Resident Evil 4 Remake is Actually Good

[@SyntheticMan]

Yeah, this review is pretty late. As some of you may know, I'm suffering from a mystery illness that limits what food my stomach can tolerate and drains my energy. The good news is that my brother has been seeing a doctor for it for 6 months and he's narrowed it down to either being a fungus or parasite. If it's the fungus, the medication is pretty cheap and you only have to take it for 2 weeks. If it's a parasite, it will be a bit more expensive but still not too bad. The bad news is in both cases I will likely have even less energy to make videos so I'm probably only going to release one more video this month. And in the case of the stomach fungus, usually only immuno-compromised people get it which would be really bad for obvious reasons. Worst case scenario, it's neither and I'm stuck with this mystery disease for a while. It really saps my motivation for making videos so I'm probably only going to make positive videos until I feel better. I know some of you have been waiting for me to cover good games for a while so I guess that's some good news.

[@natediaz1863]

Oh shit, you got las plagas!

[@cobain2261]

Hope you get it sorted. I remember you saying your brother had to basically do the carnivore diet because of this illness. Hopefully that can provide you some relief until you get it cured.

[@H0mework]

Get some broccoli seeds to sprout and take NAC and glycine for your immune system. It helped me. Hope you didn't get stomach AIDS lol

[@aceDOZA]

Got that plagas

[@np4231]

I hope you figure it out man and get better. Don’t lose hope in yourself, you’ve come a long way.

[@jansonhensen7804]

You are way better at articulating criticism than other reviewers. And you do it off the cuff.

[@SolonGaming]

Because he loves videogames and has played tons of them for a long time. Also he is smart and has very high standards, unlike most reviewers who sound like easily impressed teens.

[@nolanlehman6392]

@@SolonGaming Watch skill up or gmanlives and get back to me on that.

[@ExtremeMan10]

@@SolonGaming Well duh, people tend to forget love is also ruthless and bold, if you dont tell someone honest truth, then do you really love them?

[@z304legend]

You mean they be as honest as possible without being fake and just trying to give em opinion that thinks many gamers think like. If I wasn't so anti social I would of made a channel similar to this one. The fact he mentioned DSP is funny fully knowing DSP stinks at games and blames everyone but himself

[@z304legend]

2nd comment of mine - oh I played just as much games as synthetic man here so I have good opinions on games as well.

[@kaidorade1317]

“I see the President’s daughter’s two balistas have been de equipped “ says Luis sadly

[@khalednajjar3852]

@Zoomer Stasi What do you mean a man-face ?

[@khalednajjar3852]

@Zoomer Stasi Really dude ? I bet you're the one that has never seen a real one, you do know that her face is based on a real women right?

[@kielbasamage]

@Zoomer Stasi Personally, I didn't consider it man face. I considered it "La goblina de la americana" instead.

[@kielbasamage]

@Zoomer Stasi One COULD argue her Radar are still there, just hidden, even though they removed the Leon seeking ballistics.

[@vitoribas]

@Zoomer Stasi man face wtf she got the most delicate and feminine face possible

[@arntbrodersen3124]

Super based with the jewish music while takling about Capcom’s greed.

[@GMAV3RICK]

Wait… Jews are greedy? How can you be so sure?

[@stinkfinga4918]

*hasidic. The algorithm protects the kites

[@Kettenhund82]

Haha, oh man. :D

[@SimonStrange]

It's Kirby Air Ride music

[@kielbasamage]

@@SimonStrange Kirby's a practicing jew confirmed.

[@wbbooth]

One of the few game review channels left not cutting developers any slack for their bullshit, even when the game is good. Keep up the good work synth.

[@zk0rned]

It isn't the devs that decide what is put into the game 99% of the time in current year

[@zk0rned]

@James Sunderland Nah it's pretty tedious for no real reason I'll stick with playing the original the graphics improvements don't justify the hit in game mechanics to me

[@TheREALHugo4]

Nah, he is garbage. Can't wait till his channel is deleted.

[@hman378]

@@zk0rned Blinded by nostalgia. Suit yourself.

[@abnormally_deceased]

@@hman378 You're blinded by graphics.

[@mel-el5862]

This review got all the re4 remake fanboys angry in despair lmao. This was average at best

[@danielgregori7019]

No, you are just another nostalgic hater

[@mel-el5862]

@@danielgregori7019 you're a modern nerd with biased lens who worships bankrupt creativity. The original will always be superior and had a bigger impact than this dark wannabe horror turd qith cut content lmao.

[@Datlemon262]

Nobody’s angry dude, log off

[@DirtyDev]

I still prefer og re4 because of the horror-action-comedy style that the remake doesn’t have

[@stinkfinga4918]

Half of the charm was in those codec sequences

[@Ronbotnik]

leon not having grade A banter with hunnigan in the remake is such a miss

[@yassyann5727]

Horror ?

[@DirtyDev]

@@yassyann5727 it has a horror setting even despite it not being scary

[@solidwisdom8749]

Its too dated for me But og wasnt that bad

[@Kettenhund82]

100k subs mean that there are a hundred thousand good lads out there. Keep it up, Synth, and greetings from Germany.

[@arkgaharandan5881]

occupied land is the correct term not Germany.

[@GeneraluStelaru]

@@jayk4828 Not even Deutschland, since its a derivation from "Dacia," which was further East.

[@Hohenstein1871]

​@@arkgaharandan5881 You don't have to rub into our wounds as much, mate :(

[@stevekramerf242]

@@arkgaharandan5881 It's not just Germany, Japan is also occupied (and a few other countries too).

[@gabagool6572]

I'm just so sick of remakes/remasters at this point that even when they are good I find it hard to care. The majority of big releases this year so far have been remakes/remasters, it's just boring to me.

[@TheRealOAFs]

I fully agree, the only remakes I somewhat want or care about, are ps1 and PS2 games, mostly because it's nice to emulation, but I want easier and more modern ways to play them. And if handled correctly, modding support etc

[@gabagool6572]

​@@TheRealOAFs Yeah I definitely agree that an older game deserves a remake/remaster more. At the same time I'd rather devs just release high-quality ports to modern platforms rather than taking he time away from new games to remaster or remake them.

[@SLRModShop]

​@@TheRealOAFs Man, I want Nomad Soul and Blue Stinger remade so bad. I'm still playing them to this day, I don't even want better graphics, just updated control schemes. On that note, if you're into this kind of games (6 degrees of liberty shooters

[@kielbasamage]

I'm really hoping everything doesn't end up like, the big guys end up dissuaded from making new IPs because all their new stuff is ideologically charged crap, so instead of turning down the schizo propaganda they play it safe and only every rehash established properties. Of course, until they end up flopping the remakes as well, Disney style. Then who knows what bull they'll try to do to save themselves.

[@assvader03]

I think it just means the age of great ideas is over and all the good games are in the past?

[@NonPlayableChris]

perfectly said, again for those who cry about synthetic man's opinions he usually does offer good reviews and he does give credit where credit is due. great review bro.

[@victors4786]

Okay lawyer. Even if you agree with his opinions in the video, you commented when the video came out. I mean, you didn't even see the video before commenting

[@nelsonparsifalcantebury5083]

Oof.

[@NonPlayableChris]

@@victors4786 acctchually.... i got about 4 to 7 mins in and liked the points he was making and guess what ?..... the whole video has been watched now, sooooo do you feel better now that I've watched to whole thing and still agree? double ooof. lmao signed Ph.D. Chris G

[@victors4786]

​@@NonPlayableChris You commented 2 minutes after the video came out. But that's okay, you earned your medal praising an opinion you didn't fully see. And I saw the complete video and I agreed with almost everything he said, but I'm only commenting on this because, regardless of anything, such things should be said to those who agree with everything that certain people say. That is, you are not so different from who you criticize. 😁

[@NonPlayableChris]

@@victors4786 What are you talking about? as i stated before , i was watching the video and i was about 4 to 7 mins in and agreeing with most of his points and was still watching as i was commenting but since you are so adamant about whatever it is you are trying to argue with me about ......?...... next time i will make sure to watch every second of the video twice as to appease your sense of timing ..... you win bro just calm down, and i wasn't criticizing anyone, i was agreeing with points made as i was watching them . Are you ok now?

[@valder8423]

Bosses just don't shut up. Mendez in the original was creepy because of his inhuman grunts. Same with OG Krauser, simple "heh" while shoving knife through Leon's chest was so much better than endless banter.

[@mysteryace2129]

Krauser had zero depth and was just an add on for Leon's cool factor(potential rival). C'mon now.

[@valder8423]

@@mysteryace2129 and adding a bunch of quotes about how they were friends does not add depth.

[@vivekkparashar6369]

That's quite interesting cause that makes them more mysterious and dangerous... Whereas here, krauser was acting like any generic hero's friend turned bad guy

[@mysteryace2129]

@valder Not quotes. Organic dialogue that adds to the encounter and for the player to be wary of Krauser because your character clearly acknowledged him as a threat. Anything is better than that BS QTE knife fight and final fight where you can just knife stun lock him to victory. These are facts, not opinions. Now Krauser actually got some depth than just looking like an Ivan Drago rip off from Rocky. Also Mendez boss are both fine for both games. Mendez climbing and swinging around a burning building is also formidable and tense

[@kay_keik7842]

@@mysteryace2129 dont try to argue with them, they have to keep their /v/ credit and will not change their minds despite you having a valid point. sick of people just being stubborn instead of actually realizing some objective truth

[@mattmas6628]

I have to strongly agree with you on the controls of this game. Leon is not responsive enough and in combination with the ultra tight camera, you will take sooo many cheap hits. Still really like the game

[@MichaelDoesLife]

Game is soulless slop

[@mattmas6628]

@@MichaelDoesLife I used to watch your channel but the same shtick hasn’t evolved at all

[@samza9622]

You can fix that changing settings plenty of vids on here showing best controller settings for Re4 remake. I changed to my liking and it made a huge difference.

[@Anorak03]

​@@MichaelDoesLife yea this games a masterpiece and your opinion is ass

[@user-xh8df9oz4y]

​@@MichaelDoesLife Holy shit I was not expecting to see you in this comment section lmao

[@BorderlandsBoy0]

Day 1 DLC with content that could easily be in the game. God you have to love when a game comes so close to being awesome but just shoots itself

[@splash_067]

Was like 28 dollars worth to

[@jlogan2228]

for real, i can understand like hey drop a few bucks for exclusive upgrade tickets but alot of the costumes and bonuses are just STUPID. Like if you want unlimited ammo for the game? Wear a pair of retarded looking cat ears

[@captainjames4649]

​@@jlogan2228 Who cares

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

Love how they charge money for original soundtrack, such a petty thing to do

[@KingcarterJ1002]

Its better than I thought it would be The biggest upgrade is the combat . Its so much fun parrying with the knife

[@stinkfinga4918]

Play krauser...

[@KingcarterJ1002]

@@stinkfinga4918 what lol You mean in mercenaries? He's easy in the game ,I'm use to dark souls games so its not hard to me

[@stinkfinga4918]

@@KingcarterJ1002 I mean if you like parrying with the knife play krauser and feel like knife God. Honestly I'm gonna bet they patch his gameplay he's so op.

[@KingcarterJ1002]

@@stinkfinga4918 he was op in the original too he doesn't need a patch its mercenaries

[@stinkfinga4918]

@@KingcarterJ1002 no he doesn't need one but considering they've monetized upgrades I'll bet they nerf him.

[@adrianeden8977]

Mercenaries mode released today and it demonstrates everything wrong with professional/hardcore. Enemies stagger in one hit, grenades knock enemies over, mercenaries is fastpaced fun while still delivering a challenge, the higher difficulties just have you spamming a water gun and constantly running out of ammo. Also Synth, would you consider doing a short re2 remake review about why you like it so much? I'm sure a lot of your fans would like to hear your take

[@platinumconquest2365]

It's crazy just how different the balancing in Mercenaries feels compared to the main game, and for the better. While there are still flaws that pursist into Mercenaries, the changes make the combat click in a way that the main game never approached. Feels more like the original. Mercenaries is easily the best part of REmake 4, to the point that it's going to be my main reason for touching the game again.

[@Fedor_Kisliakov]

​@@platinumconquest2365 If you're playing on PC, there is a mod that changes the balance so that it's more like the original. 1 shot=stun, and so on. The vanilla version plays like this on Standard, but the enemies are braindead

[@platinumconquest2365]

@@Fedor_Kisliakov I've already been using those mods for a while. Makes the whole thing much more enjoyable. That being said, when I played the demo (which is at standard) I still remember some RNG stagger happening. Don't know if it's like that in the final game (first playthrough was on Hardcore) but I thought I was safe to assume it was.

[@Fedor_Kisliakov]

@@platinumconquest2365 I played through 3 chapters on normal, and inconsistent stun happened only ones (2 shots).

[@platinumconquest2365]

@@Fedor_Kisliakov Fair enough. That's a lot better, though it being there at all still bothers me. That being said, REmake 4's RNG stagger is at least better than RE8. The RNG stagger (and bloated health pools) was ridiculous on anything higher than Standard.

[@spnked9516]

The RE4 remake isn't bad - far from it, I'd say -, but the most remarkable thing about it is its relation to the original - which is sort of the problem. I honestly don't think the remake will have the staying power the original had, which is unfortunate when you consider the amount of work that went into this game. It lacks the memorable character of the original (due to a pursuit of more "realism") and it also fails to revolutionize anything like the original - what with this being the third iteration of a formal which was already well tried and tested. I can't see interest in this game making it beyond this year. Sure, I can see people bringing it up here and there, but always in a middling "yeah, that was pretty cool" kind of tone.

[@Gruntvc]

I agree, can't be "revolutionary" when you're pretty much copying mechanics from other AAA games. Man I miss the times when RE set trends, not followed them. Even RE7 and RE2 2019 kicked off a survival horror revival in the indie/AA market. What's RE4 2023 supposed to do when they completely changed its core design?

[@jackjax7921]

Revolutionary is an overrated comparison is like comparing James Naismith to Michael Jordan.

[@spnked9516]

@@Gruntvc Remakes of modern (modern enough, anyways) games occupy a pretty unfortunate space. The wider industry (unfortunately) hasn't deviated all that far from a decade ago. What's more, in the facets that do different, haphazardly integrating them into a remake of a more modern game can lead to undermining the original intent of that work. The RE4 remake is a really good example of this. They took a more methodical game and modified it's mechanics to speed everything up simply because faster shooters are more commonplace now. It might have been possible to retain that more methodical and intentional design of the original, but I believe the developers of the remake either didn't know how or lacked the confidence to commit to it. I keep finding myself asking the same question - why do these remakes exist? Of course, the answer is money - but on the "higher" level of truly loving and respecting this medium, these remakes really can't justify their own existence. I would honestly rather see all the resources and efforts put into these games dumped into new IPs that might become classics in their own right. We live in a very risk averse world, I'm afraid.

[@PenguinsAreColdish]

this is the exact problem with 1:1 remakes. at the end of the day, it'll be nothing special

[@backloggame]

what's crazy is, its the exact same leon from re2 remake lmao which was a successful character. so idk how that leon is still being compared to re4 original leon who was literally more kin to dmc dante than his original re2 version (red hair).

[@ESL1984]

23:33 Not true, you can kill the armoured gigante before Luis shows up with the dynamite. There's even some dialogue in case you manage to do it.

[@ESL1984]

But still, Great review, i agree with a lot of your points.

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

I doubt it's paced in a way that it feels normal or satisfying

[@Milezperhour]

Finally a balanced review of the remake. I thought the remake was a lot of fun; but I agree, the remake lacks the charm and fun weirdness that the original had. If they had actually kept ALL original content (U-3, lava room, laser room, ALL the one-liners, and changed Ada's voice), I think this would have been a near-perfect remake. Oh well.

[@CharlieD.706]

Ada sounds like the female Ben Stein in this game.😂

[@gronndar]

Someone praised Remakes Ada's voice, saying you need a good headset to appreacite her voice

[@blacker5826]

they removed the castle rooms too with the rpg guys and the rotating crossbows.

[@sheepherder911]

I never played the og re games, but I was playing through re4r and reading about the housekeeper that Salazar turned into U3. A tragic figure that got cut out basically, only informed on in texts you pick up throughout the game.

[@martyfromnebraska1045]

Nah I’m glad they continued in the style of the other remakes because I love when people complain when bad content is cut. Almost feels like a natural progression from RE3 now instead of a game for people who hate resident evil.

[@vlad4o813]

I agree about the writing. RE4 wasn't a masterpiece by any means in the writing department, but I feel like the dialogue between characters just flowed better. The biggest example is Leon's first meeting with Luis. Another thing I have noticed, not just in the RE4 Remake, but in games in general is how bad voice acting has gotten in the past couple of years. I have no idea what kind of people they're hiring, but they clearly have never done voice acting and it shows. It's a shame as well, since OG RE4 had great voice acting. At least the game as a whole is good. Was pretty worried after RE3R so it's good to be proven wrong for once.

[@kielbasamage]

I imagine the Voice Acting community is a toxic swampland of diversity hires, box ticking and nepotism at this point, and it certainly wasn't looking healthy a few years ago. It's like the Hollywood atmosphere, but much smaller and compacted.

[@mrshmuga9]

There’s a few reasons. One, there was a voice actor strike, which meant union VA’s couldn’t work. Now it was some years ago, but games take years to make and depending on their role they might be grandfathered in for future roles rather than be replaced. Another is as he mentioned, there’s a bit of a trend going on to only hire VA’s of the same race as the character. It’s still niche in practice, but it does happen in spots, notably with Capcom. They’re doing it with the new Street Fighter (although they might’ve dropped certain VA’s because they don’t like their views or some garbage). And I’d say a third reason is the Hollywood factor. They’ll get celebrities to voice characters rather than seasoned VA’s. I guess they think it’ll get them more attention/sales by doing it, but in reality it likely just costs them a ton of money for no return, and in some cases (for the artistic aspect) it’s a detriment because they suck compared to professional voice actors. Yet another reason why this “games are expensive to make!” spiel is nonsense. They go out of their way to make games ore expensive than find alternatives to lower production costs, but don’t. It’s on them. Those are some reasons why voice acting isn’t as good, most notably in AAA games.

[@kielbasamage]

@@mrshmuga9 Capcom dropped the VA for Ken, who also voices Dante from the DMC series, for his views regarding… a certain untested medicine created for a recent viral emergency we all had to deal with. Which is one of the other plagues on the VA community that has them similar to Hollywood: if you don’t lean the exact same way as everybody else, they will tear you to pieces to feed on the scraps. So you end up with a majority of them acting the same way. Frankly, you end up with backstabbing prima donnas who put more stock into pretty much everything, with the ability to actually voice act sitting far in the back.

[@Hard2hit94]

Great voice acting in the original? Are you taking the piss. Leon sounded awkward as shit in the original.

[@kouriier6112]

*cough*besides ada*cough*

[@_xfuturetrunksx_]

13:50 yes you can dodge the grabs. The problem is that you are moving backwards at the same time. 99% of the time where they try and grab me, i duck and stop moving once they are about to grab me and it works perfectly fine.

[@curtisjackson5793]

I've been struggling to dodge the grabs consistently, will try to just stay put, thanks for the tip

[@kay_keik7842]

thats correct, same with krauser, you can dodge his arm grab, also when he rushes at you, you can just do quick 180 turn and run away from it lol people just panic and start shooting at him thinkin they are going to stop him

[@nutillathenun]

Glad someone pointed this out! I was thinking the same when he mentioned you couldn’t. I had a prompt for crouching on the grabs early on and it saved my ass the rest of the way.

[@IADin]

Skill issue 😂 😝

[@onceyougozach2607]

That's the enemy pushing him backwards, not him moving backwards.

[@midnightstrike3625]

As much as I love this game, I agree almost 100% with this review. Enemies being bullet sponges and the stunning working differently are the only complaints I have with it.

[@kingrhys9445]

Some people like MVG are already calling this game the M-word: Masterpiece.

[@hman378]

Because it is.

[@greatestnitemare6626]

@@hman378 EVERYONE says this about almost every remake that’s overhyped

[@sunriseDPL4242]

not really is good but original is more close to be call masterpiece

[@MrAnimason]

@@greatestnitemare6626 First game I've called a masterpiece in years. I think it's better than the original, and the original is one of my favorite games of all time (probably top ten). It's not just hype.

[@greatestnitemare6626]

@@MrAnimason Touch grass.

[@notimportant8643]

Great video, part of the problem with the movement are ‘deadzones’ where input for movement isn’t registered until your analog stick reaches a certain point it’s really aggravating. Also you can actually dodge grabs by crouching, they will basically hug the air above you and you can punish them afterwards

[@curtisjackson5793]

He clearly showed you can't do it consistently

[@notimportant8643]

@@curtisjackson5793 I’ve never had problems🤷‍♂️

[@curtisjackson5793]

@@notimportant8643 I did. Someone commented that besides ducking, you have to stay completely still, I need to test it though

[@aweigh1010]

i hate when devs put in huge deadzones, it's so annoying. thankfully on PC you can use a program like ReWASD (or Steam Input) to create "anti-deadzones" which help remove the ones the devs put in.

[@JelloweenTV]

Putting the acceleration to 100 and adjusting the aim sens made it feel much better for me

[@KingEgyptian]

You are absolutely right about the lack of replayability with modern games. I replayed all of the God of War games except the new ones.

[@hman378]

Re4 remake has so much replayability. Played the game 5 times back to back. Even if you only play the game once and miss out on content i'd still pay more than 60 bucks to play this game.

[@mrshmuga9]

I’m curious to see his video on it. As personally, I almost never replay games, so I wonder if his points will somehow have an affect on how I experience it. Although I will do most of the side content on my “first” playthrough when playing a game.

[@brandonG4442]

Lol, this game is extremely replayable

[@TheCyclicGamer]

It's funny when you realize that Ethan Winters, a guy who started off as an untrained civilian then becomes a slightly trained civilian, has better shot-grouping/focus with his reticle than a guy who starts off as a rookie cop then becomes a highly trained government agent. I'm dead serious, if you played RE7 or Village, in both games Ethan's aim is much tighter and dead-on accurate than Leon's.

[@ExtremeMan10]

Ethan aint civillian, he has a training, it was said in game. But rest I agree. Leon was under top military program and in RE2 he literally has almost no sway with handgun, yet 6 years later he shoots pistol like he has stroke.

[@TheCyclicGamer]

@@ExtremeMan10 Did you read my comment right? Ethan had no training in RE7. Like, none whatsoever. He did receive training in between RE7 and Village under Chris, but during RE7 he literally had no prior experience, and yet his aim was much better than Leon's.

[@ExtremeMan10]

@@TheCyclicGamer ...Ethan literally had training at the beggining of the 7. He knew how to use a gun, something you can easily do irl.

[@superplayerex2431]

@@ExtremeMan10 Knowing how to use a gun does not equal being good at using it (or being trained to use it, for that matter). Your own experience with attempting something does not define the experiences of other people attempting the same thing. And no, Ethan did not have any arms training prior to RE7. I'm not sure what blunt you're smoking here to come to that conclusion.

[@ExtremeMan10]

@@superplayerex2431 Oh yes, so when I know how to assemble, reload and clean a pistol I dont know how to aim it. Lmao I WANT the blunt you are smoking scrub.

[@TENEBRAELGAMING]

The graphics are good, but the OG's gameplay is still better

[@danielgregori7019]

No, it isnt

[@nonenothing4412]

At least try to explain your stance maybe, cause I don't think you'll convince anyone like that lol ​@@danielgregori7019

[@dezmundtv962]

You're spot on with how slow it is to turn and run, it was brutally painful, which i was not expecting. i had to crank sensitivity up just to make it halfway responsive and tolerable. aside from that i beat it 8 times and loved it.

[@ExtremeMan10]

Even Dead Rising 3 was less clunky.

[@Hard2hit94]

Must such playing with a controller

[@georgemitchell7273]

You do a 180 turn. If you tilt back and the run button, it tells you in the controls.

[@beetheimmortal]

No Leon talking shit/joking around with Ashley + constant talking during gameplay = game is bad. No arguments.

[@jumpingmoose5554]

I can see that capcom is putting player control at a detriment with input lag or slow movement for the sake of being cinematic. We should start a movement telling devs to make games as games, and to cut back on the cinematic shit. However, you gotta stop playing games on the hardest difficulty synth, you're stressing yourself out lmao. Honestly this remake makes me wanna play both this & the original, I have yet to play either of them. And thanks for the review, I look forward to all of your videos.

[@ExtremeMan10]

It makes no sense for there to be input lag. Many action games need this removed because it makes no sense. From realistic standpoint, yes, it takes us humans till we move part of our body some time, but in game its stupid as it only gets you killed.

[@whattheegad]

I'm genuinely glad you've been able to find and play a game that you enjoyed.

[@thegoldavenger.3829]

“ why would you want to get good at a single player game?” It’s called having a good time and not dying constantly you dolt.

[@HeruWilliams]

I agree with you so much on these remakes being devoid of music it makes everything feel so soulless and empty just like the Mulan movie remake that movie had none of the songs and that was 50% of the most beautiful and memorable content.

[@Ad-im1ne]

A correction on stagger RNG. It’s not even RNG. It’s just that enemies have multiple health bars in addition to their regular HP, and each weapon has hidden stats for each reaction (stopping power, dismemberment, and melee openers). The punisher has the best hidden stats for melee stuns btw, in case you’re curious. So not unlike the OG, different enemies have different health, but it’s consistent. There’s no RNG outside of crits. I’m surprised that with multiple playthroughs you never noticed certain enemies always stun or dismember in one shot. And if you’re using weapons with low stagger damage but high firepower (red9), you’ll notice enemies can die before triggering stuns. That’s because you’re exceeding their regular HP before the stun threshold is met.

[@SolonGaming]

This is extremely interesting and important info. Can you give me a source or just a comment with further analysis? My only real issue with the game is the RNG stagger, so if i am wrong about that, it might change my entire view of the game and my next run as well.

[@Ad-im1ne]

@@SolonGaming not really, it’s incomplete info atm so I don’t wanna say too much and potentially spread misinformation. I’m sure it will get published somewhere in easy to read format eventually. Just know that the three aforementioned hidden stats increase alongside Damage upgrades. The rates are mostly the same but still different on different guns. So if you want easy stuns even on Professionals, take Punisher + lasersight, and keep it’s damage upgraded.

[@Ad-im1ne]

@CohCohPuff I don’t think so, no.

[@BWMagus]

God I hate how Japanese games like to do that shit; either hidden numbers or stats that have no clear meaning besides "higher is better."

[@bolg892]

​@@BWMagus I'd take that any day over the woke trash produced by American game companies nowadays.

[@gabrielangelim3703]

The indirects to under the mayo were a nice touch. Finally found someone who said how stupid the "hard=good" mentality is idiotic.

[@ary8956]

he never said hard is simply good, he meant it is good for a game to be difficult enough to make you use all the different mechanics rather than just baby you like a lot of AAA titles and make the player care nothing about the mechanics the game has to offer one example is devil may cry 5, it has more than 100 moves and a cool ass style meter but most players don't use 90% of the mechanics because you can just stinger your way through the game, as for re4 remake, I don't think this game is difficult at all, specifically in normal, I'd argue it could even use more difficulty to have a better horror impact.

[@ExtremeMan10]

@@ary8956 Same with Nioh, the game offers thousands of different playstyles and builds but you can literally cheese through the game with Sloth talismans, katana deflects and spear power boosts.

[@mattmas6628]

When did he indirect to Mayo

[@jlogan2228]

challenging = good bc then its not boring, hard bc of shit mechanics, busted aiming system, and enemies being damage sponges is not challenging, its just annoying.

[@kouriier6112]

re4 remake really isnt that hard of a game, only part of the game i thought was genuine bullshit was the 2 garrador room. but even that is easy even on professional with a fully upgraded bolt action rifle. but i didnt have a fully upgraded bolt action on my first playthrough lol, which was on hardcore. personally hardcore felt perfectly balanced, was never too hard or too easy, if it werent for parrying yeah this game would suck ass but because of that mechanic the game isnt too hard. besides fucking grab attacks i hate how there is no way to dodge those besides crouching and getting lucky

[@MathOwz]

I completed the original a day before the remake released, then completed the remake in one 16 hour sitting on hardcore on day one. As much as I love both the games, I believe the original has this beat. I prefer the originals vibe and I'll never forgive them for what they did to the red 9 in the remake I can't count how many times I finished the original. I've done 4 playthroughs of the remake and im already struggling to want to play it again

[@NickDaShootah]

People really forget separate ways wasn’t in OG RE4 either until PS2

[@Gruntvc]

Not all of us. But still sucks none of this was available on launch as every port of RE4 since PS2 has had them. And get rekt if you got a physical copy as even Mercenaries isn't on the disc. PS2 had all of these on one DVD disc. Maybe they'll do a complete version once the other paid dlc drops. But even then, Capcom coupd just cheap out and include a dlc voucher with the blu ray disc. They did this with RE Village Gold Edition lol.

[@NickDaShootah]

@@Gruntvc I agree it sucks it’s not in the base game. I just find it weird most people say everything was already in the original game

[@NickDaShootah]

@ZoomerStasi didn’t say there was lol

[@NickDaShootah]

@ZoomerStasi i literally said it sucks but be that guy I suppose

[@backloggame]

@Zoomer Stasi what does modern game have to do with anything lol the base game has about 20 + hours of content on first run alone. we all still got challenges we haven't completed and its only been what, 2 weeks barely. mercenaries dropped literally today, and everybody should be walking around with a infinite hand cannon because of it. wait your dang turn and go touch grass until they're ready to serve you dlc on a platter boy.

[@Michael-rv5ib]

Your channel is legit the only one I truly follow now. Great work as usual. And good luck with the health issues, I hope they all get resolved.

[@Paen_events]

Hope his health issue gets worse 🙏🏽🙏🏽 praying for his downfall

[@Michael-rv5ib]

@@Paen_events typical viewpoint from someone of the party of the “tolerant.” You evil fucking piece of shit.

[@ether92]

I'm with you on this one. I rather go and play the original again and if I ever get this one it would be on a deep discount, no way I'm paying full price for it.

[@jaykelley103]

Yah getting it for about 15 bucks is the play.

[@ColtonGrewer]

Y'all are tripping 💀

[@MistahJay7]

Watch it be on PS Plus by the end of the year lol or forsure next year

[@jaykelley103]

@@ColtonGrewer nah ppl who buy games for 70 bucks are the ones who are trippin lol

[@KingEgyptian]

​@@jaykelley103 Yeah, 70 dollars for just the base game is absurd.

[@The_Denyal]

I'll probably get the game when a Gold edition with discount appears on the store, I don't agree with normalizing censoring little by little, and no, the "the game is good so it's ok" is not an excuse, little by little everything you love is turning to shit.

[@DatcleanMochaJo]

Based take. People are so quick to consume media that slowly hates them. I will stick with the oldies

[@BWMagus]

We've lost western devs, but we really need to convince Japanese devs to ignore the woke poison they are being told is necessary to sell in the west; no, the average gamer either doesn't care or actively hates that shit, you do not need to censor the fuck out of your games to appeal to us.

[@MrAnimason]

And when it becomes too much no one will buy it. Truth is, it's not a problem and most of us don't give a shit.

[@dances_with_incels]

I'm more than fine just sticking with the original

[@Aymannnnnnnn]

No one's asking you to replace the original, but you are right in someway. re4 is my favorite game of all time, and this remake is my favorite remake of all time. They're both great, I would be totally fine and not feel like I'm missing out if I didn't play the remake. But regardless this is an amazingly well made game.

[@dances_with_incels]

@@Aymannnnnnnn i didn't know no one was asking me to replace the original. At best i implore my friends to play the original re4 because i love it so much even though I played it for the first time in my mid 20s.

[@Aymannnnnnnn]

@@dances_with_incels you are absolutely right on this point, If anyone were to ask me which to play, I'd ask them to play the original first, there's the old argument of controls feeling tanky. But it's so easy to get used to it, however some people can't be bothered to try an old games, so this remake is a fantastic introduction to the series (re7 too)

[@antihero210]

@@dances_with_incels what's stopping you from buying the remake?

[@dances_with_incels]

@@antihero210 It's a bunch of personal reasons against crapcom.

[@KingEgyptian]

You're one of the few reviewers I trust since a lot of KZbinrs now are too afraid to speak truthfully, either they are bought off or don't want backlash from the internet.

[@nolanlehman6392]

OK I need you to explain this. Are you a bot or a real human? When everybody likes something why do you think it's cause they're afraid of backlash? Maybe (oh idk) it's cause the game is good? Shocking concept I know

[@killerking671]

@@nolanlehman6392 >ask someone to explain something >already has everything assumed and think hes in the right Ye if anything youre the bot lol

[@mrshmuga9]

@@nolanlehman6392 There is a huge incentive to be positive no matter what (if you’re an individual review channel). It’ll get you into studios’ good graces which can mean early review copies, but also involved in their PR (hosting/joining their official streams) and whatnot which is even more money. I mean, the review journalist to company PR pipeline has been well demonstrated with big review sites. And that’s where they actually have a steady pay rate. Let alone a youtuber with a fluctuating algorithm and pay. It’s a way for those people to move up and try to escape the KZbin algorithm because trying to live off of that long-term is extremely risky than getting in bed and eventually hired by a company. Also, the internet is toxically positive. Yes there’s obviously the opposite side, but look at any major game announcement trending. If you mention any worries or criticisms there’s WAY more people who will say “just let people have fun” or “stop ruining my hype” than those saying “no one should like this game”. You’re not allowed to voice concerns of a game because so many people live in “hype culture” (marketing buzz overglow). They don’t want to confront the possibility of a game not being some super-amazing thing they’ve built up in their head (or bought into all the marketing without considering what it doesn’t say about it). So they tell other people to shut up because they live in a bubble and any opposing thought will burst it. Rather than see it for what it is and entertain possible issues as they’re brought up. And the irony is a lot of time these people will say “you’re being too negative” (when most aren’t, it’s just that they get annoyed their concerns are immediately disregarded) will agree with most/all of the points the “negative” person made…. 6-12 months later. After the hype phase is gone and it’s no longer part of the cultural zeitgeist in the first 1-2 weeks before/after launch. And a bunch are usually issues that have happened with a lot of other games, but the toxically positive people ignored the warning signs. And despite learning a hard lesson… they fall for it again with the next big release. They keep falling for the marketing when the marketing will never highlight what’s negative about it. Or spin it into a way to make it sound positive.

[@nolanlehman6392]

@@mrshmuga9 That's true to some extend (no man's sky and cyberpunk come to mind), but to have that view for the majority of critics is nihilistic and reductive. Just cause IGN makes some bad reviews doesn't mean people like skill up or ACG aren't good at what they do. It seems to me like there's been a wave of counter positivity just for the sake of it in many cases. It's undeniable some people choose to not like things or be willfully dickish because the vast majority enjoy it and they wanna feel special. It's not all the time, but it's certainly a thing. I can't take someone seriously when a legitimate criticism of re4 remake is you can no longer look up Ashley's skirt. Like.. are you fucking serious lol

[@mrshmuga9]

@@nolanlehman6392 “Counter positivity” only really comes from viewers/commenters. There aren’t any review channels with a decent size following that are contrarians for the sake of attention (I can only think of one guy and he’s clearly game-ing the algorithm just by looking at his thumbnails). Everyone else are either neutral or positive. It’s not like you can’t find some decent reviewers in the rough, but the biggest ones will definitely downplay criticisms to cozy up to studios. Because they’ll host their streams or do some sort of PR for them. A clear conflict of interest but they don’t care. You’re ignoring the reality of content creation. A lot of these individual content creators eventually want at get a job at one of these companies, because they’re not so much interested in being a reviewer as much as they’re fans of XYZ and talking about/reviewing games at release is the quickest way to build an audience. They know they likely can’t rely on KZbin revenue forever, which is why they pivot to an industry job. It’s smart, but it’s not ethical when you’re aware and reflect on their content. “People just want to be contrarian because X is popular” Have you entertained the thought that they’re just disappointed with the choices made? Why is it that just because “everybody” loves something, if you don’t it’s only because you just want to be a “hater?”. I can acknowledge that there’s probably some people who are more positive about something because the criticisms levied aren’t issues for them. But you can’t ignore the clear incestuous nature of the industry. You will likely not be able to be a “content creator” from 20-70 like you could with any other job. So at some point they need a backup plan or way to shift gears to something different/more reliable. That would be working at a company with a stable income, and where do you hit up first? Companies you already have a relationship with. And if you’re thinking ahead, it will likely impact your reviews. When you write that review, consciously of subsconiously, you might hold back because you’re worried if you’re “too harsh” that company might not keep you so close (or cut ties at worst) and you lose your opportunity. Which isn’t really an issue working for a company like IGN because you probably have multiple roles (various skills) and/or you have a steady income anyway. You don’t have to worry if your review only got 1,000 views versus 500,000 views. You get paid regardless. Content creators are not always “more honest” than those big sites because they don’t have any rules/procedures to follow, nor have a backup. If they get 100 views that month, they don’t get money despite whatever work they did. It’s incredibly more risky which means you’re more likely to play things _more_ safely.

[@YawnYea]

Hope you're getting better from your illness, congrats on 100k subs btw

[@AtegaSaryvo]

Nice name

[@kiamventer4456]

If i already have re4, why even get this?

[@koloss85]

"drag queen story hour" lmfao. I love your reviews bro

[@Evanz111]

I love how every single content creator I follow has spoken rather unanimously about this game, no matter how harsh of a critic they can be.

[@MichaelDoesLife]

They're all shills playing for validation and approval

[@SolonGaming]

People are terrified of social backlash and going against the crowd. No wonder they are enslaved that easily

[@TrueCarthaginian]

I cant get over the censorship and cut content, man. The game is fun, yeah, but i just have a zero tolerance policy for that crap now. The game could've been much better had they not been infected by the W virus.

[@juniperburton7693]

Agreed

[@juniperburton7693]

Agreed

[@denisjon6873]

"Censorship" so you can't be a horny loser that looks at upskirts? You know that the added content is greater than the cut content, right? Separate Ways is coming later.

[@Mirthful_Midori]

I agree. Although even without that, the micro-transactions still would've led me to avoid it. Cutting content just to sell it for money is asinine, but the treasure one is especially egregious.

[@bannock1677]

One of the few reviewers I trust not to sugarcoat anything and call out the bs. Keep this up bro. And get better soon!

[@Nov-5062]

and then they put microtransactions in it...

[@bolg892]

Those aren't microtransactions.. they're bonus outfits you can buy seperately lol. If you mean the things you can buy ingame, you use ingame currency for that. Currency you get for completing challenges.

[@Nov-5062]

@@bolg892 it's things you can buy with real money, therefore it is microtransactions.

[@TheSnoozeFox]

Played the Remake and the orignal back to back, I still find the orignal scarier, I know people say it isn't horror but I always felt tense throughout whereas in the REmake its way more obvious when something spooky is about to happen.

[@visibleninja2576]

Regarding input lag: THANK YOU SO MUCH for pointing that out. I was really freakin' furious how my timing was perfect, but the game just wouldn't allow me to parry an attack because of some stupid control error. Current at my sec. playthrough, but I'm not sure yet whether the new patch (without any notes, in typical Crapcom-fashion lol) fixed that.

[@SolonGaming]

I am trying to become a game developer and don't worry i hear what you are saying. You and Mayo are my best influences and critiques for my future games. If i were to make anything similar to a Resident Evil game, i would make it more like Metal Gear Solid. Tons of mechanics and options to play around with action or stealth and huge emphasis on smart enemy A.I. to make the player actually scared when dealing with them, since it would be a horror game and all. If only i had the budget Konami or Capcom has.

[@captainjames4649]

if mayo is your biggest influence then Im sad for you

[@TheCyclicGamer]

If you're making a survival horror game and want the player to be truly, and I mean TRULY scared, then add detrimental/irreversible consequences to dying. Make the player afraid of dying first and foremost, because if they have no reason to fear dying, then they have no reason to fear the things that can kill them.

[@captainjames4649]

@@TheCyclicGamer I disagree

[@SolonGaming]

​@@TheCyclicGamer You are absolutely right. I don't even like horror games, because i never get scared of them. The one thing that increases my tension/anxitey, is losing a lot of progress. The problem with losing progress is, most of the time, it's just going to bum out the player by making them repeat the same stuff they previously did. To fix that, you add a very complex A.I. that gives some ''character'' to the enemies. Like in Meta Gear Solid, there are enemies who are weak, scared and goofy and immediately give in to your threats and then, there are brave heroic ones who will risk their life to take you down. Make the enemies respawn with random character and have many different behaviours instead of a simple pattern and that's how you add tons of replayability to the game. Of course the game will be short though, 5-20 hours depending on the budget.

[@TheCyclicGamer]

@@SolonGaming For me, whenever I play a new horror game, the second I die and realize that death doesn't affect me much, I stop being scared of the game as a whole. Losing progress can bum the player out, but depending on the game that you're making that doesn't have to be the case, you could have a limited live system, lose money and/or resources, etc.

[@Tukitoiakituki]

They can't charge the same prices as a new game for something that is already made. Buy these remakes at full prices is just stoopid... But the hype together with media/social media, seems to control the people's mind.

[@nonenothing4412]

You can't be serious. If you are, this is a hilariously bad take.

[@Tukitoiakituki]

What do you think that gives you more trouble to develop. An Idea/concept or model some 3D objects and painting some textures using softwares/tools that give you 50% of advantage for a creation and now, perhaps, with the help of an AI?

[@russian_knight]

I really dislike that they got rid of the cheesy lines that the old game had, loses a lot for the charm that made the original so special and the new ones aren't memorable at all

[@thomasfire0717]

Yeah you definitely didn't play the game if you think they got rid of cheesy lines from this game.

[@superplayerex2431]

@@thomasfire0717 They did get rid of most of them, though. The bingo line from the demo was basically bait to reassure fans that the lines would be in the game and they pulled the carpet from under their feet when the full game launched. So he's not really wrong when he's saying that they got rid of the cheesy lines that the old game had. And it doesn't matter if they added in a bunch of new lines instead, because like the OP said, those are nowhere near on par as the ones in the original.

[@DmanDice]

@@superplayerex2431 The only reason people like the old lines because nostalgia. Its not fair to dismiss the new lines due to that. If they kept all lines literally the same people would complain more about unoriginality. Only lines I'd agree with are the flirty ones. And id say even some of those were evenly replaced.

[@superplayerex2431]

@@DmanDice I'd say you are completely wrong because I only really played the original Resident Evil 4 just a couple of years ago and I didn't even think it was some sort of masterpiece, it was just a really good game. As someone who acknowledges the faults of the original, I see a decent number of changes in the remake that are both good and bad, and the lines are most definitely a downgrade. Do not chalk up people that disagree with you to nostalgia. And while the new lines in the remake are not without their own merit, it's still very clear that the old lines did not need to be removed in the first place. Humor is fairly subjective after all, so there can't really be any improvement on throwaway lines that were already great and memorable in the original game. That is something everyone should've realized day one.

[@DmanDice]

@@superplayerex2431 I shouldnt say the only reason was nostalgia. But that definitely plays a huge part for many people. Including myself. I would have been pissed if they left out the Bingo line. The fact that you played it at a later time is why you ironically can even critique it. You have to understand, there are many people that call the original a perfect game and no matter what the new one did, it could never be better. Maybe you dont fall into that category, but if thats not nostalgia I dont know what is.

[@anddudewaslike]

I like this game a lot, but I’m SOOO glad someone called out the sluggish dogshit controls. My first play through was incredibly frustrating because Leon is very unresponsive in terms of mobility. The fight against Salazar was agonizing.

[@ekszentrik]

Holy shit they actually made Salazar into Klaus-Schwab-in-drag? I didn't really mind Ashley wearing shorts, since I find short shorts a little bit hotter than miniskirts tbh, but what did they do to my boy Salazar? Are you shitting me? The most iconic villain of RE4?

[@BWMagus]

Totally can't wait for the Ada DLC with that level of voice acting talent. Yup, super-stoked.

[@beganitdidnt6535]

yep imagine paying for a mode that was free in the original a mode that recycles most of the levels but you play as an uninterested sounding ada this time around and theres 1 to 2 new bosses and plus adas VA irl is just

[@Disconnect350]

Also, Ada looked amazing in the original, the one in the remake has a weird plastic face like everyone in these remakes cause RE Engine is just bad with faces.

[@Yeshua_is-Cool]

Yeah I'm not buying Ada's seperate ways because of the voice acting if it was free than sure I'll play it but base game is what I play anyways

[@mel-el5862]

​@@Disconnect350re village did good. I'd day chris redfield in village looked badass.

[@MarvinPowell1]

Everyone thought Ashley would be ruined the most by wokeness in this game, but surprisingly and ironically, it's Ada who go screwed over the most because people don't know what "voice acting" is supposed to be anymore. This remake wasn't as bad and as woke as I thought it was going to be, but I still wouldn't pay more than $30 for it.

[@zawarudo8991]

Ye

[@Fedor_Kisliakov]

At least they zoom in on her ass in every cutscene. I swear, almost every cinematic with Ada starts with a close-up of either her ass or legs. It's so funny.

[@guyc1479]

What is wokeness?

[@daesplays8737]

Who in the name of fuck thought it'd be a good idea to implement the shitty "stay still so you can actually aim your fucking gun" in a game where you have 50 enemies around you wiggling around because muh realistic animations? You could argue that it's to make it more similar to the original, where you couldn't move while aiming, but in that game the enemies didn't move every single one of their body parts separately at 1204km/s, and even just moving your camera interrupts the aiming process anyways. Damn, I thought the main problem zoomers had with the original game was that you couldn't move while aiming, which wasn't really a problem to begin with, but now they've really made it a problem.

[@TheRofChild]

Been watching your content for years man. You've been such an inspiration and even motivated me to start my own youtube channel. My own RE4 Remake Review got 12k views, so thanks Synthetic Man for helping me achieve my youtube dreams.

[@nutillathenun]

Your review was one of the first ones I watched! Great and balanced take. Except my ears did bleed on your Ashley rant lol. I absolutely agree with the merchant being annoying because he doesn’t stfu!

[@TheRofChild]

@@nutillathenun thank you man, this made my day! Yeah, the Ashley rant was a little loud lol 🤣

[@indydriver80]

This has been said before but remaking games that were great to begin with isn't as impressive as remaking a game that was almost great. Of course one makes way more money, but taking a chance to fix up an old game is more interesting.

[@shadowpeople89]

Pretty much everything that he said I agree with. I don’t know why the hell modern resident evil games feel the need to have us run stupid slow. I don’t know what was wrong with the running speed of the original or why they couldn’t have adapted it to be somewhat like that, considering it’s an action oriented game. Even the original trilogy had a faster movement speed than these remakes. I noticed, even in the remake of the first resident evil that they slow down the character a bit. I think this is just a problem with Capcom because they’ve done this for a long time. They think realism is slower movement for some reason.

[@apkhbmbgamlkbh1531]

maybe to inflate game time?

[@un1xify]

I found your channel recently, and actually waited for your review for this game. I'll take your word for it and buy it on sale, since I really love playing the original.

[@12ealDealOfficial]

I loved the original, but I was a fan since the original RE2. I've watched the series morph and change from what I consider the pinnacle (Nemesis) many times. RE4R, in my opinion, is the franchise's next pinnacle.

[@antihero210]

Listen closely my friend. If you loved playing the original, then you'll definitely love the remake. I can promise you that. (About to end my 2nd play through)

[@un1xify]

@@antihero210 I'm still gonna get the game, but on sale.

[@broodwars64]

Umm...no, he doesn't "shit on Luis for no real reason". Leon's first run-in with Luis, Luis ditches him mid-battle after Leon got captured trying to rescue him. The next time Leon sees him, Luis is intentionally evasive about who he is and why he's there. Then Hunnigan later informs him that Luis is a former Umbrella scientist. I agree he's a bit too antagonistic with Luis for most of the game, but it's not like the game didn't establish why Leon doesn't like him from the start. By contrast, Luis in the original game is fairly up-front and decent with Leon from the start, as they chat about Raccoon City for a bit before they escape. Gotta say, it kinda bugs me how Umbrella was mostly yanked out of this game. Aside from Luis being a former Umbrella Scientist, it never comes up. This is the game that originally established that Umbrella had collapsed, and Krauser was allegedly attempting to re-form it. That was cut out, too.

[@DmanDice]

I agree. But at least now this gives them more of a chance to think up something better than Umbrellas stocks crashing lol.

[@BabyGirlTiny]

@@DmanDice to be fair, that’s generally how big business would fall. In order for a business to fail the stock and everything around it has to fall.

[@DmanDice]

@@BabyGirlTiny That would never happen in real life. if Umbrella was that big, theyd lie and blame Racoon city on anything else and the media would call us conspiracy theorists for not believing them.

[@LeeEverett1]

Wait till he finds out that Ada and Wesker were cut from Mercenaries to be sold later 😂

[@Gruntvc]

And they added paid microtransactions to the Mercenaries too. Plus, rumor is the missing Ada bonus content will be sold as dlc and not "free" like Mercenaries. 10/10 IGN. I'd take at least 2 points off for this modern gaming baloney.

[@ExtremeMan10]

@@Gruntvc Best part? How the zoomers and capcom fanboys thirsting for Ashley support this. Anytime EA or Ubisoft does this then everyone rages but when Capcom or any other japanese company does it, then no one says anything lmao.

[@ozy667]

i dont like praise, it feels dishonest and fake. more negativity please.

[@Hero_Of_Old]

Says a lot about you I guess

[@MrKkspeed]

I really agree with this review. A lot of mechanics in the OG are fun to play and Capcom should've kept them: 1 face hit to stagger; melee attacks never triggers parasite; i-frames. The new mechanics are not bad. And as long as players learn enemy positions and spawns, the Professional S+ without Chicago is not that bad. But on the other hand I keep thinking, it feels like I'm playing The Evil Within here. In the original, skilled players can stand against hordes of enemies in PRO difficulty. In the remake, skilled players avoid standing against hordes. It just does not feel like RE4... I kind of wish the higher difficulty is not simply by making the enemy bullet sponge and immune to staggering. But rather add more variety of attacks, restrict player weapon upgrades etc ..

[@Peacenutman]

"n the original, skilled players can stand against hordes of enemies in PRO difficulty. In the remake, skilled players avoid standing against hordes. It just does not feel like RE4..." In other words, the remake feels more like a horror game than action game.... I guess that's good or bad depends who you ask.

[@Dany_Fox1]

Finally someone mentions the controls. I play on PS5 and the remake is simply not as responsive as the original was. It feels like it has much bigger deadzone in aiming and the movement is somehow even more slugish than the tank controls of the original. But that’s mostly because it wasn’t really changed enough from the “survival horror” remakes. In the combination with RNG combat, when shots sometimes stun the enemies and other times they don’t, it’s a pain on higher difficulties. Other than that it’s still propably the best RE engine remake, even though some of the characters were clearly downgraded, but I didn’t mind the changes to the locations

[@asherink3774]

I have a feeling a lot of people don't like this critique/review but just remember, he's not being a critic bc he doesn't like the game, he's doing it bc he knows it could be/could've been much better.

[@jumpingmoose5554]

I wanna include that this review is way better than Gman's. Gman trashed the original too much to prop up the remake, which rubbed me the wrong way even though i haven't played either yet.

[@funaccount7665]

That guy is the most obvious paid shill on this site.

[@wood1066]

Honestly I feel this game is way easier then the original giving all the new gameplay features. Although I completely agree the main villain's where ruined when it comes to there personalities. I'm surprised you forgot that Ashely straight asked Leon for some "overtime" in the original game, but of course they cut that from the remake.

[@kay_keik7842]

lol what? ashley still asks that using other words. and leon actually agrees, thats why hunnigan keeps talking to them and both ignore her lol how the fuck did you miss that?

[@cameronsanchez2204]

After (somehow) 5 playthroughs of 4 remake and 4 playthroughs of og, I think remake is a bit harder. Especially on professional.

[@wood1066]

@cameronsanchez2204 I got about 10 playthroughs on the remake and God only knows how many I got on the OG. My playtime on the PS4 version alone is over 150 hours and I own every version of the original. On Standard difficulty the remake is way easier then the OG because of the parry system, charms and cases, being able to move and shoot, and the OP melee attacks. On Pro I still say the remake is slightly easier, but it's in no way a walk in the park.

[@aveteranplayer6403]

That's what happens when you play through youtube or watch a review without actually playing it. The original had more consistantly more Ashley being caught than actually killing Ganados was that difficult. People complained about Ashley being caught and etc. To get it's platinum is not a very hard platinum, but it is definetly not an easy game.

[@aveteranplayer6403]

​@@wood1066 How is that so? Parry attacks? Of course they should be a great feature. Everything is a bit harder than the original right now, the thing that I don't think you get it is that the kick is not that much as OP as the original. You can just kick 3 at once just like you do in the original, however in the remake it is way more difficult to do a roundhouse kick than in the original and that because ganados take way longer to get stunned by shoot too. Also even on NG+ I've been dying a lot, imagine on NG professional run. Is just stupid how your arguments are. The remake is definetly worse and that's literally the thing I've seen my friends who played the original complaining about.

[@megamax898]

You said Leon is a jerk to Luis in the remake and I noticed that too. Those things will kill you ya know! I've seen the interactions bewteen the two on youtube, and Leon is such a stick in the mud. Poor Luis needs the Chad OG Leon as a homie. Not this preachy Reon. It's not the voice actors fault, he did an amazing job with sounding like Leon, but the script they handed him was cancer, I am sorry.

[@LarryR441]

You can parry a grab. There’s just not a prompt. If you knife parry a grab at the right moment it’ll cut the enemy’s arm off. Done it many times.

[@Stonegoal]

The N95 Mask should make you more fragile. One hit death mode.

[@allenwesker6708]

This proves the original is better.

[@PCGonline]

i was hoping for a black trans Leon

[@SPAC3H3R0]

Keep your diversity garbage out of the games industry

[@jonathanstensby2155]

Hail victory!

[@trevorclinton5692]

⚡️⚡️

[@arntbrodersen3124]

Super based

[@Hwite_Knight]

The Kirby Air Ride song "Item Bounce" playing while you were talking about micro-transactions was a nice touch.

[@InChristWeTrust999]

Based review. Loving your contact man. Recently subbed ❤

[@mymyboy827]

The kneecap stun isn’t random. You have to shoot out both kneecaps and it’s a guaranteed stun

[@zk0rned]

We seriously need a redux mod for this game

[@UnifiedEntity]

Disagree on Krauser being an upgrade overall. His voice and backstory i prefer in the original

[@Crimson_Fist]

While I have genuine gripes with decisions in the remake, I think I'm now starting to boomer-rage from all of the dick riding that the remake is getting. That and seeing people hoping this game gets tons of dlc that would, assumedly, be paid dlc.

[@zawarudo8991]

Media as in movies/games etc. , really sucks rn due to the Swamp that‘s grown around it. Maybe we‘ll get out of this mess in a few years, I dunno. Old games remain, "don‘t give up skeleton!"

[@Mirthful_Midori]

Most people that played it are still in the "honeymoon phase", wherein they can't see the flaws due to how new it is to them now. All they can think of is that it's good and haven't really given themselves time to digest some of the issues. IT happens with a lot of media and it's just something you have to try to be aware of.

[@geovane19]

Even if it is a good game, the original is better. All this release did for me was get me to play the original again.

[@rezai7]

That’s not a bad thing

[@SpuddyWesker]

@@rezai7 Yes it is

[@danerft8084]

28:41 No other reviewer would even dare try to reveal and mention that or any other personal failing while playing or in their review so honestly like you, Synthetic. You're almost one or two of a kind. 37:33 NOMEP, rookie!

[@gabbycal]

Finally a non-controversial opinion!

[@tab8803]

>Begins rant on Greedy practices >Uses the merchant theme Never change, bro. Never change.

[@SketchySkullKnight]

My neurons activated when you mentioned Berserk

[@J5858Jack]

“Well Leon is a fucking SLUG dude” haha

[@kisaragi8745]

My biggest issue is definitely the cheesy Hardcore/Professional, I really thought it was going to be engaging in a good way but I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up since any Japanese game with difficulty options and not just a set one are almost always artificially hard and not the thrilling kind. I went through my first playthrough on hardcore knowing that it was apparently a pain, but I'm super stubborn and if a game has a difficulty option and it isnt too unfair then I always go for it. Took my time and got like a 15 hour B rank and now I'm doing professional, got my shit kicked in getting adjusted to it and I was already at like 5 hours retrying stuff, went back earlier today and was able to first try the village and get past what I had been taking a while on a day before a lot quicker. The early sections are definitely the most frustrating since you cant reliably stagger Ganados at all until you can upgrade the Silver Ghost or actually have ammo for the Shotgun. Also knowing that deluxe edition players get some extra treasure spawning shit enabled for them that they can turn off, but it's still frustrating. It makes me feel elitist for saying so but I just dont know if I can take the opinion of people that end up playing with all the bonus safety-net shit as much as someone that plays the base game with no filler shit. Which wouldn't be a problem if they just didnt have this aforementioned shit muddying the waters but it's Capcom and they need to pad everything with a fuckton of small payments.

[@hagoromootsutski9058]

This reminds me of ‘Sifu’, in the sense that the game was innately quite hard, but unlike RE4, I wanted to test myself more and more the better I got. It’s crazy to think how a game like Sifu that so many normies thought was ‘difficult’ was the one game I wanted to try at the hardest difficulty. It’s a great contrast to RE4; fluid and response controls, animation cancelling, wide moveset variety to help you tackle all kinds of situations… Now that was FUN.

[@artemis1993]

@@hagoromootsutski9058 Sifu on the hardest difficulty is kinda bad though... The enemies are perfect, they behave exactly the way they're supposed to, but the Bosses are straight up terrible. They become so inhumanely OP that you have to resort to cheese tactics and exploit the Bosses AI if you want to have even the slightest chance of victory. IMO Sifu would've been perfect if we had the enemy difficulty of Hard mode, but with the Boss difficulty of Normal mode.

[@hagoromootsutski9058]

@@artemis1993 it ain’t called master for nothing. Personally I only found this true for Fajar with his annoying sweeps which seem like you can’t even react to them. All other bosses were fine - with some added mixups.

[@Malignantt1]

Shit if you think leon is slow in this game, try going back to re2r and playing that game again. SLOOOWWW

[@neiloconnor7776]

True but the difference is that’s a horror game

[@jamesfranklin8329]

I noticed the music you chose for discussing day one paid dlc. Well played my goyim brother.

[@kingrhys9445]

They got rid of gendered language to appeal to the speed running community.

[@Hero_Of_Old]

Luis still says he is a ladies man

[@Tony-1971]

Synthetic Man basically summed it all up perfectly here. Cool game for sure, but i agree Leon's movements don't feel precise or tight enough sometimes when you change direction. You turn around and it sometimes feels like you're tripping over your own feet. You move in one direction but Leon goes in a slightly different direction for a split second. You move but your character animations take over for a second and drag you off course. Leon's running animations should have no effect on your movement inputs. The game would be so much better with tighter more precise movement. I agree on the Verdugo boss fight too. Feels like you beat him with luck rather than skill. Hit the nitro and Verdugo usually comes from the wrong direction. You don't get time to see where he's coming from then hit the nitro button. I guess its possible to do the boss without getting hit if you're good at blocking his attacks with the knife. Im not though. Verdugo boss fight was designed better in the original. I totally agree on the Ashley thing too. The 'wait' command in the original was far better than this new system where she's either glued to you or pisses off and runs into the enemy or your line of fire. I was totally pissed that Mercenaries was dlc too. Should deffo have been in the game on release.

[@bulldogmicro4279]

The more I play this game the more frustrated I get. The game feels pretty amazing the first playthru, but upon follow up playthrus you will notice some glaring issues like being stunlocked combod, how you lose control of your character if you get hit by a fire weapon(torch), sometimes leaving a melee prompt gets you hit because leons kick is small, but when he exits the animation he has no s so he can't defend himself. My god are the guns inaccurate. I've accidentally killed Ashely several times with the TMP in the garbage disposal because the spread is HUGE. Why is the magnum so hard to stabilize, granted it's OP if you can stablize it then let rip even Vertigo melts on a maxed butterfly. Sometimes you trade with the enemy, you'll shoot a shotgun shell and they'll hit you the same frame and you don't get the shot out, but it eats one of your bullets. Bosses can regen health if you take too long in sequences. They added several awesome new guns that you don't get access till very late in the game making it feel pointless. I've had multiple instances of me shotgunning a ganado and a head parasite comes out and proceeds to bitch slap the ever living fuck out of me, and stunlock me from FULL in a 3 hit combo mean while im mashing the briefcase button to try to heal, but i CAN'T EVEN HEAL THRU THE FUCKING COMBO HELP ME IT'S SO CHEAP. I very fairly get mad at PvE game, but I straight up have yelled at my monitor due to the clunkyness of the character handling at times, i've had several instances of accidentally vaulting or dropping down from somewhere even tho leon isn't even near the ledge leading me to getting combo'd like it's a fkin fighting game. Still a great game, but I feel a few changes would really improve it. Mercanaries is low key mid. Krauser is fine, and leon is exactly what you expect but hulk and Luis are just so underwhelming. Hulk's melee kill is extremely slow to the point it's a risk to use, and Krauser's bow is REALLY slow to draw up a arrow for some reason. Besides that mercenaries is pretty intense and a good addition to get you that little RE fix. Krauser do be feelin like a savage badass when you play him. Now looking forward to separate ways and seeing "it" boss fight coming back.

[@chandlerh2408]

No shit the TMP has a spread lol it’s an SMG genius

[@Peacenutman]

Sounds like you need to git gud really.

[@jackluffy7914]

I honestly thought I was the only one who noticed how slow Leon is. Res4 original is my favorite game so I’ve played it a lot so that was the first thing I noticed in the remake especially the input delay. I hope they fix this stuff in a patch or something. NOW the Ashely mechanic is so freaking annoying. I was Actually was fine with it in the original but them adding the injury mechanic I kinda understand the thought but the way it played out was not good at all. And when I tell her to stay put I don’t mean just follow behind farther I actually mean stay where you are and don’t move. This was my biggest problem from the remake but other then that I really like this game

[@mattmas6628]

Agree with both points. They’re really the biggest drawbacks on the game. Leon doesn’t feel great to control at all. You can get used to it but then again you can get used to anything. Ashley was impossible to work with on higher difficulties though. She should be glued to Leon’s back like the OG but because of his control issues w Leon in this engine, they probably couldn’t get that to work

[@Eversoul12]

man i really dont understand this take at all. I played the OG before and after playing the remake and the old game feels like turd to control.

[@jackluffy7914]

@@Eversoul12 you probably feel that way because the Original controls are like you have to stop to aim or stop to turn around which I could understand it’s not for everyone. But once I’ve gotten used to it the controls feel really good. Ig the problem with the remakes leon is that he still moves like he does in Res2 remake which this doesn’t work in a action game like the guy said. Like when I go back to the original it’s night and day on how fast leon is in there compared to here

[@lonemaus562]

I hate the new knife gameplay

[@nomercy8989]

It's funny how much the remakes seems to take from Evil Within as well.

[@HenryMyth]

I doubt it was intentional. TEW 1 and 2 were flops. I liked them both for the record.

[@nonenothing4412]

​@@HenryMythwhy were they flops? I haven't played them yet but I plan to.

[@nadermanna]

Imma just say it, Resident Evil 4 didn't need a remake.

[@AsmodeusTwenty8]

I watched CarcinogenSDA play this game and I was SUPER excited (key word was). Watching him play this game told me everything I needed to know and that I WOULDNT be playing it, EVER. Firstly as synthetic says, the controls are DOGSHIT!!!! 2nd: bullet travel time (blows raspberry) 3rd: weapon bloom, 4th: bullet sponge enemies, 5th:stagger chance ect.ect.ect. Fuck me, the horrible controls ALONE considering its an action shooter are enough reason to say at the very least ITS NOT SUPERIOR...even bad. IMO the only thing superior about it is the story.

[@gatsu8223]

The writing being a downgrade is why I didn’t buy it.

[@danielgregori7019]

The writing is much better, you are literaly bring delusional

[@danielgregori7019]

The writing is much better, you are literaly bring delusional