In a brand new Sport Informer cowl story, Capcom detailed among the modifications that the hotly anticipated remake of Resident Evil 4 is making to the unique, massively influential horror recreation.
One of many main modifications coming to the RE4 remake revolves round how Ashley Graham (not the supermodel) works in scenes when protagonist Leon S. Kennedy should escort and defend her. Within the unique RE4, gamers needed to preserve a watchful eye over Ashley’s well being bar and guarantee enemies didn’t carry her away. Ashley desperately, and ceaselessly, screams out Leon’s identify the moment gamers fail to do any of the aforementioned duties.
Within the remake, Ashley not has a well being bar. Ought to President Graham’s Dumbo-eared daughter take an excessive amount of injury whereas Leon makes an attempt to escort her safely away from Las Plagas, she’ll enter a downed state and should be revived, IGN stories.
In accordance with a Capcom consultant, this alteration to Ashley’s gameplay mechanic was made to make her “really feel extra like a pure companion and fewer like a second well being bar to babysit.”
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One other change coming to RE4’s remake is weapon sturdiness, particularly for Leon’s fight knife. As seen on the finish of final October’s prolonged gameplay trailer, Leon’s trusty knife being able to parrying a chainsaw comes at a hefty value. As an alternative of toting round “ol’ dependable” all through everything of the RE4 remake to open wood bins, chip away at zombies, and preserve ammo, Leon’s knife will deteriorate over time, however gamers can have a number of knives of their stock, which nonetheless takes the type of Leon’s iconic attache case.
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Facet-quests are additionally making their solution to the RE4 remake. In accordance with IGN, blue flyers scattered concerning the recreation allow you to purchase elective duties you may full as side-quests. Lastly, the Sport Informer cowl story mentions that quick-time occasions, a frequent factor of the unique RE4, have successfully been eliminated, although this facet of the remake had been talked about in earlier interviews as nicely.
“I’d say there are ‘barely any’ QTEs. Totally different individuals have totally different definitions of what a QTE is, so whereas I can’t let you know that there aren’t any in any respect, I can say that there aren’t prompts to press buttons mid-cutscene,” producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi instructed IGN in a previous interview.
Resident Evil 4 (Remake) is slated to launch on March 24 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, and Xbox Sequence X/S.