With Resident Evil 4’s remake due out this week, Capcom’s advertising for the title is swinging into excessive gear, and whereas that might not usually transfer any of my needles, this little anime they’d made for the sport is simply too good.
Its full title is “Resident Evil 4 Anime PV Resident Evil Masterpiece Theater – ‘Leon and the Mysterious Village’ EP 1″, which isn’t the catchiest, nevertheless it a minimum of will get the purpose throughout. It solely runs for 56 seconds (and that’s together with title screens), however it’s 56 seconds of pure pleasure for anybody who has ever performed this recreation throughout its 117 earlier releases.
“Story of my life” certainly, my man:
In the event you have been considering that animation fashion regarded acquainted, that’s as a result of—because the credit on the finish state—the clip was made by storied Japanese studio Nippon Animation, who amongst many different issues are recognized for his or her outdated present Masterpiece Theater (therefore the title on this case) which might showcase quick anime episodes each week that have been variations of current works.
Whereas the remake isn’t out till March 24, critiques for the sport went dwell final week, and for the 188th time persons are discovering that, sure, Resident Evil 4 is an efficient online game:
Out March 24 on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, the Resident Evil 4 remake updates among the best entries in Capcom’s lengthy working survival horror collection. Following within the footsteps of earlier remakes for Resident Evil 2 and 3, the most recent recreation nonetheless sees Particular Agent Leon S. Kennedy despatched to a Spanish village to rescue the President’s daughter from a bizarre cult. This time issues are simply a lot prettier, the controls and UI are extra trendy, and there’s some new content material like extra side-quests.
Quite a few locations like IGN have given the sport good scores, and it at present sits at over 90 on Metacritic. On the similar time, not everyone seems to be beneath the remake’s spell. “A number of sensible modifications; a number of disappointing cuts,” tweeted Edge journal’s deputy editor, Chris Schilling. “When it’s good it’s good, however largely in the very same methods as the unique.”