[Lynk Former]

True, Resident Evil 4 isn't much of a survival horror as it is an action-shooter. But it's still damned good. I prefer RE4 over the other versions of RE cause the controls and gameplay annoy me so much with the others.

The things that make this game easier and less terrifying is pretty simple though, it's the fact that it has such improved gameplay that makes it easier. None of that fixed camera nonsense. Also, Leon himself had so much confidence and was such a badass that you never felt that he was in any serious danger. He'd always give you the impression that he could take on anything. Plus if you're pretty used to survival horrors anywayz, I'm sure the affect has probably been dulled.

Yeah, the plot is a typical kidnap story, but it's a survival horror, has any survival horror, game or movie ever had that thick of a plotline by itself? I mean once you play through all of the RE games you do see that there's a pretty thick plot being weaved, but each game by themselves are pretty shallow, but that's the nature of the genre.

As for Umbrella, that was pretty much explained in the prolugue, Umbrella was wiped out financially thanks to the actions of the US government. Remember Umbrella is a corporation, not an army. And what happened to the devious people within Umbrella is unknown, but that's why more RE games are being made, to explain that fact. Remember what I said earlier, by themselves these games are pretty shallow, but together they make up a greater whole.

The storyline of RE4 introduces the Plaga parasites. Remember that by this time Wesker already has quite a collection of viruses from previous RE episodes. We know that officially Umbrella is gone, but there are still nefarious people from that company still around. Not to mention the fact that the company which was in competition with Umbrella has something going on which none of us know about at this point. RE4 was a stepping stone, it was the beginning of a new chapter for Resident Evil. No longer is it just about Umbrella and the outbreak, it's grown far beyond that.

And yeah, I heard about the rumour that Leon would return for another round on Wii. I hope so, Leon rocked And it sucks that RE5 is for PS3 (and Xbox360?) only, but as long as Wii get's a good RE game with Leon or someone who's just as kickass then I'll be happy.