User Reviews (1 - 11 of 277)

Show these reviews first:

Highest Rated
Lowest Rated Newest
Oldest Most Helpful
Least Helpful

Most Dissapointing Game of the Year Award

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 71
Date: January 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

What a sad way to start the year indeed. As a true Resident Evil fan and an old-time gamer, I expected more from Capcom. But as it turned out, this was the biggest flop in the Resident Evil saga since Dead Aim and Outbreak.

Where to start? First and most important of all is the fact that this is NOT a true survival/horror game despite the veil which has been vested upon it to decieve the gamer. Resident Evil 4 is an action/shooter game.

Graphics: This is an important element in games at this point in video game history, especially since it was released for the Nintendo Gamecube system. The graphics are not as good as you'd might expect. Resident Evil for GC and Resident Evil 0 have better graphics than this game. I would've sacrificed graphics for having a a good Resident Evil game, but RE4 can't even deliver the former, much less a decent game. The camera now navigates with you, however I feel that the fixed camera is much better and much more challenging than its counterpart. It is a key element of Resident Evil; a trademark of the series if you must.

Story: This is NOT a Resident Evil game. The ONLY way to even remotely relate the Resident Evil epic tale to this game is through two of its characters: Leon Kennedy and Ada Wong. This is the only element in the game that relates to Resident Evil. Without these two well known names the game would collapse and its true facade would be exposed and, of course, would have a very different title. Secondly, it lacks the KEY element of Resident Evil: zombies and Umbrella! There are zombie-like creatures in this game but they are being controlled by a cult. Yes, I know what you're thinking, what does this have to do with Resident Evil? Well, absolutely nothing. The plot of the game is as follows:

Leon Kennedy travels to a village in Europe(in Spain) to rescue the President's daughter who was kidnapped by this cult striving for world domination.

Sound like Resident Evil? The setting takes place in a remote, rural area, a castle, and an island. The game gives you the feeling that you are in medieval times, which is fun, except that the story takes place in 2004. Oops! About the only time you realize you're in modern times is in the latter part of the game. The story is only half decent if it stands by itself. It mediocre, simple, and boring.

Gameplay: You can now buy weapons from a mystical, hooded creature with a deformed face, red eyes, claws and a weird sense of humor, who sets up shop everywhere you go and who happens to own every weapon necessary to progress through the game. He(rather one of his buddies) also sets up a shooting range for target practice that is so comical it completely throws out the window the supposed, illusional fear factor of the game. Of course, you'll need money to purchase firearms, surely enough you can find money scattered throughout the land and by killing villagers and other creatures. You can even customize weapons by buying stats and adding parts to your guns. Oh and the game plays in a wide-screen video format; like a movie, wow... The main problem with gameplay is the fact that you are LED by the hand throughout the entire game. Long gone are the days where you scanned through a room or area searching for items, this game tells you when to press the A button for items or to jump, duck, etc. You are able to make decisions during cut scenes by franatically smashing the A button, or A+B or L+R...Oh how challenging!

The puzzles are elementary-school like--simple as the come. Let me give you and example: Take 4 foods; bread, meat, dessert, and a glass of wine. Let the game tell you the order in which they must stand by doing an analogy of life--from birth until death--and set up a shooting range with the pictures of these foods and let you shoot them in the correct order. The game even helps you out when you are to insert a key item into a hole, with key items such as circle emblems and recessions in the wall with the same shape, it would be a shame not to be able to figure out where it goes. The menu even opens up automatically and points you to the item you are to use. This game is not challenging in this area.

Your mission: The main mission of the game is to rescue the president's daughter, so everything revolves around this prime objective, making the game boring. The bosses are very easy as you are given the opportunity to purchase a rocket launcher at any point in the game; again, mediocre. Even using upgradable weapons proves to be easy. Heck, I defeated the final boss with my trusty shotgun and two giant...err I don't want to spoil it.

This game took a complete 180 degree turn and many of the the new elements are creative but THEY ARE NOT "RESIDENT EVIL". I think this is the major flaw of the game, that it should not have been called Resident Evil 4 because of its separation from the parameters set by the series. Under a different title this game could have been more suitable for release, unfortunately, it won't enjoy much success for a long time. A good title for this game could've been "The President's Daughter" or "The Cult: The story of a guy named Leon who travels to a village to rescue the President's Daughter but has nothing to do with Resident Evil."

This game reminds me of every other action game out there, it is like a freak cross between Primal, Maximo, Splinter Cell, or any of your typical action-shooters. It also borrows many elements from Resident Evil:Dead Aim. What's worse of all is that the game ending leaves the plot open to continuation, so we can probably expect to see more of this piece of mediocrity.

Change might be good but only when it's for the best, unfortunaltely this is not the case with Resident Evil 4. The true Resident Evil 4 was Resident Evil Code:Veronica X as it is a direct sequel to previous Resident Evil games. This just-released RE4 adds very little, if anything at all, to the story. Also, this games DOES NOT "fix any other problems that Resident Evil had" as another reviewer said, because it had not one worth mentioning. What problems? Camera angles? Get used to it. Too difficult to avoid enemy attacks? Not enough ammo? Not enough health items? If you can't handle the TRUE Resident Evil games then they are not for you.

If we were to rank all Resident Evil titles ever released from best to worst, RE4 would be at the bottom.

I highly recommend you AVOID this game if you are a Resident Evil gaming veteran or a fan of suvival horror.
Save your money. You've been warned.

Awesome graphics, yet EXTREMELY pathetic gameplay.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 52
Date: March 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Yes, another overrated game has recieved great reviews and making tons of money. But is it good? In a word: no. In more than one word: HELL NO.

Graphics: 10/10 Awesome. Great atmosphere, excellent texture, and the people look like actual people. Probably the best looking game I've ever seen

Sound: 9/10 Voice overs are kinda bland for the most part, but some of the villians sound great, and the guns sound very realistic.

Gameplay: 2/10 This is were the game bombs, BIG TIME. No strafe button, crappy camera, and EXTREMELY frustrating. The enemies are vastly overpowered, and your allies are extremely weak. The GC has yet to have a good shooter (yes, the Metroid Prime games suck too), and it is seriously getting me pissed. Why is it that Nintendo just can't make a good shooting game, first or third person. The last truly great one was GoldenEye for the N64. The camera has been changed from the other RE games, but it still sucks. Leon takes up the whole damn screen when he shoots, and he can't even move whilst shooting!!! If any trained government agent could not run and shoot, he'd be dead, but not Leon!!! Why? Because Capcom continues to milk a fatass cash cow.

Ok, I got a little off track, so let me continue about the gameplay. If yuo make a game where you need to take out 20 undead people at a time, you better be able to move, and quickly. Here is also where RE4 fails. Leon moves really slow, especially while wielding a weapon, and he will constantly run out of ammo, see you better be ready to pick some up. Another thing, if you make a game where ammo is scarce, you should make it so you can hold your own hand to hand, right? WRONG!!!! Leon can only kick a guy. That's it. He can't punch or throw somebody, and he is a government agent. Wow. Yet you will see rabid old men choke the life out of you constantly, and you wonder why you can't do the same to them. So, after enduring this for 17 plus hours all I can say is, "Hey, I can never get those 17 hours back! This sucks!!"

Overall: 2/10 I'm in a good mood, and the game's graphics are incredible, so I'm giving it a 2, which equals one star. I want to play a game I can enjoy, and I could not enjoy this. Hell, if a game gets you so mad that you want to snap the disk in two, it isn't very good is it?

Worst Game of the Year Award!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 73
Date: May 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

What a sad way to start the year indeed. As a true Resident Evil fan and an old-time gamer, I expected more from Capcom. But as it turned out, this was the biggest flop in the Resident Evil saga since Dead Aim and Outbreak.

Where to start? First and most important of all is the fact that this is NOT a true Resident Evil game despite the veil which has been vested upon it to decieve the gamer.

Graphics: This is an important element in games at this point in video game history, especially since it was released for the Nintendo Gamecube system. The graphics are not as good as you'd might expect. Resident Evil for GC and Resident Evil 0 have better graphics than this game. I would've sacrificed graphics for having a a good Resident Evil game, but RE4 can't even deliver the former, much less a decent game. The camera now navigates with you, however I feel that the fixed camera is much better and much more challenging than its counterpart. It is a key element of Resident Evil; a trademark of the series if you must.

Story: This is NOT a Resident Evil game. The ONLY way to even remotely relate the Resident Evil epic tale to this game is through two of its characters: Leon Kennedy and Ada Wong. This is the only element in the game that relates to Resident Evil. Without these two well known names the game would collapse and its true facade would be exposed and, of course, would have a very different title. Secondly, it lacks the KEY element of Resident Evil: zombies and Umbrella! There are zombie-like creatures in this game but they are being controlled by a cult. Yes, I know what you're thinking, what does this have to do with Resident Evil? Well, absolutely nothing. The plot of the game is as follows:

Leon Kennedy travels to a village in Europe(in Spain) to rescue the President's daughter who was kidnapped by this cult striving for world domination.

Sound like Resident Evil? The setting takes place in a remote, rural area, a castle, and an island. The game gives you the feeling that you are in medieval times, which is fun, except that the story takes place in 2004. Oops! About the only time you realize you're in modern times is in the latter part of the game. The story is only half decent if it stands by itself. It mediocre, simple, and boring.

Gameplay: You can now buy weapons from a mystical, hooded creature with a deformed face, red eyes, claws and a weird sense of humor, who sets up shop everywhere you go and who happens to own every weapon necessary to progress through the game. He also sets up a shooting range for target practice that is so comical it completely throws out the window the supposed, illusional fear factor of the game. Of course, you'll need money to purchase and upgrade firearms, surely enough you can find money scattered throughout the land and by killing villagers and other creatures. Oh and the game plays in a wide-screen video format; like a movie, "wow"... The main problem with gameplay is the fact that you are LED by the hand throughout the entire game. Long gone are the days where you scanned through a room or area searching for items, this game tells you when to press the A button for items or to jump, duck, etc. You are able to make decisions during cut scenes by franatically smashing the A button, or A+B or L+R...Oh how challenging!

The puzzles are elementary-school like--simple as the come. Let me give you and example: Take 4 foods; bread, meat, dessert, and a glass of wine. Let the game tell you the order in which they must stand by doing an analogy of life--from birth until death--and set up a shooting range with the pictures of these foods and let you shoot them in the correct order. The game even helps you out when you are to insert a key item into a hole; with key items such as circle emblems and recessions in the wall with the same shape, because it would be a shame not to be able to figure out where it goes. The menu even opens up automatically and points you to the item you are to use. This game is not challenging in this area.

Your mission: The main mission of the game is to rescue the president's daughter, so everything revolves around this prime objective, making the game boring. The bosses are very easy as you are given the opportunity to purchase a rocket launcher at any point in the game; again, mediocre. Even using upgradable weapons proves to be easy. Heck, I defeated the final boss with my trusty shotgun.

This game took a complete 180 degree turn and many of the the new elements are creative but THEY DO NOT STAY LOYAL TO "RESIDENT EVIL". I think this is the major flaw of the game, that it should not have been called Resident Evil 4 because of its separation from the parameters set by the series. Under a different title this game could have been more suitable for release, unfortunately, it won't enjoy much success for a long time. A good title for this game could've been "The President's Daughter" or "The Cult: The story of a guy named Leon who travels to a village to rescue the President's Daughter but has nothing to do with Resident Evil."

This game reminds me of every other action game out there, it's a carbon copy of Doom. It also borrows many elements from Resident Evil:Dead Aim. What's worse of all is that the game ending leaves the plot open to continuation, so we can probably expect to see more of this piece of MEDIOCRITY.

Change might be good but only when it's for the best, unfortunaltely this is not the case with Resident Evil 4. The true Resident Evil 4 was Resident Evil Code:Veronica X as it is a direct sequel to previous Resident Evil games(By the way, RE:CVX is one of the best in the series and highly recommended). This just-released RE4 adds very little, if anything at all, to the story. Also, this games DOES NOT "fix any other problems that Resident Evil had" as another reviewer said, because it had not one worth mentioning. What problems? Camera angles? Get used to it. Too difficult to avoid enemy attacks? Not enough ammo? Not enough health items? If you can't handle the TRUE Resident Evil games then they are not for you.

If we were to rank all Resident Evil titles ever released from best to worst, RE4 would be at the bottom.

I highly recommend you AVOID this game if you are a Resident Evil gaming veteran or a fan of suvival horror.
Save your money. You've been warned.

Ridiculous...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 75
Date: August 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game won't even be out until Febuary 2005 and already people are giving it five stars? No one has even PLAYED it yet. Let's not all be snowed by another Capcom marketing campaign where a Resident Evil game has great graphics but annoying "glitches" like extra long load times, no save options, lack of storyline and playability. Wait until the game has been released, play it, and THEN give your reviews. I'm giving it one star just to keep people HONEST.

By my estimation, people can start believing the things they read on this board in February 2005.

Really awful how Playstation is only releasing Resident Evil on Gamecube, not Playstation 2, by the way. In case they have forgotten, Sony helped to get them where they were, but of course the money means everything to them.

The way they treat Resident Evil fans seems to mean even less. If you want to follow a textbook example of how to "sink" a franchise, follow this one. First, they fled to Dreamcast and wanted to give them "exclusive rights," briefly joined Playstation 2, fled again, then tried to give Gamecube "exclusive rights," then they went back to Playstaion 2 again briefly, produced 2 subpar games before fleeing again and once again stated this game would produced "exclusively" for Gamecube. Seems it's more fashionable to follow the money than to produce a decent game anymore.

Most Dissapointing Game of the Year Award!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 56
Date: January 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

What a sad way to start the year indeed. As a true Resident Evil fan and an old-time gamer, I expected more from Capcom. But as it turned out, this was the biggest flop in the Resident Evil saga since Dead Aim and Outbreak.

Where to start? First and most important of all is the fact that this is NOT a true survival/horror game despite the veil which has been vested upon it to decieve the gamer. Resident Evil 4 is an action/shooter game.

Graphics: This is an important element in games at this point in video game history, especially since it was released for the Nintendo Gamecube system. The graphics are not as good as you'd might expect. Resident Evil for GC and Resident Evil 0 have better graphics than this game. I would've sacrificed graphics for having a a good Resident Evil game, but RE4 can't even deliver the former, much less a decent game. The camera now navigates with you, however I feel that the fixed camera is much better and much more challenging than its counterpart. It is a key element of Resident Evil; a trademark of the series if you must.

Story: This is NOT a Resident Evil game. The ONLY way to even remotely relate the Resident Evil epic tale to this game is through two of its characters: Leon Kennedy and Ada Wong. This is the only element in the game that relates to Resident Evil. Without these two well known names the game would collapse and its true facade would be exposed and, of course, would have a very different title. Secondly, it lacks the KEY element of Resident Evil: zombies and Umbrella! There are zombie-like creatures in this game but they are being controlled by a cult. Yes, I know what you're thinking, what does this have to do with Resident Evil? Well, absolutely nothing. The plot of the game is as follows:

Leon Kennedy travels to a village in Europe(in Spain) to rescue the President's daughter who was kidnapped by this cult striving for world domination.

Sound like Resident Evil? The setting takes place in a remote, rural area, a castle, and an island. The game gives you the feeling that you are in medieval times, which is fun, except that the story takes place in 2004. Oops! About the only time you realize you're in modern times is in the latter part of the game. The story is only half decent if it stands by itself. It mediocre, simple, and boring.

Gameplay: You can now buy weapons from a mystical, hooded creature with a deformed face, red eyes, claws and a weird sense of humor, who sets up shop everywhere you go and who happens to own every weapon necessary to progress through the game. He(rather one of his buddies) also sets up a shooting range for target practice that is so comical it completely throws out the window the supposed, illusional fear factor of the game. Of course, you'll need money to purchase firearms, surely enough you can find money scattered throughout the land and by killing villagers and other creatures. You can even customize weapons by buying stats and adding parts to your guns. Oh and the game plays in a wide-screen video format; like a movie, wow... The main problem with gameplay is the fact that you are LED by the hand throughout the entire game. Long gone are the days where you scanned through a room or area searching for items, this game tells you when to press the A button for items or to jump, duck, etc. You are able to make decisions during cut scenes by franatically smashing the A button, or A+B or L+R...Oh how challenging!

The puzzles are elementary-school like--simple as the come. Let me give you and example: Take 4 foods; bread, meat, dessert, and a glass of wine. Let the game tell you the order in which they must stand by doing an analogy of life--from birth until death--and set up a shooting range with the pictures of these foods and let you shoot them in the correct order. The game even helps you out when you are to insert a key item into a hole, with key items such as circle emblems and recessions in the wall with the same shape, it would be a shame not to be able to figure out where it goes. The menu even opens up automatically and points you to the item you are to use. This game is not challenging in this area.

Your mission: The main mission of the game is to rescue the president's daughter, so everything revolves around this prime objective, making the game boring. The bosses are very easy as you are given the opportunity to purchase a rocket launcher at any point in the game; again, mediocre. Even using upgradable weapons proves to be easy. Heck, I defeated the final boss with my trusty shotgun and two giant...err I don't want to spoil it.

This game took a complete 180 degree turn and many of the the new elements are creative but THEY ARE NOT "RESIDENT EVIL". I think this is the major flaw of the game, that it should not have been called Resident Evil 4 because of its separation from the parameters set by the series. Under a different title this game could have been more suitable for release, unfortunately, it won't enjoy much success for a long time. A good title for this game could've been "The President's Daughter" or "The Cult: The story of a guy named Leon who travels to a village to rescue the President's Daughter but has nothing to do with Resident Evil."

This game reminds me of every other action game out there, it is like a freak cross between Primal, Maximo, Splinter Cell, or any of your typical action-shooters. It also borrows many elements from Resident Evil:Dead Aim. What's worse of all is that the game ending leaves the plot open to continuation, so we can probably expect to see more of this piece of mediocrity.

Change might be good but only when it's for the best, unfortunaltely this is not the case with Resident Evil 4. The true Resident Evil 4 was Resident Evil Code:Veronica X as it is a direct sequel to previous Resident Evil games. This just-released RE4 adds very little, if anything at all, to the story. Also, this games DOES NOT "fix any other problems that Resident Evil had" as another reviewer said, because it had not one worth mentioning. What problems? Camera angles? Get used to it. Too difficult to avoid enemy attacks? Not enough ammo? Not enough health items? If you can't handle the TRUE Resident Evil games then they are not for you.

If we were to rank all Resident Evil titles ever released from best to worst, RE4 would be at the very bottom. Heck, it wouldn't even be on the Resident Evil list!

I highly recommend you AVOID this game if you are a Resident Evil gaming veteran or a fan of suvival horror.
Save your money. You've been warned.

MAKES YOU DIZZY AND SICK PLAYING IT

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 29
Date: April 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

THIS GAME IS UNPLAYABLE AFTER JUST 5 MINS PLAYING IT I HAD TO STOP CAUSE IT MADE ME FEEL SICK AND DIZZY FROM THE GAME PLAY.EVEN MY GF WHO WAS WATCHING ME PLAY IT GOT SICK AND DIZZY FROM JUST WATCHING THE SCREEN.THE OTHER RESIDENT EVIL GAMES ARE JUST FINE I PLAYED THEM FOR HOURS AND NEVER HAD ONCE GOT DIZZY OR FELT SICK FROM THEM.BUT THIS ONE IS LIKE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR ANY OF YOU WHO HAVE PLAYED MEDAL OF HONOR YOU KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT.IT MAKES YOU SICK AND DIZZY PLAYING IT.DON'T KNOW WHY THE MAKERS OF THIS GAME COULDN'T KEEP IT LIKE THE NEW AND IMPROVED RESIDENT EVIL FOR GAMECUBE.THE FACT THAT THIS GAMES MOVEMENT MAKES YOU SICK AND DIZZY MAKES THIS UNPLAYABLE AND THAT IS A MAJOR FLAW.

this game is the worst game ever worse than superman 64

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 58
Date: August 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this game sucks
that is all
if there was a score lower than 1 i would give it that

And so goes another empire....

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 38
Date: March 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'd like to start off by saying this game is junk. RE was not created as a hack/slash rip off of Doom. When this game first came out it was for the computer, based greatly upon Alone in the Dark. Both of these games used elements of HP Lovecraft, along with odd camera angles to create a sense of claustorphobia. Those games did just what they were suppose to do: make you feel alone and creeped out. This game is a shooter! I have killed over 1000 mutants so far. Yay! Can't get that kinda game anywhere else, huh? The puzzles are also gone which once again RE and AITD were hinged around. They were what made the game, not the killing. This is why I say this game is junk. It's a run through, shoot the mutant, run some more, bore fest...YAY! once again guys, societies getting dumber by the second and so aren't your games. So grab the video game controller, sit back on your couch, and throw your iq out the window, because anyone who has praised this game is just another spoon fed, idiot, who couldn't find a taxi cab in New York City. You want a great game play Commander and Conquer, or even Metal Gear 3. And if I sound ticked off, it's because I am. I loved this game, looked forward to every sequal, and you idiots who are praising it are only giving their marketing team more fuel to drive us farther into idiotville.

It's not that great

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 21
Date: May 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is not as godly as everyone claims. You get a few different weapons (but the only ones you get to use often are the shotgun and pistol) and you kill the same enemies over and over and over. When I hear 'Resident Evil 4' I think of one thing and that is monotonous.

The Resident Evil series usually has complicated puzzles to unlock the next door or figure things out and what-not, but not so much in this game. In this one you just shoot these hillbilly Satanist dudes and run to the next part.

The bosses are kind of so-so. The chainsaw sisters were pretty fun but everyone else I just did the shoot and run tactic.

The only reason I gave it two stars was because the graphics are amazing. They're just wasted on this game.

Decent game, though highly overrated. And doesn't deserve the title Resident Evil

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 18
Date: November 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Resident Evil 4 is a decent game, really. But it shouldn't have been labeled and marketed as a Resident Evil game. The only connections to the Resident Evil plotline are a few references that seem forced. It also lacks the two things that make a game feel like a Resident Evil game, tension and exploration.

Review Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next 

Actions