I was sitting here for quite a while wondering what to write about next. In fact those of you who know me would have seen me asking for topics on my facebook. Well my girlfriend came up with a wonderful idea and I was all set to go with it when I heard the shocking news, Resident Evil Code Veronica and Resident Evil 4 are getting HD remakes on the psn and xbox live. Now this may not be a big deal to you, indeed if you don't like R.E (I mean Resident Evil not Religious Education there obviously) then you wont give a flying monkeys but seeing as I have been a fan of R.E since the (not legal to play it) age of 13ish then this made me very happy indeed. The first game in the series that I owned was strangely enough the first in the series in general and to this day I'm amazed the guy in the shop actually sold it to me. It was one of my favourite Sega Saturn games and although I haven't played it recently I'm sure I would still like it today. I owned R.E 2 on the N64 and for some reason missed out on 3. Resident Evil 4 is without a doubt the R.E game I have played most, I owned it on my ps2 and also on my wii and I can assure you I will be downloading this remake.
For those of you who don't know let me explain quickly about Resident Evil 4. You control Leon S Kennedy who was also in R.E 2 and your on a mission to save the presidents daughter because she got kidnapped or ran away or something ( I said I was a fan of the games, doesn't mean I paid much attention to the story.) Anyway you soon find out that the local villagers would rather kill you than shake your hand and so the game picks up from there. This game shook up the way R.E games played and in doing so totally changed its genre from survival horror to action. The camera angle changed from static views of each room to a behind the shoulder camera and as a result of that the way the character controlled changed too. The one flaw in this game in my humble opinion is that half the game was an escort mission. If you know games then you know why this could be considered a major downside and if you don't then listen up. Basically an escort mission is where you have someone following you and you have to protect them and make sure they get to where they are going without being eaten by zombies or falling down a hole or walking into a wall and not realising how plain stupid they are being. Now all of those previously stated things will happen quite a lot mainly because your companion in an escort mission is almost always as thick as Forrest Gump covered in treacle.
At this point you may be thinking if I have complaints then why on earth have I owned the game twice so far and why am I looking forward to the remake so much. The answer my dear reader is simple, the game is a true classic. I have finished it so many times that I could tell you whats coming around the next corner before you even know where the next corner is and despite that I still love it. I bought R.E 5 the day it came out and it just wasn't the same, there is just truly something about R.E 4 that means you enjoy your time with it no matter what. The set pieces are awesome, the characters are very memorable and the gameplay is without a doubt some of the best around. The graphics don't look too bad considering the age of the game and the HD remake should solve that problem anyhow.
So there you have it, I have no clue what price this will be when it get released but I will buy it regardless. Also you may have noticed that I mentioned there were 2 games being remade and yet only talked about one of them, now don't get me wrong I'm excited about the other one too but I have never played Code Veronica and so I would have had nothing to say about it anyhow. I want to add one last thing to this although its not strictly on topic, I also heard that they might be making an online R.E game where you play alongside other people playing though some of the events from other games in the series from a different point of view. Now that's a great idea, Left 4 Dead managed the whole Co-Op zombie outbreak amazingly but the past Co-Op R.E games were a massive flop so I sure hope they don't use either of those for the basis of this new game.
Anyhow that's all from me for now, as always feel free to comment and if you have any ideas for future topics then e,mail me at deejaypeeblog@gmail.com. Happy gaming!
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