Off the 3 Capcom ports, this one took most time to develop, but it is the worst port of the 3 Capcom games.
The game has some annoying controls. You run around with W,A,S,D (of coruse), run with Ctrl, and do actions with Enter. You enter the inventory with I, enter your map with M, and give Ashly orders with F. You draw your knife with Left Shift, and gun with Right Shift, and aim with W,A,S,D. The problem with this is that it´s hard to really get that head shot your going for, or hitting small Spinals in the celling, cause the 4 buttons aren´t precise enough, and it will cause you to waste a lot of ammunition. You can´t use the mouse at all, which is very odd. But the most annoying thing about the controls is the Quick-Time Events. The game dosen´t tell you exactly which buttons to hit, instead it shows a number. 1 is Ctrl, 3 is Enter, 5 is Left Shift, 6 is Right Shift, and when the analong stick is displayed, it´s the arrows that have to be pressed. The problem is that, it can be hard to press to required buttons. On top of it all, the manual dosen´t explain the controls right. It tells that 1 is where your do the actions, and 3 is run/cancel, in short, it says that 1 is Enter, and 3 is Ctrl, which is very annoying, so unless you read this review, you woulden´t know. The only proper way to play this game is with an controller, which is where the X-Box 360 controller wil do a lot of good, allowing you to play the game right.
When you watch the cut-scenes, you notice that the graphics are pretty, on pair with the Gamecube version, but when you play the game, you´ll be surprised. I have some pictures for you here, so you can see for yourself:
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If you look at those pictures, you´ll know what i am talking about. The game is very ugly, and it´s the worst looking game, of the 3 Capcom games making it to the PC. It´s surprising, when you look at how much this game had been delayed. The cut-scenes isen´t converted good enough for the PC either. Some cut-scenes are chop-chop, which hurts the graphics. The sound dosen´t have any problems through. But when it comes to the sound, the same can be said about it, as it has been said on PS2 and GC, which is some bad dialog, and decent voice-acting, but slick sound effects, and nice music. The game does offer pretty much lasting value. The main game alone is 20 hours, then there´s the Seprate Ways which is 3-5 hours long, plus 2 other mini-games, and some unlockable weapons, and costumes. But expect the amout of time it takes to complete the game, to be a bit higher, due to the annoying controls. Overall, Resident Evil 4 on the PC is yet another bad port. The port of Onimusha 3, and Devil May Cry 3 could be accepted, but with Resident Evil 4, it´s hard to do that. Of the 3 Capcom ports, this game has taken most time to develop, but ends up being the worst port of the 3.
The Good: Core game still the same, port of PS2 version.
The Bad: Extremely disappointing graphics, annoying controls, no mouse support, manual has an error in explaning the controls, nothing new.