Resident Evil 4 (opens in new tab) is almost twenty years old, and god if that doesn’t make me want to crumble into dust. The prospect of a remake, on paper, isn’t that egregious given the timespan but the original is so widely available, so beloved and still perfectly playable in 2022 that the common question surrounding this remake has been: does it justify its existence? For newcomers, this will undoubtedly be one of 2023’s best action horror games. For those familiar with the original, this will be a neat trip down memory lane that suffers perhaps for staying too close to the original.
