With the announcement of Resident Evil: Umbrella Corps coming, I am sure all of us Resident Evil players had the same reaction of “ ……… meh”. After the disasters that was Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Resident Evil 6, that piece of shit Resident Evil 5, and Resident Evil: Reve- Well, okay, Revelations was pretty good- There hasn’t been much good Resident Evil games lately. So much in fact, that it made me want to play a good Resident Evil game… And what better one to play than the one that has been deemed the best in the series, and for good reason, Resident Evil 4. madami specifically, Resident Evil 4 HD Remake for Xbox 360 and estasyon palaruan 3.
If you know me, then you will know that I pag-ibig Resident Evil 4. Hell, it easily makes my tuktok ten paborito games of all time. It is just that good. For those who don’t know (About one percent of you) Resident Evil 4 is a game where you play as Leon S. Kennedy, the character from Resident Evil 2, who, after surviving the Raccoon City Outbreak, he was able to work for the president in just a matter of days. His first mission is to rescue Ashley Graham, the president's daughter, from a terrorist group in a rural village in Spain. However, shit hits the tagahanga really hard in just seconds, as Leon is attacked sa pamamagitan ng murderous villagers, blood thirsty dogs, a mutated alligator, a giant, a bearded man in a trench coat, a blind monster with giant claws, giant bugs that spit acid, a chainsaw wielding man with a bag over his face, knights, guys in robes, a black anthro scorpion, a man in a robe, generating monsters, black guys with a mini-gun, a soldier who is vulnerable to bullets, fire, and rockets but weak to knives, and a whiny midget…. Incase you couldn’t tell, this game is weird.
So, throughout the game, you are just shooting enemies while looking for Ashley. Along the way, you will meet other somewhat friendly characters, like Luis Sara, a Spanish man who is one of the funniest video game characters I;ve ever met, despite him having so few scenes, and then there is the very minor but oh so very memorable character, The Merchant…. OOOOHHH, THE MERCHANT! This guy sells you all kinds of weapons, but has such an amazing voice that you can’t help but speak to him again and again because it is just so good. Also, there is a dog. It can distract the giant for you… Because why not.
So, everyone loves this game…. HOWEVER, I want to talk about all the bad things in this game. First off, there is the quick-time events. I always hated these ones in this game, since they come so damn fast, that you never have enough time to react. Also, they feel the need to add this with button mashing. I hate having to slam down on the buttons in order to run. This is why I hate the Jack Krauser fights. I swear, I have never pushed the A button so hard and so fast in my life. Poor A button. I don’t think my Gamecube controller can take this much abuse. Another thing is the change of settings. At first, the game looks pretty creepy. You start out in a small rural village filled with psychotic villagers. That is pretty scary, I will admit. Than you end up at a castle. Um, okay. I don’t know why we’re at a kastilyo now, but I’ll live with it. Than after that, you end up at a maximum security lab on an island- Okay, what the hell is this. I thought I was playing a survival horror game. Not Legend of Zelda. What’s with all these crazy environments in one place? And then there is the last problem, which everyone who has played Resident Evil 4 hates. And that is Ashley herself. Everyone has sinabi that Ashley is an obnoxious idiot who will gladly run head first into enemies just to shout at the tuktok of her lungs like an idiot. Now, do I find Ashley annoying? No….. ish. I mean, I never had that much problems with Ashley. Sure, she does pag-ibig running into enemies, and when I try to lead her away from a Regenerator, she just lies there, and gets killed and I got to do the level all over again, ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME, ASHLEY- But, those kinds of things only happened once to me throughout a single playthrough. I usually kept her behind me in a different part of the room that lacked enemies, so I could go off and kill the enemies up ahead, keeping myself from hearing Ashley shout, so I rarely found her to be an annoyance like others did.
So, let’s talk about this game some madami and how much it ISN’T a horror game. This game has been called a survival horror third person shooter, but really, this feels madami like an action game. Resident Evil 4 is like the early Dead puwang 2. It’s a great game, but it’s not a horror game. Of course, I was willing to give this game the benefit of the doubt and see if it can still scare me….. Until (Spoilers) a helicopter came onto the island and shot at a bunch of Ganados (Names of the enemies). Yeah, this felt madami like a fucking Rambo movie sa pamamagitan ng this point. Just get Sylvester Stallone and it will be perfect. Also, in case the game wasn’t action packed enough, if you beat the game once and play it again, you can buy the Chicago Typewriter, an extremely powerful assault riple with unlimited ammo, which can kill anything in just a few shots. Of course, if you REALLY want madami action in this game, you can buy the Infinite Rocket Launcher, which fires a constant amount of rockets. I made it a goal to kill as many things as I could with this thing. I don’t know if it is possible to get a headshot with a rocket launcher, and I don’t know if I did. I’d check but the body blew up before I could.
Now, this game obviously had tons of pag-ibig and was seen as a very revolutionary game at the time. it got 9/10s, or even 10/10s. The game was just that good. The best version at the time was the Gamecube version, which is the one I own along with the HD remake. That was until PS2, the spoiled brat of the sixth generation of consoles wanted the game for himself with better controls. PS2 is just such a fat fucking hog when it comes to having the best games. Another thing to add, Resident Evil’s ending was placed in the Gines Book’s tuktok 50 Best Endings in Video Games Ever… Period… In the World. I mean, was the ending really that good. Not going to spoil it, but I don’t think it deserved to be put in the tuktok fifty of best ever… Then again, this was the same book that thought Call of Duty: Black Ops ending was the best ending ever. Yeah, because zombies was such a fucking surprise.
Overall, Resident Evil 4 is a fantastic games. Sure, it has one or two problems, but those problems are quickly dashed with the fun gameplay, action, and exploration. And even the puzzles are fun, while they may be easy (EXCEPT FOR THAT FUCKING SLIDING PUZZLE). If you happen to find this game for Gamecube, PS2, Xbox 360, estasyon palaruan 4, or even fucking Windows (Yes, there was a version of that), then this is a game you need to buy. If you want to get rid of the awful taste of Resident Evil’s 5, 6, and Operation: Raccoon City, than this is for you. But, hey, that’s only my opinion. What’s Your Take.