That's exactly what Resident Evil 4 was, however – absurd. Although the series has always enjoyed its own endearing sense of lunacy amongst the gritty, survival horror tropes, RE4 went above and beyond with its utterly ridiculous storyline and gameplay.

Capcom's Resident Evil 4 is "the fastest-selling Resident Evil game in history", topping nine million sales since its

Industry analyst Alex Aniel said ( via SI) that sales at this level make the Resident Evil 4 remake the "by far, the fastest-selling Resident Evil ever." Capcom announced that the game had cleared 8 million copies as of mid-October 2024, so it appears sales during the holiday helped boost the game beyond 9 million.

In Resident Evil 4, players rejoin Leon, who is now a U.S. agent with a top-secret mission, looking into the abduction of the President's daughter, now with modernized gameplay, a reimagined storyline,