I love how they improved the story to be more about Leon dealing with survivor's guilt and grief over Raccoon City and using his advanced training as a coping mechanism, it gives SO much more weight to his determination to save Ashley and prevent an even worse outbreak.

The fact it took Ashley 18 years to learn to climb down the ladder in remake is astonishing

“Ashley was the original escort mission.”

Yorda: “Allow me to introduce myself.”
Baby Mario: “Waah

This game is definitely living up to the hype. The graphics are an improvement, obviously. It has the same great, story and humor with a self aware, B-movie edge that I love, and the controls have been improved dramatically. And I love all the little things they added to seperate is from the original. I miss the stuff they cut out, especially the giant Ramon robot, but overall, it's definitely an upgrade.

Arlo: the only creator on the site who will put an adult content warning before a video reviewing the most famous horror game in existence. Never change.

They made a parry mechanic so broken overpowered for this remake that they had to add knife durability just to try to even it out. The knife just does everything in this game and I love it.

In the original, after the bridge town area, you go through this little area before reaching Mendez's house. It's the area where you can jump down and find your first fish. In the remake, the abandoned factory area has the exact same layout as the original, except you're going through it backwards. It's little things like that that make this remake remarkable.

Arlo’s Resident Evil content might be my favourite videos he makes

Regarding the missing boss "U3" or "it" there's a section when you first reach the island where thered a massive door off to the right and Leon can't access it but he reacts to it.

I assume it's one of the bosses for Separate Ways dlc.

If you pay attention to the notes around the castle, the main butler to Salazar even remarks how he is transforming himself into Verdugo (the boss in the sewer) and the housekeeper / maid is gonna become something "even better" a U3 one might say.

Because unlike the original, the remaining Verdugo is MIA from Salazar's side for the remainder of the section after Leon falls and doesn't join together when they become the boss in the clock towel

Capcom is on a roll as of late, and I'm loving it. This remake was everything a remake should be.

The RE2 remake is probably still my favourite but this one comes really close. And it's nice that Capcom is allowing the original RE4 to still be widely available at the same time. If only other publishers took note...

My jaw absolutely dropped when I shotgunned an enemy and not only did their arm come off, but so did their shoulder and a large chunk of their side. RE2R impressed me with the way you could dismember enemies, but RE4R is a whole new level.

"Beat the last enemy" is a lie. In the first village when they all leave and I was looting the houses, one villager who skipped church just jumped out of a wardrobe to attack. I was spooked! D=

This game was AMAZING!! Its similar enough to the original while also distancing itself enough to feel so different at the same time.

I love it when Arlo covers games that are for an older audience. It’s a lovely change of pace

18:15 For the record, the charm machine has fixed pull rates based on the coin combination that you use.

On the topic of Ashley cheering you on, she also did that in the original but it was a lot more subtle. She would cower behind you as you shot but she would sometimes do little fist pumps when you killed an enemy. Now, it's a lot more overt and she'll comment fairly frequently it feels. While I really do like the remake, I'm actually kinda glad that it's a not a straight replacement of the original. I like the changes of the remake but I still love the campiness of the original.

I’ve played the original countless times, but even I prefer the remake overall. The new combat system is incredible, puzzles are more numerous and engaging, and the story and lore have been expanded upon significantly. The new side quests, attaché case charms, and new treasuring combining system also add to the replay value. Separate Ways will probably reintroduce some of the omitted areas, and hopefully improve on them.

SO excited for this! I partially credit Arlo for helping me get into the RE series and I couldn't be more thankful. Playing through the original RE4 right now for the first time!

As someone who has never played the original, I am so happy there is more RE4 to play.