RESIDENT EVIL 4: How Survival Horror Was Changed Forever

[@Xehanort10]

The "You've known him for an hour" bit on the Luis death was funny. It gets even more over the top when Leon grieves Mike the helicopter pilot who he knows for minutes if that and all Mike did was help him kill a few Ganados and say he knew a good bar when Leon said drinks were on him after the mission.

[@TheMoonman4]

You gotta admit Mike was a real bro though

[@Twkout]

He knew mike before. It’s pretty obvious. Plus Luis saved his life they went through a lot

[@Ashguy733]

"What are ya buying?" "What are ya sellin' ?" The Merchant was my best friend in this game. I only ever played 4 and loved taking turns with my childhood friend trying to beat the game. Great stuff.

[@Xehanort10]

"Ah. I'll buy it at a high price." "Heh heh heh heh. Thank you."

[@pine1780]

@@Xehanort10 Hes like the little bit of calm in the chaos, same with duke in village. 4 and village are the best in the series for me.

[@Xehanort10]

The difference between 4 compared to 5 and 6 is that 4 was a mix of horror and action.But Capcom took the wrong message from it and took the horror away and put in too much action in 5 and 6 which were more COD with monsters instead of enemy soldiers than Resident Evil games.

[@Budd631]

@Trump4Prison2021 and Vanilla Ice has one of the most popular albums of all time in regards to sales. No accounting for taste.

[@Xehanort10]

@Trump4Prison2021 Doesn't make them good games. Just means loads of people bought them.

[@statesminds]

That's why im glad they listened and went back to survival horror for RE7 Biohazard and RE8 Village. Dont get me wrong i still played 5 and 6. I liked Revelations 1 and 2 more tho

[@unr8ted77]

RE4 > RE5 > RE6 > Rev 2 > Rev 1. But RE5 has the best story and characters by FAR

[@ashyoshicharizard3949]

@@Xehanort10 wow. that was a good burn.

[@BigHomieRich00]

Still to this day, Resident Evil 4 is the greatest entry in the RE franchise. This game truly revitalized Resident Evil.

[@White927]

No

[@MR.__G]

I’d say it’s definitely the most fun game. But 1 & 2 are better RE games. 4 became an action game.

[@White927]

@@MR.__G Re 3 og, CV, outbreak, Survivor, re 0, re 1 remake.

[@antoinehubs]

Dude your channel is reallyyyy good. I'm surprised at the quality and effort put into your videos. Thanks for all this!

[@lacyinmon1004]

I bought Resident Evil 4 when it first came out and I fell in love with the game immediately. It's my favorite game in the series.

[@animezilla4486]

Me too I got the game for the PlayStation 4 one thing I love about the game is the many weapons you can use I believe the one of the most scariest enemies in the game are the regenerators

[@White927]

Real RE fan: I bought Resident evil 4 when it first came out and i felt i am not playing a real Resident evil game.

[@DiegoReviews]

This is great, Mateo! You did such an excellent job covering why RE4 is such an important game to not just horror games, but 3rd person shooters in general. For the longest I had such a love/hate relationship with RE4. I’ve always thought it was a masterpiece without a doubt. But I preferred the old school style of puzzles, exploration, and item management. But there’s room for both styles of games. I love when you cover video games! Looking forward to more!

[@MattDraper]

Thanks, Diego! I can see why you'd have that kind of relationship with this game, especially given all the changes that happened to RE afterward. I'm sure there'll be more video game videos at some point, I just don't know what they'll be yet.

[@captainjaber5610]

I loved the game back in 2005 and you felt that impact and how vital this game was to Capcom. This was the game they gave their full effort and they knocked it out of the park.

[@Xehanort10]

10:17 Salazar was definitely compensating for something with that robot statue.

[@stickershock66]

I first heard about the dynamic difficulty from Game Maker's Toolkit!

[@thelegendofner0]

One of the most underrated game mechanics in existence (right next to the nemesis mechanic in the Shadow of Mordor games), I liked it in RE4 but LOVED it in Left 4 Dead with the AI Director.

[@oscarnjboy]

My lunch hour just got awesome! Thanks, Matt!!!

[@logandotson5600]

Matt Draper and Resident Evil? Today must be my lucky day.

[@OwenLikesComics]

Great video, Matt! I really enjoyed this.

[@MattDraper]

Thanks, Owen!

[@TighelanderII]

The Merchant must have worked at K-Mart, because he sure likes the Blue Lights.

[@Shoub-kb9sk]

I’ve never played a single RE game in my life but this video was actually really interesting.

[@yoshim8ym]

Play RE4 on Xbox or ps4... or get re7 you will not regret this... trust me... as a kid.. this was the scariest game around... nemesis 3 was the one 👌 for me

[@ashyoshicharizard3949]

Just watch for the classic re fans. they are evil.

[@hugosanchez4593]

Currently playing Re4, and I’m loving it. Also played Re3 and liked it too.

[@ashyoshicharizard3949]

@@hugosanchez4593 how far are you.

[@hugosanchez4593]

@@ashyoshicharizard3949 Made it past the part where Leon rescues Ashley and where you fight those guys with flamethrowers.

[@olyrhys8724]

I’m not a gamer at all but I enjoyed this video and found it interesting - thank you.

[@monitor-mindtheover-void6712]

I like you videos, keep it up👍. When is next Grant Morrison video coming?

[@BadAssMacmillan]

Capcom Production Studio 4 should have been kept together no matter the costs and every single piece of DNA from those individuals preserved and saved as mankind patrimony. Even the guy that cleaned toilets there must have been some kind of genius.

[@White927]

I see you everywhere!!!

[@White927]

You fake RE fan.

[@TevyaSmolka]

I love resident evil 4 its my all time favorite resident evil game of all time so great job on covering this amazing game matt :)

[@colinbrightwell4544]

Man, I'd like to hear you talk about the Red Dead Redemption games. Love this stuff.

[@butteredmichael2273]

i miss playing this on my good ol fat ps2

[@retrobear9367]

I would love to see someone finish the Orignal RE4. I think I would have liked that more.

[@bolski6125]

I never had Playstation, so all my RE games were PC based. RE2 then RE3 were my first back in the latest 90's. Then, when RE4 was released, I purchased it. I loved it, but man, it was a port of the PS2 version which meant 30 fps, compressed videos, etc. But it was still loads of fun. When the "HD" update was released, I got that to get the 60 fps and then applied the HD Project updrades to it to really push the OG game to it's max. But when RE4 Remake came out, oh man! I was blown away! I absolutely love RE4 Remake, but the OG RE4 still has a place in my heart as well. Both are fun to play, and I love both.

[@craigperry3779]

I know some people feel like this is where the series went down the wrong path. What else was Capcom supposed to do? They nuked the setting where all of their games took place (except CV). The couldn't do more racoon city games so they turned to what would the characters logically do, I think Leon being a federal agent makes perfect sense. I know RE4 is ridiculous but so was every other entry in the series (especially CV) RE1 has a mutant shark ffs. This isn't high art here.

[@OpenMawProductions]

You're making excuses. The first three games stayed relatively believable in terms of narrative. Things were kept low-key. Most people don't even mind the story of RE4. It's the change to perspective and overall tone of the series. It started with Resident Evil 4, which on its own is a great game, but Resident Evil 5 and 6 nearly killed the series, which is why the series shifted dramatically with Resident Evil 7 and REmake 2.

[@MR.__G]

@@OpenMawProductions agreed. 4 ushered in this Hollywood action character. Leon surprised everyone with his grappler in the salazar cut scene. The off the wall back flips in the laser room. Jumping out the second floor window into a roll. His backflip dodges against krouser. Leon was basically like jet li in this game lol I like to refer 4, 5 & 6 as the action trilogy

[@lenk8374]

I hate it when people say pre re4 games had tank controls, forgetting that re4 has the same tank controls

[@chikish]

I'm one of those people who didn't really enjoy playing the RE games myself, I would just get too anxious and I hated the controls, but boy did I love watching my friends play. Cool video!

[@Xehanort10]

A fun fact. Jesse Corti who voices Mendez the village chief also voiced Lefou in Beauty and the Beast.

[@duncanfery9377]

Great vid ! Also, it made me want to hear your opinion on the Devil May Cry series

[@deontaedouglas]

I love resident evil 4, The graphics had got better on part 4, It's so fun playing it, I can't even count how many times I played this

[@Amber_xo_133]

This is the first Resident Evil game where Umbrella isn't responsible for the monsters and bio organic weapons (BOW) creations. Umbrella is gone by this point, and may yet come back. The Matilda handgun was named after the character with the same name from the movie Léon: The Professional (1994), which also had a main character called Leon. This Resident Evil used all new enemies that were not in any of the previous games. No zombies, no Cerberus, no crows, no giant spiders, no tyrants, no hunters, no lickers made it to this installment. This is the first Resident Evil presented in 16:9 widescreen. All previous entries were displayed in 4:3 fullscreen. This is why when the game is played on an 4:3 television it appears to be letterboxed. The gameplay was changed after Mikami realized that many of the game designers were tired of the same formula used in other Resident Evil games. The cult name Los Illuminados translates to "The Enlighted" in English. The parasites, Las Plagas, translates to "the plagues" in English. During the end boss battle, Ada Wong suddenly appears and throws a special rocket launcher that can be used to kill the boss. The same thing happens at the end of Resident Evil 2 (1998). Albert Wesker, long-time nemesis in the Resident Evil series, is only mentioned in the main game as the mastermind behind Krauser's and Ada's involvement in obtaining a Las Plagas sample. He makes a visual appearance in the 'Separate Ways' side-missions, though. When Ada and Leon meet up in Salazar's quarters, Ada sneaks up from behind and (after a brief fight) tells him: "Long time no see". Albert Wesker says the same thing when he approaches Chris Redfield from behind in Resident Evil: Code: Veronica (2000). Those infected and controlled by Las Plagas are called Ganados. In Spanish, "ganado" means "cattle" or "livestock". However, it is rarely used in the plural (except as a form of the verb "ganar", which means "to win" or "to earn"). The original GameCube version contains a unique glitch where sometimes after reopening a save file, Leon will move sideways instead of forward. If you reset the game and reopen the save file though, Leon will walk straight again. Another glitch caused Leon to move much faster than normal, making shooting and slicing a knife much easier. During any cutscene in which Leon draws his weapon it will always be the handgun that you start the game with that he draws,even if you've sold it and bought a different one. The Killer 7 handgun was named after Killer7 (2005), another Capcom game produced by Shinji Mikami. This is the only weapon in the game not to feature an exclusive upgrade. In addition to the Mathilda, the game pays home to the movie Léon: The Professional (1994) in an unlockable "Professional" difficulty.

[@jonseyjones321]

This was my childhood! My first RE game. Even though now I believe the franchise should be more like RE 1, 2, and 3 story wise. I still have a soft spot for RE 4, though. I can't wait for a great remake of it like RE 2. RE 3 remake was crap, unfortunately. Anyway, lets watch this video!!!

[@randallrona9618]

Who's here after the release of Resident Evil 4 Remake teaser?

[@walking00dead]

changed until 2019 with the Resident evil 2 remake and all the Resident evil / silent hill indie clones that are every where now days

[@billygarcia9885]

I loved the video, but you not ONCE mentioned the Merchant and its upsetting.

[@Sumblueguy41]

Or our best friend: the knife

[@Xehanort10]

"Not enough cash stranger."

[@reddays8448]

Resident evil 4 is my favorite video game of all time I love the game to death

[@tylerbertram7065]

Could you do a review on the Ultimate Spider man comics.

[@RedJester68]

Great video! My only complaint is that I’d argue that Shattered Memories took Silent Hill in the opposite direction that Resident Evil went with 4, as there is no combat whatsoever.

[@nifftbatuff676]

Lets hope it will go back as before soon.

[@pikachen]

RE4 had less "horror" but the intensity was geared up by 10. Although the Regenerators were pretty terrifying. The puzzles. Replay-ability. The side game with the Mercenaries. There was A LOT to this game that kept different types of people coming back. Then later when you could dress up Ashely in a suit of Armour. And the "what're ya sellin" "whatre u buyin" person. I loved this game. 😂

[@White927]

I hated this game As a re 😂😂. Had less horror, he said it had, but less, the regenerator parts were short and felt uncompleted boss.

[@MR.__G]

@@White927 I definitely know you hate the island chapter of the game. It literally went full action by that point. Village & castle still give some type of creepy atmosphere, but for the most part this game went away from its roots. For the remake they should bring back item boxes, remove ammo / resource drops, remove combat moves, add more puzzles, remove the merchant & add gun parts to upgrade weapons & add inventory slots. But no way in hell they would ever do that lmao

[@White927]

@@MR.__G I hate every part of the game as a RE, the island chapter the most, not bad.

[@White927]

@@MR.__G That's what I thought about too, but having a re game like RE 3.5 is better as a re 4. More important thing re 4 needs is to continue the umbrella storyline with zombies and not having a fake Leon guy where he says: Stock prizes crashed and umbrella is finished.

[@HotSizzleTV_]

I hope we get a remake of resident evil 4 and code Veronica. 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽🙏🏽

[@robocanine]

RE4 is being remade as we speak

[@Tedis_P_Apache]

You are a fan many things including this classic series

[@livingdeadfitness1528]

I think Resident Evil 4 is my favorite game of all time. I think partially because it has very high replay value for me. Same with REmake.

[@BenjiDWJ]

An awesome video as per usual, Matt! 😆 👍 👍 Cheers to you, my man! 🍻

[@Xehanort10]

I like that RE4's more standalone while having a few connections to other games with Wesker having taken control of the leftovers of Umbrella after its fall and sending Krauser to gain Saddler's trust so he can get a Las Plagas sample and give it to Wesker. And the people Ada works for sending her to get it while having her pretend to work for Wesker so they can keep an eye on him.

[@crashoveroid]

Great overview, This by far is my favourite RE game.

[@communistcomputergod6449]

Changed forever as in causing the quality of survival horror to go down hard! But I don’t mind since that means Silent Hill 2 remained the gold standard of survival horror to this day! So thanks easy to please resident evil fans

[@liaml.e.5964]

¡Un forastero!

[@thelegendofner0]

They really should have implemented the barricading inside of houses and fighting off onslaughts more in RE5 and RE6, especially the latter since it also plays in a big city. Could've been very interesting! Sadly it went the COD direction instead of survival horror on a city wide scale.

[@AE-su4wq]

Awesome video! Just wondering, do you think you will cover BioShock someday? I would love to hear your analysis on both it’s mechanics and themes?

[@MattDraper]

Thanks! Maybe someday, it's a really interesting game and I actually just played it again the other month.

[@joxerd]

Speaking of the controls, in my honest opinion they feel better than Ke5 and if they had made an action game with the Ke6 controls and not named it Re6 I feel that the game would have been better received. Ke4 is the best of the 3 to play again especially if it is the campaign.

[@MR.__G]

The low sales most likely were the results of the games being a GameCube exclusive. Ps2 is the highest selling game console of all time. If they were ps2 exclusive I’m sure the sales would’ve been great

[@EvilXero359]

One of the more memorable parts to RE4 was the merchant. Gotta selection of good tings on sale strangah Not enough cash, strangah. Strangah, hurr hah, what you need that for, goin huntin an elephant?

[@livingdeadfitness1528]

He was the real hero of resident evil 4 lol.

[@White927]

He was the ruin of horror.

[@princesg7052]

“Stranger...Stranger....now, that’s a weapon!” The merchant is a legend.

[@porassrivastava8242]

I bought it for my ps2 when I was 12 was scared to finish it but what a game. One of my all time favs, old Capcom was something else. If you're doing games I'd suggest you how devil may cry changed character action.

[@TighelanderII]

I learned that the game is one of the best ever only a few years ago. After learning that, I thought that's how I'd been able to play the Mercenaries part of it over and over for years. It's been years since I played it, but started binging it recently, watching it on a flat-screen and listening to in surround sound for the first time. I've been a fan since the first game and it was great to work on the comic book right after that.

[@highwind1991]

My favorite game of all time. One of those rare cases where an entire team of talented developers threw every idea that they had at the wall and somehow it all came together Masterfully

[@White927]

Half life and GTA and their companies is more successfull and talented than capcom or even this game.

[@Bacbi]

I'd prefer if re7 and re8 let you switch to third person but if we keep getting remakes like re2 and 3 for the rest of the games and hopefully one day re4 I can accept that certain titles in the franchise just aren't for me. Hell I'm one of those people who actually love re5 and think re6 is a fun game to play even though they weren't scary. Re6 especially has some great third person gameplay once you learn to use everything.

[@MR.__G]

One concept I loved about evil within 2, they added a first person mode. So you can experience the game from both point of views. I think RE can do that for their future entries.

[@hjames78]

In naming horror games dont forget Luigi's Mansion lol

[@bartolomeestebanmurillo4459]

I like RE5 but it fell short should have been 75% horror and only 25% action like RE4 was. I just hope they don't change it up too much for the remake.

[@dr.s8972]

*MIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!*

[@Jekyll_Jackal]

Resident Evil 4 (The Syyrim of Survival horror)

[@RaKeLN.]

RE4 inspired Dead Space. Dead Space is more scary than RE7, at least the first game. I don't know why people say RE7 is scary, I didn't find it scary, and it doesn't really go back to the roots, is more like Outlast.

[@MR.__G]

Idk you’re probably a demon if you don’t find 7 scary lol.. so many people complained about it being too scary, village took a scale back because of that

[@RaKeLN.]

@@MR.__G Maybe (😈) ... But question: what did you find scary in RE7?

[@MR.__G]

@@RaKeLN. the Claustrophobic hallways, the darkness of your Peripheral view, first person aspect makes it feel like you’re in the game, feels like you’re in the chainsaw massacre house, the atmosphere of the game, the creepy noises.. this game was also playable in VR which I could only imagine how scary that must’ve felt. Village didn’t give me that same creepiness. In some areas, but with the addition of more ammo it made me feel more powerful. Outlast was another game that creeped me out. First person really brings out a tension that third person can’t. And Ha at the maybe 😈 part lol

[@RaKeLN.]

@@MR.__G interesting, I always like to hear others perspective, and view on things. ✌

[@MR.__G]

@@RaKeLN. absolutely ! I find that very interesting also. Btw I also found dead space creepy as fuck. Very good game. I hope we can get a remastered. Another thing that brings more tension to these game is playing with headphones on. Literally makes you like you’re there ! My ps5 headset does a great job at that lol

[@BillytheEntertainer]

"twin snakes syndrome" heh

[@dr.s8972]

As a kid, I lived for the dumb shit Leon would say in this game lol

[@somereallycoolnameorsometh384]

I love how RE4 is soooo out there compared to 123🤣😂🤣😂

[@xornedge8204]

Lets hope the remake keeps the old gameplay. Edit: I liked the story and atmosphere of RE4. Makes more sense than Silent Hill’s story although SH has a more interesting atmosphere. But the cheesy voice acting on SH is a yikes.

[@jackjax7921]

lmao same gameplay? It has the most garbage mechanics of all time.

[@FISTER_Roboto94]

I loved 4 Idk why they're remaking it though it was already pretty perfect I thought they should've gone with a remake of RE0, RE1 or Code Veronica but oh well I'm still going to buy it

[@SymbioticSpider9729]

There's no confirmation that it's guaranteed to happen, it's all rumors and pure speculation....

[@FISTER_Roboto94]

@@SymbioticSpider9729 I think Capcom confirmed that they're remaking 4

[@SymbioticSpider9729]

@@FISTER_Roboto94 No they haven't....

[@SymbioticSpider9729]

@@FISTER_Roboto94 Don't be a brainless moron and believe invalid information, check on all of their OFFICIAL websites and social media accounts.....

[@FISTER_Roboto94]

@@SymbioticSpider9729 jeez that shot to insults real quick, you should work on that.

[@dark_knight_-tb4qd]

Love the Resident Evil series as a whole. I used to blame 4 for the action-focused games we got throughout the 7th generation of consoles, but it's a fun game and probably saved the series from the brink of obscurity.

[@swagwolfgang]

More like how re4 changed gaming forever

[@TheOro44]

A terrible RE game but an unmatched milestone in third-person action.

[@jonseyjones321]

I bought RE 4 for the PS4 a few months back, and wow the controls are hard to play by today's standards. Playing it back in the day felt easy. I was used to it and was decent. But after the last 10 years of modern gameplay, it feels off-putting. But I get the idea. Having to stand still as you aim to shoot adds an extra layer of difficulty. I wonder if this aspect would be kept in a remake, or if it would be updated to keep inline with RE 2 and RE 3 remake.

[@DestinyZX1]

RE4 is pretty much a double edged sword

[@NobodyUR]

The shocking realization that Capcom put all those re games on the GameCube was completely unexpected and awesome

[@zackarymacdowell6266]

Resident Evil 4 is the only more action orientated game I dont mind being part of the Resident Evil franchise since between 4-6, i think Resident Evil 4 had the best balance of action shooter and horror. Sure the whole having to rescue Ashley Graham repeatedly was a major test of my patience and Ive never been a big fan of the idea of monsters using weapons but thats mostly minor nitpicking. But if I remember anything from this game its one word: Regenerators. Jesus those things were def the scariest thing about Resident Evil 4 imo.

[@mattizgir]

This guy talks like Heisenberg

[@rickyyacine4818]

It was bold move to change it to 3rd preson shooter good one but it destroyed the old elements in re When I was kid was hugely support this style re 4 but in time I realized that beauty of the old style take look at re7 and re8 pt style its trash re4 was very good game but it destroyed horror old elements in the og games now I came back to thoes old games for example re 1 remake re 2 original fuck the remake and re3 original and files they our heaven

[@unr8ted77]

Great game. Crappy RE game. Also, come on man, everyone knows the sales of Remake and Zero were low because they were on Gamecube, not because of their camera.

[@ashyoshicharizard3949]

It is a great game. no mater what.

[@White927]

True.

[@MR.__G]

Exactly !! If those games were on PlayStation they would’ve sold well

[@georgemyris]

OMG 😍💋 💝💖❤️

[@ericrhodes5174]

How survival horror became generic shooter

[@ashyoshicharizard3949]

Let's be honest the old re games were scary. besides Steve voice in cv.

[@White927]

@@ashyoshicharizard3949 You are scared.

[@handsolo1076]

To big to fail - RE3R. Money isn't everything Capcom.

[@PunishedSnake88]

@Trump4Prison2021 lol chill you spaz

[@wheelie_1988]

For me personally. I hated Resident Evil 4. Cause it went from zombies and horror to something it wasn't. The gameplay etc is good. I just didn't like the change in storyline. Resident Evil 5 gameplay was good, but the storyline didn't make sense etc.

[@ashyoshicharizard3949]

Bad opinion.

[@White927]

I agree with your opinion.

[@yrh002b8]

At least 5 connect some dot to the original game.