Resident Evil 4 Remake remedies Leon’s greasy hair and my soul

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I never thought I’d be actively thinking about Resident Evil 4 Remake hair settings. Yet, while trudging through the newly released Resident Evil 4 Remake Chainsaw demo, I couldn’t help but notice that Leon Kennedy’s luscious locks look a little greasy in the revamp. In a bid to freshen up the federal agent’s follicles, I went searching for a solution within the game’s substantial settings menu, discovering both a virtual shampoo option and something about myself in the process.

Look, I’m well aware that paying this much attention to hair in the Resident Evil 4 Remake is ludicrous. However, I’ve rocked that same boyband hairstyle more than once throughout my life, and I couldn’t personally fight off the cult of Los Illuminados with greasy bangs. Ultimately, it’d affect my confidence, and I reckon Leon would feel the same way if I didn’t do something about it.

So, while dialling in the best Resident Evil 4 settings using the demo, I decided to spend some time playing around with the ‘hair strand’ option. Now, games like The Witcher 3 and Tomb Raider also have enhanced hair settings on PC, but both the former Hairworks mod and the latter TressFX feature come with performance caveats, and the results are somewhat distracting. I was fully expecting to experience something similar while attempting to sort out Leon’s emo mop, but somehow managed to both give it a wash and prevent massive frame rate dips.

By cranking up the hair strand option to either ‘normal’ or ‘high’, I was able to effectively cure Leon’s bad hair day. It almost feels like Capcom owes it to the iconic Racoon City survivor, as the developer royally messed up his locks in Resident Evil 6. While the RPD newbie arrives on the scene with a less plasticky-looking