Resident Evil 4

IGN

Travis Northup·Dec 15, 2023

Critic80/100

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Resident Evil 4 Remake VR Mode is just about as great as you’d expect, but the base game’s third-person perspective made Capcom’s job a lot harder.

Kotaku

Zack Zwiezen·Mar 29, 2023

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I didn’t think we needed a Resident Evil 4 remake. I guessed that Resident Evil 4’s remake would look nice and play well, just as the other recent remakes. But what I didn’t expect was a game that not only recreates the original but also builds on it in smart and interesting ways to create something different and better than the classic.

GameSpot

Kurt Indovina·Mar 17, 2023

Critic100/100

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Capcom raises the bar for what a good remake is and simultaneously preserves Resident Evil 4's legacy as a genre-defining experience and one of the greatest games of all time.

Polygon

Michael McWhertor·Mar 17, 2023

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For all of the rough edges that it smooths over, RE4 pulls off the same trick that RE2 did in 2019, making a groundbreaking but now dated game feel brand-new again.

Eurogamer

Aoife Wilson·Mar 17, 2023

Critic80/100

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Keeping what works while reimagining what doesn't, this is about as good as remakes get.

IGN

Tristan Ogilvie·Mar 17, 2023

Critic100/100

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The Resident Evil 4 remake is the series' most relentlessly exciting adventure rebuilt, refined, and realised to the full extent of its enormous potential.

PC Gamer

Rich Stanton·Mar 17, 2023

Critic80/100

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Resident Evil 4 remake is a great game in its own right, but can't hold a candle to the original.

Game Informer

Blake Hester·Mar 17, 2023

Critic95/100

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The Resident Evil 4 remake is about everything I could've wanted.

GamesRadar+

Leon Hurley·Mar 17, 2023

Critic90/100

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The combat, while generally excellent, does also have some occasional irritations

Push Square

Liam Croft·Mar 17, 2023

Critic100/100

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Nearly 20 years later, Resident Evil 4 is just as much of a masterpiece today as it was in 2005. Capcom has faithfully remade a genuine classic by bringing it into the modern age and kitting it out with new content, tremendous combat, and striking visuals. What was there before was already enough to consider Resident Evil 4 one of the best games of all time, but now it earns that title in 2023 off the back of better environments and sublime action. This is Resident Evil at its absolute pinnacle; an utterly outstanding experience that will live long in the hearts of longtime fans while inducting a whole new generation of supporters.

Rock Paper Shotgun

Liam Richardson·Mar 17, 2023

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Part reimagining, part dutiful modernisation, the Resident Evil 4 remake is silly, bold and brash, sure, but unashamed of its past and happy to relish in its inspirations. The scale of what Capcom has achieved here is remarkable.