RE4R is fucking amazing. The best part about it is it doesn't remove RE4. Both have their particular charms about them. I personally really enjoyed the more down to earth tone (that still has some great cheese in it) along with characters that overall don't suck (Ashley, Luis). The villains definitely did get worse though.
I think it's a fucking great remake and easily worthy of sitting right next to original 4 in quality. Separate Ways is also massively improved over the junk in OG 4
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223/chocolateFRESH/arts/kraid.png - Thanks GP cosmonaut!
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