Ever since I had gotten into anime, I had begun to slowly lose interest in video games. It was only until about maybe a few months ago that I started playing them again, though very little. After seeing an excellent music video of the video game Resident Evil 4, I had became very interested in playing it. After watching various clips from the game on YouTube, I just knew had to play this game. So about two weeks ago from now I’d say, I went out to my local Bestbuy and spent some money on a Playstation 2, a memory card, and Resident Evil 4.
Now I have played a few of the previous Resident Evil games. A bit of the original for PSOne when I was very young and it honestly scared the shit out of me back then lol. I had previously owned Resident Evil 2 for PSOne as well. I also played a few minutes of Resident Evil 3 for PSOne and very little of Code Veronica X for PS2. To be honest, I only though they were good at best, though I enjoyed RE2 the most out of them, but man…… so far I’d have to say Resident Evil 4 is an excellent game. Even though the graphics are suppossed to be slightly better on the Gamecube version, I honestly can’t see anything wrong with the graphics on the PS2 version. There are a few minor flaws though, such as all the footage on the GC version is in real time, while there are a lot of FMV sequences instead on the PS2 version. This is kinda bad, because one of the unlockables is that Leon can get custom outfits such as his outfit from Resident Evil 2, but he won’t be wearing it in the FMVs on the PS2 version. There also is a flaw on the PS2 version where sometimes if an enemy gets close to a door, you can see part of their body going through the door when it shouldn’t be.
Anyways, moving on… So far everything about Resident Evil 4 in my opinion is top notch. The graphics look great, the audio is nice and clear, the voice acting is even great in my opinion, especially for using an English voice cast even for the Japanese version of this game. Overall, the creators of this game really outdid theirselves when making this masterpiece. I can honestly say it’s one of the best games I’ve played of its kind. I would definitely recommend it to anyone else and don’t pass up the chance to play it, because I really think you will be sorry if you don’t.
