This is a great comparison. I love it. With my experience with both games...I'll have to give it to TLoU. However, RE4 was my game on PS2. I played that game for hours and can't front on how many times I've been startled. The gameplay on RE4 at the time was one of the most fluid and accurate you could play on a game. The quality set standards on horror/survival genres outside of Silent Hill.
Still, I think TLoU is a bit better. They also have the advantage of being "more recent". Of course controls are going to improve on a newer console. The controls are pretty good as well. No complaints really. I find the Clickers much more terrifying then the Regnerators. That's just a personal opinion though. It's debatable. Anyway, that's the gist of it. I could do a full blown review on both games because I loved them that much. I just have to side with TLoU between the 2. RE4 is right there with it though.
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