Resident Evil 4 Remake Has Made Weapons Upgrades Pointless

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Throwing hundreds of thousands of pesetas at upgrading weapons is a thing of the past in the remake. The remake, like the original, features the ability to upgrade weapons by speaking with the roaming Merchant. Players can choose from one of four stats to upgrade each time: power (damage), ammo capacity, reload speed, or rate of fire. Each upgrade costs at least a few thousand pesetas, and the higher level the upgrade, the greater the cost. However, since there are some 28 weapons to collect, most weapons will be replaced by superior versions at some point in the game, so it's not necessarily worth fully upgrading the first shotgun, for example.

Besides the regular stat boosts, many of the weapons in the remake of also have Exclusive Upgrades. These are unique to each weapon, and usually compensate for a specific drawback or enhance a certain advantage of each one. For instance, the Exclusive Upgrade for the slow-firing Stingray rifle gives it a rate of fire boost, while the reliably accurate Killer7 magnum gets a higher critical rate. In order to get these unique buffs, players normally need to buy all the other upgrades for the weapon, then pay an additional fee. However, one new feature in the remake provides another route to bring weapons up to their full potential.

The remake includes an item called the Exclusive Upgrade Ticket, which immediately grants any weapon its Exclusive Upgrade on use. The Exclusive Upgrade ticket works regardless of what other upgrades have been applied to it, so there's no need to save up for those incremental boosts. There are only two Exclusive Upgrade Tickets in the entire game, and both are obtained from the Merchant starting after Chapter 7. They're not exactly easy to come by — the