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100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
4.2
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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 (which is not included on the original GameCube release and was added to later platforms only) 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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The Press Says

Zentendo Sep 11, 2007 10 out of 10 100
Gameplanet Aug 15, 2007 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
Darkstation Jun 19, 2007 9.9 out of 10 99
Game Vortex 2007 95 out of 100 95
IGN Jun 19, 2007 9 out of 10 90
Next Level Gaming Sep 04, 2007 9 out of 10 90
Fragland.net Aug 12, 2007 90 out of 100 90
Gamestyle Jul 09, 2007 9 out of 10 90
ntsc-uk Jul, 2007 9 out of 10 90
HonestGamers Jun 23, 2007 8 out of 10 80

Forums

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Mar 04, 2009

Trivia

The "Red 9" 9mm pistol is a "Mauser C-96" from the World War I era. The Red 9 version actually had the number 9 carved on the grip, painted in red. It was heavy and slow to reload, but offered good power and range at the time.


This entry was contributed by Kabushi (48700), MegaMegaMan (337), crbr (2171) and Stratege (15452)
 

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