I played this ahead of the upcoming remake and honestly, I think this game has aged fine. The camera is a bit wonky but it doesn't take long to adapt to. I think the best way to describe re4 is just "cool". Its a cool game, Leon is a cool dude, doing cool shit like kneecapping zombies to them roundhouse kick them into someone else, or surplex them and burst open their head. The game also gives you plenty of tools from handguns to shotguns to smgs etc. It definitely leans more towards action than survival horror compared to its predecessors but it hasn't jumped the shark totally yet.

The plot is fairly simple, you could probably have ripped the plot and villains from a B tier 90s action movie but it works here. Also, anyone who complains about Ashley has to just be bad at the game. I expected an awful time with her due to the hate I had see online prior to playing, but its legitimately just a skill issue lmao