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4.1
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Description

Picking up six years after Resident Evil 2, the fourth game in the series follows former cop (now US agent) Leon S. Kennedy to Europe on a top-secret mission to investigate the disappearance of the President's daughter Ashley. As Leon encounters unimaginable horrors, he must find out who or what is behind everything. Old friends...and enemies...lurk around every corner, as Leon attempts to find out who is truly behind the kid-napping of the president's daughter.

Resident Evil 4 is a major change from the previous installments. Instead of a fixed third person perspective, RE4 features a new "behind the back" movement camera angle and an "over the shoulder" aiming feature that allows players to control their gun movement for specific body part hits. It features a brand new AI system and more open environments that allow enemies to work together to capture and corner Leon. The enemies are now humans, which allows them to climb up ladders, open doors, and use weapons throughout the game. Besides this, the game has revamped its entire item system so that smaller items no longer require an entire item space to hold. Instead, items take up blocks of space in a briefcase according to their real life size, to allow for many more items and weapons. As well, Leon can collect treasure from enemies or from the surrounding area, and visit the infamous "merchant" to purchase bigger briefcases, treasure maps, weapons upgrades, and powerful weapons such as the one-shot RPG.

The game also includes a mode called Separate Ways similar to Resident Evil 2's game A/B system, where you must play the game through the eyes of Ada Wong. As well, there is The Mercenaries from Resident Evil 3, which allows you to play survival scenarios as character such as Hunk and even Albert Wesker himself.

Alternate Titles

  • "生化危机4" -- Chinese title (simplified)
  • "惡靈古堡4" -- Chinese title (traditional)
  • "Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition" -- Wii title
  • "RE4" -- Abbreviated title
  • "Biohazard 4" -- Japanese title

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User Reviews

Dark. Interesting. Terrifying. Amazing. Guy Chapman (1718) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
A Whole New Resident Evil. NightKid32 (39) unrated
The Resident Evil Game To End All Resident Evils! Classic Nigel (145) 4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars
A complete renaissance for the aging RE franchise Lucas Schippers (59) unrated
Solid Snake VS Leon S. Kennedy MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (34835) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
Horror, Action and Survival have evolved. Reborn_Demon (124) 4.57 Stars4.57 Stars4.57 Stars4.57 Stars4.57 Stars
Leon will own your soul Shaun Clark (2) unrated

The Press Says

TotalVideoGames (TVG) Jan 26, 2005 10 out of 10 100
G4 TV: X-Play Jan 11, 2005 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
AceGamez Apr 08, 2005 10 out of 10 100
NintendoWorldReport Jan 26, 2005 10 out of 10 100
Armchair Empire, The Mar 10, 2005 9.8 out of 10 98
Meristation Mar 16, 2005 9.7 out of 10 97
Kikizo Games Mar 30, 2005 9.5 out of 10 95
N-Zone Apr 05, 2005 95 out of 100 95
Cubed3 Jan 17, 2005 9 out of 10 90
AllRPG Mar 29, 2005 9 out of 10 90

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Mod me up real nice! =3 3 Schadenfreude (578)
Mar 04, 2009

Trivia

Nuby Tech designed a unique controller for the game in the form of a yellow chainsaw with gory blood marks. It comes with a built-in sound chip, imitating the roar.


This entry was contributed by Kabushi (43629), MegaMegaMan (318), crbr (2171) and Stratege (15458)
 

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