Resident Evil 4

Resident Evil 4 (known as Biohazard 4 in Japan) is a survival horror game developed and published by Capcom initially for the Nintendo GameCube. It is the sixth main entry in the Resident Evil series.

Plot
Six years after the events of Resident Evil 2, Leon Scott Kennedy now works as a protector for the President of the United States and his family. His first assignment is to rescue Ashley Graham, the daughter of the President from a mysterious cult called the Los Illuminados. However what starts as a rescue mission becomes so much more. The cult plans to use an ancient parasite called Las Plagas to infect the United States government and take over the world. Leon must now not only rescue Ashley, but stop the cult from taking over the world. But with the appearance of Ada Wong who has plans of her own, it is apparent that a third party is involved.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Invented the over-the-shoulder shooting for third-person shooters and was popularized in some games like Gears of War.
 * 2) Leon and Ada from Resident Evil 2 are back. Wesker also has a few cameo in Separate Ways.
 * 3) This game takes itself less seriously than previous and later Resident Evil games, and more often than not it even mocks the silly and unrealistic stories this series is known for. Like when Hunnigan questions if the academy taught Leon how to lockpick or when Leon calls Saddler's plan to use the Plaga an "alien invasion".
 * 4) Its eerie and fantastic soundtrack fits the Resident Evil setting perfectly.
 * 5) Awesome graphics and environments which are totally by 2005 standards.
 * 6) Good amount of enemy variety and designs.
 * 7) Great boss fights.
 * 8) Stunning enemies allows Leon to use melee attacks. Using it while being swarmed by enemies can also push them back, giving more space to react.
 * 9) The knife is improved and more easier to use since now you can just press a button to pull it out to kill downed enemies.
 * 10) Although the whole escort part of trying to protect Ashley during nearly all of the sections of the game is heavily disliked, the AI for Ashley is really good, as she often stays behind Leon and does her best to avoid crossfire.
 * 11) A mysterious merchant often sells Leon guns, maps, upgrades, and can upgrade the stats on each gun. His lines are also memetic in a good way.
 * 12) Many treasures are in the game that Leon can sell for money. Some treasure can be also merged together to make them worth more money than they were individually. An example is merging a Blue Eye, Red Eye, and Green Eye with the Butterfly Lamp.
 * 13) The ending credits give you backstory about the villagers before their downfall by Saddler’s hands.
 * 14) Future ports of the game offered additional content such as the Separate Ways Mode which chronicles what Ada was doing during Leon's mission. Not to mention it makes the game more connected to canon RE storyline.
 * 15) *Completing this mode will also unlock costumes with Leon wearing a mafia suit and his knife being reskinned into a switchblade. Ashley appears in a complete medieval suit of armor, which is very useful as the suit makes her invincible to every enemy attack and any attacks by Leon. She also cannot be picked up by enemies, as they will immediately drop her and fall over themselves.
 * 16) Powerful weapons are unlocked after beating the game and completing bonus content, which offers a high level of replay value.
 * 17) The motion controls on the Wii Version work very well and smoothly, as well as the mouse controls of the Ultimate HD editions for PC.
 * 18) In chapter 3, you can play the Shooting Range. The merchant will have a blue door beside him that leads to a shooting gallery. You can choose between the type of guns to use rapid-fire or sniping. here are four game types in the game from A-D. As a reward for getting 3,000 or more points, you will be given a bottlecap except for one which is gained from either getting 4,000 points or hitting every target. There are 6 per game and there are 24 in total. Completing a game type by getting all six bottlecaps will also give you a certain amount of pesetas.
 * 19) * Completing Game A - 15000₧
 * 20) * Completing Game B - 25000₧
 * 21) * Completing Game C - 35000₧
 * 22) * Completing Game D - 50000₧
 * 23) After the game is beaten on Professional difficulty, the Merchant sells a free gun, the P.R.L. 412 that can kill every enemy in one shot, including bosses.
 * 24) Along with Separate ways there are two minigames you unlock after completing the game:
 * 25) *The Mercenaries returns from Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, this time you can play as 5 different characters: Leon, Ada, Jack Krauser, Albert Wesker, and HUNK. If you get 5 stars on all four stages with all five characters the Handcannon is unlocked, which is the most powerful magnum in the game.
 * 26) *Assignment Ada Mode is a minigame where you play as Ada and have to go around the island looking for Plaga samples. Beating the minigame will unlock the Chicago Typewriter for the main game. It also unlocks the weapon for use in Separate Ways, but only in the Gamecube version. Costumes will also unlock with Leon appearing in an R.P.D. uniform, Ashley appearing in a white pop star outfit, and Ada wearing black combat gear.
 * 27) The Regenerator and Iron Maiden sections, which are considered some of the scariest monsters in the franchise. A bite/spike attack from them can drain Leon's health easily. They will become even more unpredictable if you destroy their legs. The easiest way to kill them is to attach the infrared scope to any type of rifle you have so that Leon can destroy the parasites in their body.
 * 28) Instead of the usual zombies, the game has Plaga, which is a parasite that turns people into possessed, aggressive beings called Ganado who can use weapons like axes and crossbows.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The PlayStation 2 port has downgraded graphics and horribly compressed sound quality outside cutscenes. It also uses FMV cutscenes instead of real-time cutscenes.
 * 2) The 2007 PC port (not the one on Steam) is bad for a few reasons.
 * 3) * It's based entirely off of the PS2 port, which again is severely watered down. To make matters worse, the Wii version only released a few months after this port and that one put in the effort of combining the GameCube version's gameplay with the PS2 version's extra content.
 * 4) * The keyboard controls are awful and there is also no mouse support, making aiming much harder. Fortunately, you can connect a gamepad to get over these awful controls.
 * 5) The mobile phone and Zeebo versions are abysmal.
 * 6) Although the gameplay is good, it is the first main Resident Evil game that focused more on action than horror which wasn't well received with some fans of the original style, though the horror roots were restored starting with Resident Evil: Revelations.
 * 7) The game is supposed to take part in a rural village located in Spain. However, the villagers talk with a Latin-American accent which shows a sloppy localization (though other aspects, like the use of Pesetas as currency are accurate).
 * 8) The cutscenes in Separate Ways are low quality, even in the HD versions.
 * 9) Ada can't upgrade her weapons in Separate Ways mode unlike Leon.
 * 10) The story is rushed in some places (e.g. Umbrella getting destroyed in a cutscene.)
 * 11) The game isn't all that difficult except with Professional difficulty which is frustrating mainly because you can die in 3-4 hits.
 * 12) The Nintendo Switch version has no motion controls (unlike the Wii version) which is a big part of the console.
 * 13) * This version is also more expensive compared to the Steam, PS4, and Xbox One versions.
 * 14) As mentioned in WIR#10, the parts where you have to escort Ashley is heavily disliked by many due to the fact that she is extremely annoying, as she constantly strays away from Leon, and never stops talking.

Trivia

 * In one of the castle rooms, you can find some fire-spitting statues of dragons. They are almost identical (if not the same) to the weapon "Ifrit" from the original Devil May Cry.

Reception
As stated in number 1 on Why It Rocks, Resident Evil 4 was responsible for popularizing the over-the-shoulder gameplay feature in third-person shooter games which would be used in other games like Shadows of the Damned and Dead Space.

Resident Evil 4 is considered one of the best games of all time.

Tips

 * When fighting a single Ganado, shoot it in the leg or face and use a melee attack to knock it down. Once down, swipe repeatedly with the knife and it should die by the time it gets back up. This method should save some ammo.
 * If a treasure states that it has some holes or that it might fit in something, save it, don't sell. If you combine the treasure pieces together, you can get more money for new weapons and upgrades.
 * At the point where Ashley is kidnapped by the Novistadors (giant insects) there is a large hive-like structure in the middle of the room. This structure can be destroyed when shot at enough times, with a rocket launcher destroying it instantly. Its destruction leaves behind a large amount of different colored jewels known as "Eyes," which are used for the Butterfly Lamp and also dropped by Novistadors themselves.
 * When the Butterfly Lamp is complete, feel free to sell all remaining Eyes, except the Blue Eyes as they are rare and be used in New Game +.
 * For Krauser’s second boss fight, the easiest and fastest way to defeat him is to use your knife, let him get close to you and use your knife on his leg and chest.

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