Resident Evil 4 (2005)

Resident Evil 4 (2005)

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What changes with Easy mode?
By Do not pay your TV Licence
There's an easy mode in Resident Evil 4 and I've never played it till now. On the PAL version if I remember correctly the Easy mode isn't present unless you start a playthrough on normal or complete the game. This will need corrected, anyways I missed it growing up and I decided to give it a playthrough and discovered that there were significant changes made. You will be surprised to see what was changed.

This information was pulled from my Reddit post I made of this a few months back. If there is anything I missed, please let me know!

P.S This isn't to hate on people who use Easy Mode, I just thought it was interesting. Games are for everyone
   
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Difficulty and Enemy Behaviour
Who would have guessed that selecting easy mode made the enemies easier, right? Anyway here are some of the changes I noticed.

-You start with the Shotgun (The shotgun is not present in the village house)

-Enemy health is slightly reduced.

-Enemies will not run unless they are a significant distance from you.

-They throw weapons less often.

-You take less damage from hits and damage is consistent throughout the game due to the lack of dynamic difficulty.

-Enemies drop more health and ammo.

-The chances of causing Plagas Heads are lower.

-Quick-time events requires less inputs to complete. A LOT less inputs.

Additional Information from replies of this post

-"Shotgun shells stack to 25 and rifle ammo stacks to 20 on easy as well"
Map & Pacing Changes
This is by far what changes the most on easy mode. A lot of areas are cut, important areas that I usually associated with when I am reminded of this game.

The Castle Gate key is not required to enter and the door that would normally be passed through to find it is "Blocked from the other side". Chapter 3-1

The section in the Maze garden with the caged dogs is completely bypassed. Chapter 3-2

Only the King's Grail is required to pass through the gate as the Queen's is already in place. This skips the section with the revolving door knights where the chest is in the middle. Chapter 4-1

You will only fight one Garrador at the section where you would normally fight two. Chapter 4-1

Dr Salvador (chainsaw man) is not present in the Mines where you would use dynamite to blow up the rock Chapter 4-3

The section where you would normally be trapped and have to shoot the red lights has also been removed. Chapter 4-3

The bridge section on chapter 4-1 the one where you have to destroy the blocks of wood blocking the gears to operate it, This is completely skipped, just like the Maze section. This scene is also interesting as it uses a pre rendered cutscene from the PS2 version. Enemies are also not waiting outside the entrance to the next section of the game

Minor edits to fix spelling mistakes, grammar and structure.


13 Comments
StrelokX7 17 Nov, 2023 @ 11:46am 
oh well i see i did normal unlocked professional
Do not pay your TV Licence  [author] 17 Nov, 2023 @ 4:42am 
Hi Makarov. No it's not possible to change difficulties on a save file
StrelokX7 21 Oct, 2023 @ 2:31pm 
can u change to normal if i have everything?
YUNO GANDZIA 14 Jan, 2022 @ 11:56am 
I clearly remember having easy mode on the ps2 back in the 2000's
REFEEL 5 Jan, 2022 @ 9:45am 
авпавп:AshleyRE4:
REFEEL 5 Jan, 2022 @ 9:45am 
на лёгком играл, и топ, на среднем заипалсо малёк (сильно оч вэри вэри вэри)
Archie Kennedy > 29 Dec, 2021 @ 6:31pm 
now i want to play easy mode just for the easier quick time events
Big Chungy 26 Dec, 2021 @ 12:12pm 
wow after 10+ years i never knew re4 had an easy mode xD
Carlitonsp 19 Dec, 2021 @ 8:21pm 
I think you mean "3-1" for the castle gate key.
день рождения 27 Nov, 2021 @ 11:27pm 
Получается, новичкам всё же стоит позволить играть на низком уровне сложности в первый раз, чтобы при втором прохождении на нормальном уровне сложности они получили больше впечатлений :D