Resident Evil 4 Remake | 30 Secrets and Easter Eggs

Another game of the year candidate released last week. The long awaited remake of Resident Evil 4. Filled with secrets, amazing details and tons of references to the 2005 game. Here's my favourite 30!
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[@Cipher-IIX]

2:10 I don't remember the coughing, but solid job merchant 😂👍

[@re_4merchant]

Breathing in gunpowder doesn’t exactly work wonders on your lungs

[@stewart1961]

During the Salazar fight, Salazar starts talking about scripts. That conversation is the exact same conversation they had over the radio in the original game.

[@zom8680]

A very annoying conversation to be heard multiple times when you are on your first playthrough and don't know about line of sighting his attacks and die to the stupid one shots 😂

[@MikeCheckVR]

I really love the attention to detail Capcom gave this game. Plenty of callbacks to the original. Brings a tear to my eye.

[@keironharvey]

Ashley is invulnerable when wearing the armour. And Leon in the 1930s gangster gear with the Typewriter is very out of place, but it's absolutely beautiful

[@codygames5415]

Despite the villagers living like it’s 1898 in 1998-2004.

[@MikeScott55]

I’m happy that you mention Leon’s use of the C.A.R. system in the game and referencing Vendetta as I like the idea that he started around RE4 and then progressively became the badass he is in Vendetta.

[@AwesomeAcidika]

The CAR system was developed around 2004 or 2005 by a police officer if I do recall.

[@minty9984]

​@@AwesomeAcidikaWho exactly?

[@Decryptaed]

Resident Evil 4 was good, but Resident Evil 4 remake is really nostalgic and good. And I can't wait to play replay this game and find the Easter eggs.

[@ryfojuan7114]

4 remake nostalgic? dude it switched lol

[@silentgamer1997]

What does this even mean the OG RE4 was the catalyst for the Remake, hence why it's nostalgic because it took the old and made it into the new whilst preserving the OG source material

[@zekesqueststudios]

RE4 remake is my GOTY so far

[@chrisguara]

The Pinstripe Leon and Knight Ashley is also a callback from the original, as well as the special animation when Leon catches Ashley while she is wearing the armor

[@moscowvicent831]

I don't get it why does he Have a suit anyway?

[@dickisantoso2402]

@@moscowvicent831 in the OG RE4 it's just a bonus & Special suit lol

[@ZeroFighter]

Version 1.1. It wasn't in 1.0, and I wouldn't call it a callback so much as it was in that version, so it's expected to appear in the remake too, just like how we've currently got The Mercenaries, and Separate Ways- another 1.1 addition that wasn't in 1.0- is just around the corning, according to word through the grapevine.

[@darkside-original]

and the chicargo typewriter reload animation

[@darkside-original]

​@@ZeroFighter it was in 1.0 I played the shit out of it on PS2

[@1s1up]

The killer 7 is also a reference to the pistol the terminator has in the first terminator

[@MegaMiquelon]

You can really see how much love they put into RE4.... like their soul is here

[@acevectorgames]

The first RE games that I've played 12 playthroughs with all difficulty modes and platinumed it. Thank you Capcom for putting so much effort in this game !!

[@os_oz]

no you didn't bro

[@acevectorgames]

@@os_oz Oh yeah I did, usually I play 3 - 5 playthroughs for every RE series but this 4 remake definitely the best. Can't get enough of this game 🔥

[@Tordehole]

The only issue I have with the intro bell skip as nice as it is, is that you can only do it in NG+ as neither the starting pistol nor shotgun have the range to hit the bell. And if you are in NG+ you already have infinite ammo or plenty of it in order to blitz the fight either way.

[@DaemonSharkSpiritOfFire]

Speed running potential

[@drbastion6951]

You can still pull it off in new game its just really hard to aim that far with a pistol

[@Tordehole]

​@@drbastion6951 Idk I sat trying for a while with inf ammo in multiple areas over the rooftop and just couldnt seem to dig the bell in a NG save. I guess I might just be shit though.

[@drbastion6951]

@@Tordehole without a rifle its very hard to hit the bell due to distance and size of the bell

[@misosiru8653]

I love how for the throne sitting easter egg that the words appear like a typewriter from left to right, instead of popping up on the screen Its the small details, well done capcom

[@spectrickx1678]

The Bingo line will always be legendary.

[@calebcortes2962]

A note on the throne part.. when the text pops up, it reads like how it would read in the original, with the text appearing from left to right. This is the only time that happens in the game

[@thedoctor4115]

People are picking on some very very far fetched Easter eggs, which is amazing, but all keep missing the really simple one .... Beginning of the first chapter you can see a dead wolf in a bear trap. That's where we rescued the wolf in the og. Also, remember that truck on fire at the end of village sequence? That truck is now just standing there with treasure in it (after Mendez fight). And also the "This time it has to be different" line as they make a big deal out of de-plagazation (while it was just a short stop in OG). Also, it could in general refer to entire remake as it is remake and has to be different.

[@adamgill9730]

Yeah, i was wondering what the Mafia reload would look like In one of Captain Eggcellent's Hidden details videos, he showed what happens when reload the Chicago Typewriter (the original name for the Chicago Sweeper I think) 3 or 4 and what happened was the same thing in the remake The only difference was, he did it outside and it was perfectly timed (if not caused by the actual reload) with a lightning strike as his hat was placed on his head

[@shakefan1484]

Should be mentioned the bell skip is in new game plus only. So unfortunately it can't be used for an S+ run.

[@oddfreaks6452]

Don’t forget you can one shot Salazar with the rocket launcher. But in the old game you’d have to hold onto that big bastard for a good chunk of the castle segment

[@zom8680]

Yep, and back then you got one launcher for free, this time around it costs 160k 😂

[@MultiKamil97]

​@@zom868080k*

[@EggmanlandResident]

Also, regarding Leon's starting handgun. It has the nickname "Silver Ghost," hence the SG in the name. I'm not sure where it was mentioned before, but it was based off the Samurai Edge in the original game. I believe that context isn't mentioned in classic RE4. Probably some kind of supplemental material.

[@Nicole-qg5gl]

I love how Capcom remixed the original game’s soundtracks, especially the music on the radio for the bonus round of the shooting range. Somehow I didn’t know that you can come back to the throne room during my first playthrough.

[@lancestemmer-li2rz]

Love ur vids fam they help me alot and fun to watch

[@myeternalsin]

If you want super jiggle physics, check out the Regeneradors. They jiggle jiggle, and wiggle wiggle.

[@IHateNicolasCage]

I’m so glad “Master of Unlocking” and “Jill Sandwich” has stood the test of time. We all know the RE1 dialogue is corny but I love it. Special call out to Barry saying weapons are especially good against living things.

[@Saiegel]

There is another reference to speedrunners glitches on the game. If you fully upgraded your starting knife, the perk is to be 2x faster. Because in RE2 remake you could make the knife faster by unlocking fps on the pc version, even better since is Marvins knife it is 100% related to RE2 remake.

[@Deakster314]

I didn’t see this in the video or the comments but in the original there is a laser room where leon must dodge the lasers to proceed and it’s an Easter egg to the first resident evil movie

[@Yolocheese]

Thanks for this!

[@vladyvhv9579]

Returning from classic RE4: Killer 7 was included in classic RE4 to promote the upcoming game. In the classic RE4, Leon practically falls to his knees catching her in the armor, with a similar animation to the remake when he stands back up. Additionally, it made her invincible and unable to be kidnapped apart from cutscenes. Chicago Sweeper used to be Chicago Typewriter (not sure why tht's changed). Handcannon is another returning aspect, but in classic, it had to be upgraded to max to get infinite ammo. Classic also has egg throwing, but any egg would act similarly to a stun grenade, minus the insta-kill on exposed plagas. They would however open the egged enemy to melee finishers. Honestly, the classic RE4 easteregg that I always knew about but have to often find videos to reference to others is when after killing Del Lago, you backtrack to that fist dock from the del lago easteregg, and go up the path a bit more. The Colmillos introduction cutscene there.

[@Goof738]

I’m so glad you remade resident evil four

[@akkumu7017]

He has had the Matilda since RE2.

[@Ala7wi__]

Thanks for your great contact ❤️

[@denhawken]

Puppers a very big help this go round!

[@MorrisseyMuse]

I agree with that first point immensely! I had to alter my HDR brightness settings to be able to see half the damn game!

[@climax050]

If you refuse to catch Ashley in the armor she'll jump down herself and bust her knees up a little bit. Also the one I'm shocked not many people have caught, the merchant says something like "my back is killing me, years haven't been kind to us", which is a direct reference to the OG game all those years ago, and how years haven't been kind to it, mixed with a joke about his back being sore because he has to carry enough weapons to take over a small country in his coat. Pretty cool nod to the original game.

[@PandaCheeks]

He says it in the original...

[@RayFinkle22266]

Yeah I didn’t catch her when she jumps down before getting in the heavy equipment just ran off looking for stuff came back she was dusting herself off

[@PFCIceman]

The destiny reference when he finds the skeleton and says something along the lines of “forgot your ghost huh”

[@December221995]

"Gave up the ghost, huh"

[@PFCIceman]

@@December221995 that’s the one. Thank you.

[@blackzero7253]

I feel like theyre beating the Master of Unlocking reference over everyones heads now. It was neat when they did it in Revelations 2 but I think its been in every game since. Enjoying all the other stuff though!

[@darkside-original]

Good man Adam 😉👍👌🎬🥇

[@BabuMosahi]

Damn the jiggle physics i thought i was the only rotten fish. 😂

[@brantmillis6339]

Anyone,notice the broken down gondola in the village? The one Leon had to ride in the original whilst getting attacked.

[@allenaldridge9808]

Golden eggs could be used as weapons in the original. I chucked one at random in the original and the Ganado at the bottom was dead when I got there

[@ayhambarto612]

Man i really want this game Its just a masterpiece of all This is probably one of the greatest remake i saw

[@codygames5415]

You’re probably right.

[@nickolasgough8529]

I did not even know that you could shoot the lake and be eaten by Del Lago. 😂Awesome 😁 Didn't know you could flip the jet ski either! 😅

[@yousefmahdy5346]

This is gonna be good

[@ShadowCthulhu]

Leon rubs his shoulder after firing the hand cannon, sometimes at least. Killer 7 also looks like the handgun from the Original Terminator.

[@AfroMozes]

Sweet bro!

[@Warlama]

i was surprised when you didnt mention the killer 7 being a nod to the 1st terminator movie. as the terminator movie showed a .45 longslide with laser sighting.

[@MrJ-bz8fe]

I never knew about the jet ski tricks until now😳

[@shapeshift13]

Man I loving this so far and it runs decent on my older machine. I played the original version when I was like 11 years old

[@bombomos]

All of OG Leon's line are fair from cringe. They are gold

[@albertgongora6944]

There's also a reference to Resident Evil Village when you have to retrieve the snakehead for that three-headed statue when you go into that specific room for that specific head when you first walk into the room there's a fireplace off to your right and if you look up there is the head of the school year or whatever animal skull that was that's the same one Ethan uses to basically get the mass off of that statue as a puzzle when you have to go into the boss room where you fight one of the daughters of Lady D

[@garymcderp1146]

You can also buy round sunglasses for Leon, which look like the glasses Leon The Professional wore in the movie.

[@bleiglanz]

Guess who has boob AND badonk-a-donk physics PLUS belly physics in the models? Our beloved Regeneradores! ;-)

[@ComanderRilldo]

the Killer 7 is also modeled after the pistol The Terminator uses in the first movie too

[@sultan.3661]

Im not sure but I think the handcannon is reference to the movie pulp fiction where a guy shoots Vincent and Jules with S&W magnum and misses then jules names the gun the handcannon

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

Kind of. In pulp fiction it was a .357 here it's a much more massive 500 mag "Handcanon" is just a nickname for oversized guns

[@Ramounskee]

The fact they made the ditman reference makes this game a legend

[@Cipher-IIX]

I found another Easter egg(I think ) , one of the rings you find in this game as a treasure looks very similar to the one the Duke wears in re8, the ring 8n re4 is red and gold, the dukes is purple and gold

[@laughingladsahauntinginthe6071]

I've bingo-ing mad thinking about this 😂

[@laughingladsahauntinginthe6071]

😂😂😂😂 the physics 😮 that earned a sub 😂

[@ceydarella]

2:07 THE COUGH LMFAOOOO

[@Anthonysan86]

I think I unlocked the hand canon by accident through the mercenaries because of scoring high enough on all maps super early, then after beating it I noticed the challenge to unlock the hand canon is an option despite already having it

[@codygames5415]

Shooting the fish in the lake and the lake monster jumping out of the lake scared the pee out of me.

[@tylerwilliams6022]

I just realized something about the Hunk mask/helmet you get after completing Professional mode. Is it maybe another nod to the film Leon The Professional? In the end of the film, Leon dons a gas mask and fatigues to sneak out of the building amongst the swat team.

[@AddictedToBox1]

It’s a reference to Hunk, Aka Mr. Death. He is a character in Resident Evil/Biohazard universe. He appears first in Resident Evil 2. Also, in Resident Evil: Revelations (the HD version) and some other games, there is a recurring character called Lady Hunk.

[@tylerwilliams6022]

@@AddictedToBox1 Do you really think I don't know who Hunk is? I straight out used his name in my comment.

[@4evermilkman]

Resident Evil 4 is one of my favorite games of all time, knocking Resident Evil 4 off that list! Bravo Capcom for doing what most thought couldn't be done! :)

[@dragonkamran]

Sentinel Nine is literally Vendetta pistol that Leon uses

[@obeliskgaming927]

I actually found one that I don't think anyone realizes is in the game in the pit after Salazar throne room when Verdugo throws Leon into the pit

[@brayancedeno2253]

I miss looking under Ashley skirt

[@lukelmaooooo]

this is not only a great remake but one of the better third person action shooters ive ever played, up there with gears of war for me gameplay wise, especially since once you start figuring out all the strats like ducking grabs, quickturn, perfect parries, and also upgrading the knife to be a viable cqc weapon, the game becomes a john wick simulator

[@lordblackheart6270]

Also did you forget that the same Killer7 Magnum Pistol was originally a .45 acp 1911 pistol in the 1st Terminator movie that he inspects it in the gun shop & says to him: I’ll be back line. But yea, you also forgot that one my friend

[@WhatTheFirstAidSpray]

The gold egg doesn't just knock Ramon to the ground, it cleaves off 70% of his health. 2 of them will KO him entirely.

[@AddictedToBox1]

Hey, a guy who loves RE 4 a bit too much (have done all challenges in the remake and have played the original and now the remake at least once a week for around 8 years) Here are some easter eggs and references this video doesn’t mention: -If Leon shoots the water repeatedly while standing on the wooden pier near the boat before proceeding to fight Del Lago, he will surprise attack Leon and swallow him whole. -While playing Chapter 7, players will encounter places where Salazar will communicate through speakers. He will taunt them for wasting time saving the girl or degrading the players’ skills. Players can shoot the speakers to receive a different reaction from Salazar. He will begin to laugh relentlessly, as this will not affect Salazar, unlike in the original, where leon shoots the speaker during a cutscene, hurting Salazar’s ear. -When in Salazar’s castle, you arrive at a point where Leon has to jump across a chandelier to get to the other side of the room. When getting back to Ashley, she says: “Leon! Are you kidding me? Jumping across chandeliers? Seriously, who does that?” This is probably a reference to how many times you use chandeliers in the original game to get to places.

[@rockyripvon3279]

Gun rhymes with fun stranger

[@Okgamer43]

That scene from vendetta Leon is using the sentinel nine

[@GoonieLord]

If anyone of you PC folks own the Handcannon and Chicago Sweeper make sure you use the new mod that lets the Legendary Powerhoues get the original firepower back

[@carljohan9265]

Holy crap the jet ski flips are even more badass in the remake! Gotta love when devs actually respect their history and their fans.

[@TheManWithNoName869]

2:58 this glitch was really helpful i speedruned the game in 1 hour and 40 minutes few times

[@CaelenSawyers]

9:25, the wolf is named Hewie and is a reference to a German Shepard of the same name from Capcom's "Haunting Ground"...not Wolfy McWolfface

[@lukelmaooooo]

this is one of those remakes where everything looks the way your nostalgia brain remembers the original

[@Blood-uj7mw]

Epic ending!

[@draconicthemoelion7726]

9:26 His name is Hewie. This is canon. I'm not even kidding. He's a reference to Haunting Ground. He's a wolf, now, but he's still Hewie.

[@Sharingan1230]

you forgot the other easter egg: the shooting dummies are actually from a 80s Capcom game _Pirate Ship Higemaru_

[@user-zh4ok1lu3n]

You forgot the angel statue from RE7 Ethan Must Die. I spotted it a few times throughout RE4.

[@dwerical]

Real epic

[@user-kz6jy3zd4o]

I wonder if Ditman played Re4 Remake. If he did that would be so cool.

[@unknown5771]

Hopefully he makes a new striker shotgun glitch

[@AmanMeer__]

Also in Ng+ after first house you jump out window instead of running on left there is a merchant

[@christian1neza1656]

The church bell rings after a certain amount of time OR U take down 15 or so villagers/Ganados

[@IamVengeance69]

That ashley line "master of unlocking" he think he valentine huh🤣🤣

[@bane9951]

I thought the shooting gallery music sounded familiar, i wrote it off as deja vu since theres plenty of songs that sound like it

[@guillemnicolau]

The dog is not a friend for life, as it comes back to the village later with a plaga to kill you :(

[@all_the_smiles5270]

In the village, its not just a time thing. You can kill 15 villagers to expedite the process and move on.

[@Sishdbjddh]

My PS+ meet your maker isn’t on the store, do u know why?

[@albertgongora6944]

LOL also wanted to put this out there didn't know that the original save file music also had a guy coughing in the background I need to go check that out on the original game😂

[@SuZull]

4:15 BADONKADONK!!!

[@b3ans4eva]

Did they keep the Ashley suplex bug?

[@charlottejones6725]

Matilda is also in either Re2 or Re3 if I can remember with the same pose

[@CordeliaAurora]

Leon mastered the art of GUN FU

[@Hitman2b]

the killer 7 it self is more likely to be a reference to terminator too

[@seebarino]

Man I tried to flip the jet ski twice and I couldn’t get it to go 💀

[@mavis1311]

4:05 the regenerators also get jiggle physics

[@gurbingus]

"Dreadful comedy one liners" you take that shit back right now. Bro

[@pozzibleMovies]

I didn't know about what would happen when I shot at the lake, I just wanted the fish, and it gave me a heart attack

[@codygames5415]

Same. ☹️