Resident Evil 4 (2005)

What impressed me the most is how well the original game balances action, horror, exploration, and resource management.

I had so much fun playing the main story and the extras.

The combat feels incredible thanks to the parry system, movement is much smoother, the horror atmosphere is stronger, and the game does an amazing job modernizing almost every aspect of the original experience.

This is an absolutely stellar game in every single way, graphics, audio, gameplay loop, characters, setting it is all so good and completely changed what a Resident Evil game could be, inspiring many similar games as well.

Weapon upgrades, difficulty modes, unlockables, and bonus content ensure that each run feels rewarding.

The rustic flair of the user interface, all the ominious sound effects and the way the player interacts with his inventory or collectible items greatly add to this general sentiment of unsettledness, especially at those brief instances where the game dares to fall completely silent, almost freezing in time.