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10 good reasons to bring RE4 to the next gen

I really don't want to buy RE4 on the PS2. I complain about this a lot, I know. I want separate ways, but not at the expense of the high quality graphics that the GCN version had. Therefore I would like to present 10 very good reason (artistic and financial) Capcom should port the game to the 360.

10. The new console has a dearth of available or comparable titles. RE 4 would have little competition, and if sold at $40 like its GCN and PS2 counterparts the game could capture the attention of both next gen gamers, and fans looking for an enhanced experience.

9. The game only took 9 months to port to PS2 with toned down graphics. The GCN version looks next gen as it is, but does not feature high definition. It would look amazing directly ported over, with marginal texture enhancements (Better fur rendering for animals) and 2x Anti-Aliasing applied as well as upscaling to 1080i. Most gamers would not notice that the game was a port of an older title, the original looked that good. The game could also feature true Wide screen, but again without loosing graphical quality.

8. The game features what many declared next gen game play as it is. Innovative, intelligent, frightening. The Xbox 360 controller would handle this brilliantly.

7. Xbox live would allow for people to compare different stats, trade items, or even compete head to head in a small pvp side game, or perhaps even cooperate in an online version of the Mercenaries mini-game.

6. The disc space would permit for RE4 in its entirety to be ported over with the original GCN game accompanied by Separate Ways and any other bonuses the PS2 version got plus some.

5. The speed that the 360 runs at would nearly eliminate load times.

4. No risk of frame rate loss like the PS2 version had.

3. A chance to improve the sound rather than tone it down like the PS2 version did.

2. Real time cinemas won't need to be converted to FMV like the PS2 version to keep them looking good; in fact the entire game could receive visual enhancements.

1. RE was remade for the GCN to introduce GameCube owners to a series that they had been introduced to with a port of RE 2 for the N64. Xbox has never had an RE game but RE5 is slated to hit the system. Porting over RE4 to the 360 would be a great way to introduce the series to Xbox fans. Ports of older RE games wouldn't be necessary since RE4 was very much a new beginning for the series.