai]

I did runs with the Red 9 and Blacktail only. At some point they were too good that it made the game boring. Punisher-only is hella fun

[@jamesduke5848]

@@govinpillai agreed. I liked doing runs in the original with only base handgun or punisher or other silly stuff to make things more interesting. Was worth it

[@Looneyboy]

@@govinpillaias a kid I loved the punisher cause it was free and shooting through 10 guys was awesome

[@sixx2683]

​@@Toishinaiexactly. I understand people using the red9 instead of the blacktail in the OG.. But in the remake i dont see much point in using the red9 since it shoots slower than the bolt action rifle lol

[@JacobJohnson-lh4gx]

I recently tried this run on professional mode and daang was it hard to aim cause I installed the RE4 Ubisoft version that doesn't support mouse controls. I had no choice cause it was the only version that supports my old Intel Atom netbook hahaha. The professional Red-9 gun partnered with a crappy computer honestly made the game more challenging to play.

[@humanbass]

I played the original for the GameCube. I always thought the Red9 was overrared since the Blacktail does everything much better with only a 0.5 penalty on power. Now I just learned it got buffed to 6.5.

[@SpencerLuxBurton]

Great video. I really enjoy your narrative voice. I've also often wondered the pay rate for some of these characters. It's really funny to me to imagine Chris Redfield on the computer emailing HR about updating his direct deposit information.

[@notsoanonymousmemes9455]

Red9 is the most powerful handgun in RE4, yes indeed you can, yeah, it is a bit underwhelming by default, but still good early on, the further you play and more you upgrade the stronger it gets.

[@InDeath]

I mean. with enough skill you can beat the game with all guns. when i do a run i intentionally sell all guns but the one i want run with

[@theschinken]

7:27 you don't need to shoot them lol just keep knifing an they don't have a chance

[@LordRazer3]

I did this on the PS2 just because I loved the gun so much on professional. I didn't give any restriction to items only since I was a simple teen and just wanted to beat the game with my favorite gun and not die 20 times in the elevator of doom. I'm still salty the flash cannon never returned in the remake

[@WarVeteran213]

Dylan Neocranium prove this, technically with a bunch of fish in his inventory