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So I’m just going to preface this comment by saying that I’m not a game designer, nor do I critique games for a living or even as a hobby generally. I’m just someone who likes RE4 quite a bit, so I’m going to do my best to explain why the game succeeds in being great (of course in my opinion) despite many of your critiques which at times I do agree with. I’ll clarify which criticisms I agree with and which I don’t. *Artistic direction and atmosphere:* I think our definition of atmosphere is slightly different here. You’re operating off of the belief that atmosphere is contingent on the tension the gameplay creates. Me, and most others who praise RE4’s atmosphere, would describe it as a mood that is crafted through a bunch of intersecting factors. That can be artistic direction, music, audio, and gameplay. Most of these crafted moods aren’t scary, but effective regardless. The village for example utilizes the rural and cold, autumn aesthetic along with grotesque imagery to establish a sense of uneasy isolation from the outside world. This feeling is incredibly powerful and part of the reason why I believe the village is remembered so fondly. The Island is also underrated in this regard imho. The Island being a mix of a mining camp, military installation, and laboratory, topped off by its incredible soundtrack, lends it a Sci-Fi feel that remains just consistent enough with the previous locations in the game to belong. It really feels like the religious veil of Los Illuminados is peeled back and you see them for what they are in the Island and it’s great. I’m mixed on the castle, as I don’t think the devs really nailed down how they wanted it to feel. The Salazar statue and massive turret are most emblematic of my issues with the castles atmosphere/tone. *Bosses:* when it comes to QTE issues I’ve heard remastered ports of RE4 have bugged out most of the QTE’s, likely because of the higher framerate. This is especially noticeable for the button mashing QTE’s which are a pain in the ass to complete on newer ports. I’m unsure if the original Gamecube/PS2 releases still had issues with QTE’s not appearing at crucial points however. Would have to try out these ports to know for sure. Will also say this part of your review felt oddly short, wish you expanded on it and covered the boss fights in greater depth. *Gameplay:* I’m in agreement with RE4 both being too long and having fairly simple core gameplay. However what I think isn’t acknowledged in your review is how RE4 keeps player engagement despite that. Fundamentally RE4’s gameplay is just fun. It’s reactive, shots land exactly where you shoot, AI is balanced around movement well, gore is quite good, and kills are often rewarded with either ammo or treasure. This is a good base that is kept from going completely stale after the first few hours thanks to the many unique locations, setpieces, and bosses (even if these can be hit or miss), every chapter introducing new and more powerful weapon types, and the addicting loot system which ties back into progression. Generally if you’re falling back into the habit of using the exact same strategies against ganados the game will give you a new weapon to experiment with, throw the player into a setpiece that doesn’t let you play like you usually do, or outright introduces a new enemy type such as the Garrador, Novistador, Armadura, or Regenerador. Even when you’re on one of the tedious stretches of the game where it’s largely just the same ganado hordes in different flavors of hallways it always feels like you’re working towards something thanks to the loot system. This is why RE4 remains so engaging! However I will again admit that cutting down on the bloat in the castle and the final chapter would have overall benefitted the game significantly. I’m not as exhausted of the game as its detractors are by the end but it does begin to lose its steam even for me by the last stretch. *Remake is better:* Meh. I mean it’s a mixed bag for me. Holes in the story are patched, enemy variety is improved with the brutes, pacing is better, and I prefer how the castle has a consistent tone and vibe to it now, but I find the core gameplay to be far less addicting and the more interesting story aspects such as the background plot with Wesker, his revived Umbrella, and the Rival Organization are reduced to a massive degree. Krauser doesn’t even work for Wesker anymore! It’s less of a straight upgrade and just an equal reimagining in my opinion. So yeah, I like RE4, love it even. Sucks that you didn’t, but I’m glad you gave it a fair shake regardless.

Nice video! The human AI was a menace at times 😂

Good Review!!

I really liked the deep dive into the game's production, it's cool cause we can see the passion and commitment that creative assembly had specially with how important it was for them to do a faithful adaptation of the alien universe. In this era of remakes and remasters I feel that most devs don't give enough attention the the source material and in turn they don't really understand why it was so popular. I'm definitely not thinking about any game in particular when I say this, no sir. Also Romulus is GOOD SHIT, it's up there with the first 2 films foe me, so like the first 2 films, romulus and alien isolation are all amazing and anyone with an interest in alien should probably check all of them out. Not only that but we're also getting an alien isolation sequel? damn it's a good time to be an alien fan.

I don't agree with the idea that action horror does not exist, but aside from that I agree generally with a lot of what you said in this. I've always wondered if I was just crazy or smth, because I genuinely disliked RE4 so much on my first playthrough. From the tonal whiplash, to the awful dialogue and story, to the boring and dull color palette, to the bloated runtime, I just could not stand it. With that being said I do appreciate the fact that it is exists, without it we wouldn't have Dead Space, and so I can't entirely hate it for that. But it's good to know I'm not the only one who thinks this way.

Yuzuru: being skewered like a kebab Young man's honest reaction: CONTROLLER HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED best laugh of a week, thanks

It's a fun game but if you play on original PS2 its really painful for the eyes - very lowres, tons of motion blur and fog everywhere.

I love RE4 and it’s still the only title in the entire series that I’ve played! I watched my brother play 1 and 0 on the GameCube way back when, and we had RE4 at launch. I’ve also played it on the Wii and the Xbox One. It’s a stone cold classic, but I feel like your critiques are super fair and come from a place of genuine preference instead of ignorance 😂 It’s always best to critique a piece of art for what it is vice what you wish it were. And if you do that, and it still doesn’t measure up, then that’s all there is to it!

For anyone reading, would you recommend the PS3 version (US) of this game? How does it run and function overall?

You're not in the minority. I may enjoy RE4 and RE4 Remake as a standalone game but I never considered them RE games. Code: Veronica X was setting up an epic clash with Umbrella and Claire potentially finding Steve Burnside alive only for RE4 to drop those plot threads in favor of a drastically different direction without wrapping those plot threads. Umbrella going under due to bad stocks off-screen in an opening narration? LAME! And we STILL haven't gotten closure for Code: Veronica X opening the door to Steve being still alive or not. I mean, we SEE Claire post-CVX twice in Degeneration and Revelations 2 and while in Rev2 she quotes and references Steve, we don't se her looking for him for closure. It's like Capcom wants to pretend Code: Veronica never existed despite it being a pivotal installment in the series. It gave us Chris & Claire together, it brought back Albert Wesker the one-note villain as a bigger and worse threat than before and it was meant t be the 1st of a trilogy that never got made. RE4 dropped ALL of this for Capcom's new direction and that to me is when RE lost it's plot.

Why are you just quickly racing through a pre written script? I'm tired on content creators doing this, have a more conversational style

My favorite RE title is 6. It's just a wrestling game in disguise.

Seema very thoughtful and informed! The pacing was too intense for me, along with the flatness of voice tone. Tried setting the speed down a notch, but the tone was too drawn out to follow that way.

It is interesting how people judge RE4 for not being survival horror, when the first thing you see on the back of my PS2 copy is "Forget survival horror". In bold letters. It is not the game's fault people judge it for something it never aspired to be.

I love both versions of Resident Evil 4.

I don’t agree with anything you said but I sometimes like to hear another person’s opinion. I also like how your video is not just complaining and you give the good and bad. Personally, as a huge RE fan since 1998, I was glad for the changes but expected RE5 to take advantage of the new love and mix more horror with the action like they eventually did with Lost in Nightmares. RE4 was always divisive with fans and time has made it become much more epic than it actually is. Kill.Switch should be given more love for the cover system… maybe do a video on that next 🤔

I'm new here but at least the video aint over an hour long thank christ.

"I'll end it thus!!" Me: WALTER NO😱 Minotaur: WALTER, YES 😈

You my friend deserve more subs and I really liked this video! It's actually nice seeing a "divisive" video about RE4 because people tend to only criticize RE5 and 6 (I adore RE4 btw) and it isn't a perfect "masterpiece" ~ the remake was fantastic is a much better experience tbfh but I will still play the og RE4 anytime 👌🏻

RE4 isn't bad, but it's also not as good as 2 or 3.

Fixed Camera owes it's existence thanks to Alone in the Dark (1992), the true originator. Resident Evil (1996) simply popularized and perfected it on wards. 3rd person OTS already existed before RE4 and became popular thanks to 2 games from 2001... Max Payne and GTA 3. Splinter Cell (2002) showcased 3rd Person aiming that RE4 would adapt itself, so overall I think RE4 (2005) just helped innovate and revolutionized what most modern 3rd person OTS games are showcasing now.

I absolutely adore this game one of my favorites but not flawless

RE 5 is the best RE ever made! Capcom perfected the RE formula with that release!

So interesting to hear opinions that differ from my own! What's cool is that all the reasons you don't like re4 are the reasons that it's my favorite BY FAR. I understand, intellectually why a survival horror game is fun, and I liked re2 remake fine as an exercise in resource management, but I really just want a spooky action game. Dead space 2, Re4, Alan Wake 1&2, even Ghostwire Tokyo let me enjoy the rich atmosphere and slower pace that horror emphasizes, but with gameplay that fits better with my brain and interests. Anyway, cool video! Thanks for your thoughts.

Ive been a die hard re fan since the first game ( I’m even a big collector even owning most of the insanely expensive air soft replica's n) I’m pro old school up till 0 ,(imo 7 n re2 remake are close enough to the original puzzle item dilemma backtracking horror combat so they’re great . 8 is just fine,) but I actually hated re4 on release n grew to hate more after 5 then 6 ( btw many old school fans hate re4 not because it’s bad game either) shinji mikami said he put horror to back for action during his the evil within interviews after remake n 0 failed. Though resident evil on the GameCube was a terrible idea. The GameCubes ownership was small and they weren’t the type to by a resident evil title in that era .. I always try in love re4 but every time I play it by the castle I feel I’m just fuking done. I’ve killed what feels like a 1000 enemies ( Im missing puzzles n actually avoiding combat etc) and then they start shooting back more in more. I’m like WTF Is this? I’ve killed a full battalion solo I’m not scared I like the remake a tiny bit better because there’s actually a big emphasis on stealth kills in stealth in its play.. if you watch the remake speed runs it’s basically a different game

Great idea for a video trash something widely loved and appreciated to be the different quirky kid at school. Next video idea for you: GTA 5 is mid. Make it an hour long lots of big words and tell us how “it’s trying to do too much at once”

i have always seen leon on re4 being more capable and not scare because he is trained now not a rookie.

I appreciate fixed camera angles and pre-rendered backgrounds from an artistic perspective but I hate navigating a game with them.

Capcom paid you to say it 😂 theres no way otherwise sir! Its garbage without mods

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This is a great video! You're correct in your assessment that at the time of RE0 the last mainline RE game before RE4 that the franchise was becoming stagnant in sales. It wasn't majorly under performing but it wasn't really growing either. I think all you problems with RE4 are completely fair tbh I never once thought any of your criticisms were unfair. I think it's just all about preference in. The reason RE4 is hailed as one of the best games of all time is because of just how revolutionary it was at the time and the lasting impact it's clearly had on a lot of video games DNA. I think the game has aged pretty well but you can clearly see where future games made improvements on the formula Like Dead Space for example. RE4 was a complete risk at the time and the fact it paid off in the end makes me quite sad that a lot of games are now too formulaic and samey.

You have very high production value im surprised you dont have more subs

I think the remake is a great fun game but it's not better than the og. The remake is way more of an action game than og. RE4 is the game Capcom has been wanting to make since RE2. RE4 has no atmosphere? Wow. Horror Action does exist. RE4 is proof of that. The game is 3/4 horror. The last half of the island is the only pure action. 15 Hour run time? Nobody is finishing this game that long. MAYBE 10hours. This is the first review I've heard someone say they got bored. That's a you problem (with all due respect). My guy I think ur just bad at the game and didn't want to engage with it. (Again with all due respect) I think RE4 is the game that a lot of fans of the og don't want to admit that this game is the GOAT in RE. Also saying u don't like it because it gave us re5 ( a solid game btw) and re6 is kinda dumb.

I disagree with a lot of your points, but it was a great listen. Liked and subscribed 👍

I find the game very weird because as for popular as it is the game just isn’t “resident evil.” Comparing it to resident evil remake, it’s just night and day how bad it is in comparison. You can’t even use the argument of “for its time it’s great,” because it just doesn’t work. By the time resident evil 4 came out we already lived in a world with max payne, an amazing 3rd person shooter. So as a game, it doesn’t work well as a third person shooter, releasing outdated. While also not making up for that fact through scares, which are nonexistent.

Agree with some of the points, I think this game is a blast but that castle section is way too long.

Interesting take for sure I think I finished this game 4 times, professional mode included, just as a heads up. I mostly agree but I don't dislike RE4 as much, I think it's fine and I like replaying the village portion of the game but then there's the castle, oh boy the castle, so by far the biggest issue with this game is how bloated it is. The island and village are fine but the castle is soooooooooo long. I think the remake in this game is a big step up, because it solves the biggest problem with the size and pace of the game, and the repetitve and boring enemy encounters, in short I think it's simply much more fun to play, but the remake loses a feel things like the silly and campy cutscenes which some ppl may prefer, and most importatly the soundtrack. I do like RE5 a lot though, that game was a much better execution of the over the top action that RE4 introduced. Anyway I don't have much to add here tbh. Love the random ubisoft burn though.

Best video game I’ve ever had the pleasure of leading my hands on. Only rivaled by MGS1/2

I LOVE Shin Megami Tensei 4, beat it 4 times! and I need it on current consoles!!! Nice video, I had a couple of disagreements but all in all this was a nice nostalgia trip. This was my first entry game, and I got the Chaos ending first I had trouble navigating in Tokyo in the beginning but quickly got the hang of it. Smirking is the BEST thing about this game! I knew about SMT since Nocturne, but never played it untill now.

You kind of missed the point with Jonathan and the different worlds. The different worlds were the different futures Akira and the boy (who was a past incarnation of Flynn) caused, as seen in Apocalypse. Blasted tokyo is the Law ending Akira and the boy caused, Infernal tokyo is the chaos ending, and the tokyo of the original world is the neutral ending they got. Also, Jonathan DID hesitate several times. When Jonathan hears that God caused blasted Tokyo to happen, he is shocked, but agrees that they need to fight against God. Additionally, Jonathan had been generally friendly or neutral around the people of Tokyo, only getting angry when the ashura kai hold a fellow samurai hostage. The only time he calls anyone "filth" is when he becomes merkabah and fuses with the archangels. Before that, Jonathan was open to new ideas, and you could tell in his expressions in the Law ending that he knew deep down that what he was doing was wrong.

Re2 remake changed the story, characters and lore to tell a worse story. The new gameplay was fun and engaging but I will still prefer original when it comes to story. I missed Leon’s boy-scout attitude in the face of danger rather than his new “I’m a cop and I have authority” attitude.

Walter please stop using Agi on minotaur. WALTER. I recommend fusing Spriggan for Minotar since it resist physical and can get bufu! Unless you get Walter in which case lol. Strange Journey was my first SMT game, and I got absorbed into the world. I got stuck in the teleporter map and ended up giving up until redux came out. Smt IV is another game that I went into blind and once again I was so obsessed with it, the world is such beautifully crafted and I was not expecting a few twist.

I disagree with the analysis of smirk and minotaur. First, talking about minotaur. Matador requires a certain amount of grinding, just like minotaur. As well, his "attack buff" is just charge, the phys version of concentrate. Minotaur is a test of your buff skills, and your stat allocation. Smirk has a greater chance if occurring with a higher luck stat, making luck useful for what feels like the first time in the series. Smirk also doesn't just give crit chance, it's a tarukaja-like buff. So healing outside of diarahan and salvation have greater effect, since those get buffed through attack buffs as well. I agree smirk received a bit of a change for the better in smt4A, but the basis of the system doesn't change.

Great job, man, found out about your channel as i was searching for more SMT content and i was greatly impressed by your channel's content and your style of analysis. It's quick to the point and doesn't waste time with silly and outright dumb skits/bits aimed towards a teenage-aged audience, like so many other youtubers. I completely agree on so many things, specially the atmosphere. I think they were aiming towards the feel of a desolated post-apocalyptic Tokyo, like the Vortex World, but i never truly felt "opressed" like i did on pretty much every mainline SMT title. Maybe it's just the nature of getting rid of the random encounters, but i never felt in danger, or fighting for my life in this hostile world filled with odd, strange creatures. The world felt, for better or worse, like my playground, ready to be conquered at any given moment, and i'm not so sure if that was truly the feel they were trying to accomplish, given that some dialogues and sidequests clearly deviates to the opposite direction, that is, the Netherworld is supposed to be an incredibly dangerous place for humans and demons alike. Incidentally, the whole "Tokyo is dead, but not really" and going back and forth between the netherworld and the "real" world never really worked for me. Still, it's a game that i adore. I fully respect they way they managed to make an open field type of design being engaging, instead of mindless padding things with filler, a common place in open world games.

awesome to see you hit this milestone :)

Hard disagree about the demons haunts. With all of the specific abilities the demons have, wanting to carry lower ones to higher levels has tremendous gameplay value. They can learn more powerful moves, increase their stats, or increase their affinities, which is huge considering how expensive spells are. And having just now reached the Satan boss on Hard, every single stat point counts and you'll wish you had even more.

you and BBKDRAGOON are probs my fav channels, keep it up bruv

Been here since 50, gonna stay past 10,000

Let’s gooooo 👏🏻 I told you I predict you’ll pass me at some point. You got a ways to go, but if trends continue, I’ll soon be looking to the master 🙇🏻‍♂️