Resident Evil 4 Remake is ditching QTEs and I couldn't be more upset

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Resident Evil 4 Remake is ditching QTEs and I couldn't be more upset
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RE4 just won't be the same if I'm not flailing at the controller during cutscenes.

, and I've got bad news for your knives. The remake of the 2005 classic is ditching some of the parts that might make the old game feel clunky and archaic in our space-age gaming era, like quick-time events, Ashley's health bar, and Leon's indefatigable, unbreakable knife. But take heart, Capcom is adding brand new sidequests to make up for it.

Capcom hasn't furnished us with much info on what's going on in those new sidequests, but I'm hoping for narrative content that gives me more facetime with RE4's ridiculous little lord boy. What the developer has been clear on, though, is that QTEs are gone. Vacated. Dead as a doornail and never to return. I'm outraged.

I know it's not a popular opinion, but I'm going to be bold, steely-eyed, and handsome enough to say it: Quick-time events are fine, actually. So long as they can be turned off or eased for accessibility reasons, they're a totally acceptable way to add a little bit of gameplay tension to a cutscene, and they've led to some of theAdmittedly, old-school RE4's QTEs are a little busted on PC.

If you're not so upset by the QTE thing that you're boycotting the game, you can keep track of everything we know about RE4 in the run-up to its release over on our boutique

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