Resident Evil 4remake players who die during their S+ rank runs will want to ensure that they are quitting out of the game and reloading their save instead of simply hitting Continue.Resident Evil 4launched to widespread critical acclaim, bringing the classic survival-horror game to modern consoles with new enemies, reworked encounters, brand-new controls, and vastly improved graphics.
Like the originalResident Evil 4, theResident Evil 4remake has been built with replayability in mind, with players encouraged to go through the game multiple times to unlock everything. The greatest challenge in the game is beating theResident Evil 4remake on Professional difficulty and getting an S+ rank, which requires players to beat the story in less than 5 hours and 30 minutes using a max of 15 saves. To make matters worse,Resident Evil 4remake players shooting for S+ can’t use aNew Game+ runto do it, meaning they have to accomplish the feat without their upgraded weapons.
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Needless to say,Resident Evil 4remake players need all the help they can get if they want to beat the game on Professional difficulty within the time limit to get the S+ rank. There are ways toskip bosses in theResident Evil 4remaketo speed things up quite a bit, but players will also want to be aware of a quirk to how the game keeps track of one’s playthrough time. If someone happens to die while playing an S+ run of theResident Evil 4remake, they shouldnothit continue. Instead, they should quit to the main menu and reload their save. Failing to do so will not rollback the clock and potentially put players at a massive disadvantage when it comes to beating the game within the required 5 hours and 30 minutes.
Resident Evil 4 Remake S+ Rank Requirements
Utilizing this trick should helpResident Evil 4remake players achieve S+ rank, and it should be noted that this applies to more than just Professional difficulty. While beating the game on Professional difficulty with an S+ rank is required tounlock all theResident Evil 4remake achievements/trophies, players may be interested in getting the rank on other difficulties as well, if nothing else but to practice for their Professional mode run. While Hardcore difficulty has the same time requirement as Professional, Assisted and Standard actually expect players to beat the game even faster, with the time limits being 4 hours and 5 hours, respectively. Considering this, it may be even more crucial for players to quit to the main menu and reload their saves instead of hitting continue when going for S+ on lower difficulties.
In future, there will be even more challenges forResident Evil 4remake players to overcome.Resident Evil 4is adding The Mercenaries mode as free DLCon April 7, and leaks suggest that missing content like Assignment Ada and Separate Ways could be coming to the game at some point in the near future as well, though nothing official has been announced at the time of this writing.
Resident Evil 4is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X.
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