Mountain Surfing

Resident Evil 4 is a horror FPS game that does things differently compared to the other Resident Evil games.

You play as Leon Kennedy, a survivor of the Raccoon City incident that occurred during the events of Resident Evil 2 and 3. He now works for that government and is sent on a mission of find and rescue the President's daughter who has been kidnapped by a mysterious cult. There's a sighting of the President's daughter in an isolated village in Europe and Leon investigates. While he is there the villagers start attacking him for an unknown reason so Leon has to find the President's daughter and find out the secret of the village.

There are no zombies this time around. I know what you're probably thinking. 'But its a Resident Evil game, the only thing you do is shoot zombies'. Yes, that is true but they have been replaced by something so original (/sarcasm) that it will make you think, 'Wow, why didn't I think of that.' Possessed humans, fully equipped with pitchforks, axes, knifes, other whatnot that has a sharp end and dynamite sticks.

Gone are the absolutely horrible (and somehow awesome) 'frozen' camera angles. Instead of the camera pointing at you in some awkward position, the camera is in an over-the-shoulder position which is alright but it seems like its been done, which it has, many times before.

Almost the entire game is an escort mission. I hate escort missions especially if they make the NPC who's following you a complete idiot. Unfortunately sometimes in this game, your partner does something so stupid that it makes you not want to care about her and just push her into a mob of charging bloodthirsty villagers.

The guns in this game range from pathetic to freaking' awesome. You start off with a handgun and, if you are like me and chose the easy mode (which I'm pretty sure is Wii exclusive), a shotgun. You eventually get a sniper rifle that is hopeless in a close-up situation, a rocket launcher and a few different types of grenades like the hand and flash grenade.

The enemies are good and bad at the same time. The case for the game says that the enemies work together but I've never seen them once perform this feat. The enemies react differently to where you shoot them. Shoot them in the feet and they stumble to the ground. Shoot them in the arm and they drop their weapon. Shoot them in the head and they die, sometimes.

Ammo is everywhere in this game. They are in boxes, the enemies drop it but you can't buy them from the salesman who looks like one of 'them' and will turn on you at any moment. When you run out of ammo, you are screwed. This time you have a knife if you run out of ammo so you aren't as screwed as you would be if you ran out of ammo in any other Resident Evil game.

The whole game takes some advantage to the Wii's motion sensing capabilities. You aim using the wiimote, slice the knife by shaking the wiimote and that's actually it but I don't blame the lack of motion sensing abilities because that's really all you can do with it.

In short, this is another Resident Evil game, just revamped with a whole new way to play. I highly suggest buying it and keeping it.

- Shaun McGarry - Shaun832

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Most companies would be happy to have one hit product, Nintendo currently has two the DS and the Wii. The Nintendo Dual Screen is a hugely popular portable gaming device while the Nintendo Wii is arguably the best console on the market at the moment - certainly the sales volume shows its popularity.

But if you had to choose one either the DS or the Wii which one?

My recommendation is the Wii. I've owned both and the Wii is much more fun for just a $100 more. You will pay slightly more for the games as well, but the depth and playability of those games is more than worth the extra money. The interaction Wii remote ensure you don't just sit there and veg out like you do with DS.

The Dual Screen is innovative in its own right combining a hard (bottom) and soft (top) screen. The soft top screen is interactive responding to the DS pen touch, meaning DS games have another level of game compared to other compact consoles. However after going through two DS and having both of the touch screens die - this is also one of the DS greatest weakness, particularly with children. The DS is simply not tough enough to handle children, no matter how many screen protectors, cases, covers, etc you use. The DS one advantage over the Wii is that it is portable and you can take it anywhere. Its size being even small than the average ladies purse. It fits comfortably in the pocket. That however it where is advantage ends.

The Nintendo Wii screen is as big as your T.V. and now with Plasmas and LCD's all the go, most people in the West have a large T.V., particularly thanks to these products crashing in price. This is gives the Wii a great display to make the most of the gaming experience. Thanks to its small size the Wii console fits into any living or media room, in fact its so small you barely notice it at all. The Wii remotes and nunchucks are tougher than the DS, especially thanks to the soft plastic covers that come with the remotes. This means when sweat and grime build up - and it does - instead of cleaning the whole remote you remove the cover and wash it and let it dry. The batteries in the Wii remote are double AA's and it pays to use rechargeable ones and have a charger nearby or buy the numerous accessories with charging docks so it can charge up while you sleep.

The other thing about the Wii is its more social. You can have up to four players (though of course this means more cost in buying more remotes). Some would argue the DS has this multiplayer ability as well thanks to its wireless connections - but that means more DS machines and usually each player has had to have brought the games as well entailing more expense. The Wii can have 4 players all off the same game and console though with the more interactive games this can mean it gets crowded in the living room.

If you have you choose between the DS and the Wii - my advice go the Wii, unless you plan to travel a lot.

http://nintendo-wii-fanatic.blogspot.com for more Wii stuff.

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