History NightmareFuel / ResidentEvil4Remake

* The previous three dominant Plaga hosts engaged in a healthy amount of BossBanter, revealing more of their personality and views throughout the fight and clearly reacting to Leon getting the upper hand. Saddler starts out the same...until the Novistadors show up about a third of the way into the fight. He suddenly gains a stutter and starts screaming about hearing the voices of his before sending them after Leon, and soon after he proclaims it is time to "shed the one" and that "his flesh shall give birth to a God everlasting!" What really makes this creepy? ''These are his last words.'' For the rest of the fight, he's reduced to roars and incomprehensible muttering, completely ceasing with his banter, even lacking a GameOverMan quote like the other dominant Plaga holders. There is never any explanation for what happened to Saddler at this point; even with the implications he's merely an extension of the Plagas HiveMind for the whole game, it doesn't explain why, at this random point in the middle of the fight, Saddler effectively ceases to exist when his three lieutenants never went through anything like this.

* The re-imagined fight against Del Lago is just as terrifying as the original, possibly even more so. Thee creature now appears to be even more massive, sporting a mouth with MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily, which gapes cavernously wide as it charges towards your boat in an effort to swallow Leon whole. In addition, the creature is just a normal salamander that Los Illuminados injected with Las Plagas as an experiment. It mutates into a giant sea monster capable of swallowing humans in one go. Just what is the Plaga capable of?

** It's mentioned in notes across the game that the Regenerators have a lovely habit of breaking free from their restraints and killing anything trying to contain them. Their creator likely died to them. Just one Regenerator took 20 hours to recapture according to one of the notes. Even low temperatures don’t stop them forever. Every single note talking about the Regenerators [[TheDreaded regards them in absolute horror]]; and by the way, the people writing these notes are insane cultists hell bent on making the world a parasite hive mind. Even Leon, after seeing BoW horrors for years before this point, after fighting through horrors like the Garradors, Mendez and the Verdugo, is audibly terrified of the Regenerators.

* The altar is an unsettling sight to behold, there are three cultists, and the one sitting on the middle is of a cultist with a plaga already bursting out of its head. All four of these cultists are dead, but their bodies don't seem to decay, and the plaga lays still without any form of motion, as if they are embalmed to retain their appearance.

** For veteran players, they know what's in store when they come upon a recognizable hallway immediately after the throne room. Except this time it's a lot more tense and foreboding; you're making your way through the area, dimly lit with nitrogen showers set up at regular intervals. There are no enemies, not even one. Yet you can't shake the feeling you're being watched, even followed. As you explore, you hear footsteps running up as if it's coming up behind you, but there's nothing there. Instead, you see ''something'' moving inhumanly fast in the ceiling above you. It's only when you go to the end and reactivate the power to the elevator, that it shows itself: the Verdugo, one of Salazar's imposing bodyguards. Perhaps one of the most powerful creations of Las Plagas, the Verdugo absolutely towers over you (even taller than its depiction in the original game, where at best it was a few inches taller than Leon himself; here it's easily 7 or 8 feet tall) and is basically bulletproof except for its head, but it makes up for that by being incredibly agile and having a prehensile tail with a lot of range.

** The remake does a better job of conveying just how badly the Las Plagas has robbed the villagers of their humanity. In the original, their expressions were hostile, like that of an angry predator, which is menacing in its own way. The remake still has some of that angry predator energy, but some of the Ganados just flat out have no expression, there is nothing in their eyes but a hollow, soulless gaze. This is best indicated in the bell scene, where the Ganado that locks the church door stares at Leon with a piercing, hollow gaze as if he were staring ''right through Leon'' rather than actually paying attention to him. The Las Plagas parasite obviously views Leon as a threat and would still attack him, but that hollow stare gives off the impression that the human is really just a meat puppet for a monster that has no soul or personality of its own.

*** This is why shooting the parasites kills the Regenerator. The parasites regulate its metabolic rate so it can handle the energy needed for its constant regeneration. Once its parasites are destroyed, it cannot regulate this process anymore, causing the Regenerator’s metabolism to keep rising and rising until its body cannot handle the process anymore and literally ''explodes''.

** Speaking of, Dr Salvador’s revamp in this is terrifying. While the other ganados have an almost vacant look, Dr Salvador looks outright insane, with bloodshot, parasite ridden eyes forced open into a permanent stare. And just like the original, he is ''far'' more durable than the other villagers and can kill you in one hit. And this time around, he doesn’t just decapitate you should you die by his hand. Nope, instead he puts his chainsaw through your chest and grinds your organs into a bloody pulp, all while staring into the camera with those horrible eyes.

* Bitores Mendez. A hulking, unfeeling monster of a man, who easily overpowers Leon and takes bullets without even flinching. The only reason Leon survives his first encounter with him is because Mendez ''allows'' him to live after seeing Leon has been infected by the Plaga.
** Perhaps the saddest and most horrifying part of Mendez is that his original personality has been absolutely destroyed by the Plagas. Notes around the village paint him as a kind, intelligent man who genuinely cared for his people. It is implied he acted as something as a father figure for Luis, educated the children personally and he would dine with a different family every night to catch up. It was only when the villagers started becoming infected with ‘a madness’ and succumbing to it (the Plagas) that he desperately sought help, which Saddler granted, even though Mendez didn’t trust him. The Plaga that Saddler injected him with completely destroyed any semblance of personality and kindness in Mendez, leaving nothing but a husk, completely subservient to Saddler’s will, behind.

* The re-imagined fight against Del Lago is just as terrifying as the original, possibly even more so. Del Lago now appears to be even more massive, sporting a mouth with MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily, which gapes cavernously wide as it charges towards your boat in an effort to swallow Leon whole.
** Del Lago itself. The creature is just a normal salamander that Los Illuminados injected with Las Plagas as an experiment. It mutates into a giant sea monster capable of swallowing humans in one go. Just what is the Plaga capable of?

** The more realistic shadow and lighting allows the player to get a greater appreciation for how bright the Regenerator's eyes glow. In the darkness of the lab's hallways, you can see the Regenerator's eyes stand out in the darkness, as the rest of its body is barely visible. It makes the predatory nature of the monster's gaze all the more effective. And you'd think making their appearance more flabby and jiggly would make them less unsettling, but [[DeadWeight it doesn't. At all.]]
*** Because its body is constantly regenerating, its body is constantly respiring to make up for the insane amount of energy needed to fuel this process. That’s not flab. The regeneration process is literally swelling its body with carbon dioxide.

* One of the sidequests involve having to take out a Colmillo, although much of it is just catching glimpses of it in the early chapters. Right before the house siege, Leon can encounter the infected wolf so as long he's investigated sightings of it, but this Colmillo isn't like the other Colmillos. ''This'' wolf is about twice the size of the regular Colmillos, more faster and aggressive, and it can also extend out ''four'' Plagas tentacles. Flash grenades can do a good deal of damage against it, but only if timed right where the wolf didn't dodge or is out of range.

* The village introduction is just as terrifying as the original. You go in to the village, only to be quickly swarmed by Ganados from all angles. You try to find refuge in the house and block the door shut, only for a giant Ganado with a giant chainsaw to start to busting through the door. You immediately realise how in over your head you are.
** Speaking of, Dr Salvador’s revamp in this is terrifying. The other ganados look vacant. Dr Salvador looks outright insane, with bloodshot, parasite ridden eyes forced open into a permanent stare. And just like the original, he is *far* more durable than the other villagers and can kill you in one hit.
*** Speaking of Dr Salvador doesn’t just decapitate you in this game. Nope, he puts his chainsaw through your chest and grinds your organs into a bloody pulp, all while staring into the camera with those horrible eyes.
* The new Brute Ganados. While not too scary, essentially being buffed up normal Ganados, their introduction of simply screaming abe running at you and wildly swinging their weapon to clobber you to death is rather memorable.

* Bitores Mendez. A hulking, unfeeling monster of a man, who easily overpowers Leon and takes bullets without even flinching. The only reason Leon lives is because Mendez lets him live when he sees Leon has been infected by the Plaga.

* Just like in the original, Mendez’ mutated form is absolutely horrific. His entire midsection is replaced with a centipede like Plaga. He loses half of his body in the middle of the fight, and doesn’t even flinch.
** Can we talk about his introduction too? Just like in the original, he makes sure you cannot escape by not just shutting the gate, but twisting the metal handles together without breaking a sweat.

** The breathing. They kept the horrifying breathing. It sounds almost like it’s laughing at you. Except now this is mixed in with clearly agonised groaning which somehow makes it even creepier.
** Just like in the original, they are just way too… eager to feed. Not only is their mouth twisted into a permanent smile, but when they try to eat you, they do so with such horrific fervor, like they are enjoying tearing your throat out. Even the way they wind up before eating you is awful, like they want to savour this.

*** This is why shooting the parasites kills the Regenerator. The parasites regulate its metabolic rate so it can handle the energy needed for its constant regeneration. Once its parasites are destroyed, it cannot regulate this process anymore, causing the regenerator’s metabolism to keep rising and rising until its body cannot handle the process anymore and literally explodes.

*** The flab becomes significantly less funny when you realise the reason why its there. Because its body is constantly regenerating, its body is constantly respiring to make up for the insane amount of energy needed to fuel this process. That’s not flab. The regeneration process is literally swelling its body with carbon dioxide.

** Oh yeah, the Regenerators, as is mentioned in notes across the game, have a lovely habit of breaking free from their restraints and killing anything trying to contain them. Their creator likely died to them. Just one regenerator took 20 hours to restrain according to one of the notes. Even low temperatures don’t stop them forever. Every single note talking about the Regenerators regards them in absolute horror; and by the way, the people writing these notes are crazy cultists hell bent on making the world a parasite hive mind. Even Leon, after seeing BoW horrors for years before this point, after fighting through horrors like the Garradors, Mendez and the Verdugo, is audibly terrified of the Regenerators.
** Perhaps the most horrifying thing about the Regenerators isn’t any of the above. It’s that they are *victims*. These creatures were clearly once people, but were horrifically experimented on until they became these monsters, kept in bags as lab rats, losing any semblance of the person they once were - their body, their voice, their mind. They can’t speak, they can’t think, they can barely even die. All that is left of them is a primal, unquenchable desire to feed. Think about all the notes of the villagers sent to Saddler’s island for experimentation. This is what became of them. Imagine the horrible process that creates the Regenerators, and all the previous attempts at creating something like them.

* One of the sidequests involve having to take out a Colmillo, although much of it is just catching glimpses of it in the early chapters.
** Right before the house siege, Leon can encounter the infected wolf so as long he's investigated sightings of it, but this Colmillo isn't like the other Colmillos. ''This'' wolf is about twice the size of the regular Colmillos, more faster and aggressive, and it can also extend out ''four'' Plagas tentacles. Flash grenades can do a good deal of damage against it, but only if timed right where the wolf didn't dodge or is out of range.

* The new Brute Ganados. While not too scary, essentially being buffed up normal Ganados, their introduction of simply screaming at you before running at you and wildly swinging their weapon to beat you to death is rather memorable.

!! Chapter 14

* The Chainsaw Demo recreates the opening gameplay sequence of the original game right up to the village fight, giving some extra context to the Showplay trailer. The Ganado whose neck was so broken where tendrils of the Las Plagas is sticking out was the very first villager that Leon meets and then kicked into the wall (resulting in an aforementioned broken neck) when the said Ganado tried to attack him and retaliated in self-defense. The second police officer escort Leon heard over the radio is later burned alive right in front of him. Get caught by Dr. Salvador, he can jam the chainsaw right through Leon's chest as one of the many death animations. If a sufficiently-damaged Leon gets grabbed in the front, he'll [[EyeScream have his eyes gouged out by the attacking villager's thumbs]] instead of choking and slamming him through the ground. The random Mad Chainsaw difficulty accessed by starting a new play of the demo doesn't just make the villagers far less likely to get stunned, but there's an increase number of them, and Dr. Salvador becomes ''Super'' Salvador with a chainsaw that has ''sparks'' flying from its blade.

* The very first scene in the game is of a BoundAndGagged young woman in modern clothing, implied to be a lost backpacker who wandered into the village, being sacrificed by Los Illuminados. Later, when you enter the town hall on your way to the church, you find the place piled up with hundreds of skulls and other "mysterious" round objects of varying sizes wrapped up in bloodstained bandaging. They've obviously been at this for a while. You can find the corpse of the young woman, still on the altar, while exploring the lakeside settlement. Another woman's body is found strung up in a basement nearby.

* The very first scene in the game is of a BoundAndGagged young woman in modern clothing, implied to be a lost backpacker who wandered into the village, being sacrificed by Los Illuminados. Later, when you enter the town hall on your way to the church, you find the place piled up with hundreds of skulls and other "mysterious" round objects of varying sizes wrapped up in bloodstained bandaging. They've obviously been at this for a while.
** You can find the corpse of the young woman, still on the altar, while exploring the lakeside settlement. Another woman's body is found strung up in a basement nearby.

*** Luckily, the humble Bolt Thrower is a silent weapon (even when tipped with explosive mines), letting you pick off enemies without angering the Garradors.

* One of the sidequests involve having to take out a Colmillo, although much of it is just catching glimpses of it in the early chapters. Right before the house siege, Leon can encounter the infected wolf so as long he's investigated sightings of it, but this Colmillo isn't like the other Colmillos. ''This'' wolf is about twice the size of the regular Colmillos, more faster and aggressive, and it can also extend out ''four'' Plagas tentacles. Flash grenades can do a good deal of damage against it, but only if timed right where the wolf didn't dodge or is out of range.

* Plaga Type Cs can now crawl into Ganados to hijack their body, turning them into something like {{Lightning Bruiser}}s and causing them to barrel towards you while ignoring any gunfire or damage.
** And that's not the worst part. When a Type C hijacks a Ganado, it is ''not'' a smooth process, as the Ganado will scream in agony as the many arms sink into the body and skull. When you see Type Cs near Ganados, you may be tempted to throw a grenade just to prevent that sound.

* The very first scene in the game is of a BoundAndGagged young woman in modern clothing, implied to be a lost backpacker who wandered into the village, being sacrificed by Los Illuminados, [[OffWithHisHead by beheading]]. Later, when you enter the town hall on your way to the church, you find the place piled up with hundreds of skulls and other "mysterious" round objects of varying sizes wrapped up in bloodstained bandaging. They've obviously been at this for a while.
** You can find the two corpses of that luckless backpacker's friends if you explore the lakeside settlement in Chapter 4.
** You can also find the corpse of the young woman as well, still on the altar.

--> '''Ashley:''' [[TemptingFate I'm done with armor!]]\\

'''Ashley:''' [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Didn't I just say I'm done?!]]

* The very first scene in the game is of a bound young woman in modern clothing, implied to be a lost backpacker who wandered into the village, being sacrificed by Los Illuminados, [[OffWithHisHead by beheading]]. Later, when you enter the town hall on your way to the church, you find the place piled up with hundreds of skulls and other "mysterious" round objects of varying sizes wrapped up in bloodstained bandaging. They've obviously been at this for a while.

[[caption-width-right:350: ''Saludes a los nuevos y mejorados Regeneradores...'' [[labelnote:Translation:]]Say hello to the new and improved Regenerators...[[/labelnote]]]]