Recent reviews by Pyrowan

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This is the last game of the series that I call to be a great success. One of the few games that I've ever considered replaying twice and I've thoroughly enjoyed my time by doing so (and I rarely take to mind playing single player games). I'd say that RE5 isn't all too bad thanks to the implemented CO-OP, but it isn't nowhere near RE4's ambience. So...

RE4 has both its creepy, and sweaty moments. The atmosphere in this masterpiece is quite striking and it meets all the requirements to be called a horror game (I was quite creeped out when I first laid my hands on it quite a bunch of years ago, but after a few hours of gameplay, it wasn't all that bad). The textures were refreshed and the game was given a much more polished look ever since. Yes, you won't find Nvidia Physx or 2015 year graphics here, but the game looks great even without those enhancers.

Considering the story, then I'll outright say: there wasn't a moment in the game, which I found to be boring. Maybe save for some short phases with Ashley. Everything went so smooth, I lost the orientation in time during my second playthrough. It took me almost 17 hours to beat the game on normal without skipping a pixel. It has its 'Press "X" to shoot the dynamite' moments, but at least here you have to press 2 buttons instead of one! A big difference, I know. You will encounter characters from the previous series; someone took a different path, someone didn't change at all.

Enemies in this game are able to dodge and duck from your attacks and such a thing can be witnessed the farther you progress through the plot (not to speak of the parasites that give them a second wind). The amount of ammo gives you that feeling where you have to be conservative and follow the cliche "SHOOT THE ZOMBIE IN THE HEAD", otherwise you might run out of it really fast. Bosses in the game are diverse and require different approaches. You can upgrade the weapons of your choice and unlock their special traits after the full grade. As long as you don't waste your money on upgrades for every single weapon you bought, then you shouldn't have problems with them; also, highly consider finding all those secrets hidden on the maps, otherwise you might find yourself in a desperate penury.

To summarize it all:

PROS:
+ Entertaining story;
+ Immersive atmosphere;
+ Rather challenging difficulty;
+ Charismatic characters;
+ Weapon upgrades;
+ Bonus content after completing the game;

CONS:
- A very little amount of areas are badly optimized, giving you a solid drop in FPS;
- Ashley's voice gets annoying sometimes...

I give this game a solid 10/10 without further ado. Go and get it.