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Resident Evil 4 (2023 VG)
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Resident Evil 4 is a 2023 remake of the critically-acclaimed Resident Evil 4 originally released in 2005. As with recent installments of the franchise, the 2023 remake runs under the technologically-advanced RE Engine, featuring significantly improved graphics over its original game as well as its HD remakes. Along with new visuals, much of the mechanics have been remade and the gameplay itself being modernized to the remake series standards starting with the Resident Evil 2 remake.
The following weapons appear in the video game Resident Evil 4 (2023 VG):
Overview
Handguns
All available pistols (and not revolvers and the Mauser C96 Red 9) can hold an additional round in the chamber if the player reloads the pistol while it isn't empty, which also has a separate "tactical" reload animation. All pistols are chambered in high velocity "9mm Handgun" rounds, while magnum-type handguns use ".45 Centerfire Pistol" (ie. .45 ACP).
Heckler & Koch USP9
Replacing the hybridized "Silver Ghost" pistol in the original game, Leon starts with a custom-tailored two-tone "SG-09 R", based on the Heckler & Koch USP9; its in-game description notes that it is a derivative of the "MUP", which is the name of the USP9 in the RE2 and RE3 remakes. As with the VP70M in the Resident Evil 2 remake, the USP9 is Leon's "canon" cutscene sidearm, as he always brandishes this pistol regardless of having it in his attache case or stored in the typewriter storage.
It initially and incorrectly holds 10 handgun rounds in the magazine when not upgraded, though the level 3 capacity upgrade gives it 14 rounds, one round shy of the actual 15 in real life. This can be upgraded up to 18 rounds when fully upgraded. It doesn't come with its laser sight by default, unlike the original pistol, but it can be fitted with one if the player buys the laser sight upgrade from the Merchant; the cutscene pistol is never shown with a laser sight, even if the player upgraded their pistol with one.
"SG" in its designation likely refers to "Silver Ghost", the original weapon it replaced, while "-09" likely refers to its caliber, 9mm. As before, the pistol's exclusive perk upgrade allows the pistol to have a 5x critical shot rate.
SIG-Sauer P226 Beavertail
The "Sentinel Nine" appears as one of the exclusive Deluxe or Collector's edition weapons, based on the SIG-Sauer P226 Beavertail that Leon used in Resident Evil: Vendetta under the same name. This marks it as its first usable appearance by the player in the game series.
The weapon is anachronistic, as the in-universe documents about the Sentinel Nine released alongside the tie-in Tokyo Marui replica, state that the Sentinel Nine was developed in 2011. It can be excused however, since the pistol itself is bonus content.
While it has slightly lower damage than the default USP9 Leon starts with, it boasts the highest capacity of any handgun in the game (not including the VP70M's exclusive double ammo upgrade), at 31 when fully upgraded. It initially holds 19 rounds to start with, and it has a faster fire rate than the USP9 to boot, although it is slightly superseded by the Springfield Armory XD when the latter is fully upgraded. Like the USP9, its exclusive perk upgrade allows 5x critical shot rate, and it can be attached with a laser sight.
FN Five-seveN
The FN Five-seveN returns as the "Punisher", along with its exaggerated piercing capabilities. The pistol can only be bought from the Merchant, but instead of pesetas, he sells the weapon in rare Spinels. Once again, the Five-seveN in-game uses standard handgun rounds shared by other pistols, which is 9mm in this game instead of the 5.7 round. It holds an underloaded 12 rounds by default, though the level 4 capacity upgrade increases it to 21 rounds, one round over the maximum capacity of the real deal. Like the USP9, the Five-seveN can be upgraded with an underbarrel laser sight. Instead of the all-black finish of the original weapon, the pistol is based on the FDE variant.
Mauser C96 "Red 9"
The iconic C96 "Red9" also returns, and it can now be found for free in Chapter 4, though if the player misses the firearm there, it can alternatively be bought by the Merchant with pesetas. As before, it can be fitted with a stock to improve accuracy and recoil. It initially holds 8 rounds in capacity, though the level 2 ammo capacity upgrade allows it to correctly hold 10 rounds, which can be potentially increased further up to 16. An iconic pistol from returning veterans and new players alike, the Red9's best known for its raw damage per shot, with it exclusive perk upgrade having 1.5x firepower.
It remains as Luis' primary sidearm in the game. An infinite ammo variant of the Red9 is used by Leon throughout Chapter 11's minecart section, with 10 rounds instead of the default 8 rounds. Since Luis isn't seen with his sidearm all throughout this specific section, it implies that he lent his sidearm to Leon for the time being.
Springfield Armory XD
The "Blacktail" also makes its return, taking the appearance on the Springfield Armory XD. It is the most compact pistol available, taking up 2x2 slots in the attaché case rather than 2x3.
Heckler & Koch VP70M
The H&K VP70M makes its appearance once again as the "Matilda". Unlike its original incarnation, it is not a post-game weapon (rather, it is obtained by spending 10 Spinels from the Merchant from Chapter 8 onwards) and be used without its stock, which must be purchased separately. Correctly, the slide does not lock back on the last shot; however, the empty reload animation incorrectly depicts Leon reloading the pistol without racking the slide, unlike other pistols.
Smith & Wesson Schofield
The "Broken Butterfly" returns once more, now more accurately based on a Smith & Wesson Schofield than a hybrid of the former and the Colt Single Action Army. It is the quintessential magnum handgun, which can be bought much later in the game compared to the original version, available in chapter 7 for pesetas. It initially holds 6 rounds in the cylinder, though it can hold up to an impossible 10 rounds through upgrades and Capcom-patented magic. Its exclusive upgrade perk increases the firepower by 1.5x.
AMT Hardballer
The "Killer7" returns, albeit modeled after an AMT Hardballer (along with a large functional custom laser sight, making it resemble more of the pistol used in The Terminator as well as KAEDE's "CONNECTION" pistol in Capcom's namesake cult-classic) than a standard Colt M1911 used in the original game. The trigger guard is also more squared, a characteristic of the LAR Grizzly Pistol. It can be purchased from the Merchant with 42,000 pesetas starting from Chapter 11 onwards, making it as a late-game stable alternative to the Smith & Wesson Schofield. It starts off with a reasonable seven shots in the magazine, though this can be increased up to 15 once maxed out. It now has an exclusive upgrade, giving it a 5x critical shot rate.
Smith & Wesson Model 500
The Smith & Wesson Model 500 returns as the "Handcannon".
Wearing Leon's "Pinstripe" outfit with the Handcannon while it has infinite ammo will have Leon perform a stylish move, akin to the infinite ammo Thompson SMG.
Shotguns
Remington 870
As before, Leon acquires the Remington 870 (as the "W-870") as his first shotgun obtained in the Ganado Village (now known as the Village Square in the remake). Instead of the Express Combo in the original game, its model was based on the fully upgraded variant in the Resident Evil 2 remake. It holds five shells when first obtained, despite the presence of an extended tube magazine on the model. It can be upgraded to the correct 8 with the level 4 ammo upgrade and up to 10 on its max ammo upgrade.
Winchester Model 1887
The "Skull Shaker", a sawed off Winchester Model 1887 akin to the famous cut-down variant first seen in Terminator 2, is available by purchasing the Deluxe or Collector's Edition or through its own separate DLC. In a similar vein to its reference, Leon will flip cock the weapon, though the weapon does not have an enlarged lever loop. Unlike the other shotguns, the custom Model 1887 is an extremely compact weapon, beating out the Striker-12. However, it can hold a paltry two shells in the magazine tube when not upgraded, though it can be reloaded and expended fairly quickly (in fact, all shells are loaded at once), which may be Capcom's way of referencing the real life Cowboy Action Shooting Drop 2 capacity mod sometimes done to real 1887s for competition purposes. It can be upgraded up to six shells with a maxed out ammo capacity upgrade, though the correct five shell capacity is possible.
Its presence in the game is likely a callback to Jill's Winchester 1892 "Mare's Leg" in the original Resident Evil 3, where in the weapon functions as a fast-firing lever-action shotgun. It even has similar gameplay properties to it, especially when the Model 1887 is maxed out.
Benelli M3 Super 90
The Benelli M3 Super 90 fitted with an M4 stock from the Resident Evil 3 remake appears as the "Riot Gun". It is made available in Chapter 6 and has the tightest spread of all the shotguns. Interestingly, the Riot Gun is semi-automatic in-game but does not use its respective modification as seen in Resident Evil 3.
Penn Arms Striker-12
The "Striker" makes its appearance, available in the Merchant's wares starting from Chapter 10 onwards. The in-game model is now accurately modeled after the later production variant of the Penn Arms Striker-12, featuring its unique thumb tab, rear drum advance lever and its large shell deflector from the other Striker variants. The reload animation is more to its real-life counterpart, as Leon uses the winding key after inserting the shell (or shells in fact, as he inserts more than one shell into the weapon to shorten its reload time). Leon does not, however, eject the last spent shell manually with the ejector rod featured in the weapon. And oddly enough, firing the weapon does not eject the shells either. To top it all off, he still doesn't brace the stock when in use, despite the presence of the foldout stock in the model, he continues to fire it from the hip.
The Striker functions to its counterpart in the original game in essence, being a compact semi-automatic lategame shotgun. It holds 12 shotshells in the revolving drum when first obtained, up to 24 with all of the ammo capacity upgrades and up to 48 when its exclusive perk upgrade is bought (downplayed from an absurd 100 in its original incarnation). When it is fully upgraded, Leon can reload the entire Striker by inserting one shell in.
The Striker itself also makes as appearance as a charm trinket for the attache case, increasing Leon's movement speed by 8%. This is a reference to the well-known "Ditman Glitch", wherein the Striker (or more accurately, a hybrid of it) is used to make all of Leon's actions perform faster than usual; which makes it a common sight in speedruns of the original game.
Submachine Guns
TMP ammo in the original game is now be compatible with other submachine guns in the remake.
Steyr TMP
The Steyr TMP returns as well, under the "TMP" name as before. It can be bought from the Merchant starting in Chapter 3, an early game automatic firearm. Like before, the TMP fires 9mm submachine gun ammunition, which cannot be exchanged with the pistol ammunition commonly found in-game, and it can be fitted with a stock to improve its accuracy. While its magazine is shortened from its original incarnation, it does not reflect the 30 round capacity that it starts off with, which can be increased up to 70 with upgrades. It is modeled after its true-to-life variant, and as an result, it does not have the mounted laser sight on the grip. The TMP's stock must now be purchased with spinels rather than pesetas.
Interestingly, while not in the full game itself, the TMP can also be acquired as a hidden weapon in the Chainsaw Demo, under the requirement that the player must empty the inventory before proceeding to village proper, and finding it in a well at the south area of the village.
Heckler & Koch MP5A5
New to Resident Evil 4, the HK MP5A5 makes an appearance as the "LE 5", being an alternative to the TMP which can be first obtained for free by solving a puzzle in Chapter 13. It is an altered version of the MP5A3 of the Resident Evil 2 remake, with a Navy 3-round burst trigger group (thus, identifying it as an A5, with its extending stock) and the deletion of the checkering texture seen in the original "slimline" MP5 variants and its original optic; though other optics can be attached to the weapon for better accuracy. It still doesn't have its iron sights, however, even when optics are removed from the weapon. The bolt of the weapon also never opens when fired or when the cocking lever is locked back during reloading.
Compared to the TMP, the MP5 has penetration power, like the FN Five-seveN (with its exclusive upgrade having 5x penetration power; again, just like the Five-seveN), at the cost of raw power and reload time. It holds 20 rounds in the magazine when not upgraded, though it can hold 30 with the level 2 capacity upgrade, all the way to 60 when maxed out. The MP5A5 is chambered in 9mm Parabellum (as it shares ammunition to the aforementioned TMP, with the SMG ammo box explicitly mentioning this), unlike the Resident Evil 2 remake where it is oddly chambered in .380 ACP. This does not explain the weapon's piercing capabilities, however; though it could be for gameplay purposes, to make the MP5 more distinct from the available TMP.
M1A1 Thompson
The Thompson "Chicago Typewriter" makes its appearance once again, now under the name "Chicago Sweeper". As the Separate Ways side-story isn't included in the remake game's release, the Thompson can be unlocked instead by completing the game in the Professional difficulty with at least an A rank. It is obtained for free of cost once it is unlocked, as it is stored in the typewriter storage. As before, the Thompson is depicted as the GI M1A1 variant, with a stick magazine, side-charging handle and streamlined, but winged sights. It is considered as a "bonus weapon", and using it voids "Professional Agent" challenge used to unlock the Handcannon.
Unlike the original version of the weapon, the Thompson does not come with its infinite ammunition by default, as this property is now an exclusive perk upgrade; which means the Thompson incorrectly uses 9mm submachine gun rounds until the exclusive upgrade is obtained. Despite using stick magazines, these hold 50 rounds in the magazine in-game, which is the capacity used in the 50-round Thompson drum magazines for the 1921 and 1928 variants. This can be upgraded into an absurd 70 rounds when fully upgraded. Obtaining the infinite ammunition upgrade changes the stick magazine into the aforementioned drum magazine (despite real the M1 and the M1A1 Thompsons unable to utilize drum magazines), which makes the magazine model no longer tied to Leon's current costume; though the "reload" animation when using the Mafia (now known as Pinstripe) costume remains.
Rifles
Rifle-type firearms are aimed in a first-person perspective, even when the optics are removed. They also have an exclusive property of having 3x damage multiplier to enemy weakpoints. All rifles are chambered in 55-grain 223 Remington cartridges.
Springfield M1903A4
The Springfield M1903A4 bolt-action rifle returns in the remake, now known as the "SR M1903" instead of the generic "Rifle" designation. It is purchased relatively early in the game, as before, at Chapter 2. Buying the weapon during the said chapter will come with an ACOG sight for free. When sights are mounted to the weapon, the rifle will be fitted with a Picatinny rail. While its maximum firepower mentioned in its stats no longer exceeds that of the magnum-type handguns featured in the game (even when its exclusive perk upgrade was purchased), it is still capable as a suitable long range weapon with raw power in mind, especially when hitting enemy weakpoints. All rounds are correctly loaded individually instead of using stripper clips, to further make itself distinct from other rifles of its class.
It holds 5 rounds by default, though it can hold up to a maximum of 13 through upgrades. Its exclusive power doubles the firepower, heavily increasing the weapon's damage.
Springfield M1903A3
Detaching the current scope of the M1903A4 turns it into the Springfield M1903A3 variant, as both of its iron sights are attached to the model to make aiming in the first-person perspective more viable. The weapon is still reloaded round-by-round, however.
Heckler & Koch SL8 hybrid
Changed from the generic "Semi-Auto Rifle", the "Stingray" makes an appearance as one of the available rifle options. It bears much more resemblance to the Heckler & Koch SL8 in real life compared to how it was in the original game. Specifically, the game depicts the SL8 as a hybrid variant of the US import SL8-1 (the crimping in magazine well and single-stack magazine being notable giveaways), but with the shortened rail of the European/Canadian variant SL8-4, albeit without the G36 handguard. It is available in the Merchant's wares starting from Chapter 7.
While not the fastest-firing of its kind anymore (which was taken over by the Model 933), it remains as a great ammo-conserving variant, also allowing rapid precision fire to enemy weakpoints in close to medium ranges. It initially holds 10 rounds, which is the correct capacity of the proprietary magazine that the SL8-1 (and the SL8-6) is loaded in. This can be increased up to 18 rounds with the highest capacity upgrade. Its exclusive upgrade doubles the rate of fire.
Colt Model 933
Coming from the Resident Evil 3 remake, the Colt Model 933 returns as the "CQBR Assault Rifle". Its designation "CQBR" as well its A2 standalone sight, aren't anachronistic this time, as they have been in service as per the game's setting - 2005. It is first obtainable for free in Chapter 10, once the player completes a puzzle in the library of the castle. If not obtained there, it can be purchased from the Merchant starting from Chapter 11, with a limited-time discount all throughout the aforementioned chapter.
The Model 933 is considered as an expensive, fast-firing rifle option compared to the latter two rifles (which, as a result, has less firepower compared to them), best at single-target damage per second output against tougher enemies and bosses. It holds an underloaded 20 rounds inside the 30 STANAG magazine when not upgraded, up to a still incorrect 32 (sharing the capacity as with the counterpart in the Resident Evil 3 remake) when maxed out. Its exclusive upgrade increases firepower by 1.5x. Even though its usage of in-game rifle ammo is mostly correct (.223 Remington is near identical to 5.56 NATO), one will soon question the CQBR's longevity once you realize that having an automatic weapon use an ammo type meant for snipers will probably burn through already rare ammo reserves rather quickly.
Machine Guns
Launchers
RPG-7
The RPG-7 once again serves as the main rocket launcher throughout the game, featuring the same role as with the original iteration, along with its use of some of the Ganado in the later parts of the storyline. This time, the RPG-7 in the remake does not feature any sort of scope in all of its variants. The Infinite Rocket Launcher is available only in a New Game+ save file for 2,000,000 pesetas.
Interestingly, during the final boss fight, the player cannot use any other weapon nor switch to other weapons once the special variant of the RPG-7 is dropped specifically to finish the boss, meaning it is no longer possible that the player can sell the Special Rocket Launcher for extra money during a NG+ playthrough. The regular/infinite Rocket Launcher can be used to finish the aforementioned boss off, but the Special Rocket Launcher will not be dropped.
Heavy Weaponry
Cannon
As before, a few cannon artillery pieces are stationed across the castle sections of the game. Leon himself can commandeer one in Chapter 7 as well as Chapter 8, using it to destroy the castle gate and a couple of catapults as well.
Other
"Bolt Thrower"
Replacing the original "Mine Thrower" fictional arm gun in the original game, a modernized crossbow sorts of weapon known as the "Bolt Thrower" makes its appearance. This weapon can be purchased with 10,000 pesetas starting from Chapter 2, with the Merchant giving Leon a small discount upon going behind the church. As its name implies, the "Bolt Thrower" fires craftable bolt projectiles which can be retrieved after the projectile hits. Leon can attach the bolts with explosive mines, which detonate when an enemy is in its proximity or after a few seconds once it has been struck to the enemy.
Stealthy but slow-firing (especially not upgraded), the Bolt Thrower greatly benefits from exploration sections in the game, conserving ammunition for other weapons when they will be needed for the high combat sections later on.
Grenades
M26 Hand Grenade
The M26 hand grenade returns from the previous remakes, this time as the "Heavy Grenade". This grenade functions as an upgraded version of the M67 "Hand Grenade" below, having more demolition power with a larger blast radius.
M67 Fragmentation Grenade
The M67 hand grenade makes its appearance, simply known as the "Hand Grenade", which replaces the original function of the M26 grenades in the previous remakes.
M84 Stun Grenade
The M84 stun grenade once again makes its return from the recent remakes, known as the "Flash Grenade". Its color scheme is altered compared to its previous appearance, with differing markings as well.
