Robert Sharp
How To Go

Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: somewhere in OH gamertag: bobertchin
Posts: 11,693

Why don't I like Resident Evil 4?
OK, so I'm playing this game for the first time (PS2 version). My wife and I love survival horror games, especially the Fatal Frame series (still haven't played 3, but it's sitting on the shelf!). I'm in chapter 2-2 now (*SPOILER: found the President's daughter and I'm trying to rescue her. Just got past the house defence scene).

But neither of us is really drawn in. The game still feels sluggish to me on controls, despite everyone raving about them. The pacing seems off. Nothing in the story so far has me particularly intrigued. It's not spooky, except for the ambient noises, which are pretty cool.

Should I play further? Does it pick up AFTER the first 5 hours?

Wholly Schmidt
New Romantic

Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Space Planet
Posts: 9,062

Bob#, whatever's wrong with you is wrong with me too. I tried to get into RE4 on three different occasions (and two platforms) and just never got hooked.

Blue Guyute
Hustle

Join Date: May 2008
Location: Burlington, VT Gamertag: Blue Guyute, PSN: merryprankster
Posts: 373

I wasn't crazy about RE4 either. I got sick of protecting the daughter (re: telling her to hop in and out of dumpsters) and just kinda drifted away in the castle.

BobJustBob
New Romantic

Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Portland, Oregon PS3:BobJustBob
Posts: 5,408

Because it sucks.

Rock8man
Social Worker

Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kansas City, MO, Gamertag: Rock8mnky, PSN: Rock8man
Posts: 3,520

I didn't understand why it got such great reviews either. I didn't like the controls or the story much either. One of my roommates who was sort of a stranger to me, only a roommate for about 3 months (found him through Craigslist) looked like he wanted to hit me when he found out I didn't like RE4. He kept insisting it was the best shooter ever made.