Resident Evil 4 remake preview: New knife, stealth, and combat details

If there’s an unsung hero of the Resident Evil games, it’s the humble knife. You can feel extremely satisfied when you run out of ammo and your enemy is moving slowly. You are giving the knife its due Resident Evil 4’s upcoming remake, where it is more crucial to survival horror gameplay than ever.

Capcom releases a new trailer Resident Evil 4 last week, and a new 17-minute gameplay video to media this week, showing off what’s changed since the 2005 original. The videos show off how much more capable in combat Leon S. Kennedy is: He’s parrying flying hatchets out of the air with a knife, suplexing Ganados cultists, and roundhouse-kicking anything with a face — even stuff without a face! Leon’s knife appears to be indispensable in surviving encounters with Plagas, who could just straight-up bite your head off in the original Resident Evil 4Jack Krauser is also a knife lover.

In gameplay footage shared by Capcom, Leon is also shown parrying Plagas tentacles and throwables, like villagers’ Molotov cocktails, back at enemies, and finishing off downed-but-not-dead cultists by stabbing them in the head.

The knife may break or degrade, but not like in the Resident Evil 2 3 remakes, Resident Evil 4Players can upgrade or repair their knives. Merchant of the Heart RE4 remake will let Leon “tune up” his blade (just like his other weapons) to upgrade its durability.

Leon’s attaché case is also getting some fun new perks, and it’s not just about upgrading his case’s storage. New! Resident Evil 4The game will allow players to unlock many cases and some have bonuses. In new gameplay footage, Capcom showed off two types of attaché cases: silver, which increases the drop rate for handgun ammo, and black, which boosts resource drops. This would refer to gunpowder which is used in the manufacture of ammo.

Charms can also be attached to a case — up to three at a time — which confer additional bonuses. A gameplay video shows Leon with a little chicken as a charm. He will receive 100% health improvement every time that he eats an eggs. You can also find other charms in the gameplay video. Resident Evil 4 remake’s pre-order bonuses, and include an ammo charm (which can earn Leon more ammo when crafting it) and a green herb charm. These charms can also be obtained by fulfilling side missions for the Merchant. You can find flyers with tasks posted all over. Resident Evil 4’s world.

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Capcom’s new footage of RE4Other new features were also shown by remake, such as:

• While escorting her, Leon can ask Ashley to “give him some room” or to stick close, giving Mr. Kennedy ample space to fight bad guys without fear of bringing her to harm
• Leon now has the ability to use cannons in the castle area of the game to kill cultists
• The village’s blue medallion collectibles also appear in the castle area, implying that the Merchant will have more tasks for you
• Leon now has the Bolt Thrower weapon, which is also capable of launching mines.
• Stealth gameplay lets Leon and Ashley hide from enemies and offers a new way to approach enemy encounters — and the Bolt Thrower is a stealth weapon, being much quieter than Leon’s other firearms
• In addition to his attaché case, Leon can access extra storage at typewriters
• Leon’s got some bad jokes; after cultists use a catapult to launch fireballs and him and Ashley, he says, “I guess this is their idea of warm welcome”

You can expect these and other updates to the website. Resident Evil 4Remake will be available on March 24, on the Xbox Series X, Windows PC and PlayStation 5.