My Unbridled Love For Resident Evil 4

[InternalPrimate]

I've been told that Code Veronica is the best besides RE4, but I'm hesitant to get into the rest of the series. One of the reasons I loved RE4 was because of the non-stop action.

On a "barely related, but I don't want to start a new thread" note, has anyone played the Fatal Frame series? I've heard nothing but great things, and the people involved with the upcoming Wii sequel give me high hopes for it.

[108 Stars]

Indeed, if the action is what you liked about RE 4 you should not play the rest of the series; it is just like the other way around, that many old fans don´t like RE 4 BECAUSE of that non-stop-action. You would feel that older RE-games are too slow and lack action. There are pretty few enemies and the action is not even very exciting when it happens.

BTW, whoever told you CV was the best part beside RE 4 is a complete retard. It is big, yes, and had great graphics for the time, but the story is worse and the setting less atmospheric than in the prequels.
Most people loved CV when it came out, but now that the once breathtaking graphics don´t impress anyone anymore it kind of leaves a bad taste in the mouth...

[Genesis Knight]

Yeah, RE4 is a totally different animal; you can't really use it to judge how you like RE games.

[MN12BIRD]

I have beat RE1, 2 and 3. I never could beat Code Veronica but I had it for the DC. Anyway point is I really like the RE games but I ended up selling my GC right before RE4 finally came out! I ended up renting it and playing about 5 hours into it at my friends house who actually bought my GC lol! I brought it back to BBV and despite really liking the game I never got to play it again for some time. Then I found it in a Rogers Video last year used for the PS2. It was like $10 as it was in a bin and they are trying to get rid of so many used games so I just said what they hey and bought it. I don't even have a PS2 so I left it at my friends house who only lives a block away and has one and played it every weekend until I eventually beat it. It took me awhile but it was a great game. Long for a RE game and it's a technical tour de force on the NGC. It actually looks better on the GC despite being released to the PS2 a whole year later! Of course it was built from the ground up to take advantage of the GC hardware so that isn't surprising. I liked the GC both technically and from a simple design point of view. Almost for many of the same reasons I really love the DC. It's the game to show off what the GC was capable of.

[108 Stars]

No wonder the GC-version looks better; the GC just has more power than the PS2. But nevertheless the PlayStation 2-version looks very neat too, far better than anyone would have expected from the old hardware.

[mick_aka]

whoever told you CV was the best part beside RE 4 is a complete retard.

I'm afraid I have to agree with that, as much as I did like CV it never even remotely made me feel uneasy playing in the middle of the night (as any RE games atmosphere should) and I found some of it stupidly frustrating, much more so than any other games in the series.
Lots of areas in CV suffer from looking far too crisp and clean, as well as it being too light everywhere.
Possibly the only RE game for me that has zero replay value, completed once and never went back.

[Mr Smith]

My God! I had a go on Resident Evil 4 last night and, whereas before I have done nothing but enjoyed it, it really pissed me off. I am not sure why or how this has happened. I am saddened by this.

[InternalPrimate]

Which part are you on?

[Mr Smith]

I've just got to the Island.

[108 Stars]

Oh, on the island there are those stupid soldier-freaks awaiting you; one with an extremely big gun pretty much at the beginning. I hated that part too.

[conando]

I cant wait for RE 5!!!

[playgen]

Resi 5 will certainly test my resistance to purchasing a ps3 or 360, pity the Wii is so under powered that it wont get a version

[mick_aka]

Ive heard a few rumours of the Wii either getting a lightgun style Resident Evil title or an FPS

[playgen]

Theres already been a lightgun style game released for Wii - Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles

[mick_aka]

So there has, deary me I'm really not up to date with this gen of consoles.

But then, I'm not sure I want to be