One thing I hate about RE4/5/6 is all the gimmicky crap in those games. Like, here's an example...
When you kill the villagers, and all the soldiers and whatever, they drop bullets, points, or cash. Not even the zombie cops in the old games did that, and the games in general were 1000 times more scary. Not to mention that the plot was way better as well, and Capcom used to give a damn about fleshing out the story. It was like you were living out a horror film that made you the player. But while you did shoot the creatures, it was still scary, and you felt like you were in constant danger, and what made it tricky too was that enemies would often be off the screen. In the recent games, you also have numbers to indicate where to go next.
RE4 kind of feels like a horror game laced with heavy doses of Hollywood action and way too many elements of fantasy. It does not feel like a true sequel, at least not in retrospect. Sure, Leon is in it, but they mostly don't bring up the events of Raccoon City or Umbrella at all, apart from at the start and maybe once thereafter, Leon explains this to Luis. That's it. Within 10 minutes of the story beginning, you're just spending the rest of the game killing the same looking bad guys, collecting stuff, saving people, and doing more killing.
I think the remake we got this year is just a cash grab. It had so much cut content, to the point where it rightfully deserves to be called a newly imagined game and NOT an actual remake. The DLC should have been more story driven, but in the end, it sucked. It's a pretty forgettable game, because I've never been in a hurry to play it again.
The A and B scenarios did not feel at all unique. How the heck can the two characters see Annette dying, as if it occurs twice?
Sorry, but Capcom just doesn't get it, and they aren't even the same Capcom. It's just the name. Maybe they will improve the franchise someday. But I hope the next non remake game they do is actually appealing again!
