That is really funny. I am off the biggest RE 4 haters on the planet it let me abandom the series for decades but I really love RE 8. I can see nothing from 4 in 8. 8 has a better story. It is connected with the last part. Unlike 4. that killed off Umbrella in the mos unbelievable way ever. After the tease the end of Umbrella in Code Veronica Umbrella went bankrupt all of the sudden.
And what is the matter with Super Leon? His Super powers have never been explained. Goverment Training is weak explanation for the super powers he showed. Ok Ethan is also over the top for an ordinary civilian but well things are not as they seem. I cannot say more for spoiler reasons.
But I am not saying that Re 4 is a bad game it just does not deserve the title Resident Evil. And calling it Resident Evil4 is an insult.
That would be as lame if you would learn in the Star Wars Episode 6 credits that Palpatine died of heart attack and Vader was run over by a Star Destroyer and the new super enemy is the Janitor from the Second Deathstar. It would be laughable.
After a real Re 4 that shows the end of Umbrella a new game called the Adventures of Super Leon instead of 4 would not that bad. It was a good action game. But not a Resident Evil.
The game would also work if you Leon was challed Chad the secret Agent and Ada was called Lilly a enemy spy workin for a different country.
It would be the same game. No harm to the storyline at all. After all the story is just Super Hero rescues daughter of president from evil Leader. Sounds like Time Crisis 1 to me.
8 on the other hand has some deeper connections to the lore and it belongs way more the Re lore than 4 ever will.
Sorry for the rant but I warned every reader that I am on the biggest RE 4 haters on the planet