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The Official Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition Thread!

Hey, has anyone else noticed that the castle areas in "the another order" (aka Separate Ways) are clearly using PS2 textures? I wonder why. I'm sure the Pueblo areas in Chapters 1 and 2 were all GC textures, but when I got to Chapter 3 the reduction in texture resolution was plainly obvious. Look at the walls and the sky.

Edit: I just realized it might be because they have geometry differences, like the
false bottom of the chest you put the hourglass into
. It's disappointing Capcom couldn't have put a little more work into this...
 
so is this a move point in the direction of the object and shoot (lightgun style) or move the wiimote and it will move in relation to the sensor bar?
 
Sorry if this has been asked before, but Is Separate Ways available right from the start? Or do I have to play through the main game before the extra missions can be accessed?
 
Aokage said:
Hey, has anyone else noticed that the castle areas in "the another order" (aka Separate Ways) are clearly using PS2 textures? I wonder why. I'm sure the Pueblo areas in Chapters 1 and 2 were all GC textures, but when I got to Chapter 3 the reduction in texture resolution was plainly obvious. Look at the walls and the sky.

Edit: I just realized it might be because they have geometry differences, like the
false bottom of the chest you put the hourglass into
. It's disappointing Capcom couldn't have put a little more work into this...
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The castle looked the same as the main game to me, and the texture quality in it always looked a little less impressive than the village areas. Even marvelharvey noticed it when playing through the main game.

I really wish Capcom just developed SW on the GC instead, then ported it. :/

Anywho, I just read on GameFAQs that the game got a 9.5 on GameInformer, despite a review full of complaints.
 
Was just listening to the soundtrack to get in the mood for Wednesday, and the credits music still makes me sad. =(
 
Couldn't see mention of this in the thread yet, but Eurogamer have reviewed it

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=77839
7/10


Which is where Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition comes in. It enters with a quick nunchuk to the ribs, followed by a dagger slash to the throat to establish the definitive version of the game: like it was on the GameCube and the PlayStation 2 but with an even newer, more improved control scheme, thanks to Nintendo's universally accessible Wiimote.

Except it doesn't. It actually just trips over its own feet and flies off the wriststrap through your mum's window. Because it doesn't feature an improved control scheme, it features the opposite: a worse control scheme.
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Well the bulk of what you'll be doing throughout the game is still fending off a succession of demented plague-ridden Spanish villagers. It's just you won't be able to aim quickly or with precision, so it's slightly more difficult to enjoy Resident Evil 4 on the Wii.
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The problem is that the aiming process is an uneasy conjunction between pointing the Wiimote and twiddling the analogue stick. You'll point the Wiimote at things you want to shoot, but this is a wobbly, fuzzy experience, compared to the precision of the previous versions of the game. And you'll twiddle the analogue stick to steer the screen round if you want to aim at something to the edge of your view or off-screen. And because you can't move the camera round with the Wiimote the absence of a strafe function and the slow turning speed and the impossibility of shooting while moving feel even more backward and annoying than they did the last time around.
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The disjoint between the analogue stick and the Wiimote also reduces knife combat to a horrible random confusion of spazzing around trying to line targets up without ending up staring at the ground, or up at the sky. It's actually possible to quickly wield your knife by just waving the Wiimote, which sounds nice until you try it and it barely registers your wrist action. Which is problematic, because that's the exact motion that you use to reload your weapons, too. And then there are the interactive cut-scenes, which now require you to shake the controller around and press buttons instead of just pressing buttons. Which might just be a cosmetic change, but it is a fairly annoying cosmetic change.
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Reviewer sounds like a Wii hater with comments like this though...

And if you can get your head round the game's appearance. Because now that our eyes are capable of seeing more pixels, the visuals feel a bit out of date. Even though it runs in widescreen in progressive scan, like the PS2 version, it still looks dated next to newer high definition games, and especially if you're playing it on a high definition telly. The art style still has its own unique charm, obviously. It's just that part of that appeal was the crisply detailed textures and whizzo lighting effects. They're not so whizzo now that our eyes have adjusted to the future.
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No shit sherlock, what was the reviewer expecting here?

Anyone that's played the game agree with this?
 
Nope, and there was a huge debate in another thread about it. The review's bullshit and no one seems inclined to believe it unless you're a Wii hater.
 
cvxfreak said:
Nope, and there was a huge debate in another thread about it. The review's bullshit and no one seems inclined to believe it unless you're a Wii hater.
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Sorry, didn't see the other thread.

That's good to know though. I've been looking forward to this.
 
Just picked this up. Only my second Wii game. Bought my Wii in January with TP, and once I beat that, well, lets just say I havent even looked at my Wii since early February. So I was aching for a new game. Funny thing is that both of my Wii games are actually GC games :lol

Oh well. RE4 was my GOTY when it was released, so playing that again with the wiimote, true widescreen, PS2 content and GC visuals = win for me.
 
i just called whoever is in charge of Fry's online orders, and they said their computers claim that they were supposed to have RE4 Wii coming in on the 13th, and that they're still awaiting their initial shipment.

i'll give them another day before i bail out on my order.
 
Im in Canada. Atlantic Canada to be more specific. I went to my local EB around 11 this morning and asked, and the dude working said they were coming in around 1. So I went back at 1 and was able to get one of the few non pre-order copies remaining.
 
Is this gonna be easy to find at Best Buy/Circuit City? Because it wasn't advertised in this week's flyers.
 
Solo said:
Im in Canada. Atlantic Canada to be more specific. I went to my local EB around 11 this morning and asked, and the dude working said they were coming in around 1. So I went back at 1 and was able to get one of the few non pre-order copies remaining.
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...where in Atlantic Canada? I've got some EB Games cash sitting around and despite not having finished Super Paper Mario I want to pick it up.
 
plank said:
http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3160403


1up review.
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At this point, I'm simply going to blame Capcom for not making aware that the old controls are still in the game. That's probably why that very brief and slightly vague 1up review calls the Wii version not as good as the others despite the fact it truly IS the best version, having the older controls and all the extra content without the crappy non-realtime movies or gimped graphics.
 
Snaku said:
Here we go again. It has Classic Controller/GCN Controller optional controls asshat. And it's the best looking version across the board.
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Will they have to continue the trend or something changed in the US version.
 
How the does 1up go from a 10 for the GC version to a 10 for the PS2 version, to an 8 for the Wii version? With the classic controls as an option this should be the definitive version regardless if the new controls are great or suck. I understand that age may bring it down a little but his main complaints seem to be about the controls. WTF 1up, really WTF?
 
Shinobix said:
WTF 1up? That's not a review
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It's hilarious that Mielke even tried to use a long string of words to form a phrase that's actually not true. :lol

Where's the quality control nowadays?!
 
If you've never played this game before, you should first ask yourself, "Why not?" But if you haven't, there are better and cheaper options than this still-good-but-not-as-good-as-the-others version for Wii. And if you have played Resident Evil 4, in all its infested humans-who-are-not-quite-zombies mayhem, then there's still really not much reason to investigate what this version has to offer.
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Other than it's the best version of the game yet? You have the traditional controls as well as the waggle, all of the bonus content from the PS2 version, and it looks the best visually. Not to mention it's only $30.

The "superinexpensive" version he refers to is 10 bucks cheaper. What the hell?
 
Defcon said:
Other than it's the best version of the game yet? You have the traditional controls as well as the waggle, all of the bonus content from the PS2 version, and it looks the best visually. Not to mention it's only $30.

The "superinexpensive" version he refers to is 10 bucks cheaper. What the hell?
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Mielke defies reason, and spits in the face of fact.
 
Snaku said:
Mielke defies reason, and spits in the face of fact.
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I can't believe some random gamers from Hong Kong or wherever discovered that the game has classic controls, but Eurogamer (we all know why) and 1Up didn't have the foresight to at least check. Hell, I had it in my mind to check myself before getting the game!
 
This game is going to be a review nightmare, thankfully most people have played it and are smart enough to know if this new version appeals to them or not. Right now there is one review I trust, and it comes from the man in this thread.
 
cvxfreak said:
I can't believe some random gamers from Hong Kong or wherever discovered that the game has classic controls, but Eurogamer (we all know why) and 1Up didn't have the foresight to at least check. Hell, I had it in my mind to check myself before getting the game!
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yeah. i don't regularly disagree with reviews because, you know, people have their own opinions... but even if you hate the wii controls the wii version is the definative edition. the gamecubes superior graphics with true widescreen and the ps2 extras (the *improved* ps2 extras in some cases).

the wii controls are fully optional, and as such, even if you hate them, how can you mark the game down for that?

that'd be just as stupid as someone who loves the wii controls marking the game down for including the inferior pad controls.

oh and *great* job with the screenshots guys. were you worried that people wouldn't take your word for the game looking dated? is that why you put up distorted screenshots at the wrong aspect ratio complete with letterboxes?
 
plagiarize said:
yeah. i don't regularly disagree with reviews because, you know, people have their own opinions... but even if you hate the wii controls the wii version is the definative edition. the gamecubes superior graphics with true widescreen and the ps2 extras (the *improved* ps2 extras in some cases).

the wii controls are fully optional, and as such, even if you hate them, how can you mark the game down for that?

that'd be just as stupid as someone who loves the wii controls marking the game down for including the inferior pad controls.
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Simple. The hook for the Wii is the Wiimote. Otherwise, there's no point in the port. If the person does not like the controls when playing as the Wiimote, this should effect their score. Simple as that. Classic Controller, GC controller, etc should not factor into it. Mention it? Sure. But if you say "Well, you can buy the Classic Controller for it!" you just raised the price of the game.

It's more accurate to say, for this version, that the classic controller and GC pad are optional. The port's draw is using the Wiimote.

That's not saying this review is well written or anything...
 
Kintaro said:
Simple. The hook for the Wii is the Wiimote. Otherwise, there's no point in the port. If the person does not like the controls when playing as the Wiimote, this should effect their score. Simple as that. Classic Controller, GC controller, etc should not factor into it. Mention it? Sure. But if you say "Well, you can buy the Classic Controller for it!" you just raised the price of the game.

It's more accurate to say, for this version, that the classic controller and GC pad are optional. The port's draw is using the Wiimote.

That's not saying this review is well written or anything...
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This is true, but that doesn't stop 1Up's phrase that the "Wii version isn't as good as the others" from being misleading. The PS2 and PC versions just aren't better no matter how you twist it, especially when Capcom didn't copout by leaving SW with the PS2 graphics engine when they easily could have.
 
Kintaro said:
Simple. The hook for the Wii is the Wiimote. Otherwise, there's no point in the port. If the person does not like the controls when playing as the Wiimote, this should effect their score. Simple as that. Classic Controller, GC controller, etc should not factor into it. Mention it? Sure. But if you say "Well, you can buy the Classic Controller for it!" you just raised the price of the game.

It's more accurate to say, for this version, that the classic controller and GC pad are optional. The port's draw is using the Wiimote.

That's not saying this review is well written or anything...
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i guess i didn't make my point very well.

both this review and the Eurogamer review infer that because of the controls, that the wii version is inferior... which is complete nonsense.
 
plagiarize said:
oh and *great* job with the screenshots guys. were you worried that people wouldn't take your word for the game looking dated? is that why you put up distorted screenshots at the wrong aspect ratio complete with letterboxes?
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I noticed that too. :lol
 
plagiarize said:
oh and *great* job with the screenshots guys. were you worried that people wouldn't take your word for the game looking dated? is that why you put up distorted screenshots at the wrong aspect ratio complete with letterboxes?
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But the PS2 version is superior says 1Up!
 
plagiarize said:
i guess i didn't make my point very well.

both this review and the Eurogamer review infer that because of the controls, that the wii version is inferior... which is complete nonsense.
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No idea. Suppose in their minds, they don't feel like busting out other controllers when the Wiimote should work just fine, but it doesn't. Making it inferior...I...no clue honestly. Content wise, it's obviously the most complete version. Control wise is a personal thing. However, if you don't have the classic/GC controllers, it would affect things a bit more.

This is true, but that doesn't stop 1Up's phrase that the "Wii version isn't as good as the others" from being misleading. The PS2 and PC versions just aren't better no matter how you twist it, especially when Capcom didn't copout by leaving SW with the PS2 graphics engine when they easily could have.
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Like I said, not like the review was good or anything. =P

Honestly, if I had any interest in the Wii, I would have this game in a heartbeat with a classic controller. Just me though.
 
I'm not that picky (
Didn't complain about RedSteel's controls.
) so I'm getting it tomorrow morning and waggle through the whole game. WHO'S WITH ME!
 
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