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Leon Kennedy, hero cop of Resident Evil 2 now spec ops expert, has walked into a peasant hovel somewhere in 'a lonely and rural part of Europe' (the only clue to location you get in the game - apart from all the blood-curdling Spanish being hissed at you). He's tracking Ashley Graham, ... Read review
In Resident Evil 4 players are reacquainted with Leon S. Kennedy, Raccoon City Police ... more
Department`s idealistic rookie cop from Resident Evil 2. It has been six years since the destruction of Raccoon City and in that time, the U.S. government has been ab...
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In Resident Evil 4 players are reacquainted with Leon S. Kennedy, Raccoon City Police ... more
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Resident Evil 2. Now as a U.S. agent, Leon is on a top-secret mission to investigate the disappearance of the President's daughter and has made his way to a mysterious location in Europe. As he encounters unimaginable horrors, he must find out what is behind the terror.Wii-mote Action! - Moving the Wii-mote allows players to aim weapons, slash with the knife, control action sequences and much more.Award-winning gameplay -RE4 has won multiple Game of the Year awards.Unsurpassed Visuals - Resident Evil 4 features breathtaking 3D graphics and effects!Behind the Camera View - Camera follows you from behind and allows for intuitive movement.Advanced AI - Enemies use their cunning abilities to team up and attack the player en mass."Separate Ways" - Play as Ada Wong in five new chapters that reveal startling insight into the original storyline!Supports true 16:9 widescreen and Dolby Pro Logic II.Buy more new Wii Basement Games
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in Resident Evil 4, the fourth installment, and quite possibly the best, of the Resident Evil series of computer games. Here we see Leon in the midst rescue the President's daughter from the clutches of the zombies that have risen up to take over the world.
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character in Resident Evil 4, the fourth installment, and quite possibly the best, of the Resident Evil series of computer games. Here we see Leon in the midst rescue the President's daughter from the clutches of the zombies that have risen up to take over the world.
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The ultimate horror...Leon S. Kennedy survived the zombie outbreak in Raccoon City six ... more
years ago.Now he must rescue the President's daughter from a sinister village in central Europe and face an enemy faster, smarter and scarier than any zombie.The ultimate horror. More action, more tension and more fear than ever before.The game the critics have been raving about arrives on PC to take you deeper in terror...New Survival Action - Forget 'Survival Horror'. This is Resident Evil redefined with more menacing enemies, intuitive controls and intense action-packed gameplay.New Insight - Discover the secrets of the new Resident Evil world in Ada's Report, a multi-chaptered document detailing all you'll need to know through five action-packed scenarios.New Gameplay - Find and unlock new weapons and costumes that change the way you confront your fears.
Advantages: Excellent graphics and sound, varied and rewarding gameplay, Disadvantages: Targeting system hard to perfect at first
...Leon Kennedy, hero cop of Resident Evil 2 now spec ops expert, has walked into a peasant hovel somewhere in 'a lonely and rural part of Europe' (the only clue to location you get in the game - apart from all the blood-curdling Spanish being hissed at you). He's tracking Ashley Graham, the kidnapped daughter of the US president, and as he reaches out to touch some hovel-dwelling local on the shoulder to attract some attention, something shocking happens... ...Leon's hand. It has begun. Resident Evil has grown monster cajones. Welcome to the new horror.
Resident Evil 4 picks up six years after Resi 2. Raccoon city is destroyed, Umbrella Corp is bankrupt, the T-Virus terror is no more. But the world is about to face another devastating bio-nightmare and it revolves around Ashley and this godforsaken village.
Forget staggering zombies, forget saving your bullets 'til you meet the ... more
It takes less than five minutes of play before a couple of startling realisations hit you: one, that Resi 4 is utterly different to the games that have gone before, and two, that you're up to your angular haircut in a world of gibber-mouthed nutters waving farm tools with intent.
Leon Kennedy, hero cop of Resident Evil 2 now spec ops expert, has walked into a peasant hovel somewhere in 'a lonely and rural part of Europe' (the only clue to location you get in the game - apart from all the blood-curdling Spanish being hissed at you). He's tracking Ashley Graham, the kidnapped daughter of the US president, and as he reaches out to touch some hovel-dwelling local on the shoulder to attract some attention, something shocking happens...
The peasant turns from tending the fire, yells at you and charges at full pelt with an axe. Not 'shambles', 'shuffles' or 'lollops dragging a manky leg'. Charges. And your left thinking, "Do I go for my knife? Surely I can't use the handgun?I need to save ammo right? I can't waste my bullets on the first weirdo who runs at me with a rusty hatchet?" But he's coming at you fast and the first swipe takes half your energy?Gun? Knife? He's raising the axe again, and then in a flash he's lying dead on the floor. There's a smoking gun in Leon's hand. It has begun. Resident Evil has grown monster cajones. Welcome to the new horror.
Resident Evil 4 picks up six years after Resi 2. Raccoon city is destroyed, Umbrella Corp is bankrupt, the T-Virus terror is no more. But the world is about to face another devastating bio-nightmare and it revolves around Ashley and this godforsaken village.
Forget staggering zombies, forget saving your bullets 'til you meet the real baddies. Resi 4 comes at you with everything it has right from the start and god help you if you're not a fast learner. The enraged brain dead yokels are relentless, leaping from their slime-spattered hovels, upturning their putrefying meals, throwing axes and dynamite, screaming at you with spine-clawing venom.
Parasites Lost
And while all hell breaks loose and heads in your direction with breathtaking momentum, slowly but surely, a story unravels with Hitchcockian precision and timing. A religious cult, a mad despotic plan, an ancient parasitic creature, characters from the past, new friends whom you suspect know too much. It's drip fed to you in tense, slickly directed cut-scenes and puzzling notes left in dozens of locations. And once you find Ashley, well the nightmare is just getting into its stride.
To suit this new autobahn of slaughter, there's the cleverly monitored control system. The camera is now behind Leon - a la Metal Gear Solid - And tight on his shoulder so you get something more akin to a first person shooter. Complementing this setup, the right analogues stick can be used to look around. Combined, these factors open up the environments like no other Resi Evil game before.
Finally we're free from these oppressive fixed cameras. Finally we're in there with the characters, at ground level, right in with the blood, sweat and livestock. This adds immeasurably to the sense of being there - not to mention setting up some genuinely scary 'what's around the corner?' moments', but also allows the designers to be more subtle. Important objects can now be hidden above just above head height, so you have to have a good look around each location to make sure they're not missing anything. The same applies to traps laid by the psychotic yokels.
Of course the more action-heavy direction is likely to make you greedy for more innovation. There are times when you'd feel like a strafe function is necessary or the ability to quickly change weapons without having to keep opening the inventory. But of course this is a horror game and not a straight shooter and the lack of fast combat mobility just adds to atmosphere of panic and tension.
The aim function is another important addition, the camera pulls in closer and a laser sighting mechanism leads the way from gun to slobbering target. Bingo. You can choose your target, shoot at their knees to bring them down or go for the raw blood spasm of the head kill. With the rifle and scope you can rifle freaks and monsters from afar. With a shotgun and later a riot gun, you can waste a room fool of madmen with a single round. Combined with extensive maps, rich in alternative routes, the vast array of weapons - which are all upgradeable - opens up what is essentially a linear experience to experimentation with gameplay styles. Some will sneak through a window with a sniper rifle and a handgun, happy to take out enemies at a difference where possible, or with a clinical combo of shotgun and kung fu kick where not. Others will tool up with grenades and TMP (an Uzi derivative) to reap merry, slate-rattling slaughter, as spent cases fall like rain. Meanwhile 'fancy' players will no doubt opt for explosive exotica like the mine launcher or the new disintegrator.
4's Flaw
If Resident Evil 4 has a vulnerability, and you really have to reach out to find one, it's that the targeting system isn't perfect. It's actually quite difficult in fact, to aim and hit any distant targets without the sniper rifle. This is because the laser sight, come it a curious and oblique angle. Add this to the tremor in Leon's hand and you've got a system that takes time and patience to master. But you will eventually get the hang of it, partly because weapon upgrades steady Leon's arm considerably, but because the game's near flawless design, pacing and plot will have you seduced into an unspoken vow of wiring every last bit of fun out of the experience. One thing is certain, with a powerful arsenal and a relative abundance of ammo pick-ups, you've never felt so much power in a Resi game and never have you needed it so urgently.
In the beginning it's those Spanish maniacs with their farm tools, but later there are chainsaw-wielding Leatherfaces, mad monks charging in with morning stars and gruesome brain hugging monsters spurting out of exposed neck stumps. This is just for starters - completely new enemies are brought in throughout the whole game, each demanding new death dealing skills from the increasingly battle-scarred player. The beasts are brilliantly animated too, scuttling, leaping and on a couple of occasions swinging dirty great swords. But one shotgun blast later and they're flying backward in a twisted mass of clothing and flesh. Since every encounter feels like life wrestled from the jaws of death, the euphoria you feel at these moments is hard to express.
Naturally, this being a Resi game, there are enormous boss characters. From the tunnel-mouthed Leviathan lurking beneath a still, deep lake to gigantic beasts with skin the pallor of a tumour-ridden bladder, It's a series of confrontations and mutations. Yes, they all have specific weaknesses - just like every other boss character ever, but Capcom has made finding these flaws fun again, because they are so varied and inspired. Early on for example, you meet El Gigante, a beast resembling the Rancor from Return of the Jedi (or the troll from Lord of the Rings - take your pick) who Leon can only kill by softening him up with hot lead before jumping on his back and hacking a parasite from his spinal column.
Rough Guide to Hell
Leon lurches from one set piece to another - a festering farm, a collapsing mining town, a gothic castle, a vast network of caverns - and mercifully there's very little back tracking, so you always feel you're making progress. Also stellar is a new save system that does away with the need to pick up ink ribbons and puts a typewriter before and after every major confrontation. As a result, you can blast your way through the game without ever having to trudge around endlessly looking for items, or restarting miles behind your last position just become some leather-clad freakshow with 5ft long claws just ventilated Leon's guts.
But wait, don't go thinking this is all gung-ho action because you'll find puzzles in here too. As you'd expect from a Resi game, there are plenty of doors that can only be unlocked by finding the right arcane objects. There are also sliding puzzles, cog-turning puzzles, puzzles that involve re-positioning paintings (a nod to the famous early puzzle in Resi 1 perhaps?) - none of them have you going cross eyed, but they are taxing enough to ensure a warm glow of satisfaction when the mechanism triggers and a new entrance slides open.
Visually the game leaks style and attention to detail from every orifice. The rural scenes stink of death with their twisted trees, emaciated live stock, flies buzzing around manure-caked shacks, chains and hooks hanging everywhere. The mining shanty town is a mass of creaky multi-levelled walkways and abandoned equipment. Then there's the gothic overkill of the castle, while below the stairs in the festering sewers, you can almost smell the congealing blood and silage.
The lighting is clever too, drawing a gloomy veil over the rural scenes so everything is dank and muddy. And at night, the villagers gather beneath the forked lightening with burning torches and red eyes?It makes for chillingly atmospheric stuff.
Cinemaaaaaaagh!
Resident Evil 4 is awash with movie references. Those inbred locals, the animal traps, the rusty blades, the sense of being totally isolated - this is the rural horror of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Straw Dogs. Then there are elements of Wicker Man - Resi 4 has it's own weird cult led by a murderous giant. And lingering beneath it all is the dread of contagion that guided 28 Days Later, Rabid and Cabin Fever. Sound is also expertly employed to bump up the scare factor. Haunting strings mix with distorted cymbal crashes and electro-noises to create a soundtrack that feels like an orchestra whose conductor is being stalked by Michael Myers. Ambient effects too are superlative, frequently getting the heart pounding like a pneumatic drill.
As with all good horror, 90% of the experience is the anticipation. RE4's creators aren't afraid to give you hundreds of metres of game space without a single enemy, because they know that a few well-placed sounds will have you bricking it. The game also supports Dolby Pro Logic II so if you have a surround sound setup you might as well just wet your pants now and save yourself some time.
Even once you reach the heart-punching conclusion, Resi 4 hasn't finished with you. Not only do you open up a cool mercenary shoot-'em-up mini-game, and new weapons and outfits, but there's also a massive extra challenge starring seductive operative Ada Wong. Here you carry out missions that ingeniously interplay with key moments from the main game.
Resident Evil 4 is a masterful designed, flawlessly paced slab of horror gaming. The atmosphere builds relentlessly, the plot constantly introducing amazing enemies, locations and twists. There are no lulls, no stretches of gameplay where your enthusiasm dips - once you're in, you're in until the credits roll. And by holding back so much until the latter stages Capcom has shown both extreme confidence in its own abilities and unbridled generosity towards gamers. Simply put: Resident Evil 4 is unmissable
Advantages: Possibly the greatest game of 2005! Disadvantages: Erm.... You have to pay for it...?
...came across an article on Resident Evil 4. Yes!! I am a massive fan ever since I played the original. There were a few pictures and brief insight as it was very early news. I was all worked up and excited! You play as Leon Kennedy! He was great, almost an equal to Chris Redfield! The next month I was devastated. My trusty magazine had just informed me that it was to be Nintendo Game Cube exclusive! Nooooooooooooo....!!!!
But then, on the 4th day ... ...after all....
Resident Evil 4 gives a very warm return to Leon S Kennedy, the rookie cop from Resident Evil 2. It is six years since the Raccoon city incident and the notorious Umbrella Corporation has been destroyed. Now he is a government agent assigned to rescue the President's daughter, Ashley Graham. Information leads him to a small village somewhere in Europe. Leon arrives escorted by three local policemen.
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liquidus1000 18.11.2005
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Advantages: Tense, Scary, No 'Mavis Riley' moments Disadvantages: Bad press for the modern day Spanish villager
...beset the production team of Resident Evil as they reconvened for brainstorming the fourth iteration of this popular survival horror series. With so many wannabes and spin-offs mimicking the format, films, CD's, memorabilia and the like, the series was in danger of doing a Mavis Riley impression on us and outstaying its welcome.
The obvious result of that brainstorming session was to conclude the endless parade of lost-in-a-mansion-zombie-dodging-obscure-puzzle-solving-jesus-what's-that-bugger-it-not-another-locked-door-athons, ... ...to meeting with his first resident of Ganado - who unprovoked, swiftly attacks him with an axe. Wha? All will be revealed…….
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Initially, the visuals will have your undivided attention. RE4 is the Sistine Chapel to the Gamecubes' Michelangelo, and surely marks high tide for this generation of consoles. Leon's animation and appearance is pristine; each strand of his Pantenne enriched hairdo is realised, ...
Concrete_Donkey 03.05.2005
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Advantages: eye catching graphic, excellent sound. Disadvantages: may be scary sometimes...
...are not all good but Resident Evil has always been on the top of action and horror genre. Follow the way that famous Alone in the Dark had explored, Resident Evil now surpass it and become the king in this genre.
In 2005, Capcom continued to release Resident Evil 4 with break through development. The company used more intelligent and faster enemy instead of old, slow zombies. In addition, Resident Evil 4(RE4) has perfect graphic and sound, makes ... ...different kinds of grenade. In Resident Evil 4, not only you can pick up weapons but you can also buy them from the shopkeepers. You will have to consider whether you should upgrade your weapons or buy the new one. In terms of upgrading, you can enhance your shooting power, range, ammo and many things else. Moreover, the quantity of weapons and equipment that you can bring will be increased as the game go on.
Fighting with bosses in RE4 is really ...
minhhon 22.07.2007 (23.07.2007)
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Advantages: Great graphics, Awesome story, Never gets old or boring Disadvantages: None unless being addicted is bad for you personally
Resident Evil 4 is the most playable game on the ps2 for me personally. It offers great visuals and awesome gameplay throughout. The whole ingame mechanics have been re-designed for a new and even more fun experience, quick gun play allows massive shoot ups with massive crowds of enemy's in large open spaces, making it one of the most successful games of its time. Story
You play the role of Leon S Kennedy one of the few Survivors from the Racoon ... ...game play is amazing in Resident Evil 4. there is a massive choice of weapons that leon can handle and capcom have introduced a new little feautre of mini games in mid game play. For example during one part of the mission Leon finds himself being pursued by a rather large boulder and you have to repeatedly tap the button sequence that appears on screen in order for him to evade his death. These little inclusions are like cut scenes but your reactions ...
gav-o 14.08.2007 (15.08.2007)
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Advantages: Neat aiming system, great action, plenty of replay value Disadvantages: Lack of interactivity with surroundings, slight graphical imperfections
Resident Evil 4 is a horror-themed third-person shooting game by Capcom which was originally intended as a GameCube exclusive with the creator of the Resident Evil series Shinji Mikami being quoted as saying that he would cut off his head should there be a PlayStation 2 version. Capcom went ahead with this port, and Shinji Mikami kept his head, opting to get lucky by leaving Studio 4 for Clover Studio (see what I did there, almost).
The game takes ... ...liked. I was surprised that Resident Evil 4 did not implement use of the analogue controller in places. Given the genre, I thought the strafe would also be seemingly missing in action, but as the game mechanics were similar to those of previous Resident Evil games I was able to get comfortable with the controls, and the 180 degree turn had to suffice - which it did.
Though you can no longer reload your weapons in the inventory screen, the right ...
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Advantages: A Great Addition to the Resi Evil Range Disadvantages: Wii Zapper Not Compitable
ResidentEvil4 Wii Edition is based on ResidentEvil4 which was released a few years ago on the Gamecube and PS2.
In ResidentEvil4 you are a man named Leon S Kennedy on a Mission to save the Presidents Daughter (Ashly Graham) who was kidnapped by a Group who took her to a Area which is covered by People who have been taken by a Evil Force somewhere in europe (i think)
You mission is to Keep Ashly Safe and take her back home but to do this you have to Kill a series of Charters and work through a series of Areas to get ashly to the safe point.
While you fighting Monsters you have to make sure ashly does not get carried away or killed as if that happens its game over.
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Advantages: Great game, updated with perfect controls Disadvantages: No Wii exclusive stuff!!
Having always been a huge fan of ResidentEvil4 on the PS2 prior to me trading it in to go towards my Wii, I had been about to buy the Gamecube version when this title was announced.
The game involves Leon S. Kennedy (of Resi Evil2 fame) now a fully paid up government employee, on the trail of the US Presidents daughter who had been kidnapped and taken to a small village in Europe (exact location never really specified but they speak some variation on Spanish) containing very hostile locals.
This game has one major difference than the other residentevil plots in that the main throng of enemies are not zombies... saying what they are gives away a part of the plot... so I wont.
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Advantages: Priced, Innovative, Masterpieces Guaranteed Disadvantages: No Movie Playback, Narrower Game Library, Weaker Graphics
found their way to the X-Box, while GameCube owners watched on with their grim faces.
In contrast, the only excellent third-party game, except maybe Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, touted as solely available for the GameCube was Capcom's ResidentEvil4. Its exclusivity was short-lived, however, as it was ported to the PlayStation 2 before you could cry "zombie".
Lastly, as far as games appearing in all 3 consoles go, the general consensus is they were inferior on the GameCube. Weaker graphics, clumsier controls and lack of online hampered GC's version of virtually all multiplatform releases.
In short, Third-Party Demolition.
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