Resident Evil 4 Remake Announced for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 June 2022 / 5,802 Views
Capcom during today's PlayStation State of Play announced a remake of Resident Evil 4 for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. It will also have support for PlayStation VR2.
The remake of Resident Evil 4 will launch on March 24, 2023.
View the announcement trailer below:
Here is an overview of the game:
Resident Evil 4 is a remake of the original Resident Evil 4 released in 2005. Reawakened for 2023, Resident Evil 4 preserves the essence of the original while using Capcom’s proprietary RE Engine to deliver modernized gameplay, a reimagined storyline, and vividly detailed graphics.
As a title that set the standard for the later Resident Evil franchise, the original Resident Evil 4 introduced the third-person-camera to the long-running series, which has shipped over 125 million units worldwide since the first title debuted in 1996. This new perspective brought players into the action and horrors encountered by protagonist Leon S. Kennedy during his daring rescue mission.
Resident Evil 4 joins Leon S. Kennedy six years after his hellish experiences in the biological disaster of Raccoon City. His unmatched resolve caused him to be recruited as an agent reporting directly to the president of the United States. With the experience of multiple missions on his back, Leon is dispatched to rescue the president’s recently kidnapped daughter. Leon tracks her to a secluded European village, however after making first contact he discovers a fervor beyond reason grips the local populace.
Now, this reimagined tale of survival in the face of overwhelming terror returns to deliver a visually stunning modern gaming experience that is true to the promise of the original release. Many team members from the production of 2019’s top-selling and critically acclaimed Resident Evil 2 also make their return to delve deeper into the essence of Resident Evil 4. Fans and newcomers alike can revel in both the new and familiar, as RE Engine heightens the original’s creative direction to tell a story that is darker and even more unsettling.
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guess i will buy RE4 for the 4th time. (gamecube ps4 and switch)
This will be my sixth time. I bought it twice on Gamecube (one was part of an RE0/REmake/RE4 compilation), once on Wii, once on Xbox 360, once on Xbox One.
I have 0 interest in a remake but Capcom might get a purchase from me if they put the "ballistics" joke that they took away in the VR version lol
Take my money now Capcom!!!!
Even though I would have loved for them to release a Code: Veronica remake instead more Resident Evil is always a good thing in my books.
I will say this however, of all of the remakes I am expecting this one to be less of a jump than the others. RE4 was the first foray into the over the shoulder 3rd person camera view and in many ways it could be argued pioneered that game-style in the videogame genre.
As much amazing things RE4 did for gaming it was in a sense the beginning of the downward trend of the genre into a more action based title rather than what it originally started out as; survival horror. That's not to say it was bad by any means ( in fact it was a great game.) but it kind of lost what made the series stand out in the first place.
It will be interesting to see what changes the team make to this next entry and whether they are going to temper back certain aspects of the original to keep it more in line with what the tone of the series is all about rather than the bullet fest that the original RE4 became.
Either way I'm no doubt it will be a good time.
-RE-ENTER THE SURVIVAL HORROR NINJA APPROVED-
I do hope they do Veronica at some point., fantastic game with bad controls in modern times. RE4 does look amazing.
I really hope so as well. They pointed out that this one is made mostly from the RE2 Remake developers, while the RE3 Remake was another smaller team. So, perhaps, that other smaller team is working on a Code: Veronica Remake for an early 2024 release. Keeping my fingers crossed!
Mtwo were the devs I think that made re3r,
They also begun the project for re4r but was later transferred to the Capcom division that completed re2r
Can't wait, RE4 is my favorite RE game.
So does that mean no more re4 remasters?
Yes! Now they get to remaster this version over and over for the next 20+ years :D
For me the problem is that RE4 is so good, I don't see how changes would make it better. Hope to be proven wrong. I considered getting an Oculus mainly for RE4, but I might hold off now.
being in VR =p
RE4 and 8 for psvr2 is a great addition, hope they patch 7 to be compatible as well.
I guess it is time to play this game once more. Really looking forward to play this masterpiece with updated graphics and hopefully some extra stuff.
The original will always exist so looking forward to playing this.
What a fcking bombshell of an announcement!
State of play is fcking litasf hellz yeah Sony keep on showcasing the good stuff!
Nobody asked for this but now everybody wants it haha just like the last of us remake on ps5
This game is to OG Resident Evil fans what Metallica's Black Album was to OG Metallica fans. The whole world loved it. The whole world bought it up in droves. But it wasn't Resident Evil anymore. It was something else. And because it was so successful, we never got a true sequel to Code Veronica. Which, I suppose is fine because, as I said, the world seemed to think RE4 was great... but if you are only a fan of the OG series (1-CV), it's really sad. I haven't gotten to play a new RE since the year 2000 (Zero doesn't count imo; like RE4, it was too different).
So there will be 2 RE4 VR games. One on the Quest 2 and one on the PSVR 2. Interesting.
I was expecting somewhat better visuals, but if it's anything like the other recent remakes (and the original ofc) we should be in for a good time.
Not a fan of Leon's melodramatic dialogue at the end of the trailer. There's no need to make him so depressed when he wasn't that way at all in the original game.
Also, this is the first time I've felt the 'need' for a Switch 2. It makes perfect sense that a high-end PS5/XSX game like this wouldn't have a port to the Switch, but hopefully when the next-gen Switch does come out it'll be powerful enough to handle a port of this.
They were going for a more modern realistic approach so Leon isnt as wisecracking confident showboat as he was in the original
Couldn't care less about a remake of the RE that killed the franchise. And, as always, they'll show in every trailers the only good sequence of the game, which is the village. Zero interest since this game didn't need a remake.
If you take away the sequence in the village, RE4 isn't a lot better than RE5. And the success of RE4 is why the franchise went totally wrong afterwards.
they removed all tone and atmosphere. The grit is gone.
It's like re4 with the charm of its style and tone ripped from it. Looking forward to Leon having a filthy mouth again instead of any wit.
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