Resident Evil 4 quick play

July 7th, 2007

While visiting a friend’s vacation home this weekend, I took the opportunity to play Resident Evil 4 on his PS2. I’ve never played any Resident Evil games (nor, for that matter, have I ever touched a PS2).

The game was definitely fun. Basically a first-person shooter, although it had that over-the-shoulder view. I found the control a little frustrating, as I’m used to being able to swing my view in any direction instantly with a mouse or second joystick. In RE4, this was a slow process and somewhat limited.

That said, I actually think this added to the feel of the game. A survival horror game should make me feel like I just can’t possible keep up with the swarms of zombies coming from every direction. A little more practice with the controls and I’d have been able to just have fun.

In my twenty minutes of play, I made it into the first village, ran around screaming for more bullets, and finally died to the brutal caress of a chainsaw in the hands of a maniac with a burlap sack over his head.

Not having enough bullets was deliciously terrifying, and I actually managed to survive for a while just with my knife. I even managed to deliver a skull-crushing kick to one persistent villager I’d stabbed a few times.

I see there’s a PC version of the game. I’ll have to get my hands on it and see if I can get it to run on my iMac using Parallels.

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