I feel that a bit was lost in translation trying to renew the game in this fashion with certain parts that I liked a lot being cut, and some of the characters just not hitting the same.

I also felt like a big impression I got from the game was "Wow the original game really is the shit, huh?".

What's here is no doubt amazing. It is an absolute top-tier game, but trying to remake RE4 was always going to be tough in terms of topping the original. As it stands, I think this version of the game is still excellent, but I think everyone should play the original first in my honest opinion.