Resident Evil 4 Remake: Best Weapons For The Exclusive Upgrade Tickets

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While the recently released remake of remains mostly faithful to the original, its newly added Exclusive Upgrade Tickets allow players to purchase any weapon's coveted exclusive upgrade for free, without having to fully upgrade the weapon. With 's wide variety of weapons, however, it's hard to decide which weapons should get the few tickets available on a single playthrough.

While 's weapons mostly have the same merchant upgrades (power, ammo capacity, reload speed, and rate of fire), once fully upgraded, each weapon also has a special exclusive upgrade that gave a large boost to the weapon's attributes. Now, with the Exclusive Upgrade Tickets, the player no longer needs to wait till a weapon, like 's first shotgun, is fully upgraded to get this boost to their arsenal. While some charms from the shooting gallery can give important discounts, how to make use of the game's two Exclusive Upgrade Tickets is still an important decision.

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The remake's Upgrade Tickets are best spent on specialized weapons with specific use cases, like shotguns, rifles, and magnums. Not only are these weapons, on average, more expensive to upgrade but they also typically are only used in certain situations, like sniping faraway enemies with a rifle or killing tough bosses with a magnum. Because of this, power is by far the most important attribute on these weapons, with other stats taking a backseat — unlike pistols or submachine guns, which players will likely want more general usability out of. Saving tickets for these specific weapons makes them powerful tools while saving money for more generalist weapons.

The SR M1903 is the first rifle to become available, and