Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Resident Evil 4 (2023 video game)" in English language version.
The game will keep the over-the-shoulder perspective of those other remakes (fitting since the original RE4 popularized that perspective) but it will seemingly reinvent large chunks of the original RE4's atmosphere and visual style. Unlike the original game, the remake's opening scene of Leon S. Kennedy walking around a dilapidated town isn't mood-lit by a setting sun but rather by thick fog. The tone is undoubtedly more in line with the recent Resident Evil titles.
We then see our first look at gameplay, and to be clear, visually, it looks great. The footage is set during the very beginning of the game, when Leon arrives outside the village in the forest. Compared to the original game, the forest is far darker and scarier. 'We want to nail the feeling of loneliness and fear of not knowing what lies ahead, even more so than the original,' Hirabayashi said during the presentation. 'Of course, there will also be thrilling battles.'
We then see our first look at gameplay, and to be clear, visually, it looks great. The footage is set during the very beginning of the game, when Leon arrives outside the village in the forest. Compared to the original game, the forest is far darker and scarier. 'We want to nail the feeling of loneliness and fear of not knowing what lies ahead, even more so than the original,' Hirabayashi said during the presentation. 'Of course, there will also be thrilling battles.'
The game will keep the over-the-shoulder perspective of those other remakes (fitting since the original RE4 popularized that perspective) but it will seemingly reinvent large chunks of the original RE4's atmosphere and visual style. Unlike the original game, the remake's opening scene of Leon S. Kennedy walking around a dilapidated town isn't mood-lit by a setting sun but rather by thick fog. The tone is undoubtedly more in line with the recent Resident Evil titles.
