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May 19, 2004

E3 2004: Resident Evil 4

The somewhat musty Resident Evil series is getting a tremendous shot in the arm, thanks to the GameCube-only Resident Evil 4.

We get to rejoin our favorite RE character, former Raccoon City rookie cop Leon Kennedy, as he travels to Eastern Europe on some kind of mission. There, he finds a smarter, faster type of zombie then we’re used to here in the good old USA.

With RE 4, the game moves to a fully 3D design, with a new over-the-shoulder camera that gives the game an almost first-person feel. Which is especially important for getting those all-important headshots to take down the zombified masses.

The parts of the game we got to play were super creepy, with a muted color palette, great graphics and A-list production values.

We’ve been a big supporter of the Resident Evil series for a long time, but even we have to admit, the recent games were getting a little long in the tooth. It looks like Capcom has come up with a winning re-imagining of the genre, and we can’t wait to get our hands on the finished version.

Posted by gamegal at May 19, 2004 12:13 PM