Capcom shared a few new details and a new trailer featuring the first snippets of Resident Evil 4 gameplay during the Capcom Showcase. Resident Evil 4 is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC on 24th March 2023.
Resident Evil 4 director Yasuhiro Anpo and producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi spoke during the Capcom Showcase to give a little insight into what Capcom are doing for the remake. They describe the game as being a “reimagining” of the 2005 original, but also say that they’re “Carefully preserving what makes the original title special, while updating it with modern flourishes for everyone to enjoy.”
Resident Evil 4 will remain a third person game with an over-the-shoulder camera  that really defined the games that followed it, up until Resident Evil 7 went first person. The third person camera returned for the remakes of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3, and they note that the modernised gameplay will feel rather familiar to anyone that’s played those games in particular.
Speaking of which, the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S upgrades for Resi 2 and 3 (and 7) are now live.
The ganado are the main enemies you’ll see in the game, which after the shambling zombies of the original trilogy were a dramatic step up in pace and danger for Resident Evil 4’s original release, moving much quicker and weilding weapons. They’ve been redesigned for the remake, though, as the team try to capture the essence of ‘terror of people controlled by madness’.
But why is Leon in Europe in the first place? Well, it’s six years after the events of Resident Evil 2 and 3 which destroyed Racoon City and Leon Kennedy is now an agent directly under the president of the United States. When the president’s daughter is kidnapped, Leon is sent off to the queiet village in Spain in an effort to rescue her. She, unfortunately, is exceptionally difficult to save, and has a knack for getting herself recaptured.
One key element not discussed is that Resident Evil 4 will have PSVR 2 support. Resident Evil 4 has already been remade/adapted to work with VR on the Oculus Rift, but surely this would go further than that game? That was probably the end of the line for the original game’s release, which has been ported to almost as many new platforms as Doom has in the last 15 years. It’s long been rumoured that Resident Evil 4 would be getting a full remake, and I’ve no doubt that Resident Evil fans cannot wait until March 2023.
