Game Reviews - Indews

The story starts with the protagonist, Leon Kennedy, being dropped off in a small European city with the intent of rescuing the President of the United State’s daughter, Ashley Graham. When Leon first arrives, he is attacked by the villagers. With the aid of suave police officer, Luis Sera, and some conveniently placed memos, you discover that these people have been infected with Los Plagas, a mind-controlling plague. Along the way to escaping with Ashley, Leon runs into an old ally, Ada Wong, many horrifying enemies including the village chief, Bitorez Mendez, dead Napoleon knock-off, Ramon Salazar, and cult leader, Osmund Saddler, and an old acquaintance turned bad, Jack Krauser. The many twists and turns and the interesting and somewhat original characters keep the plot interesting. This is one of the best stories in a video game ever.

The gameplay is truly wonderful. The Resident Evil series is known for keeping the gamer on the edge of their seat and this is no exception. The enemies are scarier than anything ever introduced to the world of animation. Even those that seem like a joke at first are horrifying once they take their true form. There were a few things wrong with the game, however. The first is the distance this game has come from the other games of the series. The newly introduced aiming system makes the gamer wonder if this is really a Resident Evil game. It is a fantastic game, but it has come too far from the originals, and, after a while, gamers interested in the horror genre will long for the old engine. Capcom needs to create two teams to work on the series: One that creates games with the new engine and one that creates games with the old engine. The mini-games such as Assignment Ada, which puts you in Ada’s shoes so you can see what she went through while you were playing as Leon, and The Mercenaries, which has you play as one of four characters to try to reach very high scores in several areas, are too difficult. They add to the replay value by allowing you to unlock new weapons for the main game, but it’s very hard. The guns are worth it though.

The graphics are the better than any other game on the Game Cube. This is not an over exaggeration, they really are that good. The details are spectacular. One look and you would think that you were playing on a next-gen console. There’s not much more that can be said. They’ve got me speechless.

The sound is as good as the graphics. It’s very mood setting. If you’re being attacked, it’s loud. If no one is aware of your presence, it’s silent. Just be sure to grab a Spanish dictionary before coming in contact with the villagers. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Resident Evil 4 is one of the greatest games of all time. Not much could have been done to improve it, but the old engine will be missed. Make sure you get his game, keep your gun loaded, and, remember, everything has a weak spot. Just make sure yours isn’t your bladder, or you mom might become shocked when doing your laundry.

-Scizzle