Should I get Resident Evil 4?

I never played RE4 but have been looking for the good GC games to play while I wait for some better Wii titles to come out.

I was never a big fan of FPS but tried Metroid Prime 1 & 2 and thought they were 2 of the best games on the GC.  I know they are totally different games probably but is RE4 as good? Better? Even though I still am not the hugest fan of FPS is this game still a good choice?

You should be ashamed for asking this, so I am gonna take it as a joke. But yea get the game, but before you do read the GS and IGN reviews. A 9.8 and 9.6 respectively alone warrants a purchase especially with the game as $20.

I never played RE4 but have been looking for the good GC games to play while I wait for some better Wii titles to come out.

I was never a big fan of FPS but tried Metroid Prime 1 & 2 and thought they were 2 of the best games on the GC.  I know they are totally different games probably but is RE4 as good? Better? Even though I still am not the hugest fan of FPS is this game still a good choice?

roboccs

I never played RE4 but have been looking for the good GC games to play while I wait for some better Wii titles to come out.

I was never a big fan of FPS but tried Metroid Prime 1 & 2 and thought they were 2 of the best games on the GC.  I know they are totally different games probably but is RE4 as good? Better? Even though I still am not the hugest fan of FPS is this game still a good choice?

roboccs

Resident Evil 4 is amazing.

RE4 = Straight Walkthrough, good for 2 6 hour playthroughs....and that's about it.King_Of_Spam

[QUOTE="King_Of_Spam"]RE4 = Straight Walkthrough, good for 2 6 hour playthroughs....and that's about it.NAPK1NS

If you are a fan of linear action shooters with rubbish stories and drivel for dialogue then RE4 will be a good pick, but if you're a fan of survival horror style games with quality story and atmosphere, then "REmake" or "RE:zero" are much better choices.

If you are a fan of linear action shooters with rubbish stories and drivel for dialogue then RE4 will be a good pick, but if you're a fan of survival horror style games with quality story and atmosphere, then "REmake" or "RE:zero" are much better choices.

TheKungFool

"No, if that's the case, Eternal Darkness is a much better choice. RE4 and Eternal Darkness are the two best horror games on the system."

Resident Evil 4 is not "one of the two best horror games on the system".  Resident Evil 4 isn't even really a horror game, its an action shooter loosely affiliated with what was once a survival horror series.

RE4 was far too hilarious and absurd to be either atmospheric or scarry.  Midget Napoleans with raspy voices. Hannigan phoning every 5 minutes to offer some lame drivel useless dialogue.  Leon turned into a wise-cracking baffoon with superman-like abilities like jumping off 20ft platforms and landing with ease. Johnny Overcoat trading weapons for gemstones. Chickens that lay magical healing eggs. Mini-game shooting ranges in the middle of levels.  Cripes, if not for the gameplay, this game is a complete joke.

While it may very well be graphically impressive and fun as hell to play, RE4 is a linear action shooter.  IT IS NOT A SURVIVAL HORROR GAME.

 And yes, "Eternal Darkness" is a pretty good game, but the REmake of the original Resident Evil remains the finest survival horror game for the Cube.

"No, if that's the case, Eternal Darkness is a much better choice. RE4 and Eternal Darkness are the two best horror games on the system."

Resident Evil 4 is not "one of the two best horror games on the system". Resident Evil 4 isn't even really a horror game, its an action shooter loosely affiliated with what was once a survival horror series.

RE4 was far too hilarious and absurd to be either atmospheric or scarry. Midget Napoleans with raspy voices. Hannigan phoning every 5 minutes to offer some lame drivel useless dialogue. Leon turned into a wise-cracking baffoon with superman-like abilities like jumping off 20ft platforms and landing with ease. Johnny Overcoat trading weapons for gemstones. Chickens that lay magical healing eggs. Mini-game shooting ranges in the middle of levels. Cripes, if not for the gameplay, this game is a complete joke.

While it may very well be graphically impressive and fun as hell to play, RE4 is a linear action shooter. IT IS NOT A SURVIVAL HORROR GAME.

And yes, "Eternal Darkness" is a pretty good game, but the REmake of the original Resident Evil remains the finest survival horror game for the Cube.

TheKungFool

"Someone's mad that they enabled Resident Evil characters to move like humans and not like imaginary robots from the 1950s."

I'm not mad they upgraded the character movement for RE4. I'm mad they took out the exploration and puzzle elements, scarry atmosphere, relevant ongoing story......and, oh yeah, the zombies. And while Leon from RE2 may not have moved as nicely (duh, it was made a decade ago) at least he was a believable character, unlike the macho bravada spewing cowboy Super-Leon from RE4 that can fall from a 30ft ledge and land like spiderman.  

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that RE4 was a bad game, it was just a bad resident evil game.  Capcom may as well have just called this thing "Village Escape!" or something, because it had nothing to do with Resident Evil.  They merely used Leon and the RE banner to sell it. Its sad that ever other number RE game actually had something to do with Resident Evil, but this game does not.

RE4 was an amazingly fun action shooter.  But honestly now, magical egg laying chickens, midget napoleons and cloaked gun salesmen that trade weapons upgrades for crystals is not survival horror. RE4 was definately a great game, but it was not scarry, it was not survival horror, and it sure as hell wasn't Resident Evil.

Thats aside from the fact that the writing in RE4 was atrocious.  Why don't they send in reinforcements? Why don't the baddies take Leon's weapons/items when they capture him?  Why does this overcoat fella follow me around trading rocket launchers for pocket watches?  Anyone who found RE4 "scarry" or "horrific" has obviously never played any quality survival horror games. 

"Resident Evil 4" is to its series what "Dirge of Cerberus" is to Final Fantasy......... a loosly affiliated action shooter that abandons practically everything that made the original games so memorable.

"Someone's mad that they enabled Resident Evil characters to move like humans and not like imaginary robots from the 1950s."

I'm not mad they upgraded the character movement for RE4. I'm mad they took out the exploration and puzzle elements, scarry atmosphere, relevant ongoing story......and, oh yeah, the zombies. And while Leon from RE2 may not have moved as nicely (duh, it was made a decade ago) at least he was a believable character, unlike the macho bravada spewing cowboy Super-Leon from RE4 that can fall from a 30ft ledge and land like spiderman.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that RE4 was a bad game, it was just a bad resident evil game. Capcom may as well have just called this thing "Village Escape!" or something, because it had nothing to do with Resident Evil. They merely used Leon and the RE banner to sell it. Its sad that ever other number RE game actually had something to do with Resident Evil, but this game does not.

RE4 was an amazingly fun action shooter. But honestly now, magical egg laying chickens, midget napoleons and cloaked gun salesmen that trade weapons upgrades for crystals is not survival horror. RE4 was definately a great game, but it was not scarry, it was not survival horror, and it sure as hell wasn't Resident Evil.

Thats aside from the fact that the writing in RE4 was atrocious. Why don't they send in reinforcements? Why don't the baddies take Leon's weapons/items when they capture him? Why does this overcoat fella follow me around trading rocket launchers for pocket watches? Anyone who found RE4 "scarry" or "horrific" has obviously never played any quality survival horror games.

"Resident Evil 4" is to its series what "Dirge of Cerberus" is to Final Fantasy......... a loosly affiliated action shooter that abandons practically everything that made the original games so memorable.

TheKungFool

And don't get me wrong friend, I intend no harshness towards your respectable opinion, I just love a good debate, especially when it concearns one of my all-time favorite game series. I don't mean to come across as a RE4 hater, because I'm far from it.  I own the game and consider it a cherished part of my RE collection, but its pretty far from being "the best RE game".

I think it all comes down to tastes really, and its hard to compare RE4 to the others since they are completely different genres.  Action shooters appeal to a wider audience than survival horror games do, so I don't blame Capcom for the new direction......I just wish they'd have been a little more carefull when it came to the story and atmosphere.

The action and gameplay was so good in RE4, but why not continue the REAL story, with Umbrella, the Virus, Zombies and such?  Why just throw a memorable character into some unrelated incident when you could have just as easily based RE4 in a burning Racoon City, and still used the same great gameplay features?

In terms of being a fun action-heavy shooter, RE4 is the best RE game.

In terms of being an atmospheric and well written survival horror experience, REmake is the best RE game.

+ they beat the whole racoon city, umbrella blah blah blah story to death.  then reincarnated it, and killed it again.  behind the back camera, good, best thing that ever happened to the series

...thanks capcom for not stealing my money with more remakes of remakes that were remade into a game that i bought 5 years ago, then took it from me, remade it again after being remade, then sold it back to me with a different cover on it...sneaky crooks.  hey look at that, they made a game called REmake :lol:

just kidding, but still, RE4...best in series.

Yes you should get Resident Evil 4. I also would recommend Resident Evil (remake) on the cube but they are both very different games.

Have a look at what other people say about this game-

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/cube/residentevil4

but also you should read the 'Gamecube recommendation thread #3' from this very forum about this and other great games for the Nintendo Gamecube.

http://uk.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=24222965

I never played RE4 but have been looking for the good GC games to play while I wait for some better Wii titles to come out.

I was never a big fan of FPS but tried Metroid Prime 1 & 2 and thought they were 2 of the best games on the GC.  I know they are totally different games probably but is RE4 as good? Better? Even though I still am not the hugest fan of FPS is this game still a good choice?

roboccs

I never played RE4 but have been looking for the good GC games to play while I wait for some better Wii titles to come out.

I was never a big fan of FPS but tried Metroid Prime 1 & 2 and thought they were 2 of the best games on the GC.  I know they are totally different games probably but is RE4 as good? Better? Even though I still am not the hugest fan of FPS is this game still a good choice?

roboccs

Do not buy that game! Buy something else like metroid or zelda.

Possibly the best game ever get it Sevenus

You stole my icon you son of a b*tch!