With Resident Evil 4’s remake due out this week, Capcom’s advertising and marketing for the title is swinging into excessive gear, and whereas that might not usually transfer any of my needles, this little anime that they had 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, however it not less than 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:
When you have been pondering that animation type appeared 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 identified for his or her previous present Masterpiece Theater (therefore the title on this case) which might showcase brief anime episodes each week that have been diversifications of current works.
Whereas the remake isn’t out till March 24, evaluations for the sport went reside final week, and for the 188th time individuals are discovering that, sure, Resident Evil 4 is an effective online game:
Out March 24 on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, the Resident Evil 4 remake updates top-of-the-line entries in Capcom’s lengthy operating survival horror collection. Following within the footsteps of earlier remakes for Resident Evil 2 and three, the latest 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 further side-quests.
Plenty of locations like IGN have given the sport good scores, and it presently sits at over 90 on Metacritic. On the identical time, not everyone seems to be below the remake’s spell. “A number of good adjustments; 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.”