kupomogli said:
The thing is, Resident Evil 4 is only as highly praised as it is because it's a console shooter when the majority of console shooters were lackluster compared to PC shooters. Last gen you weren't going to find a good shooter on consoles other than a few. But I doubt the massive praise for Resident Evil 4 came from it being a poor mans shooter. It came from being a good console shooter with some of the best graphics of last gen. Graphics played a large role in this game being overhyped as much as it was. |
The thing is I'm a PC gamer who typically dislikes console shooters and didn't play RE4 til last year, and I'm going to disagree, The survival mechanics and location based damage with takedowns dependent on the location of the shot as well as are far more interesting than anything uncharted does which just sends waves after waves of brainless enemies that you pop behind cover. IMO. The shooting from a different axis as you use the laser pointer and rotate from the body compared to a reticule feels different and interesting. RE has different rules with shooting than typical shooters that works imo. Shooting while moving isn't realistic or necessarily more fun because it gives you too much power. The inability to strafe isn't necessarily more fun, nor is it more realistic because you should be able to shoot while strafing however inaccurately. They both approach it from a different way.
RE5 has better in shooting mechanics, and with awesome co-op. But it has less atmosphere (not saying RE4 has a lot), is pretty unplayable in single player due to the horrid AI mechanics.
