Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition

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In Resident Evil 4 players are reacquainted with Leon S. Kennedy, Raccoon City Police Department's idealistic rookie cop from Resident Evil 2. It has been six years since the destruction of Raccoon City and in that time, the U.S. government has been able to destroy the nefarious Umbrella Corporation. Fast forward to 2004 and players rejoin Leon, who is now a U.S. agent with a top-secret mission. He has been tasked to look into the abduction of the President's daughter and his investigation has led him to a mysterious location in Europe. As Leon encounters unimaginable horrors, he must find out who or what is behind everything.

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Just plain fun Doesn't live up to expectations
Tight controls
Addictive gameplay
Epic boss fights

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Pros Cons
Addictive gameplay
Tight controls
Epic boss fights
Engaging story
Awesome audio
Amazing visuals
Intense action

I have to be up front about one thing going forward: I was not a Resident Evil fan. I thought the scare factor was overrated, and from others' accounts, the controls never matched neither the series' graphics nor its ambition. In the interest of full disclosure, I had never played a Resident Evil game myself. RE4 held me enraptured within the first five minutes: The moody setting, the strange village inhabitants, and the everyman cool and witty banter of Leon S. Kennedy marked this game as something immediately special. Resident Evil 4 is noteworthy on several counts: The gameplay is sterling, and using the Wii remote to pop zombies and other creatures of the night feels as natural as could be. Reloading and knife slashing are serviceable, and the waggle factor is never so cumbersome as to be noticeable, but rather is used subtly to great effect. The game is still one of the prettiest on Wii, and the audio is superb, setting a mood that is at once both suspenseful and jarring. Character dialogue is top-notch, with Mr. Kennedy's parts stealing the show. In terms of overall design, the game is a lengthy 15-20 hours long, if one sticks to the main quest only, and is well balanced in terms of exploration, action, and "other" sequences, including the dreaded escort missions, which quite honestly in this game are not so unpalatable as in other games with this feature. Plenty of goodies such as the Ada Wong missions only add to the game's value, though most will first and foremost relish the main quest. I do not have enough superlatives to describe the overall experience; perhaps the highest praise I can give the game is that I constantly itch to pop it back in my Wii and go Leon Kennedy on the undead.

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Just plain fun

Nows heres a game for the wii users who rent from blockbuster. A great game and concept, nothing too fancy, and loads trigger inching moments. Resident evil 4 for the wii is also a great small party game, but shoudnt play whens theres 2 dozen or say people wanting to play. But hey a great game , and lots of things to apreciate.

Great Wii Title

Pros Cons
Addictive gameplay Doesn't live up to expectations
Tight controls
Epic boss fights
Engaging story
Just plain fun

I was suprised to hear that RE4 was being ported to the Wii and not to mention it been out for a few years but I was amazed and my love for this game was ignited again. Lets starts out with the good the controls are very smooth and work very well with the Wii-Mote the story is still great and the many different characters are still great but there is no extra content and the graphics look last gen (A very good last gen) but the Wii is capable of better graphics then that. All the boss fights are still there and are just amazing fun to do. There is still alot more things to do the campaign , mercenaries and the Ada missions are good and they can give you atleast 20-30 hours of play but its always fun to play them again. Resident Evil 4 on the Wii is still a great game and you will have alot of fun with it.

It's worth another encore!

The survival horror game, Resident Evil 4, which graced the PlayStation 2 and the Nintendo Gamecube, is now back on the Nintendo Wii, and with brand new control scheme, thanks to the Wii remote and nunchuk. But is this game worth another encore? Or will it make you lose your mind and head? Story: 6 years after the events of Residnet Evil 2, Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to find the President's missing daughter somewhere in Spain. Gameplay: The gameplay of Resident Evil 4 is now better with the Wii remote and nunchuk. You aim the remote and press the B button to fire your weapon. To reload, simply aim and shake the remote. The Wii remote now makes the knife command easier. Swing the remote and Leon will automatically slash at the nearest target. It takes a while to get use to the controls and if you don't like it, you can use the Classic controller or the Nintendo Gamecube controller instead. Graphics: The graphics, although shows no difference from the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Gamecube other then a real wide screen support, it stills looks amazing. Sound: The sounds is so realistic. With the Wii, you can hear your weapons through the mic of the Wii remote. It sounds so real that it makes you feel like your actually using the weapons in real life. Overall: It is disapointing that Capcom has not added any new features, but it still has all of the features from the PS2, making it the best version. If you miss this game before, you should pick it up and people who already have a different version of this game, should relive the nightmare and greatness of Resident Evil 4.

Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition

I haven't played the Wii Edition yet, but i am a big fan of Resident Evil and i own almost every U.S. edition of Resident Evil unopened ---- yeah, i'm a big fan as you can tell. I give this score a 5.00 out of 5.00 because i believe from hearing others say that the motion sensing combined with this version of Resident Evil 4, has made it the best-to-date. And whether its true or not, Resident Evil 4 has already become one of my most favorite Resident Evil games to date.

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