Posted on Mar 17, 2023
'Resident Evil 4' Review: A bold reimagining that stands on its own merits
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"Nearly two decades ago, I watched Leon Kennedy's head get sawed off at my local Gamestop.
It was 2005, and I was standing over the demo kiosk for Resident Evil 4. Special agent Kennedy was on a mission to rescue the president's daughter from a remote village in Spain, but it doesn't take long before he's beset by hostile townsfolk and a chainsaw-wielding maniac. Whereas many games slowly teach you their mechanics, Resident Evil 4 begins with exposure therapy, overwhelming the player with an immediate challenge.
I was hooked. I had never seen something so gruesome in a video game, never felt my muscles tense up quite that way. It was something new, something radical and exciting.
It's hard to overstate the noise Resident Evil 4 made on release. While a small minority of detractors believed it strayed too far from its survival horror roots, it went on to sell over 10 million copies and earn superlatives from critics. Gamespot's Greg Kasavin called it "probably the single greatest horror-themed action game ever created.""
"Nearly two decades ago, I watched Leon Kennedy's head get sawed off at my local Gamestop.
It was 2005, and I was standing over the demo kiosk for Resident Evil 4. Special agent Kennedy was on a mission to rescue the president's daughter from a remote village in Spain, but it doesn't take long before he's beset by hostile townsfolk and a chainsaw-wielding maniac. Whereas many games slowly teach you their mechanics, Resident Evil 4 begins with exposure therapy, overwhelming the player with an immediate challenge.
I was hooked. I had never seen something so gruesome in a video game, never felt my muscles tense up quite that way. It was something new, something radical and exciting.
It's hard to overstate the noise Resident Evil 4 made on release. While a small minority of detractors believed it strayed too far from its survival horror roots, it went on to sell over 10 million copies and earn superlatives from critics. Gamespot's Greg Kasavin called it "probably the single greatest horror-themed action game ever created.""
'Resident Evil 4' Review: A bold reimagining that stands on its own merits
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Loved the RE games and looking forward to try out the new RE4. Just looked at the trailer on Steam and it absolutely looks great (especially full-screen on a 42" monitor)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2050650/Resident_Evil_4/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2050650/Resident_Evil_4/
Pre-purchase Resident Evil 4 on Steam
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
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