[QUOTE="TheKungFool"]I guess I'm in the minority, but RE4 was a 7-8 at very best in my opinion, and it was especially weak compared to the NGC remake of the original, which is still the best RE release to date.
RE4 stripped the series of everything I liked about it; atmosphere, puzzles, and exploration.
Sure, it was a decent game if you treated it as just a 3rd person shooter, but as far as being an atmospheric survival horror game, it simply wasn't one.
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While I think RE4 deserved a 10, I do wish it would go back to the old school, exploring mansion type atmosphere that it started with. I love the Resident Evil remake on the Gamecube, mainly for that reason. It stayed true to the formula, but updated the graphics. I think they should do a RE reboot, and go back to its roots. RE5 was good, but it seems like they are getting away from what made it memorable, in favor of more action. Thats exactly it bro, I would have probably liked RE4 if it were the exact game, just without Leon and the RE tag (as in its not related to the RE series)
Its a great game on its gameplay and fun merrits, its just not a particularly good "Resident Evil" game, as its got none of the exploration, puzzles, atmosphere that made the series so great on the PSone.
Its just a shame that RE4 so often gets wrongly labelled as a "survival horror" game when its not one. Thankfully Silent Hill has to this point stuck to the genre (though I haven't played the latest Wii version)
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