Test – Resident Evil 4, or the art of reinventing the sublime – Game News

Revolutionary, the ultimate action game, everything has been said about Resident Evil 4 in 2005. And with good reason. Over time, we can underline how the masterpiece was retrospectively a magnificent swan song, the testament of this license which degenerated with episodes going so far as to parody itself (the very sad RE 6 ^^ ). In 2023, this remake is also a marvel. Oh, he will probably not mark his time as his illustrious model, who nevertheless imposed a new grammar of the action game and outdated all the others. But it revisits the original RE4 formula to deliver a densified, enriched and supercharged variation. The moments of bravery are linked for so many anthology scenes remastered for the best and a max of adrenaline. A delight of staging, rhythm and action. Does this RE4 2023 herald a new era for licensing? This is the dream that we naive and eternal enthusiasts had in 2005. Ah, the naive and eternal enthusiasts…

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The pitch remains unchanged and comes under the the most banal corny B series : the hija del presidente de los Estados Unidos de América has been kidnapped and it is Léon S. Kennedy who will be responsible for finding her. Yes a guy. Only. Yes, it’s stupid. But let’s move on, because in absolute terms, if RE4 has gone down in history, it’s certainly not for the intrinsic depth of its plot. No, it’s good thanks to other reasons like the staging and pacing of this action gem.

This new version, while respecting the base material, goes further. The 2023 version is more generous, enriches the scenessometimes changes two or three details that will appeal to those who made, redone and redo the 2005 RE4. What to stay on the lookout for to note these small changes. The undoubtedly essential point to highlight is that this episode propose another eligió than a simple smoothing or technical updating.

Thus, the iconic scenes inseparable from RE4 win even more in intensity and surprises for regulars. Like the quaint village where one of the cops is burned, the lake sequence, the abandoned house headquarters reserve changes in small touches or are outright transformed. Thanks to the technological leap, boss fights also gain in grandeur and thrill. A simple example with a slender boss like an alien, as if this scene was transposed on the Nostromo: paranoia guaranteed. This 2023 version retains thealternating hyper-rhythmic and exciting anthology scenes, with more sedate phasesmore focused on exploration, the discovery of treasures… And the whole thing forms exactly EVERYTHING that any action movie aficionado can fantasize about. That’s wonderful. Then follow one another moments of puro goce video gameto replay with RE sauce scenes worthy of the best genero action films, horrific or zombie (Asalto, Alien, Night of the Living Dead to give just a few examples). All with caricatural antagonists well as it should be, but above all charismatic to die for.

Lion! Aid !

In the 2023 Remake, the character’s characterAshley ended up not being (too much) a burden anymore ! And that’s no mean feat compared to how she was in 2005. Plus, there, she put on schoolgirl shorts, so no more creepy scenes when she’s on top of a ladder. Morale is saved. I found that she followed our Leon better and was less grabbed by enemies. The damsel in total distress syndrome takes a hit. Even if we save her ass again and again… and she gets de-kidnapped, I don’t know how many times during the adventure.

In general, and if we don’t consider the textures here and there too closely, the RE motor works wonders and embarks us without difficulty in this bloody epic where Léon will cross oozing or rusty decors. I speak well of epic because for a first run, it is necessary to count well twenty hours to untie the thread. This is out of proportion with episodes 2 and 3 recently released which quickly turned into a racing game and ended in 60 minutes flat. There rear camera which had the effect of a bomb in 2005 still works as well even if I lamented not being able to change shoulder according to the circumstances. meager lamento tanto les fights are intense and supercharged.

¡On the other hand, the merchant’s voice is not the same as in the 2005 version! You get used to it very quickly but the first moments with this legendary NPC make you smile bittersweet. And finally, another “detail” took me out of this total and immersive experience: the loot boxes marked with a yellow cross. It reminded me that I was in a video game, not in the depths of hell on earth, fighting to save not just a young girl, but humanity. Still, this title is a masterful demonstration of what an action game can produce in terms of sensations, tension and even emotions. RE4 2023? A vintage.

I appreciate:

• A pinnacle of action game, intense and in perpetual renewal
• leon kennedy
• A jewel of staging sometimes taking up classics of gender cinema
• The handheld camera hasn’t aged a bit (unlike us)
• Anthology scenes revisited or not are a video game treat
• Aimed at new and old alike with a resolutely modern and surprising version
• Very mean and very charismatic villains
• An excellent lifespan (20h para un estreno)
• Even Ashley is not (too) annoying!
• French available but also the voices in English.

I have repentance:

• Gear crates marked with a cross in 2023
• The voice of the walker?

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