Been a long time since I played Resident Evil 4, not having spent real time in it since the PS2 days. Playing it right now with the PC version and a true HD texture pack also. It's a pretty sweet deal, even if it's not 100% finished. Controls took some getting use to as they haven't aged the best, and I forgot how close the camera is to Leon, but once you get the hang of it, it's not bad. Makes me wish it had full movement though, but a monumental step up from REmake for sure, in every way. The story and dialogue is still just the absolute worst, but in that dumb b-movie sort of way. Would've been interesting had this been the game they went with a first person view, as I honestly think it's better built for it than the third person view.
After beating REmake and watching some stuff on RE2 and RE3 recently, I do have a better understanding of peoples issues with this one compared to the old games. I think this game was necessary after how poor Resident Evil Zero seemed to be, but the design of the old games having what is essentially the level design of a puzzle box, all interconnected as you open things up is cool. The actual puzzles are mixed bag of kinda cool and awful, but it was a style for sure.
It's why I'm so excited for RE2 Remake. If it is amazing graphics and top quality gameplay, crossed with the more survival style, exploration, and puzzle solving of the old RE style, I think that is the greatest outcome for the series. After this, I'm thinking of other RE games leading up to Re 2 Make I haven't played recently or beaten, so likely Resident Evil 5, debating Resident Evil 6 as I've never beaten all campaigns, and maybe Operation Raccoon City for the heck of it. The last two aren't good, but that's all that is left that is easily playable for me. Technically there's Code Veronica X on PS4, but I don't know if I can put up with it without the door skip mod.
