Has anyone else played this yet? I'm a big fan of the Resident Evil series. I remember playing the first one on the PlayStation, with this fancy new dual-shock controller, and the first time a zombie grabbed me and the controller buzzed in my hand I about shot through the roof. I played through the second one at my desk when I worked at Acclaim. I shared an office with another designer, and I remember something startling me so badly I yelped out loud and slammed the desk with my knee. The other designer didn't say anything, he just peered around his monitor to look at me, smirked, and went back to whatever he was doing.
But after the first two, I just never felt any of the follow-ups in the series were quite as good. I never made it through RE3, I got tired of Nemesis chasing me the whole time. I loved RE:Code Veronica, but I've tried 3 times to play through it and have never gotten to the end. And I have RE:Zero, but have yet to play much of it. And the Outbreaks don't interest me at all.
But Resident Evil 4... wow! It looks amazing. And it's on the GameCube. I just can't stress how great the game looks. And the action is more fast-paced this time around. I never thought I would find farmers armed with pitchforks to be creepy, but there's definitely some stress going on when they're crowding around you. The game has great visuals, a great atmosphere. If I have one complaint, it's that I can't aim while I'm moving. But I think it actually adds to the tension, so I forgive it.
This is definitely one of the current must-have games that are out right now. If you don't have a GameCube, you can wait a few months, it will be out on the PlayStation 2 later in the year. But if you have a GameCube, run out and buy it.
