Resident Evil 4 (NGC/PS2) Coming to PC

[RainOfTerror]

A few days ago, in the latest issue of PC Gamer UK, The Spy's rumor column suggested that Capcom might be bringing Resident Evil 4 to the PC, and now new evidence has surfaced to support that claim.

In Resident Evil 4 players are reacquainted with Leon S. Kennedy, Raccoon City Police Department's idealistic rookie cop from Resident Evil 2. It has been six years since the destruction of Raccoon City and in that time, the U.S. government has been able to destroy the nefarious Umbrella Corporation. Fast forward to 2004 and players rejoin Leon, who is now a U.S. agent with a top-secret mission. He has been tasked to look into the abduction of the President's daughter and his investigation has led him to a mysterious location in Europe. As Leon encounters unimaginable horrors, he must find out who or what is behind everything.
Read more details (http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=31379) over at WorthPlaying.

RE4 has always been multiplatform, and with the recent Onimusha 3 port, it's not much of a stretch. Count me in!

[KNOTE]

And still no Xbox version? Come on, Capcom...

[Kelegacy]

And completely skipping the Xbox, straight to the PC! Haha, the irony.

It was a great game. If people haven't played this already and only own an Xbox, I'm sorry.

[AntB]

This game should work on a 800 mhz pc with no problem.

I just hope the controlls translate well.

[joruussuun]

But now it's going to be too easy to target the 'not really zombies'!

[[Jez]]

aiming with a mouse i hope, that would rock

[H.Bogard]

hey cut out the xbox hate.....there has never been an RE game on the xbox so if anyone has one they probably never even hoped to play it on that

And why the F*** didnt anyone listen to me when i posted this yesterday

[TheKeck]

Hmmmm, here's a chance for me to check out the apparent game of the year. Would the controls tranlate well to keyboard mouse, or would I need to invest in a controller to appreciate this?

[[Jez]]

And why the F*** didnt anyone listen to me when i posted this yesterday
Someone say something? :p

[score]

RE4 has always been multiplatform, although last PC installment was RE2, so PC gamers are overdue. Count me in!

Resident Evil 3 is out for the pc as well. Zero and Code Veronica are missing.

[Busted_Astromech]

TheKeck: no, the game would probably lose some of the tension, since the aiming would be about half a second faster--you'd kill not-zombies quicker and therefore wouldn't get as close to being swarmed. That is, unless they've got a smart port team, and they up the difficulty to balance out the aim.

But I highly doubt that.

[Thin_J]

I would definitely buy RE4 for the PC.

[Borys]

RE3 was out on the PC as well.

Oh and RE games on the PC are only good to look at. Tank controls and no mouse support for the lose :(

I'vr beaten RE4 3 times already... will I play it again on the PC?

Too litlle, too late CraPCom!

[Mozgus]

Not only was RE1-RE3 on PC, but RE3 on PC had MOSTLY high resolution backgrounds. Here's a comparison shot I took.

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2752/re3ps1pccomparison4sb.jpg

Also, RE1 on PC had 2 exclusive weapons, that weren't on PS1 or Saturn.

Anyways, RE4 had horrible aiming on GC, and even worse on PS2. Plus the graphics on GC, while nice, were extremely low resolution, with jaggies all over. From day one, I mentioned that the game needed to be ported to PC. I hope this is true.

[Liquidize105]

The version I played on the PC had the low-end graphics of your PS1 emulation.

RE3 was my first RE game, and it was pretty fantastic I gotta say.

[H.Bogard]

old article ....recommend grains of salt (http://www.gamershell.com/news/18409.html)

The version I played on the PC had the low-end graphics of your PS1 emulation.

Perhaps you werent using hardware acceleration?

[Cubfan]

I read somewhere that this game is pretty good.

[RainOfTerror]

Bogard, old article? The link you put doesn't mention the PC at all, only the console ports.

My bad on the RE3 PC game, I must have totally missed it.

[Worldcrafter]

I read somewhere that this game is pretty good.

:confused: You can't seriously be ...er...serious. Unless you just woke up from a coma, in which case I appologise.

At any rate, I would be interested in playing this game on my PC. I've only played the GC version, so if the PC version has the PS2 content, plus nice graphics, I'm sold.

[Kelegacy]

:confused: You can't seriously be ...er...serious. Unless you just woke up from a coma, in which case I appologise.

At any rate, I would be interested in playing this game on my PC. I've only played the GC version, so if the PC version has the PS2 content, plus nice graphics, I'm sold.
I think he's being "cute". Sarcastic. Joking.

[H.Bogard]

Bogard, old article? The link you put doesn't mention the PC at all, only the console ports.

Ugh....it mentions an xbox version...

[PIPBoy3000]

Just last weekend I finished RE4 on the Gamecube. I would have preferred it on the PC, though it was a damn fine game. Aiming with the controller is crazy. I remember first trying to shoot an old man in the head at the very beginning and missing horribly. Mouse aiming is so much better. Plus high resolution graphics.

Still, the basic gameplay in RE4 is excellent and porting it to PC won't change that much if at all.

[DingBat]

I've already played this on the Gamecube but would still probably pick this up on the PC. The only concern (well, not concern) would be that the game would be a lot easier with a mouse. Would they bump up the difficulty in the port, do you think?

[Rafer]

I'm not sure how the game would play with a mouse. PC gamers would have trouble adjusting to not be able to move and fire at the same time. I read Capcom tried having moving and aiming at the same time, but then the game didn't feel like Resident Evil. I would guess if you could aim and move it would play like The Suffering, which is a much faster paced shooter, and you would lose that slow, zombie movie gameplay.

[TheKeck]

TheKeck: no, the game would probably lose some of the tension, since the aiming would be about half a second faster--you'd kill not-zombies quicker and therefore wouldn't get as close to being swarmed. That is, unless they've got a smart port team, and they up the difficulty to balance out the aim.

But I highly doubt that.

I wouldn't mind the PC working too WELL to play the game. I can get over that. Sometimes, though, console games just don't translate well to the keyboard, mostly. For instance, I think Prince of Persia is the type of game that excels on the console and doesn't make much sense on the PC. King Kong is another good example.

[Mozgus]

I read Capcom tried having moving and aiming at the same time, but then the game didn't feel like Resident Evil.
Yet all these things DID feel like "Resident Evil"?

No item boxes.
No cinematic camera views.
Ammo litterally falling from from the sky.
No difficulty at all.
Codec conversations.
Laser sight on all guns.
Giant fucking robot munchkins.
QTE's.
No zombies.
Kindergarden suited puzzles.

[Mozgus]

I wouldn't mind the PC working too WELL to play the game. I can get over that. Sometimes, though, console games just don't translate well to the keyboard, mostly. For instance, I think Prince of Persia is the type of game that excels on the console and doesn't make much sense on the PC. King Kong is another good example.
I beat POP on a keyboard, and using a PS2 controller. I enjoyed both equally. UbiSoft made damn sure that a keyboard and mouse worked well.

[TheKeck]

I beat POP on a keyboard, and using a PS2 controller. I enjoyed both equally. UbiSoft made damn sure that a keyboard and mouse worked well.

Hmmm, well, I haven't actually tried POP on the PC. It just SEEMS like one of those games. Another example is the Asterix and Obelix demo I got a while back. I tried it on the PC but the controls were just wonky. It would have been fine with a controller.

[H.Bogard]

I beat POP on a keyboard, and using a PS2 controller. I enjoyed both equally. UbiSoft made damn sure that a keyboard and mouse worked well.

Indeed , i wish other ports would translate the controls as well as POP series does on the PC

[thecrazyd]

King Kong is another good example.
King Kong is 90% FPS. Those work fine with KB/Mouse.

[mister_slim]

Nice. Soon we'll get to listen to PC gamers complain about how slow the enemies move and how easy headshots are, and wonder how anyone could have called RE4 game of the year.

[Phanto]

And completely skipping the Xbox, straight to the PC! Haha, the irony.


ermm, Xbox = PC

[Busted_Astromech]

ermm, Xbox = PC

Yeah, if said PC can't play PC games and instead plays Xbox games.

Your point?

[Mozgus]

Yeah, if said PC can't play PC games and instead plays Xbox games.

Your point?
My PC plays both PC and Xbox games. I must be special. It magically plays many of the Xbox "exclusives" like Halo, KOTOR 1 & 2, and the whole Splinter Cell series.

If I ever figure out why this is, I'll let you guys know.

[jakie_chon]

My PC plays both PC and Xbox games. I must be special. It magically plays many of the Xbox "exclusives" like Halo, KOTOR 1 & 2, and the whole Splinter Cell series.

If I ever figure out why this is, I'll let you guys know.

why? how?
did you mod an xbx or something?

[overdrivechao]

What the crap has this thread devolved into?

RE4 on PC. Sure, bring it on. It's a great game.

And besides, I played Onimusha 3 on PC. Port or not, it ran great and looked tremendous. You know, people bash ports a lot on EvAv without maybe realizing that every 360 EA sports title, THAW, Gun, and others are all upsampled ports of their current gen counterparts.

Upsampled like what happens when you play PS2 games on PC. Higher-res, antialiased goodness.

[alienchild]

Yet all these things DID feel like "Resident Evil"?

No item boxes.
No cinematic camera views.
Ammo litterally falling from from the sky.
No difficulty at all.
Codec conversations.
Laser sight on all guns.
Giant fucking robot munchkins.
QTE's.
No zombies.
Kindergarden suited puzzles.

The laser sights I can understand, I would rather have that than a crosshair - and you need at least SOME kind of aiming. What I hated most about RE4 was the "giant fucking robot muchkin". Still, the game was fun as hell.

[dead]

I always speculated that Capcom had made a deal with Sony to keep RE4 on ps2 for as long as possible to use it as an insentive to buy a ps2. Finally us PC owners get to see what the whole fuss about this game is.

[TheKeck]

King Kong is 90% FPS. Those work fine with KB/Mouse.

Darn you people and ripping all my examples to shreds!! I only played the demo to King Kong, and I was referring to controlling Kong. I didn't know the game was predominanty FPS.

My point is this: DOES RE4 SEEM LIKE THE TYPE OF GAME THAT TRANSLATES WELL FROM CONSOLES OR NOT?!!! :(

[Busted_Astromech]

I always speculated that Capcom had made a deal with Sony to keep RE4 on ps2 for as long as possible to use it as an insentive to buy a ps2.

ERROR: RE4 was going to be GameCube exclusive, until the corporate overlords at Capcom realized they could make more money if it was on both consoles.

And TheKeck: I see no reason why it wouldn't turn out better than most console-PC ports, being that a large part of the gameplay was aiming. As with all RE games the movement was digital and not analog, so there's really nothing you lose by moving to mouse/keyboard, save some difficulty--but then I don't know how big of a deal this will be.

[Dark Hamlet]

I think RE4 will translate to the PC pretty well. While not aimed, the mouse could control the camera and ASDW would move as usual. While aimed the mouse would be used (duh). And having a mouse to help me organize my amazing stash of weed in my attache case would pretty slick as well :). I don't think having a mouse will make aiming too easy though since Leon always is a bit shaky when he is aimed in. But, it will definitely help in looking down when you want to quickly knife a downed "zombie." In the GCN version, at least, it did take way too long to run over to the body, pop out the knife, and slowly look down, then start slashing.

If done well, the PC version may have better controls than the console versions. Also, maybe no more jaggies? They were not bad on the GCN version, but still noticable. I think this game could look absolutely stunning on a good PC.

[Dark Hamlet]

My PC plays both PC and Xbox games. I must be special. It magically plays many of the Xbox "exclusives" like Halo, KOTOR 1 & 2, and the whole Splinter Cell series.

If I ever figure out why this is, I'll let you guys know.

I call bullshit. Although, if it does happen to be true that you can put an Xbox game in your PC optical drive and randomly be able to play it without an emulator or something, please, please, please find out why and tell me! That would be awesome. How are you so nonchalant about this, I will never know :)

[H.Bogard]

I had a nightmare today.....Sourcenext ported the game and the mouse was'nt supported....you had to turn the camera with the numpad! O_O

[overdrivechao]

I call bullshit. Although, if it does happen to be true that you can put an Xbox game in your PC optical drive and randomly be able to play it without an emulator or something, please, please, please find out why and tell me! That would be awesome. How are you so nonchalant about this, I will never know :)

Oh man, thats like 3 people now who haven't gotten that one.

Um, those Xbox Exclusive titles were ported to PC.

There are even more that were eventually put out on PS2 with more content.

Marketing. That is all.

[TheKeck]

And TheKeck: I see no reason why it wouldn't turn out better than most console-PC ports, being that a large part of the gameplay was aiming. As with all RE games the movement was digital and not analog, so there's really nothing you lose by moving to mouse/keyboard, save some difficulty--but then I don't know how big of a deal this will be.

Awesome. Thanks.

[Mozgus]

Oh man, thats like 3 people now who haven't gotten that one.

Um, those Xbox Exclusive titles were ported to PC.

There are even more that were eventually put out on PS2 with more content.

Marketing. That is all.
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