![]() My first challenge would be tracking down where that information came from. If I wanted answers, I’d have to dig them up myself. Shockingly, the team declined to comment - apparently they had better things to do than confirm this mystery (like be on a much-earned vacation after finishing development of a successful remake). I figured I could solve this very quickly by doing what any reasonable person would do: Emailing Capcom’s PR team and asking if they could confirm that Leon is Italian. As a second-generation Italian-American myself, I decided to take matters into my own hands and finally uncover the shocking truth. Someone needed to solve the urban legend. Could that weird detail actually be true? Where would someone even verify that? Was it just a weird in-joke between fans? All I could find on the subject at first was a Reddit thread from this February titled “ Is Leon really Italian?” and filled with fans angrily disputing the claim - aghast at the idea of their hero being a paisan. “Kennedy” isn’t exactly the most Italian name and I don’t recall any game implying anything about his heritage. Image used with permission by copyright holder ![]() The "fingers in the eye" animation (Leon's expression and the scream do not fit at all).“Leon Scott Kennedy is an American of Italian descent,” it reads. Why did they not keep that? - some death animations are either censored or poorly made. the "You are dead" screen is just worse than the OG one. That takes the player out of the moment (most likely a fight) - I don't like to criticize specific people so much but the voice actor of Ada did a really bad job in this game and the performance is not worthy a game of this reputation. You still have to pause the game to go into the item menu to heal. moving while aiming, shooting and reloading obviously - more dialogue and storytelling in general is improved - new weapons (also knifes! I found that super cool) - the mine thrower is a really nice weapon now as you can use it as a bolt thrower too - you can store your weapons (at any time) in the storage which means that you can actually collect and switch between them in one run - the merchant tasks and his dialogue - enemy designs - the new treasure system - the shooting range looks awesome! - crafting system - character design and some negatives: - no healing items on short cuts and therefore no healing animations like in RE5. Some other things I liked about the remake: - parry system with the knife. Overall the remake stays close to the OG and accomplishes to improve the game in a lot of ways and especially for people that missed this masterpiece back in 2005 it is the best chance to experience it. Big missed opportunity! In general there were a lot of things cut in the game but if you do that then you have to add something new at the same time or it is just lazy. I would have loved to see another section where you play as Ashley here for example to lower the pace and build more atmosphere again. Not only is the U3 fight cut (maybe it will be in Ada's story though) but there was also not enough NEW things here. Although there are some changes the remake unfortunately does not enough in my opinion. My main expectation for this game was that the game will see the biggest changes here. After the fight I always get the feeling that the most fun parts are over and that the game goes downhill from now one except for a few nice moments left like the regenerators or the U3 fight. Especially because of the genius village and castle areas that come before it, the Salazar fight was always a turning point for me playing the OG. The pacing was just not right as there were too many action orientated segments and too few atmospheric and creepy ones. The biggest flaw of the OG game was the island section for me (and a lot of others) where the game shifts a little too much to an action game. The remake does a lot of good things in this regard but also misses a lot of good opportunities. Mostly it had to get rid of the few negative aspects of the game, cut the bad sections and add better ones instead and update the game to modern standards in terms of graphic and gameplay. When I heard about the remake I had certain expectations for it. This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.įirst of all I have to say that I consider the Original RE4 a masterpiece and for me it is the best game of all times.
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