Over the years, the resident evil series have made their mark in the gaming society with weird awkward camera angles, crazy controls, limited ammo, and of course zombies. Frankly Its a survival horror game, but Resident evil 4 takes that genre to a whole new level. It has now become a shooter horror survival, or I could be wrong.
Story: 8/10
You play as Leon S. Kennedy, yes the very same Leon from RE2 and he's working for the government to locate the president's missing daughter and she was last seen in the middle of a European country as least it looks like one but the developers claim that it was not, and as the story progresses, It was more than an ordinary village with local villagers. And so we start with the review. Not a original story but good enough to listen.
Graphics: 7/10
On Graphical terms, the game is considered one of the best for the PS2, the fact that the Gamecube have batter graphics was because it needs 2 discs to play and of course have better hardware and stuff but the PlayStation 2 needs only 1 disc and have all the same game elements from the GC but with a few extras but a deproved graphics. Not is all lost, the Game still looks good with some small details and anything else but all in all the GC version is better.
Sound: 9/10
The game sounds very good, with the music and the sound of each fire shot and the sound of the sabot bouncing of the wall its all perfect. Quality is good here too, but unlike the old Resident evil games, if its quiet you are safe but if there's music then be on your toes. What surprises me the most was the fact that theres the sound of the gun's magazine hitting the water when you reload in a lake. All in all it gets a nine.
Controls: 7/10
The game uses a different perspective now, instead of the old fixed camera angle, you now have a third person perspective and aiming with the gun is over the shoulder camera which is cool.
The controls of the game are OK with a few problems such as like you have to hold a separate button to make Leon run with the analog stick and while running you can't do a hard left or right.
But aiming with the R1 and shooting with the X and reloading with the circle is ok, I can't see though why Leon has to stay put while aiming, can't he strafe to left or right. Lastly was that the PS2 have 2 extra buttons R2 and L2, why can't the developers use the buttons to switch between weapons instead of pausing and switching a weapon. The developers did put in the quick turn feature which makes Leon turn 180 degrees with a blink of an eye and it helps alot. 7/10, 3 points are from not being able to do a hard turn, can't strafe from aiming and not using L2 and R2.
Replay Value: 9/10
Replay value in this game is awesome, while the main story might last you minimum a day theres still alot the things to like playing the game on a higher difficulty or replaying the game with all your weapons and gear or playing a seperate ways mission that stars Ada instead of Leon (exclusive to the PS2) or play assignment Ada or try unlocking the secret weapons, playing the mercerneries mini game is very fun too, and you might find yourself lots of things to do besides playing the main game once and leave it to collect dust. 1 point missing was due to the fact that if you are really good with this game you can get everything done really quickly and once you've done everything possible, it can be used to collect dust.
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RE4 is a real gem in the PS2's game library and it s a real gem cos' of the unique gameplay and the fact that it was ported to the PS2 was because it was very popular, if you only play games on a single console then buy this game, if you played the past resident evil games and not sure to buy this one cos' it changed, buy this game! and if you like killing zombies in ridiculous ways and getting zombie headshots then...BUY THIS GAME!!! Games like this are very rare for its originality.
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