With Resident Evil 4 Remake, due out this week, Capcom’s marketing for the title is in full swing, and though that wouldn’t normally budge any From my needles, this little anime they made for the game is just too good.
It is The full name is “Resident Evil 4 Anime PV Resident Evil Masterpiece Theater – ‘Leon and the Mysterious Village’ EP 1” which isn’t the catchiest but it at least gets the point across. It only runs for 56 seconds (and that’s including title screens), but it’s 56 seconds of pure bliss for anyone who has ever played this game in its 117 previous versions.
“Story of my life” indeed, my husband:
If you thought this style of animation sounded familiar, that’s because – as the credits state at the end – the clip was created by the famous Japanese studio Nippon Animation, which among other things many other things are known for their old show Masterful theatre (hence the name in this case), which featured short anime episodes each week that were adaptations of existing works.
The remake will not be released until March 24th, Ratings for the game went live last weekand for the 188th time, people are realizing, yes, Resident Evil 4 is a good video game:
Coming to PlayStation, Xbox and PC, the March 24th Resident Evil 4 Remake updates one of the best entries in Capcom’s long-running survival horror series. Follow in the footsteps of previous remakes for Resident Evil 2 And 3the latest game still looks Special Agent Leon S. Kennedy sent to a Spanish village to save the President’s daughter from a strange cult. This time things are just a lot prettier, the controls and UI are more modern and there is some new content like additional side quests.
A number of places like IGN have given the game perfect scores and it is currently over 90 on Metacritic. At the same time, not everyone is under the spell of the remake. “Some clever changes; a few disappointing cuts”, tweeted edge deputy editor of the magazine, Chris Schilling. “When it’s good, it’s brilliant, but much the same as the original.”
