Okay, about a week ago I finally completed the main game. I swear, this game is flawless. Everything about it makes sense, there's very few things about it that will make you think "that's totally video-gamey right there", except for how gun ammo can be found in an ancient Spanish castle. I find that it's two games in one: the village and castle could be their own game, and the entire island could be its own. Right now I'm working my butt off in Mercenaries mode to unlock the HandCannon, and it's also a lot of fun.

Anyone else here play the game?

On my third playthrough right now, but it's not quite as interesting once you get the Chicago Typewriter, though that, of course, has its own rewards. But yeah, RE4 was one thrilling ride the whole way through, as were the Separate Ways missions (still haven't done assignment Ada yet). There are some things that I would have perhaps changed about the pacing of the game, but it lives up to its name.

Resident Evil 4 is one of the best games I've ever played, hands down. It was just so perfect in every way.

I hear the PS2 and Wii versions are good, but the PC one bombed. Oh, and an interesting fact - they're making a mobile version. Way to kill a great game, Capcom.

I called the Ganados "Gonads" for some time.

The only thing I didn't like about the game was the story about the little kids. *Shivers*

I've played the GCN version, watched other people play the GCN version, and watched people play the Wii version. I can definitely see why people say it's such a great game.

That said, my times with the game have not lasted long and were more frustrating than anything. To begin, I'm not much of an FPS fan in general. If I remember correctly, the game has a unique control style of it's own, which was nice since I hate dual analog. That said, even though I hate it, I sorta expect or assume that FPS games will use it (and don't give me that nonsense about RE4 not being an FPS - the point is it's a shooter, even if it's told from the viewpoint of a guy holding a camera behind you as you blow stuff up). When they don't, it gets a bit confusing for a while.

I've never had significant amounts of play time with the game (and I'm also not into horror and I'm easily frightened - yes I'm a sissy, what did you expect from a moogle?). When I have played, I managed to get to the first town and do the whole kick the ladder down thing or whatever that was (been a while). Then always, and I mean always, the chainsaw guy gets me. I hate him and I can't kill him and that is where I get frustrated and my experience with RE4 comes to an end.

Yeah, needless to say, I think I'll stick with Metroid.

I always had that annoying experience in the village. It's always got me and it's really annoying. Personally, I absolutely hate the village parts, and I hate the villagers. Did you ever get the shotgun? Always use that on the chainsaw guy, and in time he'll finally die. As soon as that's over it gets easier, believe me. And hey, there aren't too many scary moments; most of them are more like moments you would see in an action movie. There's only three parts in the game that really freak me out, but besides those it's not as much of a horror game as people make it to be.