While it remains one of the most beloved and influential games ever made, the original Resident Evil 4 has simply not aged well since its 2005 release. Perhaps most questionable in retrospect is the way it handles Ashley Graham — a side character who Leon must rescue from a mysterious Spanish village — is particularly egregious. In the original, Ashley is nithing ahort of a nuisance. Nearly all of her lines are delivered in a whiney tone, while her in-game AI is often regarded as terrible. She was easily the most infamous part of the original, almost coming across as a joke than anything else. Thankfully, the 2023 remake fleshes her out as a more believable character, allowing her personality to shine while reducing the frustrations from her gameplay mechanics.
