Wow, this game had me gripped from start to finish. I usually like to do other things in-between my game playing but for at least a week this had me stuck in my bedroom all day with hardly any breaks at all. I just couldn't put the controller down!

Firstly, it's a lot different than the previous Resident Evil games. Whereas previously the games were more adventure/survival related, Resident Evil 4 is much more of a shoot-em-up with insane, trance-like villagers coming at you from all directions. However, there's still a great deal of exploring involved in the game and you get to explore three large areas: the village, the castle and the island. As I'm not a fan of shoot-em-ups in general, the fact that I'm rating this game the highest I possibly can, that ought to say a lot about how amazing this game is.

The scare factor is still there and a lot of the times it had me jumping out of my skin. With quite a few very large enemies to kill it literally had me on the edge of my seat (well, I was actually on my bed) during these epic battles. With a wide range of weapons and upgrades and ammo aplenty it's hard to get well and truly stuck on this game. It has its difficult moments but then again, no one likes a game to be really easy.

Truly an epic game. I highly recommend it.

The first thing you realize is Resident Evil is unlike any Res Evil game you played before. Its now more of a shoot them up, rather than a point and click adventure/action which the previous games looked similar to. Your pushed straight into the action, rather than a complexed story. The makers of the game have given Res Evil a brilliant make over, while losing its rather tedious back and forth missions and constantly stuck in the same location as the previous games did, its pushed it to the next level. Your constantly tense, never safe, and theres always an action packed battle sequences to tend with. A definite must !

I recentely purchased this game and i tried to give the new changes a chance but this is the worst re (inc uc).

This game gives us too much ammo, all the enemies you can kill and a dodgy del boy merchant, hobbit, cave trolls, generic army man (wesker 2).

What happened to the claustraphobic environments, jump scares, good music for areas, hopelessness etc, it's nowhere in this aside from the cabin bit and the beginning where you have to fight for your life.

I applaud capcom for giving mind controlled enemies a try, but it's only a good idea on paper and the series could've found another way to evolve properly.

All I can say is i feel sorry for capcom for destroying a legendary series in order to get more fans and get rid of most of the old fanbase.

All a lot of people want now is neck breakers, suplexes, strafing, more weapons then you can hold etc, i liked re for the story, atmosphere and horror, the story was ripped off from time crisis, and mgs conversations on the radio destroyed the whole point of being alone in this.

All i can say is bravo capcom, you've now made re for mindless zombies, which is why they aren't in future installments.

I'll rent re5 or burrow it off someone when it's out, but that's it, its's re4 with ganados in africa and a rambo sized chris, lol.

I love this game it is one of my preferred Resident Evil games because it is differant but not that differant it ruins the series. The gameplay is a huge leap foward even though i orefer the set camera angle on a 2D backdrop this is even better the enemies don't hide behind the corner so you can't see them. The enemies AI is good they climb ladders go up stairs and attack you with Chainsaws. I was surprised of how good this game is as i was a little reluctant to buy it but i recommend this to any horror fan or game fan in general.

I was not a huge fan of Resident Evil games, but received Outbreak 2 days before deciding to buy Resident Evil 4. First, I played Outbreak and didn't think much of it, but when you tart to play Resident Evil 4 - the chances are you won't stop for a long time, the game is simply amazing and has an up-to-date aiming system that makes shooting easier and much more fun. Along with GTA:San Andreas and Tekken 5 this is one of my favourite PS2 games of all time and is well worth spending anything up to ??20 on. Great game.