Resident Evil 4 (2005) Reviews

This game has aged like wine, the port is ok. without any mods its playable but with mods its perfect.

Played and beaten this game more times than I can count on all fingers and toes. It's ok I guess. 10/10, could've been gooder.

Another instance of wanting a "mixed" review option on steam. This game isn't bad, I had fun with it, but its so clearly very bare bones and rushed, it's kinda amazing that it's not more of a mess. This game is *barely* a RE game however, with close to zero backtracking, thing that only count as "puzzles" on technicality, and basically zero resource scarcity. Some of the bosses where decent, but the as you get near the end, some of them take like, 4 magnum rounds to go down. This game is also the point in the franchise where the camp has escalated from "Somewhat odd dialogue (more an issue of translation then anything else)" and "Boy this place would be a pain in the ass to get around if you worked here!" to "characters forgetting they own guns during cutscenes" and "Oh yeah here is the giant ROBOT (made of wood, gears and marble, gotta stay on theme guys) that chases you for 5 seconds and then dies. This HAS made me excited to play the recent remake of this game, as seeing this game fleshed out seems rad.

RE4 is one of the best games of all time. Despite its age it still holds up very well and the charm that RE4 has is just lightning in a bottle. If you're a new fan of resident evil and haven't played the og RE4, Do It.

The only issue with game is the tank controls which are way outdated, once you get past it the game is amazing. Loved the horror vibe, story and atmosphere. The opening is chef's kiss, just awesome.

This was my very first Resident Evil game and what a game to start with. This game fascinated me at an early age. I believe I played it when I was 12, This was one of the most important gaming experiences I ever had, This game was very well received in the industry and became very influential. The game ditched the fixed camera angles and implemented an over the shoulder 3rd person camera. As soon as you start the game you are dropped into a tense situation where hostile villagers want you dead at all costs, these are not zombies this threat is different, the enemy is intelligent, then as soon as you think you are getting your bearings you hear the chainsaw revving and things only escalate from there. This game is intense, fun, and rewarding all at once. Leon from RE2 returns and his experience is quite prevalent, this is not the rookie cop from Raccoon City, this is special agent Leon S. Kennedy. He is armed to the teeth with weaponry, CQC skills and witty one liners. This game has a unique inventory system that is a game in itself causing you to tetris your items to maximize space. There is treasure hidden all throughout the game and you can sell it to the merchant to upgrade your weapons as well as buy new ones with additional weaponry becoming available as you progress through the game. This one is a pleasure to play through and to revisit on occasion. This game will always hold a special place in my heart as a significant moment in my gaming career when it became clear to me how much I could love a video game.

Most consider this as the best Resident Evil game and I can see why. It has lots of weapons, boss fights, memorable scenes, and more. The only gripe I have with this game is the camera movement (may take a while to get used to); other than that, it's a great Resident Evil game!

At the time of writing this review I have clocked in 66.6 hours >:) with the RE4 Remake. I played that game before this one and RE4 2005 is by far the better game. The story and characters are superior in this version especially Leon, Salazar, and Saddler as they carried the plot extremely well. The one liners are by far my favorite part of the game as I've never heard anyone refer to someone as, "The Big Cheese" and hearing Leon rightfully say, "What?" was the icing on the cake for your first encounter with Luis. I tend to blurt out RE4 one liners with my close friends as it is just hilarious to quote them. RE4 Remake despite being an amazing game with some gameplay enhancements falls short of what makes the original so great. The whole time it never made sense as to why they would kidnap Ashley, but this game tells you why from the church section. Salazar's sentence in the remake sounded vague in why they would even bother. Unless there were text documents I didn't read or if they were absent I never understood why Saddler wanted to go through with kidnapping Ashley, but the original explains everything clearly to me. However, I recommend playing this without a doubt. Honestly, play the remake first and pick this one up on a $5 sale and play afterwards to compare the stories. I used to be hesitant on Resident Evil games until this year, but I completely did a 180 and now enjoy playing these games even though I have only played RE2 Remake and both RE4 Classic and Remake. When it comes to this game I played mostly the vanilla experience with the exceptions of REtweaks that is featured with the HD project mod as it makes this game age like fine wine.

I liked the part when Leon said "All 4 of these Residents are Evil." Jokes aside this is probably one of the most iconic and beloved RE games to come out and for good reason, this game was responsible for revolutionising the third person genre providing an incredible gameplay loop despite the inclusion of tank controls. The atmosphere is top notch and the story is no exception, it's not the best story in the series by a long shot imo (especially when considering some of the issues both big and small) but it's clear that they devs knew that and just decided to have fun with it which lead to an overall entertaining (albit slightly silly) story and interesting cast of characters although it does have missed opportunities that I'm glad CAPCOM would later implement into the remake like building upon Ashley's character and her relationship with Leon more or giving Luis a bigger role than he was given in this game. Don't get me wrong it's far from perfect as there are some issues both in story and gameplay (which is a given considering the time it was released) but if you're able to look past those issues and enjoy the game for what it does really well you'd be surprised at how much you'll find yourself enjoying this game as it can be a blast to play. Annoyingly however this PC port for some reason didn't want to start for me as everytime I'd boot it up it'd just close itself automatically and no matter what I did nothing worked in fixing it which is why I put off this game for a while on PC but after a friend of mine informed me of a mod called RE4_Tweaks by nipkow I was able to fix the issue and play it. I don't know if anyone else has had the same issue as I did but if you do then I recommend installing the RE4_Tweaks mod in order to fix the issue. I hope this review helps :)

i forgot to review this when i first played this but... i love this game. the humor, the bosses, the story... I LOVE THESE GRAPHICS! yeah, its not super duper realistic in comparison to the re but these graphics are so charming to me... for 2005 this is literally amazing