Shacknews Top 23 Games of the Year 2023

#3 Game of the Year 2023 - Resident Evil 4

There's a reason the Resident Evil 4 remake was the first game to be given a perfect 10 at Shacknews. It's because the game is beyond stellar. Why #3 then? Well, it just so happens that 2023 was a year full of so many amazing games that not even Resident Evil 4 could beat them all out. Don't get us wrong, this is the real deal. It takes Leon's incredible 2005 journey through a Spanish cult village to save the President's daughter and improves upon it in nearly every way.

The gunplay, the scares, the characters... There was so much that was already so right about Resident Evil 4 and Capcom managed to make it all the more amazing. The visuals in this game are to die for and every thing from the environments to the monsters looks gorgeous. The guns pack a punch and feel good to handle, even despite some new crosshair sway. Luis, Ashley, Ada, and other characters also got much needed reworks to make theirs stories all the more interesting. The result is a package that from top to bottom feels just about as perfect as perfect can be for a Resident Evil game.

Resident Evil 4 (2023) is available on Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox Series X|S platforms.

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