Resident Evil! Fourrrr!

[prog]

I just beat Resident Evil 4 for Wii, and have been tooling around in its various "remix" modes. In the face of all of its gory headsplodey content, the game packs in a lot of charm, and the different play modes that open up once you finish the main storyline are a big part of it.

My favorite one is "Separate Ways", in which you replay abbreviated versions of the game's five stages as the femme fatale NPC. In the main storyline, she pops up occasionally to provide deus ex machina-style support for the hero. In this mode, you must perform those same ridiculous stunts yourself, pulling the main character's butt out of the fire before sashaying off to the next level. In the process, you build a sort of "secret history" for the main game, suggesting what was going on in the background while the main character was too busy running around blasting baddies to notice. I love it.

It also has the more common mode of letting you replay the main storyline, either at a harder difficulty level or carrying over all your equipment and power-ups from the last play-through. I have no plans to do this. The only game I've ever done that with was Ace Combat 4, because flying around in jet fighters is hella fun. But an action-adventure game about running around on a series of maps, that's the sort of thing I only wanna do once per.

Comments

[chocorisu.livejournal.com]

Playing through it a second time with the INFINITE ROCKET LAUNCHER is good for a laugh. But I know what you mean. I think it's the tragedy of modern linear games, really... there isn't much point playing them through again, not least because it's such a huge investment of time. I thought Portal was the perfect linear game: 3 hours long, so it could tell a compelling story with no filler, and I played it through again cause it was so funny.

I have to admit my and my wife's favourite part of RE4 is quoting the corny dialogue at each other, especially when watching other movies or games. "Los Illuminados... pff! That's a mouthful!" Oh Leon, you try SO HARD to be cool.

[prog.livejournal.com]

I was disappointed that he wasn't more dismissive of all the bosses' taunts. The third time they say "HO HO HO NOW I KEEL YOU" before sending Flunkie Variety 5 at you, I was into the game enough that I wanted to remind them of what happened to Flunkiie Varieties 1-4, but instead Leon would basically say "Oh yeah?" Fooey.

[(Anonymous)]

Resident Evil! I love that game. I used to play it for hours with my wife. She enjoyed watching it because of how it was played liked a movie. The story line was excellent and the scary moments were enough to make you jump!

I look foward to getting the free wii for my son. He'll enjoy his games and I'll be able to get the new Resident Evil for myself! :) lol

~Shannon
http://www.squidoo.com/free-wii-nintendo