Resident Evil 4
A GameCube exclusive until it wasn’t, Resident Evil 4 was the biggest evolution yet for a series that had largely remained stuck in Racoon City for far too many years. Gone was the metropolitan maze of zombie-infested streets, replaced instead with a European village crawling with a new generation of infected nastiness. What made Resident Evil so special at the time was its balance of suspense, puzzles, and action, as Leon Kennedy used every single bullet in an arsenal big enough to level a city.
At its best, Resident Evil 4 was a cinematic spin on the series that would spike your heart-rate up and leave you drenched with sweat from the adrenaline ride that it took you on, setting a benchmark for the franchise that future games would build off of. Regarded as one of the all-time best entries in Resident Evil history, for a time Nintendo had a monopoly on Capcom’s undead golden goose, much to the chagrin of anyone who didn’t own a GameCube yet.
See our Resident Evil 4 review.
