
Resident Evil 4 is one of the most highly regarded games. Ever. On the PS2, it's rated as #3 of all time, and actually scores well above the other two games (Tony Hawk 3 and GTA III, if you're curious) when you average in user reviews. It's certainly the high-water mark for anything with the name Resident Evil on it. (Including the movies. No, especially the movies.) People still talk about the characters and the gameplay is still fondly remembered. People still talk about key moments in the game, like the moment when the chainsaw guy shows up. The visuals still hold up today and every time a new Resident Evil game comes out it winds up getting measured using the RE4 yardstick.

Capcom has removed the recently added Enigma DRM from the PC version of its survival horror game, Resident Evil 4 remake.
The latest update for Capcom's Resident Evil 4 remake has replaced Denuvo with Enigma DRM, lowering in-game performance.
Once again hurting the people who purchase and support the game. Meanwhile pirates get the best version. Pathetic.
I wonder if the pirated copies run better like this one titled here: "Resident Evil 4: Remake - Gold Edition (No Denuvo) (v1.5.0.0 + All DLCs + Bonus Content + MULTi14) (From 50 GB)"
A perfectly acceptable excuse to pirate the game.
Why would you accept to pay for the game in order for it to install software you don’t want with the intention to make your playing experience worse. Paying for that would be the very definition of stupid.
I’m not against DRM but if it negatively effects a product you’re paying for. Then it’s on them not you.
Cut content from the Capom's Resident Evil 4 remake has been uncovered, revealing that it once had a "Chapter 0" featuring Ashley.
You know I would have liked this if it was added on for free. A nice substitute for Assignment Ada.
"It's kind of like how Galaxy Quest is aimed at fans of Star Trek. You need to be a fan of the thing they're mocking to be in on the joke. Otherwise it just comes off like the writers copying the worst parts of already terrible material."
Are you sure? My parents have never watched an episode of Star Trek and they love Galaxy Quest. That movie is brilliant!
Also, I totally understand having different expectations for a game, but even if you expected something else, RE4 is incredible. I expected to be scared, too. It's not very good at scaring you, but it's masterful at keeping you on edge. The music. The sounds. The AI. Everything in that game is designed to make you feel uneasy. I love it! I know every inch of that game.
I didn't read the article and I won't, but Im expecting reason #1 to be that the author of the article is a dipshit.
Sounds like this guy is just bad at games.
Don't get me wrong, RE4 is an absolute brilliant game. However it is the game that started the RE free fall turning the series into an action game rather than a survival horror game. It's the game that added all the QTEs, the big set pieces, gun heavy combat that the latter games have relied too heavily upon.
I generally despise QTE's but when this game first launched, I was excited by them. They kept me in the game. I've attached a link that explains why RE4 is amazing ... at least when compared to Kingdom Hearts 2 ...
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
I will say that my favorite in the series is Nemesis. It's the most uncomfortable to play because that guy could pop up at any time.