I was so damn happy to get this demo-that i went all out.. And zombified myself.
I just went to pick up my copy of kingdom hearts: COM at ebgames, when the guy checking my order just blurted out, 'RE4 preorder!? Dude, youve got to have this!' and yanked out 2 copies of the preview disc and tossed 'em into my bag. I had no idea these things were even out.
Honestly, this game really blew away all my expectations, even the highest Id set.
The demo is short, about 20 min if you blast through it, but i mustve replayed it around 15-20 times just to see all the different things I could do.
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Pretty much, Leon is driven to the outskirts of a village by some dudes, 6 years after the original accident. Hes been sent to get the presidents daughter.
I noticed from the first encounter that its all SPanish. The first guy you meet says to you in a harsh tone- "Get the shaq fu out of here, or Ill kill you, you bastard!" He picks up an axe, and thats when you get to start killing enemies. First thing i noticed, locational damage. When some more enemies came in a truck, i ran up stairs and jumped out of the window(just one of the things you can do).
You can kill these guys in a variety of ways. Youre first equipped with a pistol with laser sight, and a knife, plus a med spray.
You can knife their kneecaps and cripple them so you can take them down. Blow their heads out with the handgun--(with a nice brain splattering explosion), shoot them in the arms to make them drop their weapons. You can shoot them in the face and watch them scream in pain. So much already. While youre attacking them, in case they get too close, you can activate a melee attack(roundhouse kick) and send everyone around you flying
And these guys arent easy to kill, they flank you, approach from different sides, jump through windows to get to you, break down doors.. and more.
After just that scene, you move on-the main event is the town, with a crapload of different types of areas. When you approach it, I did a recon with the binoculars, and noticed that all the villagers were just going about, doing their own thing. SOme guys were raking up hay, others picking up buckets of water, another one or two carrying stuff back and forth. In a very natural, awesomely animated manner. Until they spot you, that is.
I tried sneaking around a couple of times, but its jjust inevitable, youll always get noticed. And when that happens, all hell breaks loose. The guys drop their stuff and start chasing you down, each armed with what they were using. Scythes, pitchforks. Just awesome. AMong the awesome things I figured out you could do was when you enter a house with a desk, or cabinet that you can push in front of the door.
But thats not all. While theyre banging away, you can shoot portions out of the door and shoot at the enemies behind them. They always find their way in. And in this Resident evil, they attack you in hordes of up to 20+ at a time. WHich made for some awesome moments.
The BEST part of the demo by far is when you enter one of the central houses close to the square, which triggers a siege on your location, including a leatherface lookalike with a chainsaw. You get in, barricade the door, and the small video demonstrates enemies coming in from alll sides, putting up ladders, banging at the loose planks on a window close by.
In one instance, I thought it would be easy to just shoot through the door, but the minute i looked to the right, about 15 guys were in the house..Approaching me. I seriously screamed that moment. I got murdered very, very fast.
When i retried the scenario, there was just a million ways to approach the situation.
As well, on the second floor, you got access to some awesome weapons. The shotgun, and the hand grenade.
(there are incendiary grenades and flash grenades in the demo too)
-You could barricade both doors and shoot at the guys who were getting in from the second floor while your barricades resisted. (if leatherface is up front, he chainsaws right through the door)
-You could go upstairs, knock down the ladders, and try to hold out from the hordes coming in from downstairs.
-You could jump through the window on the second floor and take the fight to the roof.
-Create a firewall with the incendiary grenades and attempt a take down
-you could simply jump out and try to retreat to a more strategic location to take them down
ANd theres probably more you could do. And im talking, 20 minutes into the damn game.
The demo finishes off after you kill leather face-He takes ALOT of lead to put down. The enemies keep coming for the whole time(or at least for all i know)
Among the most crazy moments was when i was getting overrun with those dudes. In one instance, a zombie grabbed me from behind, and leatherface came and DECAPITATED LEON! Gory as hell.
In another instance, getting grabbed by the enemy folk-they literally pick you up and slam you into the ground with a powerful overhead throw.
Enemies also threw their damn weapons at leon! It was bloody insane! The guys with the scythe once got me with a well placed throw and put me down in an instant.
Enemies place traps now. In an instance, i got caught in beartraps. As well, they set easily noticeable trip bombs, which I successfully used back on the enemy when they tried to pursue me. (leon covers up his face when those bombs go off...realistic animation!)
In the main town, there was also a tower. thinking i could get away with just sniping at them. I was VERY wrong. They huddled up at the bottom of the building where i couldnt aim at them, and hurled molotov cocktails at my location till i freaked and climbed back down..To TOTAL rapeage.
I mean, the AI is so damn good its ridiculous.
The graphics are FANTASTIC. Everything is rendered in the most convincing manner possible. This is stuff you still havent seen on any system.
From all the absolutely flawless models, to the insanely well done animation, to the environments, to the special effects, reflections, particle effects. Its just perfect.
The only quibble one might have is with getting used to the new angle. But after just a couple of minutes, it was just easy as crap. Just so damn natural to play.
This game will probably be the next big thing for survival horror-and will probably up the standard for console videogames. I havent felt this excited in years for a bloody game.
Shaq-fuing A capcom! Finally a worthy RE sequel!
And the gamecube will DEFINITELY no longer be for kids.
ing incredible! The one thing that was a little frustrating to me was seeing the laser sight, but that is becuase I am legally blind, and was playing in a well-lit room. When I own the game, I will play it in the dark, and should have no problems. (All RE games should be played in the dark.)
