Resident Evil 4 (Resident Evil 4 (GC))

Member Name: Lateralus

Product:	Resident Evil 4 (GC)
Date:	01/02/09 (89 review reads)
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Advantages: Best RE Graphics, different kind of story for RE, Whole new weapon system,,,,

Disadvantages: ?

This has to be one of the greatest Resident Evil's in the series. After having played all the games in the series I was impressed by Nintendo's release (they released it 1st). With huge environments, great game play and a good story line this will have you occupied for hours. Of course, this game as with any RE game it is best played in the dark.

Game starts you out as Leon Kennedy a member of Raccoon Cities S.T.A.R.S. team (from RE2) somewhere in Italy riding down a secluded forest road with two local policemen. You soon discover that the President of the United States' daughter has been kidnapped and is somewhere in Italy and you having been sent to rescue her. You are dropped off and you quickly find yourself at a house with a man and something seems to be wrong with him. From there the game takes off full speed with never a dull moment full of people trying to kill you and creatures and bosses at every turn.
This installment of RE has a new system of buying items and buying and upgrading weapons. You can find jewel's, treasures and cash all over; on tables, dead bodies, in boxes, chests and on the ground. You then find a merchant who you can buy and sell with. You can trade the jewel's and treasures for cash which can then buy items and weapons.

There is a considerable lot more weapons on this game than in the previous RE's. One of my favorites is the rifle which can be upgraded with a scope to become a sniper rifle. There are handguns, shotguns both semi and fully automatic. There also Machine guns and of course the rocket launcher; can't have Resident Evil game without that.
With the new weapon upgrade system you can change how fast your weapon reloads, how much ammo it can carry, how powerful it is and it's rate of fire. There at least two weapons that can be upgraded with a scope (and my rifle is one of them!).

A.I.
The artificial intelligence on this game is smart, your enemies will hide from you or attack you in groups. They will watch what you do. You have to really plan and strategize how you are going to come into a situation first and do it several times because if you don't do it just right they will kill you every time. You never know what is going to happen next and it keeps you on the edge of your seat. This game is smarter. Plain and simple.

Graphics
This has to be the best Nintendo can do with graphics, I am impressed.
Controls

The controls may be a bit difficult for some at 1st, but once you get used to it, it is actually quite comfortable.

The best Gamecube game and the best RE game!

Summary: My favorite RE so far.