Retrospective: Remembering Resident Evil 4 - AusGamers

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Retrospective: Remembering Resident Evil 4 - AusGamers

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With The Evil Within creeping up on gamers, AusGamers took a trip down memory lane for a retrospective look at Resident Evil 4 and writes: "Its difficult not to see the games influence everywhere you look -- specifically in the third-person space. Everything from the Batman Arkham series to Dead Space and Gears of War borrows from Resident Evil 4. You wouldnt have had Alan Wake if not for the handsome Leon S. Kennedys orders to rescue the Presidents kidnapped daughter from the Los Illuminados. You might not have even had the recent Tomb Raider reboot and its graphic depictions of Laras death anytime you failed. Even the untouchable Naughty Dog admits The Last of Us was massively inspired by Mikamis masterpiece. But in the wake of more and more regenerative health and non-interactive beginning, middle and end set-pieces in modern Triple-A blockbuster games, the games impact feels less rounded and utilised, resting perhaps more as a timeless game only talked about in whis...