resident evil 4 is here (Resident Evil 4 (GC))

Member Name: T-virus

Product:	Resident Evil 4 (GC)
Date:	29/12/05 (1362 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: better gamplay, better graphics and new storyline also more challenging

Disadvantages: left blank, read reveiw and you will find out why

Resident evil 4
Certificate 15
capcom

Resident evil 4 the latest instalment of the series, capcom have done it again and made another great sequel. So one day I was flicking through a new play mag only to find an article on the up and coming resident evil 4, but what concerned me at the time was not “new resident evil game” but what was written under it
“There are no zombies what so ever”
Now being a hardcore resi fan myself this was rather alarming to read, resident evil? With no zombies? I started to doubt myself, should I buy it? In the end I did buy it and jumped at the chance at owning a special collectors edition and to my surprise wow! The game and every aspect of the game was brilliant no faults what so ever
So here’s the low down of the game

Storyline
Ok so the storyline has finally moved on from on from racoon city and is now set in spain.6 years have passed since the incident in racoon city, the umbrella corporation is no more and racoon city was nuked and literally wiped off the map. This one stars Leon s Kennedy (resi fans will know Leon from the second game) now a special agent, he is sent to find the presidents daughter who was kidnapped by an unknown organisation and was last seen near a Spanish village.
Shortly after Leon’s arrival, he realises that something is seriously amiss here. The villagers attack Leon ferociously and with no apparent reasons, once again, he needs to draw his weapon.
As the plots thickens Leon finds that a mysterious, religious like cult calling them selves los illuminados, are behind the kidnapping of the presidents daughter, also he finds out why the whole village is hell bent on killing Leon. To his surprise the villagers are being controlled by an ancient parasite known as las plagas witch
Laid buried underneath the nearby castle until the villagers unearthed them one day and can now be controlled once attached into the host.
The connection between all of these is that los illuminados will use the president’s daughter as a host for the las plagas and then send her back to America to eventually infect the entire world, giving los illuminados control over the entire world.

Characters
As in most resident evil games previous characters return in sequels.
This time around stars Leon s Kennedy who originally stared in the second games as a rookie cop, who was caught up amongst the mayhem of racoon city, on his first day as a cop.
Another character that makes a return is ada Wong, resi fans will remember her falling to her apparent death in the second game. But some how survived the fall and is still working for the apparent fallen pharmaceutical company, umbrella.

Game play
There are a lot more elements to the game play than any of the previous games. New features include:
a new veiw your charcter is to the left of the screen.
QuickTime events: these are like little mini games that require you to press certain buttons as quickly as possible, these events come suddenly and can catch out even the fastest gamers. Incorrect button combinations are no buttons pressed can result in
Certain death for your character. Also when you find the presidents daughter you have to protect her from the los illuminados, the way this makes the game harder is that the presidents daughter can die and can be kidnapped again thus ending your game



Levels
There are 5 exciting action packed puzzling chapters that are split up into about 4-5 parts, so be warned, a very long game took me just over 10 hours to complete on my first, after that there are 5 extra chapters for ada Wong witch fill in the gaps of Leon’s mission and show how they intertwine.




Other: your character can now do more actions than the classic push, open, shoot, run and check. Your character can now zip line, jump over fences, jump through windows and even kick your enemies back as well as these there are still the classic actions we all know and love. Oh and not forgetting you now through grenades.

Graphics
The graphics are brilliant in every way down to the fact of all the detail in the game.
Just little things like intractable farm animals and scenery.
Also the character animation is a lot more realistic, the way the characters move and talk are close to the real thing. On the whole the animation side of the game has used every inch of the ps2 power

Extras
There are a lot of extras to be had in resident evil 4. there are extra weapons and costumes to be had as well as professional mode, 2 extra games involving the sub character ada Wong, a mercenaries mini game and also the movie viewer witch allows you to view all the fmv you see in the game. Also as an added touch the start screen changes from a picture of lean and the president’s daughter, to a scrolling view of the village witch you can look around using the right analogue stick.

Where to find
I got my copy from eBay on pre order but you can pick this game up from most leading game stores from £20-£30 I would recommend Amazon .com you might even find it cheap in second hand game stores.
The limited edition copy is also available for about £30-£40 (includes strategy guide for the first chapter)

That just about raps it up this is an absolutely brilliant game so give it a chance, you might enjoy it

If I have missed any thing check out this link for news and reviews on the game
www.res-evil.com/re4
If you get stuck check out this link to buy the official guide
www.future-press.com
Thanks for reading t-virus

ive made a tiny misstake and thought this was the ps2 version aparently its the one for gamecube sorry:(

Summary: great game a must play 10/10