Don’t fall asleep, Leon! The president’s daughter wants to be rescued. Yes, again…
It was actually only a matter of time, now it’s finally official: Capcom has announced the remake of Resident Evil 4 with a first trailer. The new edition of perhaps the best part of the series is already appearing Early 2023 for PC and NextGen consoleswe summarize everything you need to know.
Of course, the expectations for the Resident Evil 4 remake are high. After all, the new edition of the second part of the horror series showed what the return of a well-known classic should look like in a new graphic and gameplay guise. You can find out more about this in our test:
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Resi 4 Remake: The most important information at a glance
Release: When will Resident Evil 4 Remake be released?
Resident Evil 4 Remake will be released on March 24, 2023. So fans won’t have to wait too long to play Leon S. Kennedy again to rescue the President’s daughter.
Platforms: what does Resident Evil 4 Remake appear for?
The Resident Evil 4 Remake will be released for the PC, Playstation 5 und Xbox Series X/S. A release for LastGen consoles or the Nintendo Switch is therefore not planned. By the way, the game should also get PSVR2 content. Whether the complete new edition can be played in virtual reality – like Resident Evil 7 – is currently not known.
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Trailer: What do the first game scenes show?
This is what the first trailer shows: At the State of Play in June 2022, Capcom released a first teaser trailer, which also shows a few isolated gameplay scenes, you can see the video below. Anyone who already knows Resident Evil 4 will feel right at home with it.
What it’s about: So we see how Leon S. Kennedy (who fans of course know from Resident Evil 2 or Resident Evil 6) goes in search of the kidnapped president’s daughter: Ashley Graham. The survivors of Raccoon City end up in a remote European village where a completely new zombie horror awaits them.
But of course, the Los Ganados from Resident Evil 4 are not classic zombies, but a new type of bioweapon. But let’s not go into detail here in case there is actually someone among our readers who does not know the original Resident Evil 4 yet.
Reunion with old friends: The first teaser trailer for Resident Evil 4 shows not only Leon but also other old acquaintances. Such as Ada Wong, Luis Sera and Osmund Saddler, the villain of the game. Individual game scenes also give us first impressions of the village and the castle. Just take a look at the trailer for yourself:
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Resident Evil 4 Remake: Reveal trailer shows you the fan favorite in new splendor
Story and gameplay: What stays the same, what will be different?
Everything new and a little bit different: Like the Resident Evil 2 and 3 remakes, the Resident Evil 4 remake is being redeveloped from the ground up. The responsible developers at Capcom want to keep the spirit of the predecessor, but also allow themselves a few narrative and playful liberties to modernize the now 17-year-old game for the year 2023.
By the way, you can find out why you can’t play Resident Evil often enough in our podcast:
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Many open questions: What exactly that should look like is not yet known. One can only hope that Capcom has learned from the Resident Evil 3 remake. Because here the criticism of numerous fans was loud that too much content from the original was shortened or deleted. You can read our review here:
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What do you think of the first official information and scenes for Resident Evil 4 Remake: Are you looking forward to the return of perhaps the best part of the horror series? Or would you rather have seen a reboot of Code Veronica first? Let us know in the comments!
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