Resident Evil 4
PLAY Magazine UK|May 2023
Throw diplomatic immunity to the monstrous wolves
Oscar Taylor-Kent
Resident Evil 4

INFO

FORMAT PS5 (reviewed), PS4

PRICE £54.99

ETA Out now

PUB Capcom

DEV Capcom

PLAYERS 1

LENGTH 14-15 hrs

ACCESSIBILITY Customisable subtitles; remappable controls; aim assist, auto-reload; various action hold/toggle settings; motion control camera, motion blur and camera wobble toggle; adjustable camera speed and FOV; colourblind settings; adjustable lens distortion and depth-of-field effects; presets for visual, auditory, and motion sickness

Someone owes Marie Kondo a fruit basket, because this spring-clean remake of one of the best games ever made is all about sparking joy. There are plenty of fantastic new additions, and the best bits aren’t just all present, but rearranged in a way that they complement each other more than they originally did (we constantly go ‘Of course – that makes loads more sense’ while playing), not least of all in how superstar secret agent Leon S Kennedy has been greased up to perform more slickly than ever. The definitive version of Resi 4? Absolutely. The best game in the series? We’ll say it: yes. This is action-horror magic.

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