Digital Foundry: Resident Evil 4 Remake - DF Tech Review - The Definitive Version?

[John Elden Ring]

One of the greatest games of its era, Capcom was always facing a massive challenge in mordernising Resident Evil 4 for the latest generation of gaming hardware. So what's new and different, what's stayed much the same - and are we getting a polished day one experience? John Linneman has the DF Tech Review for you.

00:00 - Introduction
03:09 - Did they fix the demo problems?
08:47 - Comparisons with the original game
11:23 - How do the mechanics stack up?
19:05 - Wrap-up

 

[Alabtrosmyster]

The PS5 version uses an old crt filter it seems.

 

[Swift_Star]

Remake is much harder than original

 

[Umar]

I am suprised by how bad the performance and image quality is on ps5. Disappointed with Capcom on this one. I expected they would have fixed all the issues the demo had

 

[Lord Mittens]

Remake is much harder than original

It really is!

 

[Swift_Star]

I am suprised by how bad the performance and image quality is on ps5. Disappointed with Capcom on this one. I expected they would have fixed all the issues the demo had

Not noticing any of this. Game looks and runs fine to me.

 

[Entropi]

Game is indeed harder than the original. It runs and looks great on PS5 (framerate).

 

[KnittedKnight]

Should arrive tomorrow. We have an OT?

 

[ethomaz]

ILikeFeet usual summary.

• since the demo, only the ray tracing issue has been solved on ps5
• resolution mode - 2160p
• frame rate mode - 1944p
• ps5 has worse IP, seemingly due to checkerboarding
• xbox's poor controls are still there, overly large dead zone and borked acceleration curve
• hair strand lighting is still broken
• PS5 has slightly higher frame rate, Series X has better IQ
• high quality character modeling as expected of modern capcom
• level design is more a hub-based and open game with no loading screens
• some ray traced reflections pop in and out due to how the bhv is updated
• the problems make it feel a bit less optimized that other RE ENgine games
• Oliver will do more in depth comparisons, and Alex will cover the PC version

 

[Bryank75]

Should arrive tomorrow. We have an OT?

I didn't see one, I am also playing, just past the lake....

Definitely harder as others have mentioned than the original... I played it on GC way back when!

 

[Lord Mittens]

I've adapted to the shotty controls. Fuck I love this game.

 

[ethomaz]

I've adapted to the shotty controls. Fuck I love this game.

Next step convince yourself that it is like RDR2 designed feature and not a issue.

Sorry I could not miss it.

 

[ethomaz]

I am suprised by how bad the performance and image quality is on ps5. Disappointed with Capcom on this one. I expected they would have fixed all the issues the demo had

Performance is mostly fine on PS5… that weird filter is really breaking the IQ on the machine.

Fixing the aberration filter will make it a good version.