A piss poor excuse for a game....

You're just a rat in a trap anyway! I'll enjoy watvching you suffer! BAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!

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I agree with the original poster. The game did have some very good elements though such as new weapons; an interesting plotline; lots of action; an interesting (though arrogant and snobbish) supervillain; and new terrifying monsters.

But the game was quite dissapointing. Too much backtracking and repetitive elements. The awkward system of switching between two characters constantly and having to organise your inventory so often. I hated having to remember to do certain things, just so I didn't forget to collect a weapon which was needed to fight Alexia at the end (like Chris needs to collect Claire's empty fire extinguisher, fill it up and use it just to get the magnum. That was annoying).

And then there's the terrible voice acting and characters you just can't take seriously because they're a joke. Steve is annoying as hell. And Alfred, well he's a cross-dressing arselicker who is a weak minded slave to Alexia who, for all her arrogance and boasting, turns out to be a mere mortal who does not have the power to take over the world after all. Even if she managed to kill Chris and Claire, she still could've been killed by any old national army, let alone the UN's combined military might (seeing as one man is able to kill her single-handedly).
I also grew tired of Alexia and Alfred's snobbishness. They kept boasting about how superior they are to everyone else, but in the end they were no better than anyone else. After all, a small group of commoners (Claire, Chris, Steve, and Wesker to a lesser extent) were able to bring them down without any outside help. They were just spoilt little brats who were only successful in life because of their Daddy's genetic engineering which gave them the best genes anyone could ever wish for.

However, I did like th efact that the Ashford's were totally insane and snobbish to a degree, because they made a change from all their predecessors. I love fighting insane, stereotypical villains who want to dominate the world. I think in some ways the Ashfords were better villains than Osmund Saddler; because of their insanity and their snobbishness.

This was probably the weakest game in the series. I wouldn't play it again, except for *beep* and giggles (and to celebrate Alfred's death).

Ian

i really cannot understand that people always complain that RE4 isnt scary. LOOK AT THIS TITLE!

no scary atmosphere! barely any jump scenes! the enviornments looked so dull and bland, not something for a survival horror game. the only tension i felt was from the lack of ammo and herbs.
that is not the tension i want to feel. the scariness and tension from creepy atmosphere (like Resident Evil for gamecube) is the right way to make a game scary. not just by giving very little supplies

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by - kuteboy (But the game was quite dissapointing. Too much backtracking and repetitive elements. The awkward system of switching between two characters constantly and having to organise your inventory so often. I hated having to remember to do certain things, just so I didn't forget to collect a weapon which was needed to fight Alexia at the end (like Chris needs to collect Claire's empty fire extinguisher, fill it up and use it just to get the magnum. That was annoying).

^^^Poor baby, too lazy to play a smart horror game like this and silent hill. Stick to the newer RE games, more your speed. BTW by saying you will never play this game again proves you are not a real RE gamer fan. RECV has more backstory then any of the RE games next to RE0 by far but only playing it once or twice leaves many unanswered secrets in the dark.

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I have to agree with you McCain. Every RE game from 0 to cvx had backtracking in it. Its part of the Re serie, i guess.

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