Resident Evil 4 on iPhone

Sneaky parasitically-controlled humans! Capcom has officially released Resident Evil 4 for the iPhone, placing the power of Leon Kennedy at your fingertips.

After a bit of a false start, Leon returns, laying waste to countless infected Spanish people in this iPhone version of the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Nintendo Wii masterpiece. A virtual joystick controls Leon as he moves about the screen. Tapping the gun or knife icon locks him in place, with the virtual stick used for aiming until the walk icon is tapped once more. It\'s a bit clunky, but then again so were the original Resident Evil\'s controls, and many people remain quite fond of that title.

It certainly looks impressive for an iPhone game, but so far I\'m not really enjoying the actual gameplay itself all that much. It would have been nice had there been a free level available to try out before laying down $7.99 in the iTunes App store. Still, if you\'re a rabid fan of the series, you stopped reading this two paragraphs ago.

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All I can say is, I under-estimated the power of the iPhone. Can\'t really get too excited until we know if the control method works well, but its pretty impressive just to see this game running on the iPhone.

With Sonic CD heading for the iPhone too, its starting to potentially look like quite a decent gaming system. Anyone else starting to change their perception of the iPhone as a gaming platform?



( Edited 29.07.2009 19:47 by TheStratMan )

Well fuck me.

I thought it was just going to be another lightgun style game.

Bravo Capcom.

Well, Sonic CD isn't confirmed yet, but yep that sure is impressive of Capcom to accomplish.

This only has a download size of 37 MB as well. Quite impressive.

Although onscreen control sticks annoy me

Important to note it's not the full game, but still impressive for iPhone/iPod Touch.

i got it today its very good but short

As a technical feat it's impressive.

But. Crowbarring home console games onto a handheld is foolhardy. See the PSP for details. Cramped uncomfortable controls make the experience miserable. On-screen buttons??? FFS. It's sad that they're concentrating on this guff when they could be making games that play to the platform's strengths. They've got an interesting interface there, simple and intuitive, lots of potential. Squeezing ports from other consoles on to ill-fitting platforms is illogical and (beyond the initial wow factor) unsatisfying for players. Use what you've got in new and interesting ways. See DS for details.

On screen controls could getting annoying but it look's very impressive.

I'm gonna get it when I have some money. I'm also looking forward to Dexter..

This only makes me think of Capcom making such a fuss about doing a new, 'proper' RE for Wii,, *sigh*

I disagree. While I can see how impressive it is for the tech - the gameplay is almost completely lost, and the whole thing looks quite lame. I'd rather sit on the bus looking out the window watching the rain run down the glass than play this rubbish.

While teh graphics are impressive, it lacks any serious amount of depth. This game is not suited to the iPhone, Don't port, make new games that will take advantage of the iPhone itself.

To be honest, RE4: Mobile Edition is pretty old - it's just a port of that. So a port of a port.

Martin_ said:
To be honest, RE4: Mobile Edition is pretty old - it's just a port of that. So a port of a port.

Martin_ said:
I disagree. While I can see how impressive it is for the tech - the gameplay is almost completely lost, and the whole thing looks quite lame. I'd rather sit on the bus looking out the window watching the rain run down the glass than play this rubbish.

Ah, just like Resident Evil 5, then.

*cough*