There is no crosshair for firearms, instead, every firearm has a laser sight. The camera is placed behind Leon and zooms in for an over-the-shoulder view when aiming a weapon, or a first-person view when aiming with a sniper rifle. The gameplay focuses on action and shootouts with fewer survival horror elements. Kennedy, from a third-person perspective.
The releases for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 have updated graphics.Departing significantly from the series' previous games, the player controls the protagonist, Leon S. That's a total of 5.6 million copies sold for all versions of the game.
Pressing left or right on the analog stick controlling the camera causes the background to scroll faster in a panorama like fashion in the direction of the stick.Īccording to publisher Capcom, the PS2 version of Resident Evil 4 has sold 2.3 million copies worldwide since its initial release, with another 2 million sold of the Wii Edition and another 1.3 million sold of the Xbox One and PS4 versions (as of September 30, 2018).
Additionally there are no exploding heads after heads shots and the physics of Ashley's breasts were removed.įor the Windows version, the background of the game's main menu crawls slowly. While this is more detailed and gory than the US version, the US version is more realistic in terms of anatomical "surgery". It graphically shows Leon's right eye still intact as well, surrounded by blood. However, in the Japanese version, when a villager attacks Leon with the chainsaw, it cuts off part of Leon's face, exposing half of the front of Leon's skull. In the US version, if Leon is attacked by one of the chainsaw-wielding villagers, his head is chopped off (graphically). It comes with a built-in sound chip, imitating the roar. Trivia 1001 Video Games Resident Evil 4 appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.Ĭontroller Nuby Tech designed a unique controller for the game in the form of a yellow chainsaw with gory blood marks. While most of the locations and weapons are the same, there are some entirely new levels and Ada's personal gadgets not previously seen in the main story. This story lets you play as Ada Wong and occurs in parallel to the main story, showing you what Ada did, who she contacted and where she's been when she wasn't with Leon. Unlike the original GameCube release, later released platforms come with a bonus story mode called Separate Ways which becomes unlocked after finishing the main game. There is also the Mercenaries mode from Resident Evil 3, which allows the player to play survival scenarios as characters such as Hunk and even Albert Wesker himself. Leon can collect treasure from enemies or from the surrounding area, and visit the infamous "merchant" to purchase bigger briefcases, treasure maps, weapons upgrades, and powerful weapons such as the one-shot RPG. Instead, items take up blocks of space in a briefcase according to their real life size, to allow for many more items and weapons. The entire item system has also been revamped, so that smaller items no longer require an entire item space to hold. Enemies are now humans, which allows them to climb up ladders, open doors, and use weapons throughout the game. It features a brand new AI system and more open environments that allow enemies to work together to capture and corner Leon. Instead of a fixed third person perspective, the game features a new "behind the back" movement camera angle and an "over the shoulder" aiming feature that allows players to control their gun movement for specific body part hits. Resident Evil 4 is a major change from the previous installments. Old friends.and rk around every corner as Leon attempts to find out who is truly behind the kidnapping of the president's daughter. As Leon encounters unimaginable horrors, he must find out who or what is behind everything. Kennedy to Europe on a top secret mission to investigate the disappearance of the president's daughter Ashley.
Not an American user? DescriptionPicking up six years after Resident Evil 2, the fourth game in the series follows former cop (now US agent) Leon S.