The controls take a little getting used to (M+KB anyway) and some of the later areas are a little weaker, but this 11 year old game still holds up amazingly well. Lower res textures aside, it looks very good in most places. The gameplay variety is also fantastic. Given how it still plays today, it's easy to see why it blew everyones minds in 2005. Highly recommended!

(Note: I played it entirely on a Win 10 laptop and had no slowdown or glitches whatsoever. It only crashed once for me in nearly 19 hours when trying to load a save, which didn't repeat)

Runs like syrup on my potato. 10/10

Its like gears of war, but you cant aim and move at the same time. and ashelys cooler them Dom.

my favorite thing about this port of a decade-old game is definitely playing it at 800x600 so that it doesn't run in slow motion

This is an old game so the review won't be too long.

Gameplay-

Holy ♥♥♥♥ this game still outclasses every ♥♥♥♥ing third person shooter to date. Pretty much every ♥♥♥♥ing TPS game these days got its ideas from this game. This game made shooting enemies in the face for 20 hours FUN. Blowing off a head never ♥♥♥♥ing got old. The game also changes it up every now and then to keep it exciting. They give you ♥♥♥♥ing mine carts, they give you ♥♥♥♥ing harpoons, they give you ♥♥♥♥ing creepy mazes, oh you want some jet skis too? This game has that as well. This game's got it all. This game kicks ♥♥♥♥ing ♥♥♥. Why can't Capcom make games like this anymore? Some people complain that this game wasn't as scary as the originals and that the puzzles were way too easy. Who the ♥♥♥♥ wants to solve puzzles in a zombie game? The puzzles in the originals were boring as ♥♥♥♥ and pointless filler to make the games seem longer. The original RE's weren't even ♥♥♥♥ing scary. They just had a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ camera and ♥♥♥♥♥♥ controls to make up for the fact that it wasn't scary. Some people actually want them to put the overhead camera in the next RE game, ♥♥♥♥ no. The overhead camera was acceptable in the PS1 era but not now. The older RE's sucked balls and you know it. Metal Gear Solid had an overhead camera and it was 1000000000x better than the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ RE games. They weren't even ♥♥♥♥ing scary. The only thing scary about them was the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ controls. How many people do you know would be that ♥♥♥♥ing slow when zombies are chasing them? RE4 is better in every conceivable way, and manages to be pretty creepy at times even though it doesn't ♥♥♥♥♥♥ camera angles. The inventory in this game also kicks ♥♥♥ because you can carry multiple weapons at once but have to choose what weapons and how much space you will leave for healing herbs, ammo, etc. It makes you really think about what you will carry and makes it a little more tactical. This game also gives a ton of content since you got the main game, which is around 20 hours long. A kick ♥♥♥ Professional mode ( New game +) an awesome round wave type mode called Mercenaries, an extra 5-6 hour campaign where you play as this hot chick named Ada who is one of the characters in the game, another hour long minigame where you play as her collecting stuff, and a ton of costume, bottle caps, and weapons to unlock. It also has a lot of secrets in game. I ♥♥♥♥ing love this game and hate Capcom for abandoning all this cool ♥♥♥♥. The bosses and weapons kick ♥♥♥ as well. The game also manages to be hard but not frustrating because when you die it's usually your fault.

Sound-
The sound in this game ♥♥♥♥ing rocks. The quality may be outdated but interestingly enough it still beats every game out there in terms of atmosphere and ♥♥♥♥. The sound in this game makes you feel like you're ♥♥♥♥ing there. The thunder and rain, the chantings of the enemies, the creepy regenerator sounds, this game is ♥♥♥♥ing awesome. The sound in this game kicks ♥♥♥. I masturbated to the sound of ashley crying out for leon like a little ♥♥♥♥♥. The VA is not bad, the dialogue is cheesy but it's almost perfectly delivered and made me crack up quite a bit.

Graphics-

Ok this HD port sucks ♥♥♥ but since it's a 9 year old game I'll give it some slack. The game looks kind of muddy but it still looks a lot better than alot of games these days such as The Saboteur and there's never any frame rate slowdowns or any ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥t like that. The HD port looks pretty much the same as the Wii version except it brings back the laser sight which makes it alot better since you can't just shoot all over the place and it cleans up some of the textures a bit so as not to make your eyes disintegrate. It still looks kind of ♥♥♥♥♥♥ at some parts but it's definitely bearable and the gameplay still kicks ♥♥♥♥ing ♥♥♥ regardless.

Story

Ok usually I would rip on a story like this but the reason I don't is because even though the story is really ♥♥♥♥ing cheesy the game actually acknowledges this and doesn't take itself too seriously. It's actually quite enjoyable and the dialogue is ♥♥♥♥ing hilarious. Some of Leon's lines are awesome. Though the story is cheesy it does keep you involved and the cutscenes are short and get to the point. Eitherway, the gameplay kicks ♥♥♥.

The worst part is they drove off with my makeup.

Amazing classic. Must buy. Would recommend using a xbox 360/one/ps3/ps4 controller. Alot easier.

WTF why can't I play it in HD.. The game ♥♥♥♥in freezes when I want to change it in HD

I easily spent a couple hundred hours on this game when I had it on the good ol' Gamecube way back when, and I'm having a hard time deciding whether nostalgia makes me still enjoy this game so much or if it's actually a fantastic ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game. I'm pretty sure it's both. There's just a sense of pure satisfaction when it comes to Resident Evil 4, going through vast, dark maps, killing zombies, getting the crap scared out of you on more than a couple ocassions, saving the obnoxious hot girl, and then doing it again like 15 times. This game made me who I am today, and I am a better man because of it.

I played this game for a long long time on ps2 when it came out. It was surprisingly scary at the time. The chainsaw guy we all know would actually make me cover my eyes for that inevitable decapitation scene when he catches you. This is my favorite resident evil game out of the franchise. The story and combat is all good with great bosses. The only real cons of this game was the level design which could be confusing at times and Ashley. Thank god they seperated you from that girl because she is the main reason this game is difficult. You have to protect her and if she dies then you fail and start over. Her AI is so stupid where she thinks running into the hord of infected if safer than staying inside the hut i told her to stay in. But they kinda negate ths by seperating her because she gets kidnapped a lot. Anyways get this game but make sure you have a controller because the pc controls kinda suck.