Resident Evil 4 (GC)

Out of all the ‘Capcom 5’ games it was without doubt that Resident Evil 4 was the most anticipated. Of course, since then, out of the group one game has been canned and three (including this one) are ported to PS2 with only one of the games remaining exclusive to the GameCube as intended. Things change for better or worse but they always spark interest, so when it was revealed that Resident Evil 4 was taking a brand new direction it was certainly going to cause a stir. Heading back a few years when the game was first announced it seemed that it was going to be a typical Resi game that we knew so well. There wasn’t much to go on at the time except that Leon ...

MAVIS RILEY AND GENERAL DEAD HORSE FLOGGING When does a winning concept become tired? Is it with repetition and the inevitable ensuing familiarity? Could it be failing to keep in touch with its contemporaries? Alternatively, maybe the concept, in hindsight, just wasn’t much kop in the first place? For example, Les Dennis’ Mavis Riley impersonation got a laugh once in 1988, yet still he perseveres. Aside from the Les Dennis analogy, all the quandaries above must surely have 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 ...

Everybody out there knows I'm not the biggest Resident Evil fan out there and I think I'm not the only one who has hated the series too, eh? C'mon, Playstation2 owners got some of the worst playing spin offs in gaming history with dismal games like Resident Evil Dead Aim and RE Outbreak. Resident Evil 1 and 0 on the GC were cool titles but they were hardly groundbreaking and just look at both Resident Evil 2 (I'm still taking heat for my last review here) and 3 for the same system, they were not even improved on this powerful machine. With all these disappointing titles imagine my shock when I first popped in the fun to play and visually stunning Resident Evil 4 for the ...