Resident Evil 4
If one game from the GameCube’s library is immortal and will last forever it without a doubt will be Resident Evil 4. At the time of it’s release, it was by far the biggest third party exclusive that Nintendo had secured. Sure they had Resident Evil Remake and Zero before this game, but as a remake and prequel they didn’t quite pack the same punch as an all new entry in the beloved survival horror series could.
But not only did Resident Evil 4 pack a punch, it completely reinvented the series, and had huge influence on the survival horror genre, and the third person action game genre in general. The game was also leading the charge for Nintendo’s rebuttal that they were a strictly kiddy game company.
Unfortunately for Nintendo, Capcom jumped the gun and announced that the game would eventually release on PS2, and this definitely contributed to lower sales on the GameCube than it should have achieved as it was a true system seller.
The game mixed up the gameplay of the series to give a more action focussed approach and had an emphasis on weapon upgrades. Previous games had required players to avoid combat and save ammo, but this game rewarded you for you taking out as many enemies as possible. The story, which brought back Resident Evil 2 favourites Leon S. Kennedy and Ada Wong took the characters to Europe to creepy villages and castles and almost every area in the game has a unique idea to continually surprise players.
Idea’s jam packed into the game include the terrifying chainsaw wielding sack heads, the giant El Gigante bosses, the defend the cabin section, the blind monsters which require you to walk and not run, the lake monster and the list goes on and on.
It’s important to remember that this historic game was built from the ground up for GameCube, and has barely aged at all, and is such an important game it has seen release on GameCube, PS2, Wii, iPad, N-gage, iPhone, PS3, Xbox 360, Ps4, Xbox One, Switch, PC, and even Oculus. Despite any new gimmicks of motion controls or new licks of paint, this is first and foremost a GameCube masterpiece.
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