I do get creeped out by the new Resident Evil games, and I seem to get every one now. The remake of Resident Evil 4 - a top 100 game for me - was something I had to get.
A couple months ago, I tried to play one game on every console I setup here, and of course, RE4 was the one for the GameCube. My memory of its opening is therefore fresh - it was very much in the vibe of a 90s shooter. You get to "be" Leon S. Kennedy, and you go into a house because you are looking for the President's (I think?) daughter. And you shoot everyone in there. The GameCube vibe for this, like many 90s shooters, were "get started, get in, and get blasting." I watched my brother play through what must have been 90% of Resident Evil 4.
This remake has a slower beginning. It takes its time. The "new" Resident Evil games do a good job giving you a reason to care about the characters, and even in this one they expand it a bit. The opening dialog in the remake is a little more muted (they modified a line where Leon asks two local cops if they are tagging along to play "kumbaya" to one where I think he asks if they are there to toast marshmallows). I haven't encountered the gal yet that gives you your mission briefings in the remake - it's a much more.... I don't know. Muted? Experience so far. Not that the original was goofy or campy. It's just that we are living in a dark and gritty world with computer games these days. Everyone is soooo serious.
It's good so far.
