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Lost in translation

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 15 / 15
Date: June 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you've been living under a rock since 2005, then you've never gotten wind of Resident Evil 4. A departure in terms of gameplay and design for Capcom's long running survival horror franchise, Resident Evil 4 marked the best entry in the series, as well as the best survival horror game of all time when it was first released on the Gamecube. Eventually the game would be released on the PS2 (and recently the excellent version that just came out for the Wii), and now it's finally on the PC. Sadly though, so much of what made Resident Evil 4 so great on the consoles has been lost in translation in this port to the PC, making PC gamers wonder what all the fuss was about with Resident Evil 4 in the first place. While the game still features it's ultra creepy atmoshphere and heart pounding moments of suspense, the fact that the game cannot be played with a mouse is pure blasphemy. A controller is essential here because of that, and the fact that the keyboard controls are sloppy and annoying to boot. Once you get over that hurdle, you'll find that despite the atmosphere of the game, the cut-scenes and even some other parts look incredibly blurry and stilted. You can't play around with the visuals of Resident Evil 4 either, and considering how long this PC version of the game was in development, the overall package just feels rushed. Not to mention that this PC port features no new exclusive content either. All the negatives aside though, Resident Evil 4 for the PC is still pretty much the Resident Evil 4 we all know and love, and if you own a gamepad, there's plenty of excitement to be found here. Combine that with the budget price tag, and you still get a solid survival horror game that is worth a look. That is, if you don't own a console. If you own one of the aforementioned console systems, pick Resident Evil 4 up for that system, but if you don't, well then, this PC version loses much of what made the console game so great in the first place.

Worthless crap DOES NOT support a mouse!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 15
Date: June 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I waited two years for the PC version so that I wouldn't have to use sorry gamepad controls, then when I finally get it it doesn't even support a mouse at all! Despite the statement that it does support "windows compatible mouse and keyboard" on the game box!

I feel totally cheated - I don't have a gamepad so I can't even play it!

You can't even use a mouse on the selection screens! What did Ubisoft do for two years?

Poor controls and false advertisement

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 11 / 13
Date: August 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I won't lie to anyone. The game looks as good as any other RE game made. It looks great. But the controls system is the worst system I've ever used. I bought it for the PC because everyone knows that shooters work best on PC. Gamepads aren't accurate and a mouse is the way to go.
There are NO control mapping abilities in the main menu. When you go to the controls screen, it only allows you to invert the aiming and switch aiming preset keys.
The book is no better. It says what each key does but the game will tell you to run by pressing "3". "3" has nothing to do with running. the right ctrl button controls running. I found out the game meant "ENTER". I kept pressing it and then while running, it said press "5+6". "5+6" again, have nothing to do with what it wants you to do. I tried the number keys and the keypad. I tried finding what 5+6 meant on a keypad and use those keys on the keyboard. Nothing happened. I can't go any farther since I keep dieing.
The website has ZERO help in the matter.
I agree with the other rater that said the box lies and says a mouse is compatible. YEAH RIGHT!

Great graphics - baaad gameplay.

A $20 Coaster

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: August 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is non-functional on the PC. The game package says "Peripherals Supported: Windows compatible mouse and keyboard", this is a flat out lie.

As you have probably learned from the other reviews, it does not support mouse. Not only that, even the keyboard doesn't work. After playing the game for 5 minutes a menu / screen opened, and I could not get out of it because there was no button on the keyboard mapped to close the menu. I would have had to drive to the local gamer store, purchase a console controller, in order to close that menu. The manual that comes with the PC game is actually the CONSOLE MANUAL, thereby making it completely useless because all the instructions refer to how to make it work with your CONSOLE. No mention anywhere of PC controls. All of the ingame menus and ques that come up refer to the standard console controller buttons...which of course I don't have, why would I? I own a PC. THey didn't even take the time to map really obvious console controller buttons to really obvious keyboard buttons, for example, the numbered buttons on the console controller could have been easily mapped to the numbers on the keyboard --- they did not do this. Infact, the very menu that I could not close had a note such as "to close this menu hit console controller button 5", and yet hitting the keyboard button 5 did not do anything. This is a no brainer, just map the console controller button 5, to keyboard button 5. It is unfathomable how anyone could be so lazy. If you don't mind going out and purchasing essentially a console controller, in order to play this game on your PC, then it may be a 2 star game instead of a 1 star.

Until I bought this game, I've never had to delete a game from my hard drive within 10 minutes or less of installing it. I now own a $20 coaster, that is the best use for the game disk I can find.

I might not be as annoyed if they had at least said on the package "Game console controller required to play". Though, for a pc game, there is no excuse not to have mouse support. If you are going to take the time to port a console game over to a PC, at least take the time to make it work on a standard PC. I guarentee you 99% of people who EXCLUSIVELY own/play games on a PC do not own console style controllers, there is no need, all PC games ever created, except this one, have mouse support. Compared to console controllers, the "mouse" system works 10x better for ALL types of games. If you have been playing on a PC all these years, like some of us, you would know that.

horrible, horrible, horrible. I will never buy another title from this company, or a console to pc game, ever again.

The mouse is why I bought it for PC

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Ok, here is the deal. Same game as it was on the Cube. The Cube is still the best platfrom to play this game on. When I heard it was coming to the PC I was overjoyed because I am a PC gamer at heart, for one simple reason. With a mouse I can aim much better. Playing it on the Cube was easy for me, but with a mouse I could be so much better. For Ubisoft to leave out mouse support is a slap in the face for PC gamers. Who wants a game pad, when you could aim with a mouse? It's a great game, but the controls could have been so much better for the PC. Aslo one thing that really is upsetting. The detail in this PC game is less than on the Cube, or playstation 2. Why? I had both going (One on the Cube, and On the PC) to see what was missing. Lets see, FOG, the lighting on the PC was awfule, and many more issues. This game is not worth buying on the PC. I am glad that I got this game free. Now I am telling you, DON'T BUY THE PC GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wait for it to come out on the Wii. If you can't wait, buy it on the cube or playstation.

From a long time survival horror fan

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

From a long time survival horror fan

I am both an avid PC game player and a fan of the survival horror genre. Sadly, most of the "good" survival horror games have been on console systems. I saw "Resident Evil 4" for the PC and thought I would give it a try. This has to be one of the worse PC games I have ever tried.

It is a port from the consoles (PS2, Gamecube, etc) in which Ubisoft has done nothing to accommodate the PC format. You cannot use a mouse (WASD for movement and arrow keys for looking around). This makes aiming, navigating, and interacting with the environment difficult at best. If one used a dual axis control this might work (like would have to be done on a Playstation for example). However, if I had wanted to use a gamepad to play the game, I would have bought it for a console system.

The graphics are flat, dry and lack any depth. While this is not a deal breaker for me, it is very annoying after you see the game on a Playstation 2. Hundreds of dollars on RAM, video cards and a processor and the best Capcom/Ubisoft can do is give me 1997 graphical textures to process on my machine.

The menus are horrid. To exit the game you must "Reset Game", very intuitive; the arrow keys do not work to navigate the menus; you must use the WASD keys, etc. This is another example of the mindless port job that was done to this.

I recall seeing trailers for this game years ago and now that I have played it I am very sad. Perhaps the only thing worse than this game is the fact that because of the no return of "open software" policy that most every store has in place, there is no way for me to return a very bad product!

As a point of reference I consider the following to be "good" survival horror games: Fatal Frame 1, Fatal Frame 2, Silent Hill 2, and Silent Hill 4.

Didnt run

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was unable to play the game as I got a missing file message when I tried to play it. I have tried uninstall/install several times now and it still wont play.

So my review is.. not a good game.

BADDDDDDDDDD

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First of all this game has no mouse control at all.To fire your weapon you have to press shift and enter at the same time and you have to use another 2 buttons to line up your shot.All other games do all this just using the mouse.That aint all every action you take you have to use 2 or 3 buttons to do it.It is not a free roaming game.You are on a path if you try to walk off of it you can't.Very linier game play and really bad controls.I just bought this game and am putting it up for sale.It is obviousley a console game adapted to get the pc dollars

Lousy... Not Worth the Wait Nor the Hype

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This console turned PC title has been one of the biggest disappointments to date. This PC title had been delayed many months, and for what? Ubisoft took their sweet time [doing what?] just to release a shoddy product. What kind of software exists that doesn't integrate use of the [universal] mouse? Why are the keyboard controls so complicated? The gameplay is hurt from this lack of foresight on the part of Ubisoft, which hurts the game considerably. The cinematic scenes look worse on the PC, when compared to those of consoles.

Just purchase a console and the game. After all, it was originally meant for a CONSOLE, NOT a PC.

Resident Evil Trash

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Wow, they got me! Shame on Ubisoft and Capcom for this piece of Junk. With all the hype and movie and all, I said wow what only $20. I figured it would be one of those $49 games. This game in not meant to be played on PC. I can live with that. They did a good job with Halo but these guys don't have a clue on how to bring a console game to PC. I saw Ubisoft a name I could trust. This from the makers of Farcry. Well this is a farcry form any good game. Some of my Valusoft games are way better than this. This game is so bad that even with all the patches It is not going in my used game box. It is going where this evil resident belongs, in the trash. And I was lucky enough to have a game pad. Don't bother buying one for this game. Then you will be out $40 for this. It is evil!!! It is not even worth the one star I gave it.

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