Resident Evil 4
 

What did you guys think if this version of RE 4? I thought it was great. As Seperate Ways was added and I think that this version is more challenging instead of the GC version as there's significantly less ammo in Normal than there was in the GC version and Mercs provided a more of a challenge because of the long spawning times of enemies. I don't mean this in a bad way. It's in a good way because you're trying to have that high combo to get that 5 star ranking.

It wasn't worth the time it took me to download.

Separate ways was mediocre and added next to nothing to the plot. The graphics were worse that on Gamecube (I like how if you change costumes, in all the cutscenes you will be in your normal clothes thanks to pre-rendering), and with all the PS2-exclusive "extras" lacking any actual impact, it's pretty much just a lost cause.

What bothers me is that RE4 was a Nintendo fanboy's special treat, and then Capcom gave up its anus to Sony, and gave those without faith all these bonuses - because they had to "wait" - for what was to be a Gamecube-exclusive title. Then of course they go ahead and plan a special edition for Gamecube too.

Why don't they just release the Resident Evil remake and Residnent Evil 0 for PS2 while they're at it.

Well, I have RE4 on my PS2. I still however, hold to the notion that the GC version is far more superior than the PS2 version regardless of the side-quest. The visuals look hazy as well, not that I'm picky, but still hazy.

But favoritsm aside, RE4 in the PS2 has been a great ride.

Played it, loved it. Got the PE, I'm disappointed with the "making of" DVD, as I was expecting it to be longer and more indepth. The game's audio sounded pretty poor, for some reason it sounded a little muffled during gameplay. Maybe it was a poor transfer or something. Also, kind of a bummer that we were stuck with prerendered cut scenes, as I would have loved to have seen the cut scenes with the different costume sets.

Gonna try to see if I can borrow my buddy's copy, so I can play the superior GC version.

I still don't get why the cutscenes had to be prerended. You'd think they'd save space on the disc by having them in real time. Certainly I'd exchange better graphhics in the cutscenes for the sake of realism.

I think they are actually. Capcom haven't confirmed anything about them though....yet.

I had no problems with the PS2 port and was quite happy it came out. My GC practically died as soon as I completed the game for the first time so the PS2 port allowed me not only to play through Mercenaries and the Ada mini-game but also rock out with the Chicago Typewriter and the added PS2 bonuses.

Well I was waiting for it from the moment I made a fan site about Biohazard 4. I just could believe that it will be on PS2. I always want to have PS2 but RE4 exclusive on GCN was holding me back and saying "Buy GCN!!".

After I got it I just couldn't stop playing finished it 4 times plus all the secrets revealed. Game is awesome and I have to say that the only the game that will sell more PS2. Besides it got more rewords that any other game last year.

Could at least admit that the $40 PS2 version is worth the buy for those who don't have a Gamecube and are unwilling to shell out $150 for the system and game? I'd imagine that there is a large sector of the gaming population for whom that applies.

If I were to make a top PS2 list, Resident Evil 4 would be second, loosing only to Metal Gear Solid 3.

I loved this game so damn much. At first I was a bit sad because I've had just bought a HDTV but I didn't know that to tun on Progressive Scan it was necessary to hold triangle + X as the game was starting, and until I figured that out didn't even wanted to play it.
I'm gald a friend of mine insisted for me to play it, and I don't regret a single second.

And I loved Separate Ways almost as much as the main game, I hope Ada manages to make her way into Resident Evil 5.

I am actually in the middle of the game, and it is my first time playing it.

It's very polished and tight.

They have? Not that I know of. Would be nice though. Isn't the PC version a port of the graphically inferior PS2 version?

Would not surprise me, but that would be dissapointing if they didn't take advantage of the power of a PC.

I think will release next month for PC version

Wow, I wonder how poorly that would play out, considering the controls seem pretty specific to a console controller. Players would actually have a huge advantage using the mouse to aim.

That seems like a bad idea on a lot of levels. I don't even want to go into it. Why haven't they pushed it out on 360 or just X-Box?

It would be a laugh if that happened a few months after the PC version gets released. In actuality, it would be a bit better to aim with the mouse considering how sometimes Leon's aim can get a bit jittery especially with weapons like the handcannon, broken butterfly, and when you're zoomed in all the way with the sniper rifle.

That's because he's a human and thus imperfect; naturally his arm would move if he were holding a gun; his aim can only be but so steady, even if he is a professional. You can still be efficient with any given weapon despite this.

And if you think his aim is jittery with the sniper rifle, you must not have ever played Metal Gear Solid on PSX. Diazepam, please.

Resident Evil 4 came as a huge disappointment for me, but then again, I've never been a fan of the series. I think the game was seriously lacking in the gameplay department. I basically lost interest with the first QTE because everything was so boring and dull.

Hmmm, I can understand that after having completed the game but to say that after having played it for the first time...surely this couldn't be if a few million gamers forked over a few bucks for it. :eyebrow:
The game is meant to be played on a WS CRT, notice I say CRT because it won't appear letterboxed in anyway being that WS CRTs usually come in at about 34". Sony Wegas anyway. :) The proper surround sound setup is necessary as well, Capcom packed a punch into the game's audio department. As for comparisons between the two, well visually there is a difference. Sony fanboys swearing there was no visual difference between the GC and PS2 version, but you can't believe what you hear all the time. But I suppose PS2 gamers can put up with just about anything, surely they must be the absolute most patient people on the planet, heck they've been dealing with L...O...A...D...times since day one. :p

Spartan: Total Warrior has arguably one of the LONGEST LOADING times ever. I kid you not.

Okay, so how SCARY is this game? ;_;

I'm not a fan of survival horror, and I like to go to bed easily, but after reading ZOMG AWESOME GC/PS2 GAME I'm more inclined to play it. As you can tell, I hate horror movies. ;_;...

Not too scary. The RE series, especially RE4, puts more emphasis on the survival aspect of "Survival Horror". There's some great atmosphere and tension in the game but it's usually the result of fighting off hordes after hordes of crazed villagers as they come from all sides and all places without stopping. Enemies like the Chainsaw villager only help intensify that and more.

So if I pretend Leon is Snake and all the zombies are like Russian guards, then I'll be okay? ;_;

:: Minus 10 to Sneaking. ::

Like, blowing off a zombie's head and seeing tenticles pop out is already pretty disturbing enough, as I saw in one video preview. So tell me what are the disturbing or absolutely freaky parts of the game. You mind as well spoil it (in tags plz). Is Silent Hill "worse" in the horror department as this? Well, I never played a SH game but it's screenshots look much more..."holy fuck what is that thing?!?!!?" sorta deal.

Yeah pretty much RE, you know those are zombies or something related to the sort. SH is more like...what the heck? (Actually they are symbolic to a bigger theme of the game i.e Silent Hill 2's creatures are baltantly symbolic, like pyramid head)

Pyramid head (what I've seen in the previews) and those "HOLYSHITDON'T TOUCHME-NOTSO-HOT-BLOODYMARY-NURSES" from SH2 (I think) pretty much already make me want to watch like children's tv immediately. I have to fight them? Are you retarded? Thank god this is only a video game.

Honestly, If you have or have played it for Gamecube theres no real reason to purchase the PS2 version over the Gamecube Version. Seeing as the Gamecube Version is cheaper and looks a little bit better. Unless you really feel you must have all the extras, and are to hardcore to go without then buy the PS2 version.

Well let's see. I have a PS2. I don't have a CG. Buying a whole new console just for one game seems somewhat ridiculous, no? Oh wait, I guess you're addressing the thread in general. In that case, oh okay then. >_>

It's funny you mention Snake/MGS since RE4 actually has a "Codec" of sorts in the game.

I can't really say there were any "disturbing" moments but just moments like...


Silent Hill is completely different though. Team Silent put more emphasis on trying to genuinely scare the shit out of or just creep you out. If RE is all about "Survival" in the genre then Silent Hill makes up for the "Horror".

The downside to that comes from the gameplay suffers from being slow and clunky but stick with 'em for the story and atmosphere and you'll take plenty away from the experience. :)

Pics of these "regenerators" please?

Oh fuck, okay I'm not gonna play it now.

LOL I can see a thread of this in the sewers:

Would you hit a regenerator? Yes/No

Okay, feel free to post other pics that will keep me scared and wide awake tonight. No seriously. What do those nurses look like again from SH?

Yeah well just imagine the first encounter...

Okay, I think this is all a much better reason to save my money for FFXII. >_>

Is the seperate ways bonus any differant than the game cube quest with ada?
and about the regernerators...

Yep.

Seperate Ways is more of a "Where was Ada when this happened..." and so forth.

Not too scary as many have said.

Hell dude, I may suggest that Fatal Frame 1-4? and Silent Hill is way more scarier than RE4.

Here, you just shoot nobodies 6,000 miles from Sunday. Shooting isn't considered scary.

RE4 is not scary,is make action-adventure more than horror

Seeing that regenerator is already giving me bad vibes. And that's only ONE of them. Alright, I'll probably just watch it at friends' houses or whatever, then see for myself. What makes SH more scary then? Pics please. If you can show me something more freakier than the regenerator, then RE might seem like Teletubbies. Oh wait, those damned things are pretty creepy already.

http://www.allaboutgames.co.uk/images/re4/re45.jpg

Much.. ugh. Spatula shouldn't come close near to those!

Here is an ingame image of sorts from the Japanese RE4/PS2 website. Head to the creatures section and select the one at the bottom of the list. Some well put trailers as well, see for yourself.

http://www3.capcom.co.jp/ps2_bio4/main.html

I had a look at them. Are those all the enemies of RE4? They don't look so bad, except for that freaky dog with the tenticles, and the dude with the huge claw like fingers, and of course our friend, the Regenerators.

There are more in the game, bosses and variations of the Ganados which are all over the game time and time again. :naughty: Most of the time you'll find yourself overwhelmed by the hordes of enemies coming at you. It's a blast the first time around.

RE 4 is not scary at all. It's mindless shooting. The monsters are not scary, they're just that, monsters that you shoot at a lot. It's all action-packed.


http://www.fcenter.ru/img/softarticl...n/09/36822.jpg

What makes Silent Hill more scary is what you don't see.

Silent Hill messes with your head. A constant suffocating feeling permeates all that is around you. It evokes a sense of hoplessness and loneliness, and yet you know something is out there. It is extremely psychological and much more cerebral than Resident Evil.

A room that you swear is empty still makes you do a double take.

You open a door, or a case, expecting something to happen, something to jump out at you.

But nothing. Nothing at all.

Or was it.

Sweet mother of Jesus, what the fuck is that.

So SH is a lot of problem solving...find the "key" to move to the next area and kill the occassional straight-shitted-up-demon from the hellworld?

Resident Evil and Silent Hill both have their fair share of fetch the key to open this door. It's not the problem-solving that makes Silent Hill a more cerebral game.

It's the psychological oppression and mind games Silent Hill offers you. It's the incessant industrial pounding punctuated by the soundtrack. It's the constant thick fog, especially in SH1 and SH2 that's surrounding you. It's how your flashlight can only let you see ten feet in front you while you're running outside in the dark, and your radio is blaring white noise (i.e. something is close by, but you can't see it).

Silent Hill does have its share of action sequences as well, it's not "kill the occasional demon". More like, "kill a bunch of these things that look so messed up I don't even want to know what they were."

To add more to it...

How can you compare in terms of scare/freak factor something like this (75% of the game is this anyway)

http://www.nelefa.org/images/re4a.jpg

to this

http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/sh3/cre.../closer_02.jpg

or this

http://www.ntsc-uk.com/reviews/ps2/SilentHill3/04.jpg

You'll pretty much feel like the girl up there after playing Silent Hill for the first time.

Silent Hill definitely leaves a lot to your imagination. You come across hallways like this:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...l-Basement.jpg

There's no explanation. You're left wondering about the bullet holes. About the blood. About what could possibly be down that elevator shaft.

Seeing as how all the enemies in SH are retards and you face no risk of actually dying, it isn't scary at all.

What's in the bathtub? A teletubbie. No really, tell (show) me. And if you can't suffer any real damage, then is it possible just to run around the room shooting at whatever acting like an idiot? Oh wait, limited ammo.

BTW, that chick from SH3 is pretty cute, IMO.

This is actually true...

But the scare factor isn't in the threat of the enemies. It's in the atmosphere.

Herm, Devil May Cry 1 looks freakier than that. So if I could handle DMC (which was fucking blast through and through, and nothing really freaked me out) then this should be okay?

RE4 isn't scary at all.

It does have some tense moments here and there. But you'll probably be having too much fun blasting things to notice.

Definitely. All those other posts was to show what's actually freaky, and what's... an action title.

Re:bathtub. It was an empty, normal looking bathtub (and bathroom) until a little bit of blood started coming out of it.

WELL THEN, I'M FUCKING SOLD!

Except that its still selling for $50 right now at your friendly neighbourhood Walmart, which I think is a rip off considering it's only a port from the GC.

I like how I got the Toycube version for $10.

Of course it's superior.

Of course I'm not going to spend another $100 on a console just to play ONE game, unless it's SUPER TOKYO DENSHA CONDUCTOR SYSTEM FIVE.

I sure did. :p

http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/ima..._screen009.jpg

That's almost like bowling.

Actually if you see her face, it looks like she hasn't slept in days, and it's almost exactly how you feel after having played the game.

Of course, then the amusement park pink bunnies come often to RAPE U!

The more I look at the RE4 pics, the more fun it looks, no really. BOWLING!

Trust me, just play Resident Evil 4. In my opinion, it isn't scary at all. I'd never play a game like Silent Hill and even Resident Evil 0-3 were serious business, but Resident Evil 4 is mainly shooting some enemies. Even those regenerators aren't too scary, since you can kill them from a safe distance. With your sniper rifle, they won't even touch you.

but about two pics ,they are removed from game,is can't see that on game
http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/ima..._screen009.jpg
http://www.nelefa.org/images/re4a.jpg

I just posted that image to give Spatula an idea of what can be done in the game. So in a way you are right, that section was omitted from the game but partially. Once you pass through the sewers after chatting with Salazar and making your way pass those huge blades, you come across a mini cutscene of Los Illuminados chanting, morir es vivir which I find quite hilarious and catchy. :p Toss a flash grenade and jump down, while they are blinded momentarily make your way to the exit where the typewriter is and the door will shut closed. Whip out that Rocket Launcher and have a blast. :rock:

In that section of the game, I just took em on with a handgun and a knife.

Yeah that is what I did up until I completely ended the game, mercenaries, Assignment Ada, chicago typewriter, unlimited rocket launcher etc. :)

But I love taking them on with that only. I just use the special weapons for speed runs. For fun, I just buy the normal weapons and use those and the knife. In the PS2 version, I use the gangster outfit because the knife is a bit more stronger than Leon's default knife due to the knife change with the gangster outfit. The knife in that outfit looks more like a butterfly knife.

Well after completing the game more than 8X, you're really have to get it out of your system before locking it away for months. :p I do hope the PC version that will be out soon has all the extras and more that the GC version didn't get.

Why is Resident Evil 4 being compared to the likes of Silent Hill or Fatal Frame?

Spatula just wanted to know how scary RE4 is. If it is at all.

I finished mercenaries "all with 5 stars" and play normal mode more than 3 times and pro mode more than 8 times.and I got 1 billion gold on pro mode.

Okay, so last question is how easy is it to deal with those helluva freak Regenerators? I think those monsters will only be my main concern for "freaky scary" factor in the game as whole.

Ammo really isn't an issue in RE4. Show no mercy.

Once you shoot thier limbs off and see them hopping like frogs that'll all go away. RE4 is just a tense game which actually isn't scary but don't keep your guard down. RE5 picks up where RE4 left off and the trailer looks quite promising if it's any indication of what to except from the undead. :)

http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=2036

It was too bad that Regenerators and Iron Maidens only ever appeared in the main game, with Leon, and only sparsely. I was really hoping for a room full of Regenerators in the main game, or at least a mission in Mercs that only involves the more 'elite' enemies in the game (Regs, Iron Maidens, Armoured Garradors, and Super Salvadors).

AH so its like when you first see them you say, "ZOMG WTF!" but when you start laying waste taking off their legs, you say, "LEGS GO WHERE? LOLOLOL"

Okay not so scary after all I guess. This sometimes helps me whenever I'm fighting a pretty freak foe in those FPS games.

CONFIDENCE +5 Points. :edgartpg:

the lighting effects in next gen games are superb, it really helps to get into the game