I tried to write a review on this game twice, but only now am I gonna do it for real. Here we go. Played with the HD textures mod, by the way, and that was my main motivator to finally play this masterpiece.
Resident Evil 4 is an interesting game in the series, daring to stray away from usual traditions of the series like going for a more action based approach and toning down the horror elements. Usually, drastic changes like this would be met with scorn with longtime series fans, but the thing with RE4 is that it defies usual series hallmarks while also respecting them, and that's why I find it to be a great damn game, even just playing it for the first time. While I do have a few minor annoyances, most of them are just due to age, some are due to design (the Krauser fight was particularly annoying, mostly because I only had JUST ENOUGH ammo to get through), this is still a very worthy action game in this day and age, and one that must be experienced. I have no idea why they want to remake this game.
Resident Evil 4 is an interesting game in the series, daring to stray away from usual traditions of the series like going for a more action based approach and toning down the horror elements. Usually, drastic changes like this would be met with scorn with longtime series fans, but the thing with RE4 is that it defies usual series hallmarks while also respecting them, and that's why I find it to be a great damn game, even just playing it for the first time. While I do have a few minor annoyances, most of them are just due to age, some are due to design (the Krauser fight was particularly annoying, mostly because I only had JUST ENOUGH ammo to get through), this is still a very worthy action game in this day and age, and one that must be experienced. I have no idea why they want to remake this game.