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PlayStation 2

Resident Evil 4

Also known as BioHazard 4 (JP)

Genres
Action
Developer
Capcom
North America October 25, 2005 Capcom
Europe November 5, 2005 Capcom
Japan December 1, 2005 Capcom
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Resident Evil 4 review HG exclusive

Those early-game villagers utilize all sorts of farming implements, such as pitchforks, sickles and hatchets, in their attempts to end Leon's mission prematurely. And they're the patsies. Just wait until one of their heads explodes to release a tentacle-flailing parasite…

Rob Hamilton · May 29, 2008 · 12 comments

Resident Evil 4 review

In RE4, you are armed to the teeth, but your enemies’ insistence, their thirst for your pain, and their sheer numbers create more compelling and dire circumstances than a few zombies or “nurses” after an unfortunate pipe-bearing player ever could.

Marc Golding · April 20, 2007

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Resident Evil 4 review HG exclusive

The Resident Evil games never really changed that dramatically over the course of the series (up to recently). They never ventured very far beyond the boundaries of standard survival horror, even if the series had itself invented a lot of what now defines the genre. However, as…

harvester · April 13, 2006

Resident Evil 4 review

Call it astonishing. Call it mind blowing. Call it the game of the week, the year or maybe even the decade. Call it the best Resident Evil yet; no one is going to argue. While Capcom may have only clawed at the face of the survival horror genre with its previous installments, RE…

True · January 14, 2006

Resident Evil 4 review HG exclusive

To most people, Resident Evil 4's very existence is surprising, even moreso that it came out for PS2. Coming in at the tail end of what had so far been a consistent series of flops (except for possibly the remake of Resident Evil 1 on the GCN), no one really expected Resident…

timrod · November 18, 2005

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