Resident Evil 4 Reviews

Resident Evil 4 is ranked in the 89th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
9 / 10
Jul 27, 2023
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8 / 10
Sep 9, 2016

The shooter that changed the festering face of Resident Evil.

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8.5 / 10.0
Sep 11, 2016

What are ya buyin? Well, it seems you may be buying another release of Resident Evil 4, this time on PS4 or Xbox One. But will this be the best version of game to date?

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80%
Sep 15, 2016

Resident Evil 4 is still a great game, but the controls can feel a little outdated. However, if you can clench your teeth and deal with it, you will enjoy a great atmosphere and a quite long playing time. It's up to you, but if you've never played Resident Evil 4, you should remedy that. This game wasn't considered one of the best video games of all time for no reason.

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10 / 10.0
May 25, 2019

Should you buy Resident Evil 4 again? If portable Resident Evil 4 is something you are even mildly wanting, then yes. If you have never owned Resident Evil 4 before, then yes. If water is something you can't live without, then yes. See what I'm trying to say here? Sure, there is nothing new added to the game, but does it really need anything new? This may be the eleventh time that Resident Evil 4 has been re-released, but that's fine. The game still holds up great today and plays perfectly on Nintendo's console, albeit without motion controls.

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10 / 10.0
Oct 10, 2021

‎Resident Evil 4 is still a marvel.‎‎ Its history, villains, characters and everything that surrounds it have made the title one of the great must-sees of the genre. Despite not having aged too well, it continues to be a benchmark of the genre and a game that marked a before and after when launched on the market. Now it remains only to hope that Resident Evil 4 Remake is a reality and that, who knows, it picks up the baton of its predecessor taking the GOTY.‎

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Cubed3
Top Critic
7 / 10
Jan 17, 2020

It may not be the definitive version of Resident Evil 4, but it is still a fun one nonetheless.

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8.5 / 10.0
Aug 30, 2016

Overall, RE4 on Xbox One/PS4 is the best way to play this game on console. I can say without a shadow of a doubt that it has never looked better.

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Gamers FTW
Top Critic
9.5 / 10.0
Sep 12, 2016

A near perfect experience with amazing characters, gameplay and environments dripping with atmosphere, Resident Evil 4 is an absolute blast throughout and this Remaster is only hampered by the awkward controls and the cutscenes for certain parts of the game. Resident Evil 4 reminds us why it is the king of the series and why it deserves the top spot.

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8 / 10
Sep 9, 2016

The action is expertly metered against moments of exploration and light puzzling, creating the right balance of highs and lows that promotes extended bouts of gameplay

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4 / 5
Sep 3, 2016

Resident Evil 4 managed to make me tense, excited and surprised. Its great and unique gameplay goes from exploration and shooting to solving puzzles, so it’s hard to feel bored when progressing through the game as the content is varied consistently. It lacks more of the visual improvements you’d hope to find in a remaster, but it’s still a game worth going back to.

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A-
Jul 31, 2019

Resident Evil 4 HD absolutely needs to be in everyone’s Switch library.

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Cubed3
Top Critic
7 / 10
Sep 1, 2016

Resident Evil 4 is fun. It's excellently paced and contains fairly frightening cut-scenes. The characters are paper-thin and their actors ham it up, but it's more about the overall plot, anyway. The soundtrack increases the feeling of dread. It's just a shame so many environments have the same colours and atmosphere. Some enemies become underpowered and aren't as visually scary as they could be. Perhaps worst of all, the encounters become more and more scripted, and the locales more on-rails. As long as enemies' vitals are hit, ammo will pile up, making survival too easy. That said, it's as tense as Resident Evil 5, scarier, well-rounded, and doesn't rely on bullet sponge bosses. It's survival-action with decent horror, and worth a buy to see the series' wasted potential.

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9 / 10
Sep 6, 2016

Resident Evil 4's latest re-release on the PS4 and Xbox One is the definitive way to play the game on consoles. If you have already played Resident Evil 4, you will still enjoy the updated resolution and frame rate. If you have never played the game, this is the best way to experience this game of the decade.

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7.5 / 10.0
Jul 22, 2019

As the game's iconic merchant might say, buy at your own discretion, especially when there are "a lot of good things on sale" elsewhere on the Nintendo eShop.

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8.5 / 10.0
May 21, 2019

If that seems like a minor thing to make my biggest complaint, you'd be right; the faults in Resident Evil 4 don't add up to very much. It's astonishing just how well RE4 has held up after nearly fifteen years, but it still managed to draw me in and keep me playing no matter what intermittent problems I ran into. There's a reason this game has been so celebrated over the years, and if you're like me and have been ignoring it for over a decade, then there's no better time to see what the big deal is than right now.

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9.5 / 10.0
Sep 22, 2016

The overwhelming majority of people who played the game over the years and across all available platforms have made their praise of the game well known. Therefore, I feel comfortable giving this game a high review score. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got ballistics to secure.

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7.5 / 10.0
Jun 6, 2019

Resident Evil 4 on the Switch is the same cult game that redefined horror games, almost to a fault. While still enjoyable, it does show its age with no improvements on its stale control scheme.

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Jordan Ryan
Top Critic
9.5 / 10.0
Sep 5, 2016

It’s not often that a game can be re-ported and re-mastered nine different times, but Resident Evil 4 isn’t just any game. In a time of constant remasters and re-releases flooding our current gaming market, Resident Evil 4 stands above the rest as a worthy re-release. If you’re a fan of Resident Evil, I highly recommend revisiting arguably the best game the series has ever offered. If you’ve never played a Resident Evil game before, this is a perfect time and place to jump in.

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8 / 10.0
Sep 23, 2016

A classic survival-action-horror that redefined the franchise and scared the hell out of us!

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