You may read our review of Resident Evil 4 Remake starting this morning, but it’s also worthwhile to familiarize yourself with the viewpoints of other journalists from around the world. Even though Capcom’s updated horror game was one of the most well-liked releases of 2023, the original game’s performance was unaffected.
We would have assumed that Resident Evil 5 wouldn’t be able to match Resident Evil 4’s astounding 96% rating, but the Japanese have succeeded in their mission and made a lot of really outstanding upgrades. The production garnered numerous 10/10 ratings, which helped it to average around 93% on Metacritic and 92% on Rotten Tomatoes (Opencritic).
It now holds the second-best score on Opencritic for the year 2023, trailing only Metroid Prime Remastered (94%), which is ranked higher than 8-Bit Adventures 2, Way of the Midnight Sun, Hi-Fi Rush, Dead Space Remake, Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania, and Theatrhythm Final Bar Line.
Journalists give high marks for, among other things, the world’s growth, the game’s enhancement, the elimination of QTE sequences, Ashley-related improvements, the in-depth narrative, the enhanced combat, superb graphics, and fantastic music. The balance between horror and action, which some critics claim was lacking in the original, was apparently taken care of by the developers.
Less uplifting words may include complaints about animation drops (Xbox Series S), the dull Leon, rigid controls with unclear instructions, or a bigger shift from horror to action games.
These are the first ratings of Resident Evil 4 Remake:
- IGN – 10 / 10,
- Easy Allies – 10 / 10,
- GameSpot – 10 / 10,
- Giant Bomb – 5 / 5,
- Shacknews – 10 / 10,
- VG247 – 5 / 5,
- Attack of the Fanboy – 5 / 5,
- God is a Geek – 10 / 10,
- GamingTrend – 100 / 100,
- Guardian – 5 / 5,
- Push Square – 10 / 10,
- PlayStation LifeStyle – 10 / 10,
- Press Start – 10 / 10,
- GamingBolt – 10 / 10,
- GameSkinny – 10 / 10,
- GGRecon – 5 / 5,
- PowerUp! – 10 / 10,
- GamesHub – 5 / 5,
- MonsterVine – 5 / 5,
- WellPlayed – 10 / 10,
- GameByte – 10 / 10,
- Saving Content – 5 / 5,
- VGC – 5 / 5,
- TheGamer – 5 / 5,
- FingerGuns – 10 / 10
- Gfinity – 10 / 10,
- Game Informer – 9.5 / 10,
- Gaming Nexus – 9.5 / 10,
- PlayStation Universe – 9.5 / 10,
- COGconnected – 95 / 100,
- Generación Xbox – 95 / 100,
- TechRaptor – 9.5 / 10,
- CGMagazine – 9.5 / 10,
- GameGrin – 9.5 / 10,
- PSX Brasil – 95 / 100,
- Worth Playing – 9.5 / 10,
- Tom’s Hardware Italia – 9.4 / 10,
- IGN Italy – 9.3 / 10,
- GamePro – 93 / 100,
- Impulsegamer – 4.6 / 5,
- Metro GameCentral – 9 / 10,
- GamesRadar+ – 4.5 / 5,
- Game Revolution – 9 / 10,
- TrueAchievements – 9 / 10,
- We Got This Covered – 4.5 / 5,
- Everyeye.it – 9 / 10,
- Twinfinite – 4.5 / 5,
- Digital Trends – 4.5 / 5,
- Xbox Achievements – 90%,
- The Outerhaven Productions – 4.5 / 5,
- Fextralife – 9 / 10,
- Hardcore Gamer – 4.5 / 5,
- Saudi Gamer – 9 / 10,
- Digitally Downloaded – 4.5 / 5,
- Noisy Pixel – 9 / 10,
- XboxEra – 9 / 10,
- Cultured Vultures – 9 / 10,
- Wccftech – 8.5 / 10,
- GameWatcher – 8.5 / 10,
- SECTOR.sk – 8.5 / 10,
- Prima Games – 8.5 / 10,
- PCGamesN – 8 / 10,
- Stevivor – 8 / 10,
- Enternity.gr – 8 / 10,
- Tom’s Guide – 4 / 5,
- Destructoid – 7.5 / 10,
- DualShockers – 7 / 10,
- Cubed3 – 7 / 10,
- Siliconera – 7 / 10.