Resident Evil Reviews
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I'm not sure when Zelda is being released but as a combined effort RE4 and Zelda could really pick up GC sales. But it depends on the space between releases. Looking at GameStats Zelda and RE4 are the 1st and 2nd most wanted games on all formats. They've been in the top 2 to 3 for ages now. Even before Halo 2, San Andreas, Doom 3 and Half Life 2 were released.
overclocked
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I really would like to pick it up for the cube but i´m scared the terrible control from the "remake" RE is still there. Ãt look´s awesome and i hope you don´t need to have played anyother in the series to get a grip of the story, movies count 
GameSpot review (9.6/10):
http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/adventure/residentevil4/review.html
So that's 98% average so far out of 5 reviews:
GameSpy - 100%
GMR - 100%
IGN - 98%
GameSpot - 96%
eToyChest - 96%
http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/adventure/residentevil4/review.html
So that's 98% average so far out of 5 reviews:
GameSpy - 100%
GMR - 100%
IGN - 98%
GameSpot - 96%
eToyChest - 96%
Ooh-videogames
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Teasy said:
My guess was close, I thought it would be a 9.5. The IGN score was dead on, 9.8 was my first thought.
Another classic has graced the little oh cube.
Dunno if this has been posted yet
Links to making of vid http://www.residentevilfan.com/
http://bt.s0nicfreak.com/details.php?id=516
nothing really new, except that it looks like the Resident Evil team has dumped XSI for C4D.
Links to making of vid http://www.residentevilfan.com/
http://bt.s0nicfreak.com/details.php?id=516
nothing really new, except that it looks like the Resident Evil team has dumped XSI for C4D.
Nightz said:
Cool, i'm happy for the C4D people. C4D was actually the first program i used when i got into 3D rendering, when i was 14 or something. Good to see it being used for big productions.
Teasy said:
I think Johnny's point, Teasy, is that most everyone who was going to buy a Gamecube already has one. You know, except for the kinds of folks who are still buying PSones... but late adopters like these aren't the kinds of consumers that help win console wars.
RE4 and LOZ may sell like hotcakes, but mostly to the already installed base of GC customers. They ain't gonna spike hardware sales a whole lot.
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Kolgar said:
And how would you know that? Let's just wait and see shall we, before we make conclusions of things that haven't even happened yet.
Nightz said:
Cool, I met Kobayashi once at ECTS, during a Dino Crisis 3 presentation.
Thing is, when do you start saying THAT about a system, and when do similar system-selling games (such as, say, Halo 2) create a "critical mass of good games" which starts making a system sell even better than before?Kolgar said:
Can't really use the same arguement both ways.Hope Re 4 sells a lot so Capcom makes another game with RE 4 Graphic Engine =P
The engine could kick ass in another kind of games, since I saw the last images this engine could make an awesome fighting game -Street Fighter 3D with a vengance? not sure about the gameplay but the graphics would rock so much-, I would love to see a Tenchu game with this engine, or a DMC 1 remake...
I dont want this engine to dead with Re4 damn!!!
The engine could kick ass in another kind of games, since I saw the last images this engine could make an awesome fighting game -Street Fighter 3D with a vengance? not sure about the gameplay but the graphics would rock so much-, I would love to see a Tenchu game with this engine, or a DMC 1 remake...
I dont want this engine to dead with Re4 damn!!!
My point is that it doesn't matter anymore. At this stage, a surge in Gamecube sales will put a little more coin in Nintendo's pocket, but it isn't going to change minds among developers and publishers (or consumers, for that matter).
I believe the spike, if there is one, will be small and short-lived. Regardless, no company in the world is going to suddenly devote more resources to this system. Not with the next generation looming on the horizon.
RE4 and LOZ may be great games, and we'll all just have to enjoy them as such. Because they are not going to change Gamecube's fortunes in the grand scheme of things.
I believe the spike, if there is one, will be small and short-lived. Regardless, no company in the world is going to suddenly devote more resources to this system. Not with the next generation looming on the horizon.
RE4 and LOZ may be great games, and we'll all just have to enjoy them as such. Because they are not going to change Gamecube's fortunes in the grand scheme of things.
Kolgar said:
Whoever said it will? I think the common belief around here is that althogh GC has had some real gems released lately (RE4, Metroid2), it falls into the "too little too late" category.
As i said earlier on another thread, if only GC had a steady flow of AAA games, or even not AAA but still great, every month, as many as PS2 had, or even half as many, it would have fared much better. Purely talking quantity here.
london-boy said:
So is that what halo 2 was for the xbox ? to little to late ?
Look really any game from the last 2 years for these two systems are to little to late .
But it doesn't mean they can't still drum up support for the respective system and it doesn't mean it wont sell systems or drum up hype for the next systems .
I'm not sure if RE4/LoZ will be system sellers, but at this point I'm not sure why the GCN isn't posting comparable numbers.
Even if you disregard the great titles we're going to see this year, there's a big library of solid titles (many of them cheap now) for this remarkably cheap system. Given the fact that it's not selling well now, I don't think that those two games will do much. Resident Evil 1 and 0 didn't spike sales much, did they? Zelda is a different story. "Realistic" Zelda is something people have been pining for since the N64.. so there's a good chance that it'll sell a bunch of $75-100 GameCubes.. but nothing that'll dent the Xbox's 1.5+M unit lead.
Even if you disregard the great titles we're going to see this year, there's a big library of solid titles (many of them cheap now) for this remarkably cheap system. Given the fact that it's not selling well now, I don't think that those two games will do much. Resident Evil 1 and 0 didn't spike sales much, did they? Zelda is a different story. "Realistic" Zelda is something people have been pining for since the N64.. so there's a good chance that it'll sell a bunch of $75-100 GameCubes.. but nothing that'll dent the Xbox's 1.5+M unit lead.
jvd said:
Oh believe me, it's very sad that they're stuck there on the <20M figures, but it's true. Halo2, as beautiful and amazing and whatever it is, was too little too late... It's sad but true, everything they both do now is too little too late, not because they're crap or anything, but because they won't take too much of the market which now belongs to Sony, whatever they do. The gap is too big, and of course they can take another 10% (IF they can) by the end of this generation, but look at Sony, they've reached 80M, they're gonna reach 85 by march, and by next xmas they'll probably be past 90M. Those are a lot of units, and not only N and MS will not suddenly start selling 10M+ units in one year, but even if they did, they would only keep that little market share they have now.
There's no such thing as a fixed amount of people who will buy a certain system no matter what. The amount of people interested in buying a system can change at the drop of a hat. One day someone might not be interested in a system and the next they change their mind, a great game is usually the catalyst for that. Most of the people who were already going to buy XBox had probably already done so before Halo 2 got close to release. Then the hype kicked in for the game and XBox sales spiked and have stayed high for 3 months now. Its fairly simple stuff, so I really don't know how anyone can argue with it. Wether or not Res Evil 4 and Zelda will do the same for GC as Halo 2 did for XBox is certainly arguable (well its more wait and see really). But what isn't arguable is that its certainly very possible for a game to come along and spur GC sales, even to the point where its top selling system for a few months or more (like XBox).
Also of course this matters. It may not matter to you but it still matters to Microsoft and Nintendo. A strong second finish for either system is important to both companies, or it certainly should be. So is making money (or again it certainly should be)