Resident Evil 4 Remake has a little trick that lets you stop the village fight early

Though you’ll need to play through the game at least once.

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Resident Evil 4 Remake has only been out for a few days, but players have already found a trick that lets you skip the village fight in its entirety.

The Resident Evil games are practically designed for players to speedrun them, encouraging you to learn them inside out so you can get as short a time as possible - after all, why else would it tell you how long it took to play the game? But it turns out that some ways to cut down on time come only in the remake’s new game plus mode, with one specific thing you can do in the game’s village section. Mild spoilers for that section below, if you haven’t played the game.

For those that haven’t played the game, in the village section you mostly just have to survive for as long as possible, and eventually a church bell will toll and the villagers will leave you alone. Some players seem to have had the thought, “what if I just ring the bell myself?” And it turns out that if you manage to shoot the bell just right, it does in fact ring early, letting you finish the section early.

Now it should be noted that you can only do this if you have the sniper rifle, a gun you get later on in the game, which is why this can only be done in new game plus. It’s a neat lil trick, and one of those “well this would make sense,” kinds of things that can make discovering secrets in games so fun.

While some players have already managed to beat the game, there’s still more to look forward to. Next month will see the release of Resident Evil 4 Remake’s Mercenaries mode , on April 7. The mode will be available as free DLC, and it sees you facing off against hordes of enemies, trying to fend them off until you die or until time runs out.

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As Resident Evil remakes continue to print money, Capcom confirms plans for more of them

But no conirmation as to which games it plans to remake.

To the surprise of presumably no one, Capcom has in fact confirmed that it’s planning another Resident Evil remake - but it hasn’t said which game’s getting one.

It’s no secret that Capcom’s Resident Evil remakes have been doing exceptionally well - Resident Evil 4 Remake sold three million copies within its first two days . So hearing that Capcom is working on more was pretty much a given. Resident Evil 4 Remake director Yasuhiro Anpo was the one to confirm more remakes are on the way, quite simply replying “Yes,” when asked by IGN if the developer had plans for more. “We’ve released three remakes so far and they have all been received very well. Since it allows a modern audience to play these games, it is something I am happy to do as someone that loves these older games, and we want to continue doing more.

“What game we will remake in the future is something that we would like to announce in the future, so please look forward to it.” There hasn’t been any kind of hints so far as to which games Capcom might remake, though it has been trying to figure out which games you want to see remade . Code Veronica seemingly isn’t off the table , but of course there are games like the original Resident Evil or Resident Evil 0. Plus, there’s the more actiony Resident Evil 5, which is the next one numerically, though that one obviously marked quite a shift for the survival horror series.

Capcom does have an “unannounced major title” due out before March 2024 , though I personally wouldn’t bet on a new Resident Evil game. Dragon’s Dogma 2 is out March 22 , but that one was already announced, so it can’t be that. Perhaps there’s a new Monster Hunter on the horizon? We could always hope for a new Lost Planet or Darkstalkers too.

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