Capcom Resident Evil 4 Remake - out now for PC/Playstation/Xbox

[Skinwalker]

Is Hardcore (NG) harder than Professional (NG+), or has my controller aiming gotten even worse since the last time I played this?

Tbf, Hardcore really is harder because you start from scratch (no endgame weapons, no upgrades), and I'm starting to reach the point where I'm begging the game for ammo.

 

[TheHeroOfTime]

If you start a new game professional is harder than hardcore: You can only get perfect parries, enemies do more damage and are more agressive. But if you play using your gear from the previous game there's very little challenge.

 

[Frank Capicoli]

Also no autosave on Pro while I believe hardcore still has them.

 

[Skinwalker]

No autosave on Pro was such a pain in the ass. Backtracking through empty corridors to save after clearing a section, then again after each reload.

Mendez definitely felt harder this time around, even though it's a fairly easy boss. Not having fully upgraded endgame weapons from the start makes a difference. This is why I hate NG+. The concept of it makes zero sense to me.

 

[Assisted Living Godzilla]

When I saw this thread pop up yesterday I sure was thinking Capcom was taking their sweet fucking time announcing any DLC for this.

 

[Assisted Living Godzilla]

 

[TheHeroOfTime]

The DLC will be available next week. Also there's an update including Ada and Wesker for Mercenaries mode for free

Spoiler

SLUT

 

[TheHeroOfTime]

 

[jaekl]

If I'm reading this correctly, they're now remaking games, selling them and then remaking the old DLCs and selling those separately. That's fucking crazy.

 

[Skinwalker]

Not playing the DLC because it makes you play as a womynz.

 

[Valestein]

Are they going to remake "Assignment Ada" or merge it with this?

 

[Assisted Living Godzilla]

Assignment Ada is basically just an alternative Mercenaries mode locked to one character where you collect a handful of something before getting on the helicopter. It’d make more sense as an additional mode like Mercenaries where you have to collect a set number of something, and each one you got upped the difficulty of the waves of enemies coming after you.

I’d assume Assignment Ada doesn’t enter into the equation. But I’d also guess the version of Separate Ways is far bigger than what they did for RE4 on PS2. Saddler had new enemy types show up with him at the end of this game that you never fight with Leon... I’m thinking you’re fighting them in this. I’d be surprised if you don’t fight the giant Salazar statue in this. It’s standing right there next to where you fight Salazar, he’s probably going to possess it like those suits of armor Armadura enemies. The hanging cages and U-3 are likely going to be a boss that involves her hookshot.

 

[ferratilis]

If I'm reading this correctly, they're now remaking games, selling them and then remaking the old DLCs and selling those separately. That's fucking crazy.

Yes, but the original Separate Ways was free. Now you'll probably have to pay for it.

 

[Assisted Living Godzilla]

If I'm reading this correctly, they're now remaking games, selling them and then remaking the old DLCs and selling those separately. That's fucking crazy.

Yes, but the original Separate Ways was free. Now you'll probably have to pay for it.

It was “free” in that it came with the PS2 version that came out almost a year after the original GameCube version. So if you bought RE4 on release, and you wanted to play Separate Ways, you’d need to either buy it again or rent the game on a whole different system.

This version will likely also be a much bigger version of Separate Ways. Original Separate Ways was something they came up with to make up for the PS2 version being a downgrade from the original GameCube version.

 

[Valestein]

I still want Assignment Ada though , as one can never have enough Ada.

 

[Skinwalker]

Money is hard to come by in Hardcore. I'm constantly scraping the bottom of the barrel to be able to afford upgrades n shieeet. Made sure to keep all the rubies I had from early game, they get extremely valuable (and hard to get) in mid-game, when treasures with mixed shape gemslots start appearing.

 

[AlwaysBrotoMen]

The priest fight is not as good as the original with lot of glitches and pop out textures. I feel the original was way better in the village level.

 

[TheHeroOfTime]

Seems like a bunch of stuff missing from the main campaing is included in the DLC:

- The U3 bossfight
- The cablecar section
- The second fight with the el gigante
- The black verdugo

 

[Skinwalker]

Because of insurmountable expenses, I basically gave up any hopes on having a magnum in this playthrough. I've just finished the last castle chapter, and I doubt I'll scrape up enough cash to max-out my Blacktail/Riot Gun/Stingray AND be able to buy the good magnum AND also max-out its attack power at the very least.

Resident Evil with no magnum for bossfights and minibosses... is this what it has come to?

*continues to give zero fucks about some womynz-protag DLC*

 

[TheHeroOfTime]

Spoiler

So I just finished the dlc. Overall I liked it a lot. All the stuff that got cut from the main story has been added here in a way or another, with new elements. Some of the areas are from the main story, but traveled in a different way. But there's a bunch completely new areas, including some riddles and bosses.

The mercenaries characters are very fun to use too, Wesker is completely broken. With this addition the game ends up being pretty well rounded IMO.

 

[Ezekiel]

Does the old soundtrack DLC work in the Ada DLC as well?

 

[Skinwalker]

So I just finished the dlc. Overall I liked it a lot. All the stuff that got cut from the main story has been added here in a way or another, with new elements. Some of the areas are from the main story, but traveled in a different way. But there's a bunch completely new areas, including some riddles and bosses.

Do you fight a monster Krauser as Ada, or is he really dead after Leon stabs him in the heart in the main story?

 

[TheHeroOfTime]

Does the old soundtrack DLC work in the Ada DLC as well?

I didn't try it. But the DLC has a lot of remixes from the original RE4, and also from the original RE2 (Ada's and the kiss scene themes). There's a new version from the "infiltration" theme that's really cool, but I can't find it uploaded to youtube yet.

So I just finished the dlc. Overall I liked it a lot. All the stuff that got cut from the main story has been added here in a way or another, with new elements. Some of the areas are from the main story, but traveled in a different way. But there's a bunch completely new areas, including some riddles and bosses.

Do you fight a monster Krauser as Ada, or is he really dead after Leon stabs him in the heart in the main story?

He's dead for good, killed by Leon. However,

Spoiler

he's a major plot point during the last section of the DLC. Krauser's body appears at the ending scene, showing that Wesker managed to retrieve his corpse (he's in a ship near the island) and a sample of a major plaga parasite in it.

About the DLC new bosses

Spoiler

Peasanta (the black robe verdugo) is the boss you deal with in different battles. The story has been expanded showing that this monster is actually the castle's housekeeper lady, and she's not 100% like Isidro (the red verdugo). She ends up turning into It, the monster from the og re4 that didn't appear in the remake's main story. Her transformation is kinda cool because it happens in real time, unlike Mendez that was "censored" compared to the og. This fight has two phases/transformations.

The last section of the game includes a new small horror setpiece in a lab with a new monster called Martinico. Also you fight against human Saddler.

 

[Morgoth]

Finished Separate Ways the other day, and it was slick and satisfying. Also, Ada is a real hun.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Finished Separate Ways the other day, and it was slick and satisfying. Also, Ada is a real hun.

She's Chinese. She doesn't look Eastern European at all.