Look, I own Resident Evil 4 in more ways than most people own kitchen appliances. I’ve got the PlayStation version. I got the Steam version and I’ve got the remake. I’ve probably got the echoes of Leon’s jacket haunting my dreams. And still, I would gladly rebuy the original Resident Evil 4 HD on GOG in a heartbeat.
Why? Because preservation matters. Because DRM-free gaming is freedom. And because sometimes you want to suplex a monk on your PC without launching five different apps and getting judged by your launcher’s friend list.
I get it. The remake is gorgeous. Knife parries, tighter controls, Ashley somehow less annoying. But the original? It’s a chaotic masterpiece. The inventory Tetris. The weird merchant who’s definitely not legally licensed. The cheesy one-liners that land like a B-movie in the best possible way.
Just like the original Resident Evil, RE2, and Nemesis got their time capsule spots on GOG, RE4 deserves the same. Let it join the shelf with its undead siblings. Let people hear “Whaddaya buyin’?” the way it was meant to be heard: crackly, awkward, and full of charm.
Give us the option to revisit the village before it was retextured. Before Leon’s hair got volumized. Before everyone’s right hands started staying on.
Because some games shouldn’t just be remembered. They should be preserved, silly camera angles and all.