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"Look, there's a crank over there!" - Ashley Graham, Resident Evil 4 (2005)

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Here's an ode to one of the toughest rooms in the original Resident Evil 4: You're fighting your way through Salazar's Castle with crazy killer cultmembers jumping at you from every corner until you arrive in a large room, known infamously as the Water Room. Ashley suggests that there is a crank somewhere on the upper level balcony and you give her a lift up. She's going over there to turn the crank to lift parts of a bridge that will help you cross the water to the next room.

But as soon as you lift Ashley up over the ledge you realize what kind of action sequence you just stumbled into. Countless cultmembers will run over to Ashley to try and carry her off. So, while Ashley is struggling to turn the multiple cranks to lift the bridge, it is your job to watch out for her and snipe away all hostiles closing in on her. Of course, it wouldn't be Resident Evil 4 if the stress level stopped increasing there. Instead, you yourself are also rushed by enemies, armed to the teeth and ready to take you out. What you're doing from now on is trying to survive the waves of hostiles assaulting you while always keeping your sniping eye out for Ashley by the cranks, keeping her from being abducted. It's probably the most stressful and frankly the most frustrating sequence in the game because it will most likely happen that either you or Ashley will succumb to the onslaught and you will have to start over and over again before you finally manage to do it somehow.

It's stressful, frustrating and harsh, but it's also one of the most memorable sequences in the game, one that you will not easily forget. When I played the remake and went into Salazar Castle I was already getting anxious because the Water Hall was waiting for me again, after all these years.

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"Look, there's a crank over there!" - Ashley Graham, Resident Evil 4 (2005)

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Here's an ode to one of the toughest rooms in the original Resident Evil 4: You're fighting your way through Salazar's Castle with crazy killer cultmembers jumping at you from every corner until you arrive in a large room, known infamously as the Water Room. Ashley suggests that there is a crank somewhere on the upper level balcony and you give her a lift up. She's going over there to turn the crank to lift parts of a bridge that will help you cross the water to the next room.

But as soon as you lift Ashley up over the ledge you realize what kind of action sequence you just stumbled into. Countless cultmembers will run over to Ashley to try and carry her off. So, while Ashley is struggling to turn the multiple cranks to lift the bridge, it is your job to watch out for her and snipe away all hostiles closing in on her. Of course, it wouldn't be Resident Evil 4 if the stress level stopped increasing there. Instead, you yourself are also rushed by enemies, armed to the teeth and ready to take you out. What you're doing from now on is trying to survive the waves of hostiles assaulting you while always keeping your sniping eye out for Ashley by the cranks, keeping her from being abducted. It's probably the most stressful and frankly the most frustrating sequence in the game because it will most likely happen that either you or Ashley will succumb to the onslaught and you will have to start over and over again before you finally manage to do it somehow.

It's stressful, frustrating and harsh, but it's also one of the most memorable sequences in the game, one that you will not easily forget. When I played the remake and went into Salazar Castle I was already getting anxious because the Water Hall was waiting for me again, after all these years.