RE4: so GOOD player should play with their own chainsaw!
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Just wanted to clarify the title: Capcom actually released a Gamecube Chainsaw controller to go along with this game.  It was that well "pushed" by developers because this game rewrote survival horror.  They, Capcom also released this pre-order bonus disc just months before it was released to incite hysteria among fans.

Like another review said the videos(5) are just a video of the 4 previous games: RE 0 (remake), RE 1 (remake), RE 2 (port from PS1), RE3 (port from PS 1), and RE: Code Veronica (port from Dreamcast/PS2) and then a video of RE4 and a playable demo of RE4.  Admittedly the videos are weak.  The two, RE0 and RE1, show actual game play footage and made me feel like I was reliving these awesome remakes.  A liite bath with NEPTUNE (shark) anyone!, or the Doomed Train Level (RE 0).  These two games are the crown jewels of the series if you don't mind static camera and RC controlls :).

The video of the ported games: RE2, RE3, and RE: Code Veronica are condesnsed versions of their retail released opening movies.  You know.. the car sceen where Claire meets Leon in RE2, or the introduction of the Merceneries in RE3, or Claire infultrating the base where her brother was last in RE: Code Veronica.  Some cinematics very dated, but classics never get obsolete they just get painted over with vitua paint!

The RE4 video is a very condesned version of the game, with some background info.. you know someone's missing daughter and Leon's first day on the job in RAcoon City.  Again, like the other review says: this may be a BETA.  The inventory system is way different.  Each weapon only occupies 1 inventory spot, so the pistol and shotgun take up the same amount, and I'd assume a rifle would do likewise.

Of course, in the retail game, the weapons take up more room the bigger they are.  Also, grenades only take up 1 spot of inventory on a 5 by 3 grid allowing you to hold up to 15 items and quantity didn't seem to effect it.  This inventory system was standard in the previous games, kind of made things simpler the way they were.

How long is the demo?  It's only after you survive the chainsaws enemies in the village.  You know when someone? saves your ass by ringing a bell.  If only all our old friends from RE2 reappeared, but I hear Cheri is in RE6!
4772575
I wish they Made Games like this more often this game is the bomb and you can do new stuff in game all the time. Alot of work and planning must went in this game ROCKSTAR GAMES ARE NUMBER#1 Keep it up Rockstar keep giving use gameplayers this bomb [rearend] games.----------------------TommyGunn-------------------------
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The zombie game has been done over ten ways to Sunday. But never have I come across one that is just so much fun to play! As Juliette, the blonde and buxom high school cheerleader, you slash, cheer, and flip your way through hoards of the undead with your trusty zombie killing chainsaw. With the help of her boyfriend's magical talking decapitated head it is your task to defeat the evil zombies and generally kick ass!

Fans of frivolous games, such as Bayonetta and Duke Nukum, will find this to be a delightful romp through a late 1980s horror flick; full of tongue-in-cheek humor and copious amounts of blood and gore! The fighting is pretty solid and the combos are devastatingly fun to pull off. There are also references to many goth rock icons and classic video games including a whole level of Pac Man like gameplay.

Some might find Juliette to be nothing more than digital eye-candy and find her pandering baby voice and attitude to be nothing more than fluff. But I think that is what makes her so awesome to watch tear through zombie flesh! To banish this game into pre-apocolyptic obscurity is to refuse yourself a fun time!
1313975
This was the first RE game I ever played and it got me hooked on the RE series. After playing this I got all the other RE games ASAP !!! This is a great game, the graphics are good for a PS1 game, and I really liked the action, the puzzles, and the plot. This is an essential for anybody interested in RE and the whole zombie deal :) Buy this game and you will not be let down.
bryanreo@sbcglobal.net
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This game is definately a 5 star game.  I gave this 5 stars because of all the non-stop action and all the hilarious things that Bruce Cambell says during the game.  Even though I beat it in 3 hours, it's still a very fun game to play.  If you like the Resident Evil games and the type of controls, then I recommend that you play this.  Also since it's a very short game, I recommend that you wait until it comes out in video stores.  I hope that you play this game.  Enjoy!!
400720
I recommend this game for anyone who loves the open sandbox style games. I think it is safe to say that it is like a combination of Grand Theft Auto and the Wild West. You can go around and explore the vast landscape of mountains, hills and plains of the US/Mexico border.

Your main character is John Marston, a former criminal gang member who is looking for, what the title says, redemption. The US Government have John's wife Abigail and son Jack in captivity and the only way for John to get them back is to help the government take down members of his former gang. As Marston, you can choose to be a good guy by helping out strangers and townspeople with various tasks such as capturing fugitives who rob stores or attackers of women on the streets. You can also choose to be a bad guy and just shoot innocent bystanders and loot dead bodies. Other tasks include hunting, horse breaking,fur trading, horseshoes, and poker.

Along with the main story, there is the Undead Nightmare campaign. The campaign takes place after Marston gets his family back and Uncle infects them with the Zombie virus. Marston searches around the area for a cure by killing zombies attacking the towns and performing various tasks needed to find a cure. It also adds a few game modes for Multiplayer.

This game is definitely one of the greater ones to come out over the last 5 years. If you like GTA, you should definitely give a try.
686357
I will give my honest review on this game. First off a little back history, I own RE1,2,4 and now 6. I'm a fan of the series, not a fanboy. I played Jakes full campaign and on Chris right now. Played the multiplayer mercenaries only.

Good:

The game is beautiful,very well designed areas.
Interluding with other characters in the story,Yakuza 4 has done this and it worked out very well.
You have 4 campaigns to go through,close to 20+ hours of gameplay.
Music is well done,as well as the voice acting.
Storyline keeps you going one way or another at every turn.
Boss fights keep you on your toes,especially when they are chasing you.
Co-op is fun in every aspect including mercenaries.
Melee and shooting is as smooth as butter on toast.
Crazy mutating creatures.

Bad:

Quick time events are annoying,especially when you have too many. They could of cut a lot of that.
If you are not a more than average gamer,you will die many petty deaths.
Zombies with dumb masks.

Other Thoughts:

People complained about cut scenes, but to be honest I didn't mind them at all. We had many successful games who followed the same suit. Resident Evil 6 is a fun game,no question about it. It has both Quality and Quantity. That is something we need more in the gaming world, especially when we are paying $59.99!! If you don't decide to buy it,rent it at least.
3864099
A friend introduced me to this game when I was 13, and I got the game before I ever even had a GameCube (had to do odd jobs and save up for it). I've played this game through multiple times over the years, have a few anecdotes to share about the experiences with it and the people who've watched me play it, and I enjoy it just as much if not more than the first time I ever watched it being played and played it myself. I fell in love with the Resident Evil video games because of this one, and it remains my favorite to this day. The only regret I have concerning this game is not being able to afford the chainsaw remote when it was available, because it's one facet of it I've never experienced. It would have been awesome multiplayer, but it's as awesome as it could ever be just the way it was made. I highly recommend this game, whether for GameCube or the other systems it's now available for, and whether or not you're new to the survival/horror/zombie genre, or new to video games altogether. It's a keeper!
3816710
...damn good but with just a little too much thickness to go down right.
Resident Evil 2 is a console game.  Its' move to PC is...questionable.  But while it may not be the next generation of gaming goodness, it allows all the PC owners of the world a chance to immerse themselves in one of the greatest console games of all time.
RE 2 is the second and perhaps most epic of the RE games.  Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield are likeable and active charactors who, with time and...well...more time, will grow on you.  The cast of secondary charactors and monsters are both creepy and delightful.  Best of all, the weapons are good enough to make Duke Nukem drool a little.  Pack this into a survival horror package, where one must carefully husband ammo and always be prepared and you have a game with a perfect mix of tension and action.
But it is not a computer game.  To make that tension thick the designers chose to create save points and sometimes painful camera angles.  It is too easy to run through the game if you can save just before every door.  Instead, you'll fling the controller across the room because you got jumped by a zombie dog and hashed to shreds, leaving you farther back in the game.  It just makes keeping alive a little more important (as a note, though the "print cartriges" required to save seem scarce, they are really almost too common)
Others may come to hate the limited space one has to carry items.  Any good first person shooter allows a much larger range of munitions and keys to hold at once.  In RE 2, you get about 8 slots.  That means if you carry the beloved pistol for zombie shooting, its ammo, and the life saving shotgun for anything else (with its ammo) you have 4 slots to carry any health, keys, or back-up weaponry you want or find.  Trust me, its really scary to bring a knife to a gun fight, or a pistol to a rocket fight.  Much of the puzzle system runs along these lines.  Some require you to place 4 or more pieces into a key hole.  But you can't just find them and take them there, you have to carry other things.  This means you will have to find them, place them in the item box ( a magical, multi-locational box that will hold everything you own and be reached in many places) then go find the others before finally gathering them all and opening the puzzle.  Sound tedious?  Strangley the game manages to keep you plenty busy in between so it never really becomes too much of a problem.
As for the bad camera angles, they had to stay in the game.  To build in a moving camera would have destroyed the game.  I tell you now, there is something creepy about hearing the patter of zombie feet, know they are out there, and just not know where they are.  If not for the useable, venerable auto-aim function, I too would have screamed every time I ran headlong into the arms of a zombie.  As it is...The unseen Giant spider is my personal bane.
So in conclusion, at 20 dollars, you are buying a game beloved by Play Station and Dreamcat owners the world across.  But it will drive the hardcore PC player insane.  But even if this hypothetical PC owner can somehow make his way past the glareing downfalls of this game, he will enter the World of Resident Evil, a land where the dead walk and bullets are scarce.
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For those of you who have played the original Resident Evil on the PS1 way back in 1995-96, then you may think that the remake is just another typical remake. Prepare for a surprise, the REmake is quite possibly another game in its own.

Let's start with what we know, the REmake does infact follow the original story line and still contains most of the same elements from the original game with a few exceptions. You play as either Chris Redfield (who once belonged to the Air Force) or Jill Valentine (a lady who could probably take down most beer-bottled men in a heartbeat; don't be surprised, she's grown a backbone over the past 10 years). And of course Barry will follow you on your adventure as Jill or Rebecca will help you out as Chris.

One thing Resident Evil veterans will notice right away though, is that this is no ordinary remake. Capcom has thrown in new twists, turns, and even some new places in the game just for kicks. A few new hallways have been placed in the mansion and an eerie cabin awaits you near the guardhouse. A few new enemies await you in this game as well. The inclusion of Crimson Heads (what zombies will become if you don't incinerate them or blow their heads off), and bosses like the super crimson head (who many people believe is actually George Trevor) and a deformed mutation known as Lisa.

Speaking of Trevor, his past is explored more in this game. You find bits and pieces of his journal lying about and it eventually will end in his demise. You also find a letter from his wife (Jessica Trevor) and a journal left behind by his daughter, Lisa Trevor. And yes, Lisa is a boss in this game. If you actually get into her story, it's really quite sad. But enough of that. Let's get into the actual game.

Gameplay is dramatic in the sense that it plays like your actually in the game. I must admit that the graphics are unbelievable, You probably won't find a more beautiful game than this. It may be pre-rendered, but when grass sways, shadows move, the wind blows through the trees, and the water moves so gently, you will believe that the realism is almost to the point of being able to touch it. The story hasn't changed much. Except that Wesker will help you as Chris like Barry did for Jill. Wesker will leave ammo and fix doors for you to help you out and it almost makes you wish he doesn't...well, for those of you who haven't played it, I won't give away the ending.

It's been a long time coming but the game does not dissapoint and it has become a classic once again it gamers will indeed hold this dearly to their hearts. I recommend this for veterans though, those who haven't played the original should before they play this one as the REmake can be quite hard at times.

All in all, a game that Gamecube owners should not pass over. In a sense, it's every bit as good as the original.
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I would like to start by saying this is easily Gamecube's greatest game, and a definite candidate for game of the year... already.

No longer are we confined by the atrocious gameplay of past RE games. No more fixed camera angles that have to load whenever you move out of eye shot, always blocking your view of zombies. No more trying to control a tank, either. The new camera angle makes things approximately 123849573209847592 times better than anything previous. You can finally see whatever you want to see, and it also shows an "A" icon whenever you're near something to pick up. No more walking at an angle along walls rapidly tapping the action button in hopes of finding something, at long last. Also, a side affect of this camera change is easily some of the best control I've seen in any game for a long time. It still technically controls like a tank, but the fact that the camera is in the right place and it's so well tuned makes this setup fit like a glove, or at least after about a half-hour of getting used to it. It's not without it's real flaws, though... you can't strafe, and the camera is always stuck over your right shoulder, which can be a bit of a hassle. Minor grievences, however. The aiming, by the way, is the greatest aiming I've ever felt in a console game. Ever. Bravo Capcom.

Another thing changed is that finally, we are rid of those boring, pointless lock-and-key puzzles. Instead of trying to pull that crap, RE4's main challenge is the intense battles with the locals and their pitchforks. The neccessity to not make head shots, lest you get a nasty surprise. You use your brain in more practical situations, like how to keep 300 crazy people from overrunning your house, or a plan of attack against those with chainsaw's. Wandering around barren corridors looking for keys is a thing of the past. There are still puzzles through out the game, although not nearly as irritating or as frequent.

The graphics and sound: the fluff of every game, but somehow Capcom pulled it off and made it look great, sound great, and manage voice acting that doesn't grind your ears down to a bloody pulp like "Steve" in Code Veronica did. The sound itself is spectacular, the way you suddenly can hear them chanting and getting ready to skewer you. The chilling background music that will let the hair on the back of your neck stand on end... if it hasn't already done so after one of RE4's breath-taking gunfights.

The "Merchant" is also a nice touch. Having a dude around to sell you stuff and buy crap you don't need for cash... is just great. This gives you incentives to search for treasure hidden around throughout the entire game. You can even combine treasures to create massively valuable items, which you can trade in for, say, a ROCKET LAUNCHER. The huge grin on your face when that big gigantic ogre comes out at you and suddenly you pull out that bad boy and blow the punk to smithereens... priceless.

I should also make note of the boss fights... oh, what boss fights, although the end boss is a bit of a push-over, but nonetheless worth your time. Lets just say when you get to the lake, you will experience the coolest boss fight on water in existence.

There is even quite the replay factor, with Ada's solo missions and "Mercenaries", where you choose from different characters and race against time taking out as many bad guys as you can. Not to mention the even more awesome weapons and items to be obtained the second, third, and god knows how many more times through.

I don't know what else to say. Clearly, RE has finally evolved from the usual formula of tank controls, mainly static camera's and poor gameplay and into something enviable to those that A)don't own a gamecube, and B)know what they're talking about. Truly a masterpiece.
4148205
This was a well done game that offers an experience separate from you usual resident evil game.

Gameplay-wise: If you've played RE: 4, it's just a touchup on that. Capcom followed the popular dual-stick control method rather than using just the left stick to aim. The melee attack system (not the knife) was improved and it even followed up on the partner system. It's like Ashley Graham with a gun and guts. As you play as Chris, the new Sheva Alomar actively assists you as needed (though if you don't keep her on a short leash, she tends to jump in front of the most dangerous of enemies) and there are many areas that require teamwork (like lifting someone over a ledge) Unlike most resident evil installments, ammo is everywhere on the easier difficulties. You will almost never run out of ammunition outside of the first level and in my opinion, that takes away from the survival-horror experience.

Other than that, it's a solid over-the-shoulder shooter.

Story-Wise: A well-grounded and believable storyline taking place in various african locales as you track down black market weapons dealers trying to sell zombie viruses and bio organic weapons to terrorists over africa, eventually leading to the discovery of a "doomsday plot." The zombies are introduced well in addition to the inclusion of some new enemies. And for my particular favorite, Wesker is back, and he is badder than ever. Prepare for one of the hairiest fights of your gaming life. If you've watched the Matrix, then fighting Wesker is akin to fighting an agent.

Despite what some have said, I don't believe the game is racist or insensitive in any regard. It is a science-fiction story line that follows the "what if" scenario, Capcom did not develop this game with the intention of downplaying Africans.

Graphics and Sound FX: Good. Not perfection at its finest or anything but such aesthetics really have no bearing on the gameplay quality. I wouldn't use this as a basis of judgement if I were you.

Multiplayer: Well done. The cooperative modes make it so one player can't get too far ahead of the other and strongly pushes for cooperation, or you will find death quickly. The zombies have intelligence, and will work together to trap and surround you, so you need that extra person there watching your back. You can share items, and you don't even need a mic to communicate properly. Your character can issue commands/make requests as needed.

Overall: This is a game that is worth adding to your RE collection, or just for having a different kind of zombie-fighting game. Excellent in both regards.
325076
First of all in response to what Elton Lee posted, Resident Evil 4 is meant to be "scary" so you are NOT supposed to see where the enemies are coming from.

**spoilers included**

Resident Evil 4 is played in a 3rd person point of view. At times it will be played in a first person point of view(fps) when you decide to equip Leon with one of the rifles and snipe some heads completely off.

This game reminds of when I first played Rainbow Six on my PC with the suspense of not knowing what's around the corner except of course for the health meter which allows you more than one wound. :) I will admit to jumping in my seat a couple times when Leon was first grabbed over the shoulders by a villager and then when I first tried to take out one of the chainsaw ladies.

This isn't a first person shooter(FPS) game where you run around and blast everything. You actually have to plan attacks at times and look for ammo in drawers and such while trying to avoid attacks from all sides.

The A.I. is phenomenal!!!

Instead of the regular ol' zombies, these baddies will actually strafe to avoid attacks and somtimes bunch up so the front few will absorb the hit and the back few will rush up and attack. And yes as Elton Lee posted, they will attack you from the sides and behind so you've got to keep moving, toss a grenade or equip Leon with a submachine gun.

The atmosphere in the game makes it a lot more scary like this one chapter where your in a village, it's raining and you can't see much until the lightning flashes across the night sky.

The ability to upgrade your weapons is awsome and gives it an RPG feel. Believe me, there are a lot of weapons to buy, find and win in this game. My favorite is the tactical shotgun with the power maxed out. Call it my personal Boomstick. ;)

The graphics, hmmm, I think you've heard enough about that aspect of the game but I will say that Capcom did a wonderful job devoloping this game around the OpenGL Gamecube graphics processor. I've never seen better flames in any game, yup, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow(PC) included.

I was waiting so long to play Half-Life 2(PC) and even got Doom 3(PC) to kill some time but after playing both Half-Life 2 and Resident Evil 4 I've gotta say that I'm so glad that I've got my Gamecube. My girlfriend on the other hand has not heard from me since it came out on Jan 11.
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I have loved the RESIDENT EVIL series of games since the very beginning and have played all of them with varying degrees of satisfaction.  After playing the dismal and boring "Resident Evil: Code Veronica X" on PS2, I was ready to give up on the whole series. It just wasn't fun anymore and had finally become boring, tired and repetitive.

  Then came the Resident Evil remake for the GameCube which was superb in every way! Resident Evil Zero followed and was good too! So when I heard news of  Resident Evil 4 for GameCube, my expectations were quite high. Well this game blew them and me away! Nintendo was using an ad a few months ago declaring "Believe the Hype!" and believe it you should!

  This game has new but familiar controls but is no longer clunky and awkward like previous games on the PS and PS2. It features an over the shoulder camera angle which is great and makes precision aiming of your weapons possible. There are now action buttons to make your character kick, jump or dodge at key moments.

  The music and sound effects are great and very spooky! Try not to get creeped out when you hear the cultist chanting and whispering or the disgusting breathing sound of the REGENARATOR monster for the first time! The voice acting, graphics, story, EVERYTHING is top notch in this game!

  Being a huge movie fan for most of my life, I can see MANY influences and homages in this game. From Indiana Jones, The Road Warrior, Village of the Damned, The Thing, The Fly, ALIENS, Deep Rising, Rambo 3, PREDATOR, Lord of the Rings, Night of the Living Dead, The Pit and the Pendulum, WaterWorld, Escape from New  York, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Matrix! Quite a wide variety of influences there, all rolled up to make one terrific game!

  I won't give to much of the story details away except to say it stars LEON KENNEDY from "Resident Evil 2" who now works for the government and this game makes him into a real action hero! The story involves a religious cult and their parasitic creatures. The game is left wide open for a sequel which I sure hope they make!

  For hardcore Resident Evil fans, the fact that there are NO zombies in this game might bum them out. I was one of those people too who wasn't thrilled with that idea at first, but there are enough crazy monsters and deranged villagers in this game to make up for them and still make it a RESIDENT EVIL game! Play thru this game and I guarantee by the end you WON'T be missing those zombies!

  The game can be VERY intense and sometimes overwhelming! The villagers feature great AI which makes them duck, bob and weave if you have them in your gun sights. There are a few good scares thrown in too but the focus here is on ACTION!

  The game took me over 20 hours to play thru the first time and has TONS of bonus games, costumes and weapons to unlock adding to it's replay value. I was so addicted to this fun game that I played it for 2 months straight, EVERY SINGLE DAY! I've NEVER done that with a game before and I sure got my moneys worth!

  There is a TREASURE HUNTING aspect to the game which allows you to sell found items for money which you can than use to purchase new equipment and upgrade to bigger and stronger weapons, making each new play thru that less difficult. Buy this game, play it with the lights off and the sound up and get ready for one wild, fun and scary ride!
1179557
Best Resident Evil shooter to date! RE6 is such a long game too, over 30 hours of gameplay at least, maybe 50! There is a diversity and variety to the levels not seen before in a RE game. There is also the familiar feature of playing multiple characters whose stories intertwine throughout the game.  The negative reviews this one gets are definetly from those that have not completed the single player campaign in its entirety.  Anyone who gives this game les than 4 stars is not a true fan of the RE franchise.  This game isn't just a shooter, but an action packed adventure game filled with elements of survival horror.  It's so much more than a zombie shooter!
Resident Evil 6 is a Playstation 3 Must-Buy for any adventure-loving gamer and any survival horror fan!
1307534
Great game, lots of memories on mercenaries. I'm absolutely loving that Capcom is releasing these games again on present consoles. Be aware that the graphics are not really updated (they do seem to be a little better. Maybe it's cause I wear glasses now a days.) If you liked the game back in the day, it's the same, you do get some cool outfits for the characters though. I've only started on the main story line, but I used to dump hours into merceranies. This is gonna be fun to relive all of that.
Definitely a co-op game made for you and your buddy on the couch. If you never played RE5, you should pick this up.
The gameplay is fun, it's more of an action type shooter, it doesn't have the scare factor that original resident evils had. I wish they would get back to that. But if you're needing a fun game to play with a friend, you should pick this up.
The story line is pretty good, you run into some old friends and it fills in some plots from previous games. It progresses like any other resident evil, you have a set path and you continue it killing zombies (or weird bug infected things that look like zombies).
If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask.
2241262
Okay, as a long standing fan of the RE series I feel I'm qualified to say that this was a pretty good game.  The graphics alone are worth the purchase for PS2.  Some of the weaponry is different than its predecessors.  The shotgun for instance just doesn't seem as powerful, whereas the magnum is just as devestating as always.  The storyline is unique and it was wonderful to play Chris again.  While it was lacking in action a bit, the element of surprise made up for it.  Imagine my surprise when I opened a door and found myself in the foyer of the mansion!
It's an excellent game and completely worth the money if you're a fan, or even if you want to try out the series.  Although for story's sake you'll want to start at the beginning (RE1, 2, etc) or you're not going to know who Leon and Chris are.  Nemesis doesn't really come into play because Jill and Carlos are never mentioned.
Oh, and just an FYI - you can decapitate the Zombies.  There's always been an easy headshot with the magnum and in the battle game you can use Steve and point the lugers up when the zombies are right on top of you and blow their brains out. :)  Have fun gamers!