Reviews from the Nintendo-slanted Japanese magazine Weekly Famitsu have unveiled the potential of yet another Wii game worth playing. According to two editors, the GameCube-to-Wii classic Resident Evil 4 is a perfect 10. Here is a bit of their reasoning:
The reviewers noted that while the content is almost the same as the GameCube original, the direct Wiimote-based controls offer a plus, making the game feel like something fresh and different. One reviewer said that the game offers the feeling of being closer to the action as well as upping the tension.
Multiple reviewers agreed on two points, that the new controls are simple and easy to get into, and that even those who played the original will be able to enjoy themselves.
Is RE4 worth buying a second time just to play on the Wii?
[Via IGN]
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3:25 PM on 05.21.2007
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Maybe if the sell through is high enough Capcom might see fit to give us a solid, more traditional* Resident Evil or similar styled game.
*I very badly want to play RE:UC, don't get me wrong, but you know...
GC, PS2, PC, Wii.
Side note: to those that injure themselves on Wii controls.. your doin it wrong.. assume the posture and energy level of the WOW no lifer from South Park and you will be fine!
nope, but it's worth a point and click on "rent it" at gamefly.com
Resident Evil whacks,
Mate One gasps,
Robert snacks.
I have been considering picking it up again for a while now. I was thinking about getting the PS2 version which is about 20$ now. So I'd be willing to pick the Wii version up for the extra 10$ depending on how well the controls work.
The score is lame, but it wont prevent me from picking up this game...:)
So you like the game. You think it has great gameplay. You think it has great graphics. You plan on getting it.
What's your gripe with the score?
Resident Evil 1 had the director's cut, then the dual shock directors cut, the Saturn Port, the Gamecube remake, and the DS remake.
Resident Evil 2 had the Analog Remake. Code Veronica came back with limited additions as Code Veronica "X" (for the muslim audience) and now we see a Wii port with the PS2's new featues.
Difference here is, this re-release is cheaper, and may actually "fix" the game for those who refused to play it before due to it's controls.
I personally think that it's ok to give such a game a 10. It is, after all, totally awesome, re-release or not. Just because this game is a little old, does that make it any less worthy of praise?
It's funny, if they re-release a movie after a few years with a few extra features for a budget price, people don't tend to complain. They don't think the quality of the movie is worse because it's not it's first release, or demanding that itdeserves new, decreased ratings.
But with games, people get bitchy.
Or, Summa is just generally bitchy about the Wii. Take your pick.
I will pass on wii version since i already did GC and then PS2, and Wii doesn't have additional content over PS2 version, so im happy playing the great game with a regular controller.
Didn't practically every Nintendo fan own RE4? I finished it twice. I originally spent 50 bucks for it on the gamecube.
I love the people that say "$30 is such a great deal, if it was $50, I wouldn't buy it." So most of us will end up spending $80 for the same game. Great deal.
What other company does this and consistently gets away with releasing the same games and charging multiple times for it? If there are examples, I would honestly like to know. We don't see God of War coming to ps3, only 30 dollars, with new sixaxis control. Or. Halo 2, new for the 360, with enhanced shoulder button action.
Plus, the price is right. $30? Oh, hells yes.
I like how Nintendo is suddenly to blame for porting a 3rd party game.
-It ends.
THERE. IT DOES NOT DYNAMICALLY GENERATE NEW LEVELS FOR YOU, AND CREATE NEW ENEMIES. The fact that the amount you can play it is not unlimited means it is not a "perfect" game.
That all aside, it is gonna be interesting to see if the Wii reflex things will work.
Controller
1. Notice button.
2. Press button.
Wii
1. Notice symbol.
2. Figure out what the %$#* it's trying to say.
3. Try several controller motions.
4. Leon is dead.
You mean besides Capcom? This is not a Nintendo game after all. The Wii audience and the GC audience is not identical.
I don't see this as much different than porting it to the PS2.
If you want to blame anyone, blame the fans. If they didn't buy it, no one would release it.
They did re-release some NES games on the GBA, port a few N64 games to the DS, and of course there is the whole Virtual Console. But that is very different than what Capcom is doing here.
Capcom will release what is fundementally two identical games in the same year with slight upgrades, hoping people don't notice or don't care. Nintendo is lucky to release two games in any of their given franchises with in four years of each other.
But back to my origianl point. I think it's weird that Capcom's recycling makes some people annoyed. Why you player hating?
Capcom gotta eat.
My only concern is that Capcom might burn out their fans this way, like they did with all the recycled Street Fighter and Mega Man games.
Yes -
CAPCOM!
@ brainderailment: 10 does not automatically mean "perfect." It usually means "excellent" unless the reviewing scale is stupid.
@ Netik09: Let's not forget what else has gotten a perfect 10: lots of worthy games and then Nintendogs. I think less of the magazine after that, since Nintendogs is about an 8 IMO, and it seems most people agree.
If you played it the first time, and don't find anything that makes you want the new version, guess what? You don't have to buy it!
Also, to consider the fact that a game ends to be a flaw is silly. You could never provide the kind of detail and focus that a truly great game requires in a product that was randomly generated or inadequately planned. Just as great movies and books have endings, so too do great games. At least since games started having endings at all, that is.
So, it looks like I made the right choice in waiting, since I can no finally get the definitive version of what is heralded as one of the greatest games in the last few years. Not that I'd know, I still haven't played it.
Amen brother. I agree, 10 doesn't mean "perfect." There is no such thing as perfection, thus a "10 = perfect" scale would be pointless. 10 means sublime, incredible, as good as it gets. But not perfect.
Perhaps they should raise the top score to 11, you know, if the game needs that extra push over the cliff.
Amen brother. I agree, 10 doesn't mean "perfect." There is no such thing as perfection, thus a "10 = perfect" scale would be pointless. 10 means sublime, incredible, as good as it gets. But not perfect.
Perhaps they should raise the top score to 11, you know, if the game needs that extra push over the cliff.