Resident Evil 4: Before the Remake, here's the episode that changed the horror video game for the rest of its life!
Published on 03/19/2023 at 18:05
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Resident Evil 4 was obviously "very short" before it was released on PC and consoles on March 24. In this article, we explain why the base game was a major leap.
Video games like to reinvent themselves: Over the years, the designers have demonstrated that a platform game is as comfortable in 2D as it is in 3D (Mario with the shutter on Nintendo 64). "Survival horror," a genre where great thrills go hand in hand with limited ammunition, has followed more or less the same path, first preferring fixed cameras (Alone in the Dark | Silent Hill), then moving toward third person.
When Resident Evil was first released on PS1 and developed the survival horror genre in 1996, pre-calculated sets and angles were the order of the day! The series, directed by Shinji Mikami, was both critical and commercial (5 million copies sold according to TrueAchievements) and its sequel, Resident Evil 2, was equally popular.
Three drafts for a masterpiece
We won't redo everything (our JV Legends is here for that), but basically, at the time, Capcom had to be on top of everything. Three big "drafts" are needed to create this next-gen horror software — the drafts that will give life to the Devil May Cry series or even the title Haunting Ground!
A fresh point of view that everything changes.
Resident Evil 4 was first released on Gamecube at the end of the year, then on PS2 at the end of the year... Spoiler: it's a smash hit, but it's mostly about a major turning point for Shinji Mikami's license and the survival horror genre...
Resident Evil 4 is a game changer, transforming everything we do with the environment, to the adversaries... In short, the formula is so powerful that it will serve as the basis for the fifth and sixth installments of an ever-more outrageous action plan! Resident Evil 6 (2012) will set the stage for a new chapter, before Resident Evil 7 and its first-person perspective will shake up the established patterns of a cult series.
Resident Evil 4: A Guide to the Game
