The biggest improvement over previous games in the series is the battle system. These actions, when performed at the most opportune moments, really add to the cinematic feel of the game and can cause some really cool outcomes, like knocking over a ladder full of possessed baddies coming up to get you. These can include jumping through windows, knocking down ladders, jumping over gaps, etc. While you’re running around levels, you’ll also come across actions that can be performed with the A button, similar to the mechanics of Rise to Honor. While she is ultimately in danger of being carried off by a baddie, it’s easy to keep her from the ominous glowing door by shooting them in the foot to drop her…provided you don’t hit her while she’s flailing about. You can command her with the X button to either follow you or stay put as you venture ahead. You’ll have Ashley tagging along with you for about half of the game, but she doesn’t get in the way often. You’ll guide Leon through a host of creepy environments on his journey to find Ashley and ultimately, find what’s happened to the villagers you’ve encountered as well as the hosts of other baddies you’ll encounter along the way. While there are still some puzzles, they aren’t overly difficult if a minute or two of thought are put into them, they don’t break the flow of the game at all, and something that makes this reviewer very happy. While this may be a tad annoying at first, you’ll quickly get used to it after a couple of chapters. The analog stick moves Leon and the C stick will barely move the camera to cover his peripheral vision. Gone is the human tank control of the previous games, as you now control Leon in a 3 rd person behind the back (and a bit to the left) perspective which is perfect for the gunplay involved.
Resident Evil 4 takes the series in a new, more action-oriented direction from its predecessors. Leon’s search lands him in a small village in the boondocks of Europe where he receives a less-than-warn welcome from the local villagers. You play the part of Leon Kennedy, the rookie cop from Resident Evil 2, on his first day as a government agent on his first mission to rescue Ashley, the president’s kidnapped daughter. Fast forward to 2005, where Resident Evil 4 has reinvented the series as well as the genre all together. While each new iteration has brought something new to the table, the core gameplay started to become stale and slow. Through the years, it spawned four sequels and a few spin-offs. Though it didn’t single-handedly invent the genre, it perfected it. In 1996, Resident Evil brought the survival horror genre into the mainstream with its creepy environments and ultra violent gameplay.
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