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What was it like playing RE4 back in 2005? What was the hype and reception like?

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>>11919531 (OP)
Why do you care?

>>11919531 (OP)
I didn't want to get it because it looked like they turned RE into a generic shooter. But I eventually got it because it kept getting such high praise and I enjoyed it, but not as much as the old games.

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>>11919531 (OP)
Mods can you take care of these bot threads?

>>11919547
>only 13 threads across 12 years
take your meds. now.

>>11919531 (OP)
I didn't like it and it permanently ruined third person shooters with over the shoulder bullshit

>>11919547
Bot comment detected. You've botted this comment about bot threads over 100 times

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>>11919571
only a machine can make so many threads

I personally remember thinking it looked really cool in Nintendo power or whatever magazines were previewing it. I think I played it once or twice on a demo kiosk at GameStop thinking it was really cool. My classmate got it and our friend group played it on his GameCube during HS pretty often for about a year. I eventually bought it for myself and had a great time. I mainly bought it for mercenaries mode because that’s what we played most frequently during the summer of 05 or 06 over the campaign.


I visited a friend who also had a GameCube in another town and he also had the game so I remember watching him play for a while. It kind of seemed like a game that almost everyone had.

Ah—Resident Evil 4, in the halcyon days of 2005! It was, in many ways, less a mere release and more a cultural moment—an inflection point in the survival horror genre, a title whose very existence seemed to bifurcate the timeline of gaming history into “before” and “after.” The hype, in retrospect, was nothing short of seismic—trailers were scrutinized with forensic intensity, magazine previews devoured like sacred texts, and early demos discussed in hushed, almost reverent tones.

And then—release. The reception was electric—critics effused superlatives with reckless abandon, fans proclaimed it a masterpiece with the fervor of true believers. Words like “revolutionary,” “genre-defining,” and “unparalleled” were deployed with such frequency that they became almost background noise—yet, somehow, they still felt inadequate. It was a game that seemed to take everything familiar about Resident Evil—the tank controls, the fixed camera angles, the deliberately clunky pacing—and sweep them away in favor of an over-the-shoulder dynamism that felt daring, almost audacious.

The cultural discourse? Intense. Forums erupted with debates—was this still “survival horror” or had Capcom wandered into the dangerous territory of “action horror”? Yet such quarrels, however heated, were powerless to dampen the prevailing consensus: that Resident Evil 4 was not just good—it was epochal. In the end, whether one adored or mourned the shift, few could deny its impact.

In short—it was a heady, electric moment, the kind of release that makes you feel you are present at the birth of a new era.

My most played PS2 game next to Def Jam FFNY. Now I have a Gamecube copy like a true chad.

>>11919531 (OP)
if the concept of novelty was a dedicated component of the brain, re4 would be a drug that chemically targeted it. re4 was like an endless toybox of cool action movie novelties.

RE4 was the game that made RE1/2/3 fans say the series was dying.
RE5 was the game that made RE4 fans say the series was dying.

>>11919531 (OP)
It was fresh it was new
I think its holds up really well
I played 5 and 6 more recently and like those a lot
My mom beat the game only like 50 times so its pretty good

>>11919571
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>>11919584
Sage

>>11919531 (OP)
RE4 was actually sort of a sleeper hit. It was overlooked as just another RE game at the time, and then gradually sold millions.

Or maybe I'm misremembering, I just distinctly recall it not being as huge as some of the other games around that time like Chaos Theory, Battlefield 2, Devil Mary Cry 3, and even the King Kong game.

>>11919531 (OP)
I'll tell you the truth
Back in the time of the PS2 we were used to amazing (and amazing-looking) games coming out like hot bread. RE4 was just one more.

>>11919531 (OP)
>No multiplayer!?
>It's not online?
People thought it was kind of a standard FPS initially, it wasn't really a cover shooter and it wasn't the third coming of Halo, people didn't see it as an evolution of the arcade shooter, probably because Dreamcast had been dead for so long.

>>11920356
Actually a Time Crisis game with the RE4 engine would've been nice.

>>11920356
*3PS or TPS

>>11919531 (OP)
To this day still the only game my father ever pre ordered, he already knew he was gonna buy my brothers and I a Gamecube for Christmas because he was waiting for Resident Evil 4. Still one of his favorite games of all time, still one of my favorites as well. If you didn't have Resident Evil 4 in 2005 you were a fag.

>>11920361
>TPS
did you remember the new cover sheet?

It was awesome. Nobody who cares about the hype or the wider reception matters. The reception in my house was extremely positive. The hype there was nonexistent.

>>11920363
Even my 2nd generation timid Indian friend from a strict traditional household owned resident evil 4 everyone somehow owned this game. Even the last people who you expected to own it had it.

>>11920549
Point of this post being is that the game was that based it somehow crossed all barriers

>>11919531 (OP)
It was absolute trash.

>>11919531 (OP)
I played it last month for the first time and I think it’s an amazing game (HD version on Steam). It holds up even today. I hated the Ashley escort bits. but other than that it’s a good game.

>>11919531 (OP)
I heard it wasn't on Playstation or xbox and it was in Spain fighting not zombies. I was in college at the time but I didn't play till years later

>>11921190
>HD version with those shart tier 3D models for inventory items instead of nice pre-rendered sprites
Disgusting
>le Ashley
They amount to like 30 minutes of the whole game and you stick her in a fucking dumpster 90% of the time. You got filtered by water room didn't you?

still holds place as best game ever made for me, loved it to death played it straight through

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZsDUSxK5Fs
>1:52

Played the gamecube original at a friends house a few times.
We were too dogshit to get past the village part and we were both bored pretty soon after either deciding to go outside or put in something two player
Or the classic gta sanandreas on the ps2 passing the controller back and forth
Now its my favorite re game, its a lot easier to slide into its gameplay and mood when you don’t have your friend screaming in your ear

I played since RE1 on PS1. RE4 had totally different gameplay. It was uncomfortable at first but I got used to it quickly. I played through a few times. I might have even 100% it but I doubt it. Overall I enjoyed it quite a bit. Would play again.

>what was x like?
Either you were there and know, or you don't and you could read old gaming news and find out, stop asking us, it's not our job to spoonfeed you

>>11920320
It got awards out the ass, but I think it was initially a mild sales flop due to it's long development and expectations. It's insanely high critical acclaim saved it and the series and of course it kept selling every time they rereleased it so it worked out for Capcom in the long run

>>11922696
>mild flop
That word has truly lost any meaning it originally had.

Has anyone else been noticing this trend of on-topic threads getting a few fast snarky replies then trailing off to normal? Like this >>11919541

>>11920358
I never thought about that youre right. what instantly came to mind are those axe wielding knights that tank your shots until you hit them in the head enough and they stagger back. Fuck that could have been kino…..

>>11919641
Is this the computer from courage thr cowardly dog?

>>11922646
Why the fuck do you post in this thread then, retard?

>>11922696
please work on your "it's" usage, dyslexicanon

I remember it took awhile before the hype of it really blew up. The PS2 release solidified that. Personally, I was disappointed as I was hyped up for all the teaser versions of the game we had seen with the moody castle atmosphere, a haunting feeling game with ghosts and creepy dolls, and then we got what we got. Not to say I didnt enjoy it, played the hell out of it and maxed out mercenaries. I had hoped the game was just an experiment and we'd go right back to REmake after. Now I just wish the franchise had stayed dead.

>>11919531 (OP)

About the same as it would be playing it now. Great

>>11919531 (OP)
This game is lackluster and soulless.

>>11921285
Water room wasn’t bad it did require a few retries though. Fuckers would come from a new spot each time.

>>11919531 (OP)
Disappointed with it being too ridiculous and not at all frightening outside of a few setpieces and the early game.But it grew on me fast.

>we'll never get a game as good as resident evil 4 ever again
It hurts.

I got it for Christmas from my older brother in 2009, which is when I first played it. I thought it was a fucking awesome game, instantly became one of my favorites.

My oldest brother's apartment building burned that night, actually, which sticks in my memory. He was fine thankfully, but he had to come stay at our place for the time being, because his apartment was smoked the fuck out.

It was the last time I felt surprised at a new game

>>11923054
Yeah it's that one anon that shits in every thread. He probably has the catalogue organized by creation time so he can snipe the first couple posts. Truly the most pathetic individual in all of /vr/ along with Jarin

>>11919531 (OP)
>this game is so good that I don't wanna keep playing and beat it to avoid losing this awesomeness feeling
practically this
incredible game

>>11919531 (OP)
No one really gave a shit about it, like it was big with the reviewers but honestly it's impact and size are super overblown. In school I knew maybe 5 other kids who played it.

>>11928425
>He probably has the catalogue organized by creation time
What are you on about nigga

>>11919531 (OP)
I was so hyped for it that when i heard it wasn't coming to Xbox, i sold mine and bought a Gamecube

I remember having Resident Evil 4, God of War, Burnout 4, Black, GTA San Andreas, Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistence, Gran Turismo 4, NFS Most Wanted, Shadow of the Colossus, Battlefield 2, Mercenaries, Silent Hill 4, Star Wars Battlefront 2, Final Fantasy XII, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, Dynasty Warriors 5, Kingdom Hearts 2, Hitman Blood Money, The Sims 2, Katamari, Destroy all Humans and KillZone on the shelf, and thinking:
>I don't think gaming in the future will be any better than this.
Fast foward 20 years later: this statement is still valid

>>11920320
>It was overlooked as just another RE game at the time
People were getting tired of the classic RE games. REmake sold poorly. So they had to revitalize the series, and ended up hitting the jackpot.

>>11919531 (OP)
45 y.o REfag here.

It was FUCKING GREAT, like RE2 was launched with all the hype in 1998. Gamecube version came first and was AAA everywhere, was GOTY in tons of magazines. But the game became really popular with the PS2 version: lightinjng effects weak, but with more extra content (Separate Ways and Mercenaries).

But was not only a great RE game that reinvented the series mechanics, but also made an entire segment of third person shooters with horror content (Dead Space, Evil Within etc). Like Zelda OOT created the z-trigger for 3D combat, RE4 created a new level of TPS standard.