"Limiting player control" is just designing a control scheme, man.
Leon can't strafe because the game would be fucking brain dead with it, and so the game is perfectly, exactly designed and paced for this characters' movements.
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VG247: Shinji Mikami hopes a Resident Evil 4 Remake "will make his story better"
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Leon can't strafe because the game would be fucking brain dead with it, and so the game is perfectly, exactly designed and paced for this characters' movements.
ehh i don't know what's considered a high bar for RE stories, but this one always felt good/fun
see this right here should absolutely get changed, good choice
also this, please do not add that shit here - it mostly only detracts from the series at that point
see this right here should absolutely get changed, good choice
also this, please do not add that shit here - it mostly only detracts from the series at that point
They kept the spirit intact!
"A little later, and you woulda fit nicely into a sandwich."
I'll give you that (My personal favorite is Wesker going: "JILL no.")
No, pls no. The cheesy dialogue is such a huge part of RE4's appeal and enduring fun and popularity. The significant amount of cut content I'm expecting in a potential RE4Make is already bad enough.
They want to send Ashley back to America, but first he wants to use her for a ransom. It's in the very first meeting with Saddler, he says they need money to keep the church up and running. When the US pays them, they exchange her for the cash, then she infects all of America anyway. The story isn't good or anything, but this part is pretty well explained actually.
And we'll just have to disagree on whether or not this game is a masterpiece. I don't think many games have improved on it actually. The pacing, the feel of the weapons, the enemies encounters and most importantly, the gunplay, haven't really been topped in my opinion. Dead Space included.
I will agree on Tetris though, as it's one of my all time favorites.
he wants to ransom her even after the american agent rescued her? the same agent who would've taken her back and accidentally helped saddler's evil plan? that's even more dumb. Shit, if they can control the president with las plagas then why not make him give you the money after ashley infects him?
and i haven't even gotten into saddler detailing his evil plan to leon and ashley for no reason.
i know re4 and the re series aren't known for having well-written stories but i dont think it's unreasonable to hope that the remake at least tries to make the main bad guy's actions make sense.
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You've posted this poor take a thousand times, and it's been wrong each time. You're in an extreme minority of people, if you find RE2 remake "boring".
Saddler had a plan to exchange Ashley for money, then hope she infects the US. Getting Ashley back into the US was never going to be difficult, so Leon unwittingly assisting with the plan isn't needed.
I never said they shouldn't try to improve the story. Another poster said it makes no sense that they're trying to kill Ashley if the goal was to have her infect the US. I'm merely pointing out that this isn't the case in the game. The villains only ever try to kidnap Ashley, and the goal is to use her as a ransom. This is how the villains act in the game and it's why they pick up Ashley and try to carry her away, and why they attack Leon.
but that still doesn't answer the question of why they don't just let the president pay them after taking over his mind?
Saddler is waiting for the eggs to hatch I guess? They don't have control of Ashley yet, US medical professionals can easily remove the plagas.
I'm not dissecting the story to explain why it should win an Oscar. I'm explaining that the enemies aren't trying to kill Ashley and that they have every intention of returning her to the US.
Except the two monks driving the drill tank.
Those guys went "fuck the police."
I think there were some improvements:
- The Kento Gun Shop scene.
- William Birkin's portrayal in the story. In the originals, he was basically Walmart Albert Wesker.
- Absolutely Mr. X.
True. By that point they finally realized who they were dealing with and didn't want to engage Leon due to the fear of being suplex'd.
Yeah, this is how I feel too. RE4 is the closest thing we have in the medium to a playable John Carpenter movie in terms of tone and style. Trying to "fix" it risks taking away more than you'd add. They're welcome to try though.