4 Years later...Resident Evil 4 is still amazing

Playing Resident Evil 5 made me want to go back and bust out my dusty ol' Cube and pop in RE4 again. Sure I'm playing on a standard TV with no HD graphics to spoil me while playing with a clunky WaveBird...but after playing through the first two chapters...wow...this game is still amazing! I saw myself getting addicted again.

I can't believe it's been 4 years since I played RE4. Even though I still remember the main parts of the game, I forgot almost everything which makes me feel like I'm playing it all over again. Resident Evil 5's graphicss really spoiled me so when I first started RE4 it was really tough for my eyes to adjust to the graphics. I just can't believe the game aged like that. I still remember the first time I saw this game and being blown away by it, saying to myself, "This is the best graphics I've ever seen!"

At the end...Gameplay > Graphics, always.

RE4 is just as amazing since the first day I played it. After an hour of play, my eyes got used to the old Gamecube's graphics again and I was having a blast. The game is still scaring me and keeping me on edge. I mean, I passed this game three times back in the day but it's still giving me the jitters!

It really is a testament to how incredible and amazing this game was...or should I say...is. RE4 is truly a masterpiece and one of the greatest games ever made, period!

yeah the first time i played re4 i was shocked. i was never a big re fan in the past but once i seen how the 4th installment handled andlooked i was persuaded.

It's a perspective thing. Whenever the next big thing rolls around, everything that came before it loses some of it's luster graphically. RE4 was a revelation for me when it first hit the PS2 back in November 05.

I'd never liked the Resident Evil series, bar Code Veronica, and I'd been hearing great things about this new and exciting direction the series was going in (not so much what people are saying now, but screw them. If people want old-school RE so badly they should go back and play them, not try and ruin the newer games).

It's safe to say I loved every minute of it, just like I'm loving every minute of RE5 right now. It was the dawn of a new era for the survival horror genre, for better or for worse.

yea i m buying re4 again bc of Re5 :D

yeah the first time i played re4 i was shocked. i was never a big re fan in the past but once i seen how the 4th installment handled andlooked i was persuaded.

LordGamer0001

My thoughts exactly!!! Wasn't interested in the RE series but then I layed my hands on this one and finished it a countless number of times.

Best GC game!!!!

It really is a testament to how incredible and amazing this game was...or should I say...is. RE4 is truly a masterpiece and one of the greatest games ever made, period!

ASK_Story

Well, duh.

Yes it is, RE4 is one of my top 5 games, if not my favorite game of all time. A masterpeice, I wish I still had my GC to play it.

RE4 is better than RE5. It went from survival horror to action horror with RE4 but at least RE4 pulled off a few scares, had a gloomy creepy environment (**** BRIGHT SUNNY AFRICA), and kept with the feeling of isolation and helplessness. Okay the helplessness was toned down since you became a bipedal Abhrams tank but still.

RE5 is more akin to an interactive, steroid abusing, counter-terrorism Indiana Jones flick. I'm not saying its a bad action game but it lacks the trademark environments and pacing that the series had established in the name of "survival horror".

RE 4 is a classic. It still blows me away too :)

RE5 is the first game to pull me away from Team Fortress 2 for the last almost 2 years. My favorite games of all time have been RE4, shadow of the colossus and TF2. RE5 scares me plenty. Though I love theexperienceof playing the game, I don't like the buffed up mainstreaming of the content. I feel its gradually becoming homogenous and trendy. What's up with Chris's rigor mortised constantly flexed arms WTH! I hope they take a step "back" in that regard or try to find a more creative angle for RE6 while maintaing the amazing sense of doom. RE5 definately still scares me. Istilllove strategizing how to get through the hordes. I also love taking the time to look around and just appreciate the efforts made to create real visually beautiful spaces. I just got RE4 again (ps2 this time, first time on gamecube) to play again after this.

Can anyone comment on the series before RE4? I started with RE4 and have the impression it would be a letdown to go back to earlier versions. I'm really curious about RE2... ?

Yeah, RE 4 Rules

The graphics still hold up to this day. I play the Wii version from time to time and its a blast from the past. Plus, 16:9 all the way.

RE4 is better than RE5. It went from survival horror to action horror with RE4 but at least RE4 pulled off a few scares, had a gloomy creepy environment (**** BRIGHT SUNNY AFRICA), and kept with the feeling of isolation and helplessness. Okay the helplessness was toned down since you became a bipedal Abhrams tank but still.

RE5 is more akin to an interactive, steroid abusing, counter-terrorism Indiana Jones flick. I'm not saying its a bad action game but it lacks the trademark environments and pacing that the series had established in the name of "survival horror".

AntoineCoyote

Yeah, RE 4 Rules

Ulises2012

Resident Evil 4 is definitly one of the best games ever made. And I would say it is THE best game of it's generation. The graphics looked wonderful for it's time as well.alphamale1989

I guess the formula is great which is why you see games in the making with the same formula as Resident Evil 4. But it's not timeless.

thanks for the background! I really love RE5 and can imagine playing it multiple times