The developers of the newResident Evil 4remake have alerted players about a critical bug that can be found in Chapter 12. Despite delivering a mostly smooth experience with severalgameplay changes from the originalResident Evil 4, bugs like this can prevent gamers from finishing theResident Evil 4remake’s story.There’s little doubt thatResident Evil 4is the biggest highlight of the gaming industry at the end of March. The game is already a stunning commercial and critical success only a few days after its launch, and most of that can be credited to its excellent design. One of the keys to achieving that was bychangingResident Evil 4’s original designin several interesting ways, making it worthwhile for people who already played the original while keeping the best bits.RELATED:Resident Evil 4 Mod Gives Salazar His ‘Sweet Hat’ BackCapcom has recently warnedResident Evil 4remake gamers about a game-breaking bug that can be found at the very beginning of Chapter 12. According to the developers, this error occurs in a very specific situation. A cutscene will play during the first minutes of the chapter, and the player will get a key item. If players use the knife in the short period before the notification for actually gaining Luis' Key appears, the game will glitch and no item will be received, blocking further progress.
For those that aren’t worried aboutpotential spoilersand want to make sure they don’t accidentally softlock themselves, the key item in question is called Luis' Key. At the moment, the issue can be found on all platforms. However, the developers ofResident Evil 4have promised to iron out the bug in the next update. Also, players who originally suffered from the issue will be able to continue playing the game when the fix is out. As theResident Evil 4remake sold over 4 million unitsin its two first days, there’s a fairly high chance that many gamers will be affected by this or a similar issue. For the time being, however, all they can do is have multiple saves to avoid any similar bugs.
While this bug will probably be corrected by the developers soon, some design decisions are being changed by the game’s modding community. For instance,one modder has recently fixed Ashley’s heavy breathingin the game. The President’s daughter has been criticized for breathing too loudly after she physically exerts herself in the remake, and this could potentially fix that.
Resident Evil 4is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
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