Resident Evil 4 REMAKE - Nitro Ramble

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Күн бұрын

Capcom has finally hit us with the remake of all remakes! Is Resident Evil 4 Remake as good as the original? Does it blast it out of the water? Or does the S in Leon S Kennedy stand for SUCK?!??
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro: RE4 and my History with the Series
4:03 - Anticipating the remake... What will it look like?!
5:23 - Resident Evil 4 REMAKE
6:30 - The Gameplay and Gunplay
15:45 - Resource Management
18:37 - Characters, Writing, and Tone
27:04 - Ashley Gameplay
30:16 - Level Design
33:00 - Presentation
35:53 - Should it replace the original?
38:55 - Conclusion
40:15 - End Slate

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@NitroRad Жыл бұрын

One thing I'd like to quickly make note of.... Really wish I didn't use the phrase "copy paste" when referring to the level design. While it uses the original as a base, many areas of the game are SUUUPER different. And even the similar ones have a lot of little changes. Copypaste is often used to describe low effort, which isn't what I meant at all! I just struggled to find a better phrase/word for the idea in that unscripted moment. So pretend I said "if they're basing the levels on the original..." instead lol

@dark-litheaven8812 Жыл бұрын

You're an incredible daddy Nitro Rad I love you babe!...

@keip4568 Жыл бұрын

Why only this one and not the other remakes?

@PaulW_ftPAULK Жыл бұрын

Whad'ya watching, stranger?

@keip4568 Жыл бұрын

Also please do some old PS2 classics like Gregory Horror Show or maybe a funny one like the Lifeline PS2. Your review of Clock Tower GhostHead always made me laugh...

@HunterForHire422 Жыл бұрын

@@keip4568 I think he'd love talking about Gregory horror show

@kingrhys9445 Жыл бұрын

Funny how people think Ashley’s original voice actress is annoying yet she is a part of most of our collective childhoods. She is the voice of Sandy Cheeks from SpongeBob.

@slabman6262 Жыл бұрын

Cindy Vortex, Amy Rose, and many others

@yusukeelric Жыл бұрын

her voice calling for help didn't feel like a woman in danger, they felt like a kid asking for their parent to give back her toys.

@user-gu9yq5sj7c Жыл бұрын

"Nostalgic" doesn't mean something is good. I didn't like Ashley's original voice. I still don't really like the remake Ashley either. She still acts too helpless too. Sandy Cheeks sounds ok.

@user-gu9yq5sj7c Жыл бұрын

@@yusukeelric Yeah, the original Ashley's voice sounded kinda hollow.

@Onesadcatto Жыл бұрын

Now that I know this... I can actually hear similarities between OG Ashely and Sandy Cheeks. Always learning something new about RE4. Last week, I found out that you can find a red herb a couple of steps forward after rescuing the dog

@itsalolmor Жыл бұрын

I love how Luis pretends to be Don Quixote in the remake, and later you find out that he loved that novel as a kid. Even Leon recognizes in the end he was a good knight 😢

@LuckoDaStars Жыл бұрын

Little Rough dont you think?

@pegasuskiller9905 Жыл бұрын

@@LuckoDaStars it’s the big cheese

@kellytamia9152 Жыл бұрын

That broke me

@quarreneverett4767 Жыл бұрын

Such a good boy

@TheHalloweenSpirit Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that and his life with his grandpa in the Village is amazing Also, in a very different way, Ramón Salazar and his "Pulgarcito" trauma

@PervertedNovaxc3 Жыл бұрын

In the original, Luis was a researcher hired by Saddler. There was no ties to Umbrella at all. So it is kind of interesting that they did that to flesh him out some more and make Leon a bit more antagonistic towards him.

@Shift_Salt 7 ай бұрын

Gave the attachment Wesker had with Ada and Wesker to Luis with a history of working for umbrella. Pretty cool.

@coyraig8332 Жыл бұрын

You should ABSOLUTELY cover the whole series. You did it with every other horror series, including Silent Hill.

@cleibergustavosoaresrodrig990 Жыл бұрын

Damn, i would love if James make that. It gonna be super cool

@mickeymickey9914 Жыл бұрын

Check out Avalanche reviews coverage of the whole series

@DantesGrill Жыл бұрын

@@mickeymickey9914 I actually watched that right before getting sick. Ended up having fever dreams about AI buddies giving me pistol ammo and I started panicking because my inventory was full. Then RE5 Chris started running against my bedroom wall because he couldn't find the stairs down, occasionally passing me more pistol ammo. It was a long and painful night.

@marcar9marcar972 Жыл бұрын

@@MonsterfromHell2543 oh yeah you’re talking about that avalanche guy right? Isn’t he the guy that says survival horror can only exist with fixed camera angles? Like I get everyone is entitled to their opinion but the idea that games like RE2 Remake isn’t survival horror is a joke.

@cixlo Жыл бұрын

Vr 4 hits different

@ploso22 Жыл бұрын

15:00 What they say is "Un forastero" or an outsider, it's in spanish not latin. Love that they keep the classic phrases!

@NitroRad Жыл бұрын

I'm so dumb, why would I think it's Latin.... they're in Spain i have no brain lmfao

@thetrophygamer3606 Жыл бұрын

@@NitroRad that explains the lack of brain blasts

@Invidente7 Жыл бұрын

@@NitroRad it's not latin, it's castellano. Also when are you gonna review Sonic Frontiers?

@itsalolmor Жыл бұрын

@@enrique7934 como no? Son parecidas, si

@theguythatdoesstuff1004 Жыл бұрын

@@HenriqueHCA14 Knowing what "trás de ti, imbecil" means, saved me a lot of times

@StephaneLevs Жыл бұрын

for anyone who didnt know, you can actually freely use your knife to open crates. It doesnt use any durability. It only goes down when you actually use it on someone (so parry, attack, stealth atk, finisher, even attacking dead bodies count xD but not crates/barrels).

@ZoMbi5lAy3r Жыл бұрын

Just confirmed this to be true. So the button prompt to smash boxes is meant for situations where your knife is broken.

@Siberiasun2 Жыл бұрын

@@MonsterfromHell2543 cool story nerd.

@aconfusedlacroix3965 Жыл бұрын

@@MonsterfromHell2543 uh okay buddy?

@harmonixdraws5298 Жыл бұрын

I was worried I was losing durability because it's such a reflex for me from the og, glad I'm not actually breaking my knife lmao

@azumashinobi1559 Жыл бұрын

I'm gonna be a nerd here but I use the dashing knife attack to open boxes more quickly when I'm going for a high rank or whatever. I'm pretty sure it's way faster than the kick and it's easier to angle it so you can hit two boxes at once. I thought I was wasting my knife for a second here watching this video lol

@hauntedheathen2732 Жыл бұрын

I love the sense of continuity of Leon's character between RE2R and RE4R. You can tell he's the same goofball, but his training and experiences since 2 have left him jaded and emotionally stunted. He's no longer shy and naive, doesn't react as strongly to the horrors he witnesses. He would never tell someone to shut up in 2 like he does to luis. It's almost tragic how focused on the mission he is yet still lets his old self peek through. You can tell that in another life, he would have liked doing laundry and taxes with Krauser. In the original 2 and 4, he felt like two entirely separate characters.

@nicholascauton9648 4 ай бұрын

Wholeheartedly agree. Leon is a much more well-written human character now compared to his older renditions. Not saying they were bad but looking back now, I find it rather jarring he maintains his somewhat goofy attitude despite all the terrible shit he’s seen and experienced in Raccoon City. Remake Leon makes much more sense where he becomes totally jaded after years of traumatized experiences and yet his old self is still somewhat there to keep him from going totally insane.

@Chumpersonable Жыл бұрын

So I don't know if this was intentional, but Ashley's VA in the original was actually the lady who voiced Cindy Vortex. And Sandy Cheeks.

@Devilsblight86 Жыл бұрын

....for real?

@realnickhiro Жыл бұрын

sandy cheeks im coming to clap those cheeks

@StrangerMoontail Жыл бұрын

That explains /everything./

@jazzratoon Жыл бұрын

Tho it got annoying fast.

@Chumpersonable Жыл бұрын

@@Devilsblight86 yep! Carolyn Lawrence.

@yuichikita6018 Жыл бұрын

I'm just happy that they brought back the "detras de ti, imbecil" (behind you, imbecil) voice line. Heck, they even made it so that if you're fighting with Luis, the line changes to "detras de vosotros, imbeciles" (the same in english but in plural form).

@silversparrow9437 Жыл бұрын

The game also has a phenomenal amount of cheese-ability, and that adds to a level of experimentation. For example, you can throw a golden egg at Ramón during his fight and that knocks off about 70% of his health. I legitimately hope we see DLC for a remake of Ada's Story as well, I think that'd be the perfect cherry on top of everything

@NitroRad Жыл бұрын

I WAS SO MAD DUDE!!! That fight took me an HOUR of trying (I was on hard mode) and when my girlfriend gets there she's like "check this out" biffs an egg in his face, unloads the shotgun, and the fight's over in seconds! I COULDNT BELIEVE IT

@HunterForHire422 Жыл бұрын

@@NitroRad it's funny as hell but seriously that fight is annoying as fuck. Glad I don't have to fight him next time.

@jameslawrenson1208 Жыл бұрын

I love it when games give you a different way to tackle bosses.

@FuntBunkledorf Жыл бұрын

The absolute amount of skips in this game that don't require game breaking bugs are wild and I appreciate the hell out of them. The egg thrown at Ramon is hinted at by the game telling you to throw it at his painting, but then later on you learn you can shoot the bell on the tower at the beginning of the game to cut that whole section short. Or even the wrecking ball portion by throwing 3 heavy grenades at the wall. I can't wait to see what the dlc's have to offer and with how active Luis was in this game vs the original, I'm kinda hoping we get a dlc to play his half of the game too

@weclock Жыл бұрын

It's that kind of cheese that makes this a schlocky action game and not a horror game.

@heuerbardemston4087 Жыл бұрын

luis is also a scientist in the original and its also not verbally told in the game, its in one of the notes you find throughout, you might even miss it, i love how subtle it is and that they kept the subtlety in the remake

@arilphoenix Жыл бұрын

Fun fact about the auto-sort! It's not optimal. There's been a few times in my playthrough where I couldn't fit something in my inventory like a new weapon and auto sort said "no that won't fit lol". BUT, manually sorting I managed to stuff it in there regardless! While initially I had the same thought of "damn this is kinda lame" those couple moments definitely changed my perspective on it. Thinking of it more like a way to keep the action up during fights where you're picking up a bunch of stuff so you don't need to stop and rearrange your whole case every couple seconds. I do wish it was even LESS optimal though so I get to play around with it more lol. Unrelated but there's a whole ass puzzle game called "Save Room" which is legit just the RE4 attache case but you have to find a way to fit all the junk into a set space. It even has item crafting and weapon loading.

@reneeelizabeth9473 Жыл бұрын

I keep hitting the god damn auto sort by accident and then having to spend five minutes rearranging my entire case back to how I like it lol

@quarreneverett4767 Жыл бұрын

Or give the option for auto. Sort to work and just choose not to use it if you wanna tetris

@Langtw Жыл бұрын

I love visiting the shooting range while Ashley is following. It feels like this very wholesome and cute date, with Ashley cheering you on but in a realistic way. She's not like "Oh my gosh, Leon you're the coolest and most handsome man in the world", instead she seems more enthusiastic and encouraging in a realistic way

@xX_Thaddeus_Xx Жыл бұрын

Yeah, like how she freaks out a little at you if you shoot one of the sailors.

@yusukeelric Жыл бұрын

My memory might not be working right now... At what point does Ashley in the original say " oh leon you are so cool!" Not only that, but Ashley compliments leon a LOT in the remake. Every 3 or 4 headshots she kinda says "COOL!" or " GOod one Leon" , in the original during fights she did a fist pump at best every few headshots.

@zom8680 Жыл бұрын

@@yusukeelric even says Woah when you shoot some far off target like a zealots head or a blue coin that's out of range

@user-gu9yq5sj7c Жыл бұрын

Date? I see Ashley as kid-like or immature compared to Leon. That she looks up to him. I think Ashley is kinda annoying. Tho improved from the original. I think it's amazing and am glad Leon is able to be patience with her. Platonic people can be enthusiastic and encouraging to each other.

@thescroot Жыл бұрын

@@user-gu9yq5sj7c Ye waste the breath in ye very lungs. This be the dynamic of two fictional chatacters being discussed in a video game-related comments section. In places such as these, there be no platonic interpretations of such things, as these be lonely corners of a most tragic darkness.

@Invidente7 Жыл бұрын

I loved how the knife duel between Leon and Jack is now 100% interactive without any of that QTE nonsense.

@atomic747 Жыл бұрын

The QTE is cool and the remake knife fight is also cool.

@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32 Жыл бұрын

One of the most important changes I wanted and it happened

@GreedAndSelfishness Жыл бұрын

@@HenriqueHCA14 Well any gameplay in general is just pushing buttons at right time my man.

@captaintoast4675 Жыл бұрын

@@HenriqueHCA14 I kinda disagree. The Arkham games' counter system is super forgiving, but RE 4 Remake's parry system takes inspiration from Sekiro (Which I like a lot). If you play any difficulty besides assisted, you get punished HARD if you fuck up a parry. Especially if you play Hardcore or Professional. Unlike Sekiro however, you cannot just hold the button and block as a temporary safeguard. You have to time the parry correctly. In Batman the enemies clearly telegraph their moves, and that just makes it seem like they want to be countered. (And as a souls player) the harder difficulties in Batman do not really mean much when the counter system in the games are super easy to understand and play with. The RE 4 remake handles this a lot better with enemy attacks that are quicker, more eccentric, harder to react, and much more punishing in my opinion.

@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32 Жыл бұрын

@@HenriqueHCA14 I mean yeah but the difference is if you fail, you don't immediately die. That kind of stuff was not cool, not even back in the day

@Strawberry_Cubes Жыл бұрын

I love weapon durability and it makes sense for survival horror and survival games. I only think the time it doesn’t work is when you put like 50 steps into getting a thing only to get like 2 uses only for it to go “yep that’s it gone forever”. RE4 does it fine but I think that’s what people means with mechanics like this

@MedievalWaffle365 Жыл бұрын

I think of animal crossing too. You finally have your 5 star island after 2 months, your town is pretty much decorated to your liking, you have nearly all the villagers you want, yet you still have a "maxed out" shovel that breaks after 60 uses. You'd think you could get to a point where you could further increase durability or get rid of durability altogether at that point. They should make a very rare material you can collect where if you get enough you can make your tool last forever, or at least a really long time. I understand this definitely isn't a survival game tho lol

@Strawberry_Cubes Жыл бұрын

@@MedievalWaffle365 I totally understand, I don’t think animal crossing sound have had tool durability but at least if they where going to do that they should have made it that everything functions the same but the golden tools don’t ever break, it feels like a slap in the face that you work so hard to get most of them only for them to still follow the same durability rules

@MedievalWaffle365 Жыл бұрын

@@Strawberry_Cubes they actually added durability to their latest game, new horizons and it really turned me off from the game, along with a multitude of other unrelated issues

@nautil_us Жыл бұрын

Agree, its a great survival/management thing but i havent encountered a non survival/survival horror game where I prefer it over something like limited ammo

@dannyhargreaves1326 Жыл бұрын

The knife was indestructible in the original. That’s my only real gripe with the game.

@psychicbeagle5106 Жыл бұрын

One of those "Let's do something completely different now," sections I actually really liked was the Anima sections in Evil Within 2. You're still playing as Sebastion, you still have all your fun toys, but the Anima is a spooky singing ghost. You can't blow it away, which forces Seb, and the player, out of his comfort zone in a more organic way.

@BewbsOP Жыл бұрын

I was really hoping they would choose to not kill luis, or at least mike. Let some people live, man. Especially mike. He deserved to live.

@bismarckluna Жыл бұрын

When Mike said that he ran out of ammo I was like "Cool! That's an excuse to keep him alive and probably cut the jet ski". NOPE.

@clintmcbride7830 3 ай бұрын

The chopper pilots in the RE series always get the short end of the stick. RIP Mike, Kirk, and Doug. Y'all will live on in my memories.

@Spalfos Жыл бұрын

For anyone curious, the voice of Ashley in the original actually IS Cindy Vortex (and Sandy Cheeks!)

@kuronoroux8864 9 ай бұрын

😮

@MacNava Жыл бұрын

You NEED to do a marathon of the games! With someone who loves survival horror, you'd be perfect!

@weclock Жыл бұрын

He just said he can't play the original Resident Evil titles. He's obviously not a survival horror fan.

@SaberRexZealot Жыл бұрын

@@weclock he’s a huge Silent Hill fan. Pretty safe to say he’s into survival horror.

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

I Hate Resident Evil 4 I Hate Resident Evil 4 Remake GOD I HATE RESIDENT EVIL 4 I Hate Resident Evil Village I Hate Resident Evil Remake I Hate Resident Evil 2 Remake I Hate Resident Evil 3 Remake I Hate Resident Evil Franchise I Hate Survival Horror Games GOD I HATE SURVIVAL HORROR GAMES I Hate Rated M Mature Games GOD I HATE RATED M MATURE GAMES I Hate Remake GOD I HATE REMAKE I Hate Capcom GOD I HATE CAPCOM

@MyNameJefff Жыл бұрын

RE4 is already a perfect game in my eyes, tank controls and all. To remake perfection and keep it feeling absolutely fucking perfect is such an amazing accomplishment. It’s so cool that they made everything so familiar but just different enough to make it an entirely unique experience. Both versions of the game stand toe to toe with each other in my eyes and I couldn’t be happier to say that.

@cube2fox 7 ай бұрын

Nitpick: RE4 didn't have tank controls

@Sharcys Жыл бұрын

with the ashley part you can actually skip a large portion of it, as on repeat playthroughs you'll know the clock puzzle answer & be able to just rush the last room!

@supersoupy4709 Жыл бұрын

thats a good point actually, i wonder if they did that on purpose

@daimpthing Жыл бұрын

@@supersoupy4709 They had speed runners in mind because OG RE4 had a HUGGGEEEE dedicated speedrunner community, and they wanted to give them a tribute. Like, you can actually skip the first village encounter by shooting the bell on the church, then theres a point where a big rock blocks your way in the mines, which you can skip by shooting it was a RPG.

@deathphobia912 Жыл бұрын

@@daimpthing As far as I know, you can't hit the village bell on a new game playthrough. You can only do it on new game + with a sniper of some sort

@ZonalJump97 Жыл бұрын

@@deathphobia912 You can hit it on your first playthrough, it's just hard as shit

@WriteSnipe Жыл бұрын

@@daimpthing Y’know the Ditman glitch? The Striker charm increases your movement speed by 8%

@StrangerMoontail Жыл бұрын

RE 1, 2, & 3 would make a fun little Halloween series, I think. But covering the more obscure ones would be awesome, because they're just so hard to find much on. You'd do great on covering those, I know it, and hopefully it'd be something enjoyable for you.

@BodySprayMan Жыл бұрын

Hell, if he wants to really try something interesting, he should play the DS version of the original Resident Evil 1.

@reneeelizabeth9473 Жыл бұрын

Dead Aim best RE

@bismarckluna Жыл бұрын

@@reneeelizabeth9473 played that one as a teen, had a good time. I'm always surprised that almost nobody knows it exists ha ha.

@666slateran666 Жыл бұрын

Man I really liked Ashley's section compared to the original. The American version didn't even have the isometric camera angles like the japanese

@N3rdn3z Жыл бұрын

A couple years ago I had a really low point in life a lot of shit going on etc. I discovered your channel and u really helped me out distracting from all stressfull toughts and painful memorys I pilled up. I like to thank u Nitro for beeing so natural and funny and entertain us with all your heart. Keep up the good work!👍

@rawrdino7046 Жыл бұрын

Knife durability is better in re4 than breath of the wild, at least you can repair or upgrade and it doesn't break in 2 swings

@trapez77 Жыл бұрын

Which items breaks in 2 swings in breath of the wild?

@Mojo1356 Жыл бұрын

@@trapez77sually starting weapons like tree branches or rusted weapons or literal glass canons.

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@trapez77 Жыл бұрын

@@MonsterfromHell2543 chill out dude

@azureknight729 Жыл бұрын

@@trapez77 bruh the master sword has a recharge timer after using up its durability…. The. Master. Sword. 😂

@Langtw Жыл бұрын

Can we just take a second to appreciate the masterpiece that is the RE Engine? It's holding up like a champ since RE7, and always delivers such reliable performance. I've never had a tip-top of the line computer, but I've been able to run all of the RE engine games maxed out with no issues. (Excluding Ray Tracing on the newer games, but I notice very little difference between the standard lighting and ray tracing)

@Mojo1356 Жыл бұрын

While I usually don’t like weapon durability, including in Breath of the Wild, I’m actually okay with the knife having durability here. Because the knife counterattack from the previous remakes returns and now can parry enemy attacks as well as perform stealth instant kills and stop any parasite heads from popping up, it would be way too broken if it didn’t have some catch like durability to punish players that over rely on the counterattack or parry.

@dannyhargreaves1326 Жыл бұрын

But players are already punished by using too much ammo and using the knife in situations that wouldn’t work for it. Why punish players more? Besides, it won’t work with hordes of enemies.

@kuroneeko6491 Жыл бұрын

One thing that i loved about the remake is how faithful it is to the original while doing something completely fresh. I managed to beat the village raid on hardcore on my first try out of sheer muscle memory from playing the original so much.

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@Designated_loser 9 ай бұрын

Are you okay girlie

@torinriley7569 Жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: the "password" in the Ashley section never changes (though hardcore/professional has a different one from Assisted/Normal), so when replaying the game you can skip a pretty decent chunk of that section if you remember it. Turns it from a mild annoyance into a minor distraction on repeat playthroughs.

@ZeroEscape2074 Жыл бұрын

when you first met luis, you don't have a smoke for him, and when you last met him, leon gives him the smoke he wanted, perfect!

@solidskullz5736 Жыл бұрын

This remake is pretty dang good. One of my favorite parts is how the developers edited the cheese spots so that couldn’t use them, that’s pretty funny lol

@Thehunter905 Жыл бұрын

Cheese spot?

@katerinak96 Жыл бұрын

Cheese spots????

@wb6930 Жыл бұрын

What the fuck are you talking about

@solidskullz5736 Жыл бұрын

@@Thehunter905 gamer term, when you “cheese” something it means you use a cheap or easier way to get past an obstacle

@therenegadegamer7422 Жыл бұрын

The bell tower roof collapsing damn near gave me a heart attack followed by nonstop laughter I respect that level of trolling

@SiliconSlyWolf Жыл бұрын

Still going to argue against you on BotW durability. Eventually my decisions boiled down to stockpile 30 royal broadswords and just use whatever random best trash I got to not waste the broadswords until I need them. All my decisions got streamlined into a shit ton of non-decisions other than "is this random weapon worth opening the menu, dropping my weapon, and getting the new one?"

@Maioly Жыл бұрын

25:46 oh, not just that A doctor at the umbrella labs that made nemesis... And nemesis in the re3 remake seemed to have plaga elements to him... And Luis is a native to the region the plot is set in and likely knew of the plagas when he went to work for umbrella So its extremely likely that Luis was involved in the creation of nemesis.

@anders6326 Жыл бұрын

Yeah that's now confirmed. Just compare the umbrella team 6 photo to that original file regarding nemesis and the same team number!

@Maioly Жыл бұрын

@@anders6326 I wonder how the conversation goes in the new movie where leon finally meets Jill. :P

@nyxmoonveil Жыл бұрын

IMO weapon durability is fine in horror and survival games because it adds to the atmosphere and makes sense in terms of game play. Resource management is usually one of the focuses of those types of games anyway. But for most other genres, I find it tedious and time consuming. Just because it's something to do doesn't make it good. I don't want to go back and waste time collecting the required materials to re-craft the same thing over and over again because it broke after three uses, when it should have been a readily available tool in my bag after I already spent effort to get/craft it the first time around. (Only exception is if the game makes the re-crafting super easy and something that I can do on the fly.)

@weclock Жыл бұрын

This isn't a survival or a horror game though, it's an action game.

@velvetnightmares5849 Жыл бұрын

@@weclock What a weird claim. I've heard people argue over whether RE4 is closer to a "survival horror" or "action horror" game, but never that it's somehow not a horror game. RE4 is very much in the horror genre.

@kg888 Жыл бұрын

@@weclock Doesn't matter. It still a survival game action or horror.

@Mojo1356 Жыл бұрын

My argument personally is that the knife would be broken if it didn’t have some form of punishment for over relying on parrying or the counterattacks. The durability does both that and fits with the tone established in the previous remakes starting with 2.

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@PrinceMallow Жыл бұрын

The remake of RE1 for the GameCube is one of my favorite games of all time, so I'd definitely love to see you cover at least that one. But really the whole series would be great to see you cover. Maybe even the "weirdo" ones like Gaiden for the Game Boy Color lol.

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@emma-gracegrant Жыл бұрын

I would love it if you covered the classic trilogy! You always have great analysis when covering games, so it'd be interesting to hear your thoughts on one of my favourite series.

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@emma-gracegrant Жыл бұрын

@@MonsterfromHell2543 Ok bud.

@cybermadness2503 Жыл бұрын

I honestly love both games! The original was a vital part of my early years as an *RE* fan and the remake updated the story/characters for the better while reawakening my love for the first game! ❤

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@davidlewis6857 Жыл бұрын

Your comment on weapon durability is the first time I've seen you come across as narrow minded about something. Not your opinion itself, but your response to anyone who feels different. You've got a good point for sure, including about the weapons in BOTW, but counter arguments should always be welcome as they have a point too. I've just gone on Amazon and I can't find a Game Genie for the PS5... maybe one day.🤔

@chillee6474 Жыл бұрын

When I beat this game, I immediately wanted to play it again. I think it blends the action and horror perfectly. It uses the music so well to add to how tense a situation is. I think the thing the game does best is how engaged you feel when playing. The constant on edge feeling just sucks you in and there is just something about the gunplay that is so fun that kinda makes you want to fight more enemies.

@chaoticcritters Жыл бұрын

duuuude id love to see you cover more re stuff!! ive been kinda hoping you'd eventually cover the series on here for a while tbh. personally id be super interested in hearing you talk about the more obscure titles like you mentioned at the end :] i love this style of unscripted reviews. havent played the remake of re4, but ive been replaying the original and it still holds up fantastically imo. campy b movie horror is one of my favourite things and re4 has that in spades.

@minimalchill Жыл бұрын

At one point he promised a RE marathon for Halloween…that year never came. I’d love to hear his thoughts on the franchise as a whole…unless he isn’t super into it. I’m so done listening to people talk down to games for half a hour or so.

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@Atrus999 Жыл бұрын

The goofy bits in RE4 reminds me of the Metal Gear Solid series. The story and characters are serious with a little craziness sprinkled on top. The RE4 remake felt the same way which was awesome.

@koopapasta Жыл бұрын

Bro nitro PLEASE cover this series it’s honestly surprising you haven’t yet.

@lillith_moon8702 Жыл бұрын

Been watching your channel for so very long and your excitement for games always puts a big ol grin on my face, and extends my owns passions for them. I love your positivity and viewpoint and its been so nice to see this channel and your relationship with games change and morph as much as mine has. I'm looking forward to what comes next always!!!

@asuspiciousavocado3317 Жыл бұрын

Leon is somehow emo and goofy at the same time in this game.

@davidwilson2916 Жыл бұрын

Hearing you talk about the RE4 Remake - especially given your love for Slient Hill - makes me hope you'll end up reviewing more Resident Evil games in the future. Your Silent Hill reviews are still some of the best videos you've ever put out (in my opinion) and I'd love to see Resident Evil get the same treatment. I think you'd have a lot of interesting takes on the series and its evolution - seeing as you're a big fan of survival horror in all its forms - so I'd definitely tune in for that kind of content. Until then, great video as always!

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@francodaily440 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for bringing a video out so quickly about RE4. I really appreciate it and enjoyed it.

@miniclip13sa Жыл бұрын

Absolutely loved the knife mechanics. Easily the best addition to the series

@themojogamer75 Жыл бұрын

A very well done video on the remake! I'm excited to get it, prolly with this next paycheck lol Also, regarding RE reviews, I think I find the videos where you look at odd games to be the most fascinating, so maybe it would be interesting to start with those oddball entries for RE as well?

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@shards-of-glass-man Жыл бұрын

Nolifed it on release two days straight. Felt like coming home. Also, though it's definitely an unpopular opinion, I'm super glad they evened out corn and cheese compared to the original. Makes it land much better for me. P.S. Heck yeah, Gaiden please.

@16xthedetail76 Жыл бұрын

Disagree the more cheese the better, it was on the nose and knew how dumb it was. So disappointing that they almost entirely removed it's charm in favour of yet another generic dark horror.

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@zekecontreras77 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful vid bro! Keep up the awesome work!

@legendaryspitfire Жыл бұрын

Good video! Also, nice Signalis polaroid. Keep up the good work!

@savadaflava1120 Жыл бұрын

Not to undermine the quality of your full-scale reviews (which I always love), but these more off-the-cuff reviews with gameplay clips are about 70% as enjoyable to me, which is still plenty good enough for me to watch all the way through and way better than no video at all! Also regarding the Othello bit, the Ganados are saying in Spanish "Un forestero!" which means "An outsider!"

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@Mojo1356 Жыл бұрын

Ashley is just so much better in this remake. She legit feels relatable with her reactions. Like, I’d probably be as scared as her if I were in her shoes. She is now one of my personal favorites in the series now because of that.

@DominicGo Жыл бұрын

please cover the entire series, i just love video essays + analysis so much

@b-manthe101 Жыл бұрын

Gosh! I haven't watched a video from you in such a long time that I forgot how positive your videos make me feel

@Sweet.Willey Жыл бұрын

This is my favorite franchise. I really like seeing the remakes purely for the excitement of people playing these classics in a new way. Great review as always James

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@Sweet.Willey Жыл бұрын

@ihatetmntshreddersrevenge2543 I was really concerned, but then I saw that you didn't list RESIDENT EVIL SURVIVOR BAYBEEE

@murabitoreal Жыл бұрын

love that the end slate continues to get more insane

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@notderian8728 Жыл бұрын

Yooo, is that Strange Day from The Sims 2 DS' soundtrack in the vid? Smiled when I noticed the track, good use of it, dude!

@Saxdude26 Жыл бұрын

The raw nature of this short notice review was fantastic. Also, always appreciate the kitty breaks too.

@kingrhys9445 Жыл бұрын

I liked the original Luis, he’s more entertaining and his dynamic with Leon was great. It’s funny how they become BFFs like almost instantly. My favourite line between them is: Luis: “You got a smoke?” Leon: “Got gum.”

@Koi33. Жыл бұрын

and the ballistics

@kennethforman5265 Жыл бұрын

Crates dont damage your knife Also, zelda, your weapon breaks and its gone forever and it breaks after like 3 hits. Re4 knife is repairable, you can upgrade it to be more endurable. By the end of the game, knife health wasnt an issue anymore. Zelda weapon mechanics is just bad.

@CompletelyNewguy Жыл бұрын

One thing that I like about the Knife durability that I don't see alot of people mention is how good it feels to use it wisely. Let me explain. When fighting an El Salvador (chainsaw man) you can stun him with your gun and kick him, but if you kick him into a wall he'll flatten up against it stunning him for longer, but THEN you can run up and do a powerful, context sensitive, knife against them that uses little durability and does HUGE amounts of damage. You got the biggest bang for your buck right there and it feels awesome. To me it does feel good to manage a resource wisely. Like pulling out your magnum for a boss. You know you were saving it just for that.

@bigfatbucko012 Жыл бұрын

I love how descriptive you are, aswell as how you’re so visual. ‘Talk with your hands’ so to say! Always big ups to OG Nitro

@CeHee123 Жыл бұрын

Re4 is one of my favourite games of all time. Just wish I had something to play the remake.

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@chrismdb5686 11 ай бұрын

What pulls you in and makes it appealing? I've played the whole series minus 6, CV, Village, and the two Revelations games and OG RE4 misses the mark by a country mile compared to the rest. Not looking to argue just looking for a different perspective, because every time I try to get into it I just feel like I'm sitting through a tone-deaf slog of a boring game. Idk, I like the setting/environments, sound design, and dialogue, but man that gameplay is pretty awful. The QTEs are particularly horrendous.

@CeHee123 11 ай бұрын

@ChrisMDB I'm sorry, but if you don't like the gameplay, there is nothing I can tell you that will make you change your mind. But I'll try my best to explain why I love it. -The combat to me is some of the best in video game history. It basically feels like playing an action movie. I love the headshot stun into roundhouse kick into knifing on the ground combo, looking out for traps, the frantic pacing as you try not to get swarmed, the different weapons you get (which get even more fun when you unlock the others after several playthroughs) that are super satisfying to use. -The enemy variety is great, and their aggressive behaviour keeps the fights eventful. -The controls did feel a little awkward on my first playthrough, but once I got used to them, I couldn't get enough of the gameplay. The game is built with tank controls in mind, so once you get it, it feels much better. -The dialogue and story are cheesy as hell and make me smirk every time the (very qoutable) characters have their banter. It's very different from the classic RE games (I also love them) in both gameplay and tone, but it's an experience that's too fun to stay mad at. -Also, the qtes aren't that bad, but that's just me. -Ashely can be a pain at times, but she's a lot better than most escort quests with the little things they add to her, like her ducking out of fire or letting her hide. -Even little things like sorting the inventory are fun because it adds a little more thought to how you use the slots you have than "take this thing, leave that thing." -There is so much to unlock, which adds tons of replayablity, whether it's the main game or side modes like Mercenaries I adore this game to death.

@chrismdb5686 11 ай бұрын

@@CeHee123 You're probably right unfortunately, but I do appreciate seeing other perspectives on it. I hadn't really thought too much about the enemy variety because I mostly struggled against (what I perceive to be) slow, clunky gameplay. In hindsight I'll probably like the remake much more because it seems to play more similarly to 2make. Tank controls aren't really the issue per-say, as I was fine with RE1-3+REMake and 0. Idk, there's something about the gameplay of 4/5 that really bothers me, difference with 5 being that it's co-op and I can just turn my brain off and have dumb fun with it. Totally agree about the cheesy dialogue, that may be my favorite part about the game aside from the authentic Spanish they used. RE4 was one of the first multi-language pieces of media I encountered where I could understand everything that was spoken by the characters and it was a pretty cool experience.

@crispy_asch7110 Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised you haven't played the original Re 3. I think even if you don't like it, your style of review would be really cool to hear considering games have been trying to replicate the Nemesis stalker mechanic ever since

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@austinmoore9041 Жыл бұрын

Would love to see you tackle the full series!

@Boon_4444 8 ай бұрын

Your content makes me just so incredibly happy. The joy you radiate when talking about well designed games, or even badly designed ones, is just amazing! Its just a wonderful time all together, thank you.

@Zero-ds9ws Жыл бұрын

Something to note is that if you can manage to pull off a perfect parry, the one where Leon doesn't stagger back, I'm decently sure the knife durability doesn't go down. So if you have good timing, you're rewarded in that front. Also, did you know the game actually has bullet travel?

@StephaneLevs Жыл бұрын

im pretty sure a perfect parry still reduce the durability sadly but it usually open up a better counter (even knocking them down so you can finish them off with a 1 shot knife attack)

@TAMAMO-VIRUS Жыл бұрын

@@StephaneLevs It does reduce durability, but the decrease is miniscule on a perfect parry.

@Potconundrum Жыл бұрын

Well this is trippy, currently watching bigklingys persona 3 fes 100 social link run and I see u comment almost every video yo!

@Zero-ds9ws Жыл бұрын

@@Potconundrum Oh, man, that was ages ago. I wish I had the time to comment like that nowadays, honestly loved his content.

@Potconundrum Жыл бұрын

It is quite a time capsule of a platform. I do agree that his content is wonderful as of just discovering his channel at the beginning of March I must say he's one of my favorite underground content creators

@TrillNye69 Жыл бұрын

Honestly surprising you never were too into the earlier RE games! RE3 and Code Veronica pretty much defined my love for survival horror to this day Edit: Also, the knife doesn't lose durability when you use it on boxes! And it's also faster than using the button prompt.

@Spider_Mike023 Жыл бұрын

3 and Veronica for me as well. My favorites of the franchise and played them both soooooo freaking much. REmake 3 coulda been a bit better but enjoyed it. Really hope for a Veronica remake with the treatment this one got.

@TrillNye69 Жыл бұрын

@@Spider_Mike023 Yea 3 was for sure a let down, but I am praying to every god that exists we get a great Code Veronica remake!!

@Mojo1356 Жыл бұрын

@@TrillNye69I do to, but it’s because I hate Code Veronica and want a version to actually like.

@TrillNye69 Жыл бұрын

Im sorry to hear that, I really enjoy playing through the original

@Mojo1356 Жыл бұрын

@@TrillNye69 between the backtracking, Steve, the level design, gotcha moments that stop you from getting some things like the magnum, Steve, the cheap enemy placement, and Steve, I could not give a care.

@abnormalkayla4142 Жыл бұрын

I am thrilled to see you finally covering an RE game on your channel! My Dad really enjoyed playing it when I was a kid, and now it's one of my favorite video game series. Heck, RE1 - the remake and OG - is one of my favorite games ever! I'd be stoked if you covered any installments in the series, mainline or otherwise. Also, looking forward to your Blue Stinger review!

@cmwaves Жыл бұрын

Awesome to finally get a Resident Evil review!

@admiralwaltz321 Жыл бұрын

this is one of the few games nowadays where my only complaints are really only nitpicks(Like weapon bloom can be a pest at the shooting range, really the biggest issue and its not even bad) Which is a nice change of pace Also the sheer amount of references and easter eggs to the speedrunning community is nice, they know how big and passionate they are

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@treechild869 Жыл бұрын

I love hearing about the weirdo games, but the well-known ones are really cool, too. A good mixture sounds fun, like doing a well-known piece once in a while.

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@treechild869 Жыл бұрын

@@MonsterfromHell2543 woah m8 you okay?? take some deep breaths and drink some water

@IVisbadluck Жыл бұрын

I started watching your channel because of the silent hill series so your Halloween series are something I look forward to every year :) a resi series would be so so sick!

@ddd9482 Жыл бұрын

This was a really fun video to listen to, thank you for sharing your experience with us it's SO much fun listening to you dude, keep it up!!! 🌟

@SupremeMarioGamer Жыл бұрын

Durability in RE4 & BotW are two completely different things. The knife can be repaired at the Merchant while weapons in BotW only has that option for select story related weapons/shields that are garbage. Not to mention the durability of weapons in BotW in general are pathetically weak. Tears of the Kingdom appears to be doing durability correctly by allowing you to be your own blacksmith so now you can choose get rid of a weakened weapon or hold on to it & fuse it for something better.

@joshuanelson6795 Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised to hear you're not the biggest fan of the classic Resident Evil games considering you seem to really like old horror games. RE1 through Code Veronica are some of my favorite "old school" horror games of all time.

@NitroRad Жыл бұрын

I reallllly need to play Code Veronica!

@joshuanelson6795 Жыл бұрын

@@NitroRad It can be a tough game for beginners since there are some admittedly unfair traps, but the story, villains, music, setting, puzzles and several of the monsters/bosses are among my favorites of the series. Code Veronica tends to be pretty polarizing among the community (which I've never really understood), so I'm really curious what your experience with it will be.

@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342 Жыл бұрын

@@NitroRad Well hurry up then haha. Community is clambering for a code veronica style remake and I bet you it's going to happen in the next few years give or take. I sadly never beat the game damnit! I was playing it on my pals dream cast back in the day, beating it for him because he wasn't good enough I guess lolz. Got to the very end and guess what? No more health items... And I was limping from damage... Got to a part where you need to be at decent health in order to move quickly. It was against the Steve boss. Some guy who's good but turns evil and you gotta fight him. It suuucked... Could never get passed that part due to my slow movement... Didn't have a recent save to go back to because I was stupid. So yeah... Remember to play smart and save separate save files more often lol. A mistake I didn't make in signalis that seriously helped me. Sux too, I'm pretty sure I was like 30 minutes from beating the game!

@Eshanthegreat Жыл бұрын

@@NitroRad Man i hope you cover RE 1 remake in my opinion it's second greatest survival horror game

@vulpixle9659 Жыл бұрын

@@NitroRad word of advice keep a guide handy and a check list for items handy because if you forget a key item you can’t go back to it and you have to restart the game

@thebeaver8456 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos man so glad I found your channel pretty recently though recommendations for Echo Night 3 video

@aidenwindsacredknight1333 Жыл бұрын

Nice video man and happy to hear you're doing well I would love to see you tackle the other games specially the outbreak games.

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@catacombboy Жыл бұрын

I was pleasantly pleased with how faithful this remake was, but the decision to change Ashley into a mouse was a little perplexing

@davidcomito505 Жыл бұрын

The dialog between Leon and Ashley is so well done, there is this part after Leon meets back up with Ashley after fighting the Garrador and Ashley asks what happened down there and Leon doesn't want to scare her even more just says "Nothing, but you're right about there being animals down there." it's this combination of professionalism, not wanting to frighten Ashley and telling a joke that happens all at once.

@Mojo1356 Жыл бұрын

Their chemistry is just monumentally better here than in the original. Hell, I want this to be the girl for Leon- forget Ada.

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@davidcomito505 Жыл бұрын

@@MonsterfromHell2543 cool story

@twistedtick Жыл бұрын

Have been watching for about six years and realized that I’ve never commented on your channel, as far as I can recall. You do great, wonderful work and I thank you for all of the great content that you have provided. Thank you for that and ESPECIALLY the excellent coverage of lesser known, obscure, old survival horror classics. You rock, bud.

@maackia7520 9 ай бұрын

I really like the fact that after you mentioned the evil within couple of times in the video you use the music form this game in the background. (like clair de lune remix) Really cool

@dpaddude Жыл бұрын

I started to play it last week and this remake is really dang good. This is one of the best examples of how to modernize a game while keeping the spirit of the original alive and well. Keep it up with the unscripted videos James, you are good at it!

@KaedeLanyo Жыл бұрын

I indeed, cheat in unlimited durability in Breath of the Wild due to how terrible they make the whole system feel, and indeed I started having *_significantly_* more fun. There are ways to make resource management fun and engaging, BOTW did, more or less every single mistake possible there.

@Bekayvd Жыл бұрын

These free-form videos are great. It's nice to see them coming out more. I mostly just like your taste in games and your general view on things, so it's not always necessary to pour in tons of hours to make engaging content. You, James, are the engaging content!

@nikelson47 Жыл бұрын

NitroRad, I love your videos, dude. I get a little rush of dopamine every time you upload. ❤️

@MedievalWaffle365 Жыл бұрын

Gonna have to disagree for the weapon durability. Sometimes the idea of something is great, but in practice it just isn't. This is all subjective of course, but at the end of the day weapon durability is just annoying to me in most games. Im stressed enough as it is in real life so I just wanna play games to have fun, I dont want to have to deal with annoying shit. The idea of having to make a bunch of decisions like that sounds cool, but sometimes I just wanna shut my brain off and not micromanage every item in game. I guess if anything id just prefer an easier level difficulty for people like me who just wanna relax and not have to stress any more than they have to

@dannyhargreaves1326 Жыл бұрын

My problem is the knife was indestructible in the original. Why change it, when ammo is limited anyways?

@TwistedScarlett60 Жыл бұрын

I played the remake this week, and then I went back and started playing the original for the first time. I have to admit, I really prefer the original, but they're both fantastic.

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@koaelmorz7073 Жыл бұрын

I agree the remake doesn't have the charm. It's slower nice looking slower and easier

@TwistedScarlett60 Жыл бұрын

@@koaelmorz7073 The thing that stood out to me is just how sluggish Leon feels in comparison and how much poorer the combat flows. It definitely feels like the new team just didn't have the time and talent that went into the original, but I suppose that makes sense.

@koaelmorz7073 Жыл бұрын

@@TwistedScarlett60 u hit that on the nail!!!! It just seems like they were trying to out do GREATNESS. Leon wasnt fluid and the village people weren't like ...well they seemed normal in the original they moved like something was wrong with them. This game should have been for the resident Evil Code Veronica. This game didn't need a redo. RE2 was FANTASTIC the whole way through i can't get enough of that game . Unfortunately they missed the ball for Re4 for me. Oh side note.... A knife can PARRY a fn CHAINSAW????? what were they thinking. N the stuff they took out took away. Was a big slap in the face.

@adiazrue5776 Жыл бұрын

Sometimes I wonder if you script these videos cause the way you talk is so casual! It's like listening to a friend gush about a game that they just played. Love you, James!

@Especis Жыл бұрын

Amazing videos ! If the other RE games reviews that you talked about a lot of times before is as good as this one, I can't wait to see it !

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын

@otimo144 8 ай бұрын

Not gonna lie I still think the original is the better game. I think it has way more character.

@Draconated Жыл бұрын

I'm personally not a fan of adding knife durability in a remake of a game where the knife is always your reliable backup and tool of choice for saving ammo. I always found it fun to try and sneak in as many knife slashes to knocked down ganados to save as much ammo as possible. You have thrilling parts where you keep slashing and slashing and slashing a guy as he's getting up, unsure if you can finish him off before he attacks again. And doing it while fighting large groups is always exciting. It's like I'm testing my luck trying to knife multiple guys on the ground while multiple others are coming at me from behind. Having a broken parry to always save your ass at the expense of my reliable melee tool being lost just isn't that appealing to me. Also unrelated, but you should really give the original games more of a chance. OG RE1 and 2 are some of my favorite games to just blast through ever. 1's Remake is also very high quality, though I'm one of the rare people that actually prefers the original slightly more. They're still both masterpieces that deserve full playthroughs.

@oliviercote6719 Жыл бұрын

So happy to see a new video keep going :D Really like your channel I almost watch all your video in a week :D

@ArtyTheJackal Жыл бұрын

I would love to see you tackle every Resident Evil game you could for reviews, yes please!

@BagggyKat Жыл бұрын

My biggest complaint with the game is the dog fakeout at the start, I don't really see a reason for changing when the dog appears and stuff other than to just fake you out and get you sad with this other dog that you couldn't save

@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32 Жыл бұрын

I mean I can. I remember how in the original re4 the cerberus had a completely optional introduction because as soon as you make your way towards the church and El gigantae, they vanish. This was their way to incentivise finding that cutscene

@56andru Жыл бұрын

There were a ton of changes. I fell through the tower floor in the beginning area. The dog is found later on before you even get close to El Gigante. And the absolute encounter increase of Regenerators and transformation sequences into Iron Maidens was glorious!

@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342 Жыл бұрын

Resident evil is more of a cat lover game lol

@jackjax7921 Жыл бұрын

An OG re 4 nitpicker

@Hugo_Tate Жыл бұрын

Been waiting for your take on this gem.

@ellewhite19 Жыл бұрын

Knowing you are Canadian makes this even better. At The Calgary Stampede in 2005 there was a GameCube Hummer in the trade show space that had a bunch of stalls. It had a bunch of screens in it, and the middle seat had RE4. Getting that Hummer to listen to E-pro by Beck and play the first village section of RE4 is one of my absolute favourite memories of my childhood. I also fell in love with RE through a walkthrough of RE:CV in a PlayStation mag years and years ago. Reason that walkthrough made me fall in love with the series, far before I was old enough to play it. RE4 rules.

@JamesMontblack Жыл бұрын

Great review as always, still waiting a bit longer to play it, but it already sounds amazing. You forgot to talk about the special costumes, I miss that type of stuff so much

@MonsterfromHell2543 Жыл бұрын