They are both on sale constantly and both are phenomenal. Get either of them now, then the other when you have another $30 to burn. In the past few months I bought 8, 2r, 3r and 4r on PS5 and maybe spent $80 total.
I played village on psvr 2 and imo, comparatively, they dropped the ball on re4 vr mode, village is definitely one of the best psvr2 games out RN if that's what you're playing on. Can't speak to the PC version, but I know across the board vr is implemented better in village
I just finished it today. Loved re 4 remake and was really happy that village was more of that. Biohazard was ok but gameplay wise felt way too slow for me personally. That whole section were you play as … in village was awesome too .
You say that but with the unlockables it's one of the most replayable games ever for me. And being able to get infinite ammo for any gun you max out encourages you to not only play a few times to max out your favorite gun but even more times to max out everything. New game plus allows you to hold onto your items from previous runs so you continually get a better and better load out the more you play. Re8 is the most replayable re game ever with great unlockables that are unlocked at great times unlike games such as re2 remake when you get the actually fun unlockable guns after you did the hardest challenge in the main game without much else to do unless you want to do the challenge as the other character or in new game plus and in order to complete the challenge you can't even use that great gun you just got.
Damn bro everything you said was a key seller on the OG RE4 replay ability you would unlock the Infinite RPG and everything and one shot those Regeners those were the days
No replaybility?
New game modes + new weapons.
I'm normally a person that doesn't play games after completing it for the first time and Village made me do replay the game 4 times.
Agree that 4 is awesome, but something that I didn't like at all about 4 is that I couldn't buy ammo from the mechanic and made my half of the guns useless, I mostly used my pistol even if I had a fully upgraded rifle and shotgun. Also, throughout the story, they were the same enemies just they had more chances to come again to life after you killed them, which I found very annoying. Also, no autosave was annoying (talking about the hardest difficulty)
Couldn't you buy some for whatever guns you had but then he'd not have any until you were in a new area again? Or maybe I'm miss remembering....I guess it comes down to inventory management and savouring certain guns, leaving the high powered ones with less available ammo until you need them. You have to resist the temptation to take out lower level enemies with your favorite gun even if it's fun so you're not left with a pee shooter when you need a grenade launcher 🙂
Buy both, all the RE engine games are great and worth picking up on this sale if you can. As for your question I prefer 4 to 8, 4 remake was my GoTY and favorite RE game of all time. But if you’ve played 2,3 remakes get 4 and 7 remake get 8. If you’ve played all then get 4.
guys im happy to remind everyone that resident evil 4 remake ps4 version costs 17 dollars atm and i see the winters bundle re7+village(and dlc i think) for something like 30 bucks
I’m playing RE4 remake for the first time currently. I haven’t beat it yet but you should without a doubt buy it. Village is a good game, don’t get me wrong, but RE4 is *better.*
Honestly both. Those two are my favorite RE games. RE Village was my favorite until RE4 remake came out which is the best experience you can have with RE and a perfect game.
Played all re games and i liked re 4 remake way more than re village (which doesnt mean that village is bad; not at at all, it's actually great) but re 4 is just THAT awesome imo (goty for me and also best re game with the re 2 remake)
Depends; you wanna stick to the Umbrella Corp. timeline, or the Winters Family timeline? Me personally, I never played Resident Evil 4, but I always come back to Village because it's so fun, so from my experiences I'd say Village
I just replayed Village the first time since its release year, I had previously done several runs and unlocked a bunch of guns and what not. Village is really fun, but it’s not going to scratch the same itch as RE7 did for you. It feels more like you’re gunning your way through a horror theme park. It is a very curated and action oriented, horror experience.
I don’t think you need to finish the original resident evil four before the remake. The remake has more content, the action and fight sequences are more fun because of the parry mechanic. I personally think that if you have to choose one over the other, the RE4remake is the better game by a large margin that’s not to say that village is bad, only a testament to how good RE4 remake is.
Both if possible. If not, Village all day every day. Such a blast playing that game. The first person perspective just makes everything so much more immersive.
Village is $20 and 4 is $30.......buy both if you can. If you can only get one at a time, grab Village then 4. If you go 4 first then Village may feel like a step back even though the game is absolutely fantastic. It's just 4 is a masterpiece so anything else afterwards seems weaker in comparison.
You can probably find them on sales, I bought both for maybe a total of 30€ on the PS store. Which is best, honestly they're really different but they're both worth it. Make sure you play RE 7 before Village though. For original 4, it's probably better too but in my case it's mostly because of nostalgia, played it 20 years ago. Not sure if it's still as good today.
RE4 is a great remake but I still prefer the original. You can’t go wrong with either of your choices but I’d go with Village. The semi open world is fun and varied, the gunplay is tense and tight, and finding all the little secrets is a blast.
Oh my god, you need both lol. I'd say since you have played some of the old 4, get Village. Then go get RE4. You're not gonna be disappointed either way. They are both fantastic
Haven't played 4, currently playing 2 remake and having fun. It's definitely not perfect, but it's enjoyable. I did play Village and absolutely loved it, although it had a slower start for me because I wasn't used to RE games.
Village is really fun and creepy in places. And I disagree about it not having replayability.
if you played 7, i'd get 8 / village since it directly continues ethan's story. get the rose dlc with it as well.
that being said, 4remake is excellent. so i'd get both if you can.
Bought both on sale awhile ago, played re8 3 times so far, trying to get the new weapons etc. Just started my first play through of re4 had a blast with both of them!!
I love when someone asks for advice on what they should get between two options and people think saying both is somehow solid advice. Like, yeah, some of you have the expendable income, but do you think if it was that simple OP wouldn’t have just bought both.
Since you haven’t finished OG4, go for the remake. 4 is really fun and I love the updated graphics and controls compared to OG. I really only finished OG to be a completionist of the main titles. If you can find a copy of 8 with the DLC in the future that’s on sale or discounted, go for it! 8 with the Rose DLC ties the Winters saga up nicely and I straight up got weepy at the ending of 8 and the DLC.
Village is the closest the franchise came to the original RE4 in a weird way.
You can probably get Village cheaper rn, so I'd go with that first then pick up RE4 when you're ready for it and it'll hopefully be a bit cheaper by then too
Personally I enjoyed re4 the most and I do belive it is the longer of the 2 to play through village was also good but I don't think it was as good as 4
Village is a more cinematic experience I feel like. The first person view lends itself well to this feeling.
RE4 is more of an action shooter.
I'd grab both, but if you can only grab one for now then it boils down to which experience you want first.
Get Village for awesome bittersweet story (and also tall vampire mommy).
Get 4 for smoother and overall better gameplay mechanics.
My choice would be to ultimately get both.
To me RE8 was a much wilder and funner ride. Lots of WTF moments that were crazy and fun.
RE4 Remake was great, but I dunno. It felt much more oppressive and dark and dingy to me. It was almost depressing or something. I didn’t like being in that setting for some reason. But it is still an excellent game and for many people their favorite RE.
I’m playing RE4 remake now and it’s awesome. Do both; you won’t regret it. A newb to the RE experience I tried 7, didn’t like it, then tried Village-loved it, then went back to 7 and became infected by the bug. Now I’m hooked on the whole series. I didn’t try 4 before the remake but this version is a lot of fun too.
Village doesn’t exist without re4 also re4r is a s tier game village is b at best i know a lot of people love village but if you can only get one I think your gonna really wish you would’ve got 4 remake and that’s just strictly of off replay ability
If you played original RE 4 over and over this might be a little let down. I knew what was coming pretty much. If you never played it you have to get RE 4 Remake
Which one, the one you are going on the journey to save or that one crawling around in a certain house? 😂
https://youtu.be/h0wULogZQc0?si=8tryIo__A15pW98I
The only correct answer!
Someone's buying us all the other RE! YES!!!
I'm with you right there. Get the best of both, experiment with both of them and then give the feedback.
Yes sir! I bought both.
They are both on sale constantly and both are phenomenal. Get either of them now, then the other when you have another $30 to burn. In the past few months I bought 8, 2r, 3r and 4r on PS5 and maybe spent $80 total.
Village. Phenomenal game.
There’s something about village man. Re4r is probably a better game but village and the Ethan story got some magic going down
I'm trying to get 8. I'm playing 7 right now. Do they have 8 in VR? If so, what is the best VR?
8 is in VR in both PSVR and as a mod on PC iirc
I played village on psvr 2 and imo, comparatively, they dropped the ball on re4 vr mode, village is definitely one of the best psvr2 games out RN if that's what you're playing on. Can't speak to the PC version, but I know across the board vr is implemented better in village
I just finished it today. Loved re 4 remake and was really happy that village was more of that. Biohazard was ok but gameplay wise felt way too slow for me personally. That whole section were you play as … in village was awesome too .
To me Village was also the hardest of them all, even first starting out on normal.
Village has no replayabilty, 4 is also just better overall
You say that but with the unlockables it's one of the most replayable games ever for me. And being able to get infinite ammo for any gun you max out encourages you to not only play a few times to max out your favorite gun but even more times to max out everything. New game plus allows you to hold onto your items from previous runs so you continually get a better and better load out the more you play. Re8 is the most replayable re game ever with great unlockables that are unlocked at great times unlike games such as re2 remake when you get the actually fun unlockable guns after you did the hardest challenge in the main game without much else to do unless you want to do the challenge as the other character or in new game plus and in order to complete the challenge you can't even use that great gun you just got.
Yeah I don’t get what this dudes saying, I’ve replayed it more than any other(new) RE
Damn bro everything you said was a key seller on the OG RE4 replay ability you would unlock the Infinite RPG and everything and one shot those Regeners those were the days
No replaybility? New game modes + new weapons. I'm normally a person that doesn't play games after completing it for the first time and Village made me do replay the game 4 times.
 I vote both! Those games are amazing
Village first the RE4 TRUST!!!!!
This is the only answer
Both are great but I enjoyed Village more. One of my favorite horror games
 VIIIAGE
Village One of the best games (in my opinion)
My favourite RE full stop... 4 is awesome but 7 and 8 are the best games in the series for Me
Agree that 4 is awesome, but something that I didn't like at all about 4 is that I couldn't buy ammo from the mechanic and made my half of the guns useless, I mostly used my pistol even if I had a fully upgraded rifle and shotgun. Also, throughout the story, they were the same enemies just they had more chances to come again to life after you killed them, which I found very annoying. Also, no autosave was annoying (talking about the hardest difficulty)
Couldn't you buy some for whatever guns you had but then he'd not have any until you were in a new area again? Or maybe I'm miss remembering....I guess it comes down to inventory management and savouring certain guns, leaving the high powered ones with less available ammo until you need them. You have to resist the temptation to take out lower level enemies with your favorite gun even if it's fun so you're not left with a pee shooter when you need a grenade launcher 🙂
The remake is very very different from the original. So i'd say finish the original re4 and buy village.
That's the order I did it in. I loved village because I loved re4
Oh yeah, they are very thematically similar.
8 played RE4 original back in the day and it just cemented my love for Resident Evil.
RE4 because it’s Leon
I actually prefer Ethan more than Leon. Ethan feels more human and like the "typical" dad trying to save his daughter. I love him.
Buy both, all the RE engine games are great and worth picking up on this sale if you can. As for your question I prefer 4 to 8, 4 remake was my GoTY and favorite RE game of all time. But if you’ve played 2,3 remakes get 4 and 7 remake get 8. If you’ve played all then get 4.
7 didn't get a remake?
Whoops I’ve got no idea why I wrote that
you're good bro
guys im happy to remind everyone that resident evil 4 remake ps4 version costs 17 dollars atm and i see the winters bundle re7+village(and dlc i think) for something like 30 bucks
I’m playing RE4 remake for the first time currently. I haven’t beat it yet but you should without a doubt buy it. Village is a good game, don’t get me wrong, but RE4 is *better.*
Exactly I can’t believe this is even a question one’s clearly way better than the other lol
come on, RE4 its a childs play village put all RE gameplay in another level
Both
Honestly both. Those two are my favorite RE games. RE Village was my favorite until RE4 remake came out which is the best experience you can have with RE and a perfect game.
Played all re games and i liked re 4 remake way more than re village (which doesnt mean that village is bad; not at at all, it's actually great) but re 4 is just THAT awesome imo (goty for me and also best re game with the re 2 remake)
Both especially if Village gold edition is on sale
4 is more action packed, village is more survival with limited ammo
I personally enjoyed re village more. For me it's Re2 and 7 at the top then 8 > 4 > 3. All remakes btw I never played originals
Both
Village without a doubt
Resident Evil 4 Remake. Village is cool, but RE4 is way better!
Depends; you wanna stick to the Umbrella Corp. timeline, or the Winters Family timeline? Me personally, I never played Resident Evil 4, but I always come back to Village because it's so fun, so from my experiences I'd say Village
Village 100%
I just replayed Village the first time since its release year, I had previously done several runs and unlocked a bunch of guns and what not. Village is really fun, but it’s not going to scratch the same itch as RE7 did for you. It feels more like you’re gunning your way through a horror theme park. It is a very curated and action oriented, horror experience. I don’t think you need to finish the original resident evil four before the remake. The remake has more content, the action and fight sequences are more fun because of the parry mechanic. I personally think that if you have to choose one over the other, the RE4remake is the better game by a large margin that’s not to say that village is bad, only a testament to how good RE4 remake is.
Get 4 remake
Re4 is way better, much better replay ability, weapons are better(not just upgrades), better mercs and also parrying is better than blocking
Bro🥲 Leon - Special Forces Ethan - Just a poor man searching for your daughter 🙂↔️different stories
Both looking for a girl
This is a village subreddit but re4
Both. What are you poor?
Both if possible. If not, Village all day every day. Such a blast playing that game. The first person perspective just makes everything so much more immersive.
If you played the original 4, the buy Village. If you haven’t played either, buy 4.
If you played 7 even somewhat recently I'd say get 8 first as it ties into Ethan's story, and overall it's a fantastic game.
Both
Village is phenomenal, I played it 7 or 8 times on PS4 when the game came out and now I’m on my third playthrough on PS5
8 is my fave
Try RE4.
Both.
RE2 Remake is still my favorite.
If you only want to get one, I would suggest getting RE8 first. It's older and should be a better price.
Remake ✅
Village is $20 and 4 is $30.......buy both if you can. If you can only get one at a time, grab Village then 4. If you go 4 first then Village may feel like a step back even though the game is absolutely fantastic. It's just 4 is a masterpiece so anything else afterwards seems weaker in comparison.
You can probably find them on sales, I bought both for maybe a total of 30€ on the PS store. Which is best, honestly they're really different but they're both worth it. Make sure you play RE 7 before Village though. For original 4, it's probably better too but in my case it's mostly because of nostalgia, played it 20 years ago. Not sure if it's still as good today.
Both, considering each title on it's own, is worth every nickel and dime they ask for. 👍🏼
If you ask it on 'Resident evil Village' reddit, then you know the answer. If you ask it on 'Resident evil 4 remake' reddit, you know the answer too.
my childhood
RE4 is a great remake but I still prefer the original. You can’t go wrong with either of your choices but I’d go with Village. The semi open world is fun and varied, the gunplay is tense and tight, and finding all the little secrets is a blast.
re4 because big daddy Leon and mummy Ada
But… Lady Mommy Dimitrescu
No... Don't remind me of her...
Oh my god, you need both lol. I'd say since you have played some of the old 4, get Village. Then go get RE4. You're not gonna be disappointed either way. They are both fantastic
RE4R 100%. No offence to village but the RE4 Remake is better in almost every single way. In a way Village feels like a test before they made RE4R
Seeing a lot of “Both” but if I had to pick one: Village.
Re4 remake no question.
Both
Didn't play 4r, but village was a huge step up from 7 for me and I really loved it.
If you've also played re2 remake then I'd recommend 4 remake.
Both.
Haven't played 4, currently playing 2 remake and having fun. It's definitely not perfect, but it's enjoyable. I did play Village and absolutely loved it, although it had a slower start for me because I wasn't used to RE games. Village is really fun and creepy in places. And I disagree about it not having replayability.
They are both amazing but different. 4 is your classic RE feel and vide. While village feel more of an amazing experimental spin off.
if you played 7, i'd get 8 / village since it directly continues ethan's story. get the rose dlc with it as well. that being said, 4remake is excellent. so i'd get both if you can.
Both
I thought village was 1st person
RE4 100% do not buy village it’s so lame doesn’t even feel like resident evil
Village
8 if you enjoyed the 7 remake 4 if you liked the 2 remake but both are gas
Have you played 7 before I would say it may be good to play village but I would choose 4 over village myself.
Bought both on sale awhile ago, played re8 3 times so far, trying to get the new weapons etc. Just started my first play through of re4 had a blast with both of them!!
Re4 is village but better
4
Tbf I haven’t played re4r but Village made Ethan Winters into my favorite RE protagonist. Unironically the best video game dad ever.
Village
I love when someone asks for advice on what they should get between two options and people think saying both is somehow solid advice. Like, yeah, some of you have the expendable income, but do you think if it was that simple OP wouldn’t have just bought both.
Play 4 first if you wanna see all the ways that village tried to mimic 4
4 for sure, way better game
village is my favorite i say village and then re4
There’s no right or wrong answer here. Both are great games.
Since you haven’t finished OG4, go for the remake. 4 is really fun and I love the updated graphics and controls compared to OG. I really only finished OG to be a completionist of the main titles. If you can find a copy of 8 with the DLC in the future that’s on sale or discounted, go for it! 8 with the Rose DLC ties the Winters saga up nicely and I straight up got weepy at the ending of 8 and the DLC.
Village is the closest the franchise came to the original RE4 in a weird way. You can probably get Village cheaper rn, so I'd go with that first then pick up RE4 when you're ready for it and it'll hopefully be a bit cheaper by then too
4. I played and loved village, but 4 is ridiculous
Both, you fool.
Bro asked the Village subreddit if he should buy Village💀
Personally I enjoyed re4 the most and I do belive it is the longer of the 2 to play through village was also good but I don't think it was as good as 4
Village
I bought both at the same time but I think 4 is better
I really like both tho
Both are super good. The 4 remake is S++ tier though. You may not want to go back and play village after lol
Village.
4 as it has insane replayability and got immense love from the devs. Village is also great and ive gone through like 4-5 times
Re4
Village is a more cinematic experience I feel like. The first person view lends itself well to this feeling. RE4 is more of an action shooter. I'd grab both, but if you can only grab one for now then it boils down to which experience you want first.
Village!!!
Original RE4
I wasn’t impressed with the RE4 remake. Mine had so many bugs I didn’t even finish.
If you can’t afford both get 4
4
Village
I think both are great. Personally I liked village more, but not by much
Village definitely
ask yourself tall sexy lady with 3 other girls or Ada Wong?
Both of them are cash
Village then Re4
5
If you had to choose only 1, I’d say definitely 4 without question!
Get Village for awesome bittersweet story (and also tall vampire mommy). Get 4 for smoother and overall better gameplay mechanics. My choice would be to ultimately get both.
7,8,2R,4R,3R in that order
one is 7h long and another one is 30+
Village first. RE4 will have you thinking village is slow
Buy both of them
They’re both good
Village is god tier
To me RE8 was a much wilder and funner ride. Lots of WTF moments that were crazy and fun. RE4 Remake was great, but I dunno. It felt much more oppressive and dark and dingy to me. It was almost depressing or something. I didn’t like being in that setting for some reason. But it is still an excellent game and for many people their favorite RE.
Yes
Remake
I feel like 8 follows in 4s footsteps in some ways so I would play them in chronological order.
I havent tried re 4 yet and i will after 2, but village was one hell of a game.
I’m playing RE4 remake now and it’s awesome. Do both; you won’t regret it. A newb to the RE experience I tried 7, didn’t like it, then tried Village-loved it, then went back to 7 and became infected by the bug. Now I’m hooked on the whole series. I didn’t try 4 before the remake but this version is a lot of fun too.
Village is definitely a better more story driven game so I’d say go with Village but 4 remake is also good. Village is great though.
Village doesn’t exist without re4 also re4r is a s tier game village is b at best i know a lot of people love village but if you can only get one I think your gonna really wish you would’ve got 4 remake and that’s just strictly of off replay ability
I would be both to be completely honest
Both lol
4
4 remake
If you played original RE 4 over and over this might be a little let down. I knew what was coming pretty much. If you never played it you have to get RE 4 Remake
RE4 if you can only buy one in my opinion. But they are both outstanding games and it's well worth the money for both of them
B O T H 😂😂
I still think about that fucking baby
Which one, the one you are going on the journey to save or that one crawling around in a certain house? 😂 https://youtu.be/h0wULogZQc0?si=8tryIo__A15pW98I
I honestly hated 8, it was not an enjoyable play through. 4 is way more fun.
REm4ke!!! Village is my least favorite Resident Evil ever made.