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"I will have Resident Evil 4 tomorrow"

I'm so excited :D Looks like the best game for years. I will stay on it for ages. So who else is getitng this?

Ok, I admit that Resi Evil 4 as a "video game" is one of the best in ages, but is this why Resi Evil got so popular in the first place ? There were so many great horror games, but Resi Evil always was the best, at least for me. Remember when Resi Evil 2 came out and everybody kept saying that it was best game ever and everything ? Even if we neglect the story, Resi Evil 2 had this "edge", the kind of excitement that you get from a movie like "Aliens" (Monster chases/Elevators/Time limit before everything explodes...). Resi Evil isn't supposed to be just a game, it's a "Horror" game, and in my opinion Rsi Evil 4 lacked many of the thrilling horror elements..

I know some people who were really really disappointed with the REsi 4 story as well. I think the problem is that the stories from the other games were more complex, but people have their rose tinted glasses on when they remember them.

I read through the entire backstory of the Resi series before 4 came out on GC, and I think the main draw is that the characters and storylines from the games all intertwine. Resi 4 is somewhat out of that, with only fleeting guest appearances from familiar characters, so I think people didn't get that sense of familiarity ith a series that often makes you enjoy films/games that technically aren't that great (like the newest Star Wars films for example).

Having not been so in love with the Resident Evil storyline from before (I really disliked the gameplay of the previous games), I found no such problems and enjoyed Resi 4 for what it was, and not what I wished it would have been.

Games don't need to have original stories to be great. If they did, the games industry would have died about 15-20 years ago, because - apart from a few exceptions - that's about when games stopped being truly original in every aspect.

To be honest, I don't see how anyone who likes the Resi series can not like Resi 4. It's the game Resi was always intended to be. At least until Resi 5.

After reading his opinions on Metal Gear he seems to be one who places importance on storyline.

Is a poor reason to hate a whole game though, unless it's an RPG in which case it's quite a good reason

I know. All I'm saying is Homosh's apparant gripe at the game is quite frankly, crap.

Ermm admit what? I didn't realise i had said it was. Just saying there's quite a few games i'd have above Resi 4 over the past couple of years.

It's absoloute gold.

The fact the ending is unoriginal is hardly a gripe at the game itself, admit it.

Cycloon wrote:
> Despite the fact it is THE best game of the past few years?

To you maybe, it wouldn't be getting near the top of my favourite games over the past few years. Or homosh's by the look of it

homosh wrote:
> I didn't like resi evil 4, I mean come on, for 9 years all Resi Evil
> games have had EXACTLY the same ending since Resi Evil 1. And the
> escaping part in the boat, I mean come on, didn't they play MGS3 ? Or
> even MGS1 ? even GTA games have had better escape scenes.

Hahahahahahaha

Despite the fact it is THE best game of the past few years?

It's simply sublime.

I love the whole catle sequence. The monks are freaky, you can hear them from a mile off as they slowly come at you.Then they run..*Craps pants*