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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

The King and Queen of Survival Horror! MrBee (29) 4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars
The best Resident Evil game yet. Satsyrc (7) 4.14 Stars4.14 Stars4.14 Stars4.14 Stars4.14 Stars
Buy.This.Now You.Wont.Get.Out.Alive (3) 4.29 Stars4.29 Stars4.29 Stars4.29 Stars4.29 Stars
The game that changed Resident Evil forever. thesaunderschild (26) 3.86 Stars3.86 Stars3.86 Stars3.86 Stars3.86 Stars
A fantastic opening scene to a worthless game. kbmb Bronze Star Contributing Member (399) 2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars
Not your typical Resident Evil game! David Bryan (25) 4.29 Stars4.29 Stars4.29 Stars4.29 Stars4.29 Stars

The Press Says

Game industry News (GiN) Mar 06, 2006 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
Gaming Age Nov 09, 2005 A 100
Digital Press - Classic Video Games Apr 22, 2007 10 out of 10 100
Computer Games Magazine Nov 01, 2005 A 100
Snackbar-Games.com Jan 11, 2006 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
FileFactory Games / Gameworld Network Nov 17, 2005 99 out of 100 99
Games Master Dec, 2005 96 out of 100 96
VicioJuegos.com Dec 11, 2005 95 out of 100 95
Jive Magazine Aug 07, 2007 4 out of 5 80
Yahoo! Games Oct 27, 2005 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80

Forums

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

Trivia

Early in the development stages the game's setting was Japan, not Europe.


This entry was contributed by Kabushi (48008), MegaMegaMan (335), crbr (2171) and Stratege (15452)
 

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