RE4 Remake PC - NG PRO S+ - Knife Only - No primal knife - Chapter 1 to Chapter 3 first merchant.
In this video: Chapter 1: This chapter isn't too bad, it is mainly slow since it involves the start of the game and the village section. It is quite simple as you just want to avoid taking damage so you aren't in a position to use any first aid sprays since you won't have a lot of other heals yet. You want to stack first aid spays in your storage for the late-end game sections (Which also means buying the first aid sprays from the merchant generally as often as possible). The best method for the village I have seen is going up on the shotgun house and kicking ladders down, do take care as some villagers will throw weapons from afar and some will sneak up from the ladder leading into the house. Chapter 2: Honestly the only really bad part about this entire chapter is the dynamite. It truly is the most RNG BS of the entire game. Especially when they throw unlit dynamite or have unlit dynamite and blow up anyway. Do Also be careful of the chainsaw man section, sometimes the other Ganados will run right next to him and will get trapped as he does his chainsaw charge and you can die from that. Do make sure when you lose your inventory that you stab and don't stealth kill the enemies, you lose SO much more durability this way. Luring enemies into traps is best since you also don't lose knife durability (early money is really important, wanna make sure you can get the knife exclusive before the first El Gigante boss. Chapter 3 to first merchant: Do make sure to have a flashbang for the area with all the crows. Decent money/gunpowder. Try not to get too beat up by the dogs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beating Resident Evil 4 Remake on a new game in the hardest difficulty (Professional) and getting the highest rating (S+) while only using the knife and flashbangs on enemies. In this run I do: Use the handgun on sections that are required for progression, such as the Ashley water hall section, minecart section, etc. Use flashbangs (In OG 4 they allowed grenades too for knife only but I felt you get enough flashbangs to be okay without them) Use the deer antlers and chicken hats. Use Ashley armor and sunglasses. The cannon at the castle and the turrets on the island (As using the cannon has been done in other knife only runs I have seen and I cannot see how I would justify the cannon and not the turrets) Rifle Skips (I down-patched) Do the grenade battlements skip and the heavy grenade AA turret skip (I do use those two grenades on obstacles and do not kill enemies with them) Use harpoons for fish in chapter 4 In this run I do not: Shoot blue medallions or hanging treasures. Use eggs on Salazar (However, on a run without hats/Ashley armor I am considering doing this as this fight absolutely depletes your store of all heals and flashbangs/L resources/gunpowder) Use anything DLC nor sell bonus weapons for an early head start. Use the primal knife. Use charms or the shooting gallery.
