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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

Computer Bild Spiele Apr 04, 2007 1.61 out of 6 88
FileFactory Games / Gameworld Network Jun 08, 2007 83 out of 100 83
Gamers.at Mar 07, 2007 83 out of 100 83
IGN Australia Mar 12, 2007 8.2 out of 10 82
GameSpot May 22, 2007 7.8 out of 10 78
IGN May 27, 2007 7.7 out of 10 77
YouGamers Mar 13, 2007 58 out of 100 58
FZ Mar 14, 2007 2.5 out of 5 50
PC Gameplay (Benelux) Apr, 2007 43 out of 100 43
CanardPC Mar 01, 2007 4 out of 10 40

Forums

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Mod me up real nice! =3 3 Schadenfreude Bronze Star Contributing Member (578)
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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 (52022), MegaMegaMan (431), crbr (2171) and Stratege (15451)
 

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