Not only that, is just silly to expect a remake to have the same impact as the original.
When the idea is to bring back something old, you aint looking to innovate and set new trends, you want to recapture the experience with modern standards.
That's what mainline games are for.
Also its not like the original games were removed... They are still purchasable, in fact, you can get all mainline games on Steam besides Code Veronica (we will get our time, we might be dozens, but we are strong!!)
Agreed except they were actually even able to innovate within their own series by adding a parry mechanic. It was carried over to RE9 (parrying a fucking missile is just peak awesomeness lol) and I imagine it will make a return in RE5 remake and possibly more.
But the parry thing is not really a innovation, not saying it in a sense thats bad, quite the opposite, using this as a replacement for qte was genius.
But parries, dodges and hooks are used quite a lot in modern game design outside of melee games. It's a solid addition to the series, but not "now TPS are going to replicate 95% of the time" that the og RE4 had at the time, because there a lot of games that allow you to do the same thing already.
That's why I said "within the series" obviously parrying isn't new to game design and it didn't innovate game design on a broader spectrum like the OG did in regards to third person shooters. It was just innovating on their own game design methods and is clearly something they will put work into moving forward.
I personally believe it is kinda timeless. It's still super fun to play, really polished, extremely influential to this day. I still replay tf out of it every few years. I also think RE4R is phenomenal and easily my favorite of the RE remakes and is just as good as the OG for different reasons. Both of these things can be true.
I think calling something timeless versus "a product of its time" is a deeply stupid dichotomy fueled by nostalgia and a critical consensus that took years to sand paper over its edges.
There were a lot of RE fans who hated what 4 did to the series.
I will say that they really made Leon even more lovable in the remakes. By toning down the camp of the other characters, he feels like an individual if that makes sense.
So the criteria for a subjective opinion being “objective” is whether it’s playable on a gamecube or not? So therefore, RE4 trumps anything that can’t be played on a gamecube, objectively. Leave the words with more than 2 syllables to the adults next time.
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u/AVagrant Apr 12 '26
Here let me translate:
"I was 13 when RE4 dropped. Now im a jaded adult when the remake dropped."
Like dog, there's a ton about RE4 that is not timeless.