Resident Evil 4 is one of the most influential games of all time. It not only revolutionized the franchise, but also third-person shooters and horror games in general. Creators behind titles like Dead Space and The Last of Us HISTORY quite open part of the queue Resident Evil 4 influenced them. Those more obvious examples are often drawn from Resident Evil 4The tempo or third-person perspective, but the 2022 puzzle game Save the Room went in a different direction entirely by focusing on the smooth fitting of items into an attache case. And while the Resident Evil 4 The remake has its own attache case, Save the Room a great companion piece to Capcom’s latest and greatest remake.
the Resident Evil 4 The remake’s attache case can still be tinkered with and even has a more advanced user interface that streamlines creation. However, this is also largely automatic. Clicking the left stick shuffles everything smoothly, as if it’s powered by an AI trained on how players have filled their briefcase with kills for the past 18 years.
There’s still the occasional need for manual tampering because it doesn’t merge partial stacks of items or often make room for some oddly shaped weapons, but it usually cuts down on the hassle of making sure the TMP fits next to Riot Gun, RPG, four. stacks of pistol ammo, eight shotgun shells, and three herbs. It’s not a bad change, but the puzzle-driven moments are satisfying in their own right as they’re little more cerebral explosions sandwiched between combat sequences. has high octane.
Save the Room makes players do all of this sorting manually, and this change is why it’s best played with Resident Evil 4 make again. It understands that the process is a joy in and of itself and has 40 puzzles based solely on the process.
But it is not only to make a lower part of Resident Evil 4 because it is also a rewarding puzzle game. Fitting guns to fit oddly shaped attache cases makes for inventive brain teasers that benefit from Resident Evil put the dressing on, but don’t just rely on it. The way it begins to combine item combinations, reloading menu content, crafting, and health management blends well with the classic. Resident Evil gameplay, but it also leads to a more layered puzzle that constantly introduces new wrinkles. It’s not a huge tribute to being a bad puzzle game; it’s a great puzzle game that’s also a great homage.
Save the Room also celebrating Resident Evil 4like Resident Evil 4 remake, but in its own way. Samuel Ribeiro, designer and programmer at developer Fractal Projects, told Do You Know Gaming which he adored Resident Evil 4 grew up and not only loved the game’s awesome gameplay, but also its soothing inventory system. His love compels him to create Save the Room as a tribute. This is obvious when looking at the gameplay from a macro point of view, but it also shows smaller elements such as the music, the way the admittedly small menus open and closed, its clicky sound effect, how the item descriptions pop up, all the references. within the objects themselves, and its trophies, some of which repeat lines of dialogue from the iconic merchant.
the Resident Evil 4 remake respects the original game, but Save the Room a big fanboy of it. There is a difference, because the remake expands on the 2005 classic to carve its own path, while Fractal Projects’ puzzler unabashedly tries to pay homage to a small, but memorable part of the original and imitates every little detail found within it. It’s a happy coincidence that the remake’s inventory system is more simplified because that gives. Save the Room more room to shine. The two make a perfect pair, perfect ever Resident Evil 4Object management systems are about alignment and matching.
Disclosure: The publisher provided a PlayStation 5 copy for us Save the Room part. Played on version 1.000.000