OK, I'm getting mixed signals here...Some say that this was confirmed by GI, others say no...Please take this with a grain of salt until I can figure out if this has really been confirmed...Prepare to be surprised...
1. They game can be played in first person or one of two new views. They are basically slight variations on a close third person camera.
2. It must be viewed in widescreen. If your tv doesn't support the 16:9 aspect ratio, the game will feature black bars on top and bottom of the screen to make sure you experience the game to its fullest on a 4:3 monitor. HDTV users, the game supports 480 progressive scan. This is needed because,...
3. In 3rd person, Leon fills the far left side of the screen. It feels like you are playing a first person shooter even withour Leon on the screen.
4. Controls are them same as before. However, health and ammo will now be onscreen.
5. Even with the old controls, the new views make it feel like an entirely different game.
Now for story:
1. RE4 takes place in 2004, 6 years after RE2.
2. Umbrella is gone and with them...the zombies.
3. Leon is hired by the president to guard his daughter. Before he can take the job, she is kidnapped and taken to a village in south america where all the villagers hunt him down in an eerie trance.
4. The worlds are completely wide open.
5. No more door animations or pre-rendered cutscenes. Everything is done in-engine.
6. Areas feature a few very brief loadtimes.
7. Enemies will react to damage done to them in places. Shooting an enemy in the foot will make them hobble.
8. Villagers are armed with sickles, axes, pitchforks, and many more sharp objects.Which they can throw at you. These are not mindless zombies.
9. You can shoot the thrown objects out of the air. If you time it right.
10. There is an action button. For instance, you can shoot an enemy and then quickly close the gap and kick them in the chest. Also to move objects in front of doors to keep villagers from you. Also to puch a ladder full of enemies off from you and more.
11. In a later level, you are in complete darkness and unable to see anything until the moonlight illuminates the villagers.
12. The villagers are smart. In later levels they get smarter. For instance, if you shoot at one, it won't continue to go towards you. It may run away and if you follow him, it could purposefully lead you to an area where 6 more await with bow guns. They are more human.
In the levels the play, the action was intense with many villagers after them. This was just the beginning of the game.
There are plenty of photos and the game looks amazing. They say it is easily the best looking cube game yet.
Very strange stuff indeed...
edit: It's true, though I believe Capcom is holding back on something...Unless they completely got rid of Mr. Hook...
"He is telling the truth. The information he presented indicated to me that he has seen the magazine." ~~GI Paul (on someone who had supposedly seen the magazine)
"Once you see the pictures, you'll understand. It's going to be a monster game." ~~GI Andy
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