Continuing my little video game review series, I have decided to review a classic that really cannot be compared to any other, Resident Evil 4. To put it simply, this game really is what gaming should really be. This game is...fun.
According to Gamefaqs, the game star's Resident Evil's 2 protagonist, Leon S. Kennedy. Now working for the United States secret service, Leon is assigned to find the president's kidnapped daughter, Ashley. Leon is dropped outside a small farming village in Europe, where he quickly finds out that Raccoon city (the setting of Resident Evil 2) was a walk in the park. The enemies our hero will encounter re not your everyday brain dead zombie. These undead creatures can run, jump, communicate, and arm themselves with a variety of weapons that will constantly keep you on your toes. Unlike its predecessors with difficult controls and fixed camera angles, Resident Evil 4 controls like a tight, 3rd person shooter. You have precision targeting with a laser sight, so performing those life saving zombie head shots become a necessity to survive and conserve ammo. The selling and buying of items and weapons is handled through the game's traveling merchant. While pretty creepy at first, the merchant becomes one of your only allies in the entire, always willing to make sure your stocked up...for the right price. When you start playing Resident Evil 4, you will not believe all the other resident evil games have not played this way. The game is much more action oriented. Even the cutscenes get a little does of the action, with quick time events popping up occasionally, ordering you to input a random combination of buttons, or face the consequences. Even with all these new additions, Resident Evil 4 is still a resident evil game. It has the creepy enemies, creepier bosses, excellent atmosphere, and powerful weapons. A particular enemy to note is the regenerator, a monstrosity that literally regenerates its limbs when you blow them off. Bosses in this game generate a feeling of terror that you will have never felt in a video game, and you will craving for the next boss fight once you defeat one. The presentation, for a last-gen title, was considered superb. There are many locales to observe, from the lowly farming village, to a high tech military base and much more.
According to vgchartz.com, Resident Evil 4 has sold a combined total of 7.37 million copies and to that I say for good reason. Once in a console generation a game comes along that really defines the fun that many modern games seem to bury in their complexity. That game is Resident Evil 4. If you have never tried the game, go ahead and give it a buy. you will not be disappointed.
Links: http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/925156-resident-evil-4
http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=resident+evil+4
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