Resident Evil 4 (2005) review

 That desperate feeling that comes to mind when you frantically look around you, an insane mass villagers from all sides fly drawing near and with a desperate look in your eyes that last magazine bullets in your gun slide. That moment of awe when the camera zoom and a huge monster that slowly reveals your worn out engine boat by swimming. Or that scary scene where you into nothing hanging cage enters and after a few seconds realize that you are not alone ... Resident Evil 4 is filled to the brim with moments that you remember, moments that many horror and action game embarrass the cheeks get. This game is not for nothing that one of the best games ever known.


Shinji Mikami of Resident Evil 4 proved once again that he knows better than anyone how absolutely Topgame works. That the fourth part of Capcom's horror franchise with its most radical change significantly from the corner came in the year 2011 is still on. The story was in the HD remake of course, nothing has changed. A few years after the destruction of Raccoon City in Resident Evil 3, Leon Kennedy dispatched to the kidnapped daughter of U.S. President - Ashley - to save. This mission takes him to a very grim corner of Spain, where he was from one horror scenario in the other is thrown.

How good do Resident Evil 4 may not be in narrative point of view, we're a bit like our hunger. The series has a background of highly complex, mysterious plot lines that you often through some ingenious twists to dumbfound able to store and comparison is the story of Resident Evil 4 very straightforward. More, at some point it all becomes a bit repetitive. Ashley saves, bring her to safety, rescues her again ... and so on. What Capcom does well, is to ensure that the player through highly varied scenarios never know exactly where it will end after the current level.


Resident Evil 4 single-handedly revolutionized the way we now play third-person shooters the camera just behind the right shoulder of Leon to post. Extremely intuitive controls made the finishing touch. Fans of the genre would no longer must you stumble on the fact that in this Resident Evil can not simultaneously run and gun, a factor that - once you get used to - the intensity of the game a little more height in the hunt . Still feeling the game, especially the way Leon runs, at times a little too slowly - as logical as a sad side effect of the special flexible controls in Dead Space for example.

Nevertheless, we certainly do not lament shouting - on the contrary. Resident Evil 4 is still so extraordinarily exciting as we remembered. The most overwhelming number of enemies chased once again in all our level pulse rapidly rising. The numerous boss fights not only provide a stiff challenge, but also a visual and aural thrill. And some enemies from the last part of the game will always keep chasing our darkest dreams. As we have indicated in our introduction, this is a game that stays with you long after the credits rolled his. A Topgame that everyone must have played at least once!


Capcom tries Resident Evil 4 in HD on the PSN throw piggybacking on the current HD remakes trend, but it fails here a little. We ask because we are still wondering where exactly in the game, we have found that HD part. Resident Evil 4 looks anything but good on the PlayStation 3 and we would be lying if we say we would not be expected. Agreed, this is a PS2 game, so we need a little more tolerant attitude. However, this - especially by the pathetic display environments - we have not stopped to Resident Evil 4 on graphics just to name a disappointment.

The soundtrack and voice acting is still a high level and with the rock-solid gameplay and the simple fact that Resident Evil 4 played a pioneering role in the third person shooter genre, this ensures that this HD remake surely be 20 euro price tag is worth. If you've played the game yet, you owe it to yourself to him one time to pick. Do not expect ingenious storyline and certainly no graphical miracles, because you will travel on a bare back. To finish: Resident Evil 4 is visually weaker, but much better quality big brother in 2009 released Resident Evil 5.

Pros

- Controls.
- Memorable.
- Variation.
- Pioneering.

Cons

- Straightforward story.
- Graphic weak.