Resident Evil 4 (GCN): The Final Verdict

Twenty hours, thirty-three minutes and eight seconds of some of the best survival horror gaming I have ever played. I don't think I would ever be able to say enough about this game.

Great controls, fantastic un-prerendered graphics, perfect horrifying sounds and voices (though the voice actors that actually spoke could have used a lesson in realism)...I couldn't have asked for any more.

The last couple of chapters, say around 4.1 or so, is where the game really started to shine. You got away from the constant shotgun blasting (which never really got dull. Hello! Shotgun!!) and into some real dark, creepy places. I got completely drawn into the enviornment because I wasn't so trigger happy shooting up the infected. I jumped a couple of times walking around the hospital/lab facility area.

The game was never too difficult and when it was a little easy you just got preoccupied looking at the beatiful graphics and sounds. The controls never really got in the way and getting rid of the tape saves helped you stay in focus on playing through the game without consequences of stupid actions (on my part of course). The game never got in the way of the gameplay.

So, this game goes down in my history of not only a game I actually finished (and in okay time), but one of the best I've ever played. Kudos Capcom!