It’s been around for nearly two decades, but players of the original Resident Evil 4 have just discovered a way to survive Salvador’s infamous chainsaw attack.
The Resident Evil 4 remake is already one of the most hyped new games of 2023, but this life-saving method found by 17-year-old gamers of the original is less a strategy than a fluke. The first clip has surfaced on YouTube (opens in a new tab), showing RE4 hero Leon Kennedy grabbing a chainsaw around his neck and effortlessly shoving his attacker. Getting attacked by Dr. Salvador’s baghead (or any enemy wielding a chainsaw) is widely known as an instant moment; After all, who brings a gun to a chainsaw fight?
But more clips from the remastered version of the game have surfaced, showing the Raccoon City veteran able to shake off the killing blow. According to a Twitter feed (opens in a new tab), Leon has a small percentage chance of surviving a chainsaw attack if he meets two essential criteria: first, that he’s playing a remastered copy of the original game for PC, Xbox 360, VR or Nintendo Switch. Second, it only seems to work when you have a full health bar right before the attack.
Although the death-defying measure has yet to be seen in the PS2 versions of the game, some Twitter commenters are pointing out that the ability to avoid a chainsaw death could be a carryover from an abandoned mechanic from the original. . twitter user megxrage (opens in a new tab) recalls an interview they watched during the game’s development stages, noting that “in development it wasn’t a one-hit kill if you had full HP “. This is backed up by other tweets, with another twitter user (opens in a new tab) stating that the ability to push an enemy with a chainsaw existed in beta copies of Resident Evil 4, but was removed from the final version.
Is there a way to be sure the chainsaw will work for you? Not really, because it’s really about having all the cards lined up at the right time. We already know that the remake will see Leon meet his swords again in one of the most difficult parts of the original. Whether this handy knife parry works on chainsaws as well as Leon’s actual neck did in the original, well, that’s another matter entirely (though in-game images (opens in a new tab) the suggest). .
Here’s why plans for a Resident Evil 4 remake chainsaw driver they were unfortunately discarded.