Resident Evil 4 remake brings back the B-movie cheese (and suplexes) missing from modern games
The latest slice of Resident Evil 4 remake footage shows Leon Kennedy storming the gates of Salazar's Castle with Ashley Graham in tow. In his bid to keep the US president's daughter safe, he shoots a zombified clergyman between the eyes through the lens of a sniper rifle. He floors another man with a form-perfect roundhouse kick. As the latter body hits the deck, Leon unloads a shotgun on the poor bastard at point-blank range before, moments later, he stuns another with a flash bang before slitting his throat with a combat knife.
In the throes of the frantic melee, burning projectiles rain down on the pair as they sprint from pillar to post, and suitably theatrical action film music rumbles along in the background. "No way! They have catapults?!" Ashley says, stating the absolute obvious. "I guess this is their idea of a warm welcome," Leon replies. It's twee, it's ham-fisted, and it's perfect – the Resident Evil 4 remake has reintroduced the cheesy B-movie charm missing from recent games, and it's glorious. And that's before our latest look at an overhauled Ramon Salazar, the giant claw-wielding Garrador, and a suplex technique that'd make Brock Lesnar proud.
Resident Evil 4 feels like Capcom's boldest remake so far
As we march towards the Resident Evil 4 remake release date of March 24, I thought I'd already seen everything I needed to see. Like many players of the first game, the 2005 original holds a special place in my heart – and while I can't quite believe it's been 18 years since our first trip to that unnamed Spanish mountain village, when news of an official return dropped a couple of years ago, I was sold from the outset. Capcom's stellar work in reimagining Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 for modern
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