Game news Resident Evil 4 Remake: the return of the king of horror and action video games, the JV test!
Published on 03/19/2023 at 09:50
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In its time, Resident Evil 4 broke video game codes to impose dynamic gameplay that will have influenced the entire industry. Inevitably, the arrival of his remake had something to arouse curiosity.
Find above, in auto-play, our complete video test of Resident Evil 4 Remake
When action-horror is good
Released in 2005, Resident Evil 4 was a huge slap in the face for millions of gamers, marking a whole new direction for the saga. which until then was part of pure horror, not without a certain shortness of breath. As the game’s cover proudly stated at the time, “forget the concept of survival-horror” for “more intense action”. And it worked out pretty well for him.
A real revolution in its time thanks to an innovative system of shoulder camera and its explosive sense of style, also proudly using QTEs, RE4 is a pillar of the Tenth Art, whatever one thinks. It is therefore with particular interest that we carefully scrutinized every bit of information about his remake, which will be released on March 24.
Winning return
Nevertheless, it is today that Capcom allows the press to talk about the game much more concretely, and for good reason: we received the title last week and after finishing it long, wide and across, our test is finally available. You can find the written version here while our test video can be enjoyed in our video player, above.
And you were asking yourself the question: yes, Resident Evil 4 Remake is an excellent game. It relies on the damn solid foundations of the software from which it stems to magnify its experience, refine it and deepen it from almost all points of view : The result is a darker and trashier experience than the original, with (densified) gameplay and small onions with the myriad of small details that make the difference. You should be in for a treat when it releases on PC, PS5, PS4, and Xbox Series in a few days.
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