Resident Evil 4 (Remake)

[Maniakkid25]

I was actually about to pre-order it, and then I saw a yellow box of text under the accessibility notes that made me re-think it. It's a warning to ANYONE planning on getting the PC version, because it will be bad times until it gets patched out, if it ever does.

It's using Denuvo Anti-Piracy DRM.

Denuvo, if you have been blessed to have never heard of it, is a type of anti-tamper software that gets bundled in with games and is notorious for BREAKING SHIT! Frame Rate sputtering, crashes, performance drops, you name it, Denuvo is blamed for it! It was used in games like Batman Arkham Knight, Tekken 7, and Sonic Mania, ALL OF WHICH WERE LAMBASTED ON THE PC FOR THE PERFORMANCE DROPS! EVERYONE hates Denuvo, but publishers keep using it because they think that it keeps crackers from breaking open the game at the critical point of the first week of sales. It doesn't; the list of first day cracks of Denuvo games is laughably long. Granted, it's not as bad as Securom was, but that's only because it doesn't install a f***ing ROOTKIT on your damn PC!

All this is to say that if you planned on buying a PC copy of the game, re-think that plan for a while. I think I'm gonna pre-order mine, and wait for Capcom to pull its head out of its ass and remove it before I install it.

[Moonface]

I really don't get why publishers think anti-piracy software actually does anything. If someone wants to pirate the game, they're not going to be dissuaded by Denuvo or anything else, especially when anyone who does pirate likely knows a crack will come along within a matter of days anyway. It feels no different to expecting someone waiting for a price drop on a game to pay full price instead, they're not going to do it unless full price is literally the only option, which only happens if you're Nintendo.

Did you try out the demo at all @Maniakkid25 or are you waiting to just play the full game?

[Monocle]

I need it I need it I need it I need it I need it I need it

Demo was AWESOME. yeah Denuvo is 100% shit but I still need it. fuck all the other shit. need it. fave RE

[Maniakkid25]

Did you try out the demo at all @Maniakkid25 or are you waiting to just play the full game?

I did. It was really good! Which makes it a shame that yhe game has this bulls*** tied into this!

[Moonface]

@Monocle @Maniakkid25
Did either of you get to try out the secret harder difficulty mode in the demo? I didn't know about it until a few days ago and haven't tried it myself yet but it's apparently only going to be a difficulty for the demo.

Also, Capcom Asia put this out today and I'm looking forward to seeing more of this:

[Monocle]

Yeah I tried it. you did but can't continue like the regular one and it randomly pops up. it was BRUTAL. more enemies, harder to kill, stronger chainsaw man. it was ridiculous. shotgun didn't help at all

[Moonface]

There is a cheat code to unlock the higher difficulty demo if anyone wants to try it without waiting for whatever triggers it to appear by itself, especially since if you die you've got to wait for it to activate again. Here's the codes:

PlayStation

1. Highlight the Main Story option on the main menu screen.
   
2. Hold L1 + R1.
   
3. Enter the following sequence: Up, Left, Down, Right, Square, Triangle, Circle, X, & X
   

Xbox

1. Highlight the Main Story option on the main menu screen.
   
2. Hold LB + RB.
   
3. Enter the following sequence: Up, Left, Down, Right, X, Y, B, A, & A
   

PC

1. Highlight the Main Story option on the main menu screen.
   
2. Hold Space.
   
3. Enter the following sequence: W, A, S, D, R, I, E, F
   

There's also a secret within the demo itself that lets you get access to different weapons, and I doubt anyone would find this without a guide:

RE4 Remake Demo Secret

1. Discard all your equipment (literally everything, have nothing on you) before you enter the village; that is, before passing the gates.
   
2. Make your way to the well near the tower along the right side of the map. The best route is around or through the barn as it's just slightly beyond the back of it heading towards the cart by the house. Make sure you don’t pick up anything else on the way.
   
3. Go down and open the blue chest to find the TMP gun.
   

I've heard that using the secret is the only way you can stand a chance at beating the higher difficulty of the demo, since the standard handgun doesn't fire rapidly enough to keep enemies at bay with the lowered stagger.

[Monocle]

Yeah I'm not doing all that lmao. The game is it in two days so I'll just wait. But if the demo shows how the beginning is now, then so much of the game will have changed. I'm genuinely excited to play it.

[Moonface]

But if the demo shows how the beginning is now, then so much of the game will have changed. I'm genuinely excited to play it.

Besides the alterations to areas of the game, another thing I'm really excited for is the addition of stealth to the game. I adore being able to do stealth kills in games and as soon as I had the opportunity to do it in the demo I did it (and didn't get to do it again because I did that in the village and shit immediately kicked off after that kill lol).

Out of anywhere in the game though, I really really hope the island got changed for the better. Besides the areas with the Regenerators, I find the island to be the weakest part of the entire game.

Also I don't think it's been confirmed yet whether the extra campaigns are going to be in the remake or not. I'm expecting them to be missing at launch and put out as DLC later on, especially Ada's campaign that runs alongside Leon's. Also, if Mercenaries in this remake is like the one in RE8 I'll be super happy, because I think that version of Mercenaries is the strongest the mode has ever been.


Edit: Oh! I forgot to post the second video in that animated series of shorts Capcom are doing for this game, and also didn't know the third had been released too:





I uh....don't have words for what fever dream was going on in the third part.

[Monocle]

I haven't bought it yet. broke af atm. Had money aside but I forgot to pay the phone bill. whoops.

but it's getting amazing reviews so I'm extremely excited! that demo had me hyped. avoiding social media has been tough because they're posting gameplay.

[Moonface]

I've managed to avoid seeing anything unintentionally which is nice. All I've seen is a short segment of the island area on a Twitch stream which I did on purpose to see if it addressed any issues I had with it in the original. From what I could see, it looks like it managed to vastly improve on the idea of that area without sacrificing any of the more action type stuff.

[ShiraNoMai]

This remake looks so freaking amazing. From everything I've seen, it looks like they've kept in all the necessary parts to make it feel like Resident Evil 4, but improved on every possible thing they could have in regards to, well, everything: pacing, gameplay, visuals, you name it. This is a proper remake if I've ever seen one. Definitely wanting to experience this sooner than later.

[Monocle]

Had a bigger laugh at this than I should have

[Moonface]

Dang, now that someone has mentioned it Ashley does look like she has big ears in the original. However, I think it might be that her ears also seem to be too high on her head. The bottom of her ear should align with her mouth, but unless the angle of the shot is throwing it off her ears are aligning with her nose instead. XD

[Maniakkid25]

So I made the mistake of playing Resident Evil 4 Remake with Denuvo, and it's a great game. Shame that I had the game lock up multiple times while playing it. Oh, it would only last for a few seconds, and the game would pause the entirw time, but that doesn't change the fact that ot happened. Oh, and it also fried my USB stuff so I had to restart my computer in order to get that working again. The game is awesome, but Denuvo is killing it. As expected. Welp, I'll be waiting for them to finally kill that before I play it again, hopefully.

Oh, and if you're wondering, the pre-order bonuses are kinda crap. The Gold Attache Case just increases Peseta drops, not that I noticed. The classic attache case increases gunpowder drops, so yay for more crafting. The handgun charm increases the chance that you'll get additional ammo when crafting handgun ammo, and the green herb charm increases the amount of healing singular green herbs do.

They also lied; on Hardcore difficulty (which is the recommended difficulty if you've played the OG Resident Evil 4), durability on knives does decrease on stealth kills. It's not much, but it is there.