Gonna keep it above 1000 here and just say that RE4 was never personally one of my top RE games. The simple reason for this is because it has the juice of a different steak, and while it's tasty enough, it just ain't the same kind of meat. However, RE4 is addictive yet dated, and they are also working on promoting a new CG movie. Jill Valentine will be featured in it.

But this remake of RE4 looks surprisingly good, even if they are yet again going to make some adjustments. Although personally, I wasn't a big fan of the previous two remakes, as they just aren't like the first remake from back in 2002. They removed a lot of content, omitted some enemies, and made the gameplay feel pretty watered down, with zombies being able to absorb more firepower. Also, I hate how every room you go in besides a few, just looks way too dark. You don't have to do that to make a game look more scary. But this remake looks like it will be more like a survival horror game.

Now, there's also the added issue of Capcom feeling the need to copy other people's games. I don't want to go on an obscure tangent and rabbit on about it too much, but they basically always rip-off stuff from games that recently came out before theirs.

For example, Konami made a demo called P.T., which was supposed to generate hype for the game, Silent Hills. Only that game got scrapped. We all know about the infamous beef Konami had towards Hideo Kojima. Then Capcom made RE8, and some parts I feel are trying to imitate RE4, which RE8 is usually compared to. Not only that, but the game has a section where you lose your stuff and end up walking about in a spooky house, which not unlike P.T., occurs in first person. In the extra DLC they released last year, they added in mannequins. Now when you are in the world of Silent Hill, you often get attacked by nurses and mannequins as well, so Capcom was probably just trying to mock Konami for cancelling their game in 2015.

In Resident Evil: Revelations 2, they basically stole ideas from The Last of Us. Too many to bother noting here. But one thing they most certainly copied was the initial Bloater fight. The only difference is that they call this thing that throws fire, a Vulcanblubber. But it's the same type of boss fight, really. You even go out of a window after you defeat it, like what Joel did in the school. Two other things they copied was visiting a dam, and having to hunt things in the winter to acquire food. There's also the ability to see enemies through walls, a young girl happens to have immunity to something that infects others, and etc.

Anyway, I don't think the RE games are as good as they used to be, well before RE4 was released in 2005. Chris was only in 7 and 8 to serve as a "geezer teaser" for those who feel nostalgic for the main heroes. Because if Capcom bailed out on people by not including a main character, it wouldn't feel like RE at all. But of course, they just had to go and be stupid, and mindlessly go and hire a guy who looks nothing like Chris, or at least not how Chris would look currently. But I guess that's just neither here nor there.


Anyhow...

Thanks for reading. Enjoy RE4 when it comes out in March!