Resident Evil 4

by UBI Soft

Product Features

• This is a DVD-Rom.

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000EPP6UA
• Item Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Media: DVD-ROM
• Release Date: May 15, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,762 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Resident Evil Reinvented!Product InformationAs U.S. agent Leon Kennedy looks into the abduction of the President's daughterhis investigation leads to a mysterious location in Europe.Encountering unimaginable horrors he must find out what is behind the terror. Product Features Experience the thrill-a-minute Resident Evil 4! Now the smash hit award-winning game delivers exciting new gameplay and bonus features: New chapters - play as Ada Wong in "Separate Ways" 5 terrifying adrenaline-pumping missions that reveal additional horrific surprise New weapons including the P.R.L.412 laser cannon and the Gunpowder Bowgun New unlockable costumes for Leon and Ashley Unsurpassed visuals with breathtaking 3D graphics and effects. Fast-paced edge-of-your-seat action. New gameplay mechanics -- behind-the-back camera perspective & hit zone aiming system. Windows Requirements Windows 2000 and XP (only) 1.4 GHz Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor (2.4 GHz Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon recommended) 256 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended) 128 MB DirectX 9.0c-compliant AGP / PCI Express w/ Shader 2.0 or higher  Video Card (256 MB recommended for High Graphics Supported Video Cards at Time of Release:  NVIDIA GeForce 6 / 7 families ATI Radeon X series (X200 NOT supported) DirectX 9.0c compliant (or better) Sound Card DirectX 9.0c or higher (included on disc) 4X or faster DVD-ROM drive 7 GB (full install only) Hard Drive space Peripherals Supported: Windows-compatible keyboard Windows-compatible gamepad (4-axis dual analog sticks with 12 or more buttons required)

Customer Reviews

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31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lost in translation, June 23, 2007

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N. Durham "Big Evil" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Resident Evil 4 (DVD-ROM)

If you've been living under a rock since 2005, then you've never gotten wind of Resident Evil 4. A departure in terms of gameplay and design for Capcom's long running survival horror franchise, Resident Evil 4 marked the best entry in the series, as well as the best survival horror game of all time when it was first released on the Gamecube. Eventually the game would be released on the PS2 (and recently the excellent version that just came out for the Wii), and now it's finally on the PC. Sadly though, so much of what made Resident Evil 4 so great on the consoles has been lost in translation in this port to the PC, making PC gamers wonder what all the fuss was about with Resident Evil 4 in the first place. While the game still features it's ultra creepy atmoshphere and heart pounding moments of suspense, the fact that the game cannot be played with a mouse is pure blasphemy. A controller is essential here because of that, and the fact that the keyboard controls are sloppy and annoying to boot. Once you get over that hurdle, you'll find that despite the atmosphere of the game, the cut-scenes and even some other parts look incredibly blurry and stilted. You can't play around with the visuals of Resident Evil 4 either, and considering how long this PC version of the game was in development, the overall package just feels rushed. Not to mention that this PC port features no new exclusive content either. All the negatives aside though, Resident Evil 4 for the PC is still pretty much the Resident Evil 4 we all know and love, and if you own a gamepad, there's plenty of excitement to be found here. Combine that with the budget price tag, and you still get a solid survival horror game that is worth a look. That is, if you don't own a console. If you own one of the aforementioned console systems, pick Resident Evil 4 up for that system, but if you don't, well then, this PC version loses much of what made the console game so great in the first place.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars From a long time survival horror fan, June 22, 2007

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Randy Keeling (Cary, NC United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Resident Evil 4 (DVD-ROM)

From a long time survival horror fan

I am both an avid PC game player and a fan of the survival horror genre. Sadly, most of the "good" survival horror games have been on console systems. I saw "Resident Evil 4" for the PC and thought I would give it a try. This has to be one of the worse PC games I have ever tried.

It is a port from the consoles (PS2, Gamecube, etc) in which Ubisoft has done nothing to accommodate the PC format. You cannot use a mouse (WASD for movement and arrow keys for looking around). This makes aiming, navigating, and interacting with the environment difficult at best. If one used a dual axis control this might work (like would have to be done on a Playstation for example). However, if I had wanted to use a gamepad to play the game, I would have bought it for a console system.

The graphics are flat, dry and lack any depth. While this is not a deal breaker for me, it is very annoying after you see the game on a Playstation 2. Hundreds of dollars on RAM, video cards and a processor and the best Capcom/Ubisoft can do is give me 1997 graphical textures to process on my machine.

The menus are horrid. To exit the game you must "Reset Game", very intuitive; the arrow keys do not work to navigate the menus; you must use the WASD keys, etc. This is another example of the mindless port job that was done to this.

I recall seeing trailers for this game years ago and now that I have played it I am very sad. Perhaps the only thing worse than this game is the fact that because of the no return of "open software" policy that most every store has in place, there is no way for me to return a very bad product!

As a point of reference I consider the following to be "good" survival horror games: Fatal Frame 1, Fatal Frame 2, Silent Hill 2, and Silent Hill 4.

36 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worthless crap DOES NOT support a mouse!, June 18, 2007

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DreadWolf (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Resident Evil 4 (DVD-ROM)

I waited two years for the PC version so that I wouldn't have to use sorry gamepad controls, then when I finally get it it doesn't even support a mouse at all! Despite the statement that it does support "windows compatible mouse and keyboard" on the game box!



I feel totally cheated - I don't have a gamepad so I can't even play it!



You can't even use a mouse on the selection screens! What did Ubisoft do for two years?