truly do not understand people looking at something with dynamic, colorful, beautifully stylized animation and going “okay that’s cool but what if it just looked like real life instead”
Maybe my favorite thing about re4 remake is all the moments that feel distinctly human, in a really heartbreaking way. Like when the game makes me go ‘oh my god that’s just Some Guy in a horrific situation’
All of the Ashley moments count as this for me but I wanted to post my top 3 Leon/Luis moments because they’ve been replaying in my head for days:
1. Luis turning his head away when he thinks he’s about to witness Leon being murdered by Mendez:
This one took me a little while to notice but it feels so sad because it’s like, to me he obviously just doesn’t want to have to watch another person die for what he perceives to be a direct consequence of his actions 😭
2. The way Leon’s voice cracks on the word ‘up’ when you look at this human sacrifice situation:
It reminds me of 21 year old Leon tbh.
3. Leon’s little stumble when he tries to get up and rush to Luis when he collapses after saving Leon from Krauser (this one is so owie to me)
A really cool Easter egg I’d like to mention is that the poses used in the remake’s model viewers for Leon’s outfits reference promotional pictures used for the Original game.