Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 4 is directly based off the Wii port, having all the new features that the Wii added. Some of the key features of this version are stunning HD graphics running at a smooth 60 frames per second…
Resident Evil 4 is an adventure developed by Capcom Production Studio 4, released 8 September 2011 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PlayStation 3. The main story takes about 12.5 hrs to finish.
What Resident Evil 4 is
Resident Evil 4 is an adventure game developed by Capcom Production Studio 4 and released in 2011. It was published by Capcom. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It runs on Proprietary Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the kidnapped U.S. President’s daughter Ashley. Finding his way to a rural village in Europe, he faces new threats that are a departure from the traditional lumbering zombie enemies of the earlier instalments in the series. Leon battles horrific new creatures infested by a new threat called Las Plagas and faces off against an aggressive group of enemies including mind-controlled villagers that are tied to Los Illuminados - the mysterious cult behind the abduction.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 12 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Resident Evil series
Resident Evil 4 is the 70th of 190 entries we hold in the Resident Evil series. The next entry was Resident Evil Code: Veronica X HD in 2011. Its critic score of 85 is 11 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Resident Evil 4 at 95.
How it was received
Resident Evil 4 holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 214 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 12.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 27.3 hrs, roughly 2.2 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or better, AMD Athlon™ X2 2.8 Ghz or better, 2 GB RAM and NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800GTS or better, ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 or better. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 15GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Resident Evil 4 launched on 8 September 2011, within three weeks of Dark Souls, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Shadow of the Colossus (2011) and Gears of War 3. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Dark Souls, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Shadow of the Colossus (2011), Gears of War 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Resident Evil 4 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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