Proper widescreen for PS2 Resi 4

By Tom Bramwell Published 15 August, 2005

Cube owners may cry here.

The PlayStation 2 version of Resident Evil 4, due out in Europe on November 4th, will feature proper a 16:9 widescreen mode where the GameCube version merely had an enforced letterbox at 4:3 that could be zoomed on proper widescreen tellys.

That's according to a report on IGN, which also states that the game will feature progressive scan support like its Cube sibling (although whether this will apply in Europe remains to be seen) and that Dolby Pro-Logic II surround sound will be there complement the experience.

IGN also talks of a new weapon, the PRL 412 (Parasite Removal Laser), which is used for sheering off the pesky Plaga - although nobody's sure whereabouts it's likely to be hidden in the game.

If true, the news of a proper widescreen mode in Resi 4 is tremendous news for PS2 owners but is likely to grate slightly with Cube followers, who had been lead to conclude that it was pretty much all that was possible on the hardware. Nope!

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  • myrmican #1 7 years ago

    'Tremendous' news ? It's not that important, surely? Compared to... say... long load times and fewer dynamic lights?

    I'm reminded that, as an advertising-funded website, it may be in Eurogamer's interests to provoke controversy and trolling flamewars - every 100+ comment thread to them is basically a 'kerching' of pageviews which their own reporters didn't have to bother writing for...
    Edited by 1 at 15/08/05 @ 08:44

  • Lankyn #2 7 years ago

    Its still annoying, though. Why was it not widescreen on the cube? Morons...

  • Aysir #3 7 years ago

    I wonder if the Japanese will get a Gamecube version of RE4 with all the extra bits fitted on. It's just that this is kinda like how all versions of Resident Evil 2 were better than the PsOne version but then the Japanese had their special Dual Shock RE2 with all the bells and whistles that the Dreamcast and PC versions had....

  • sephy #4 7 years ago

    Capcom in adding extras to former exclusives shocker!

    /adds to list after Viewtiful Joe

  • rinoaMW #5 7 years ago

    Don't care, i've played and completed it almost a year before ps2 owners even got a sniff of it.

    widescreen, schmidescreen....

  • drumbaby #6 7 years ago

    Yup, all this lovely extra stuff....terrible. Boo Capcom. Boo!

    :)

  • Lutz #7 7 years ago

    Sweet news for me though.

    :)

  • Aysir #8 7 years ago

    The extras are quite obviously there as an incentive for people who bought the Gamecube version to buy again. This really only applies to fans but it works. They also have to do something to make it seem a bit special - the way the GTA series does whenever it comes out on Xbox and PC. With that its better graphics. The PS2 can't do that with graphics but it can have extras.

    "long load times and fewer dynamic lights"
    I see no reason for long load times - DVD's aren't slow and the PS2 can stream with the best of them. But thanks for nailing down what's wrong with the graphics. After looking at a lot of screenshots I noticed there wasn't much difference apart from slightly worse textures - but there was still something 'wrong' looking with the PS2 version. That something does look like the lighting :) Still looks like a top game on the PS2 though, even if it isn't the best looking version.

  • zErOb_cOOl #9 7 years ago

    Well the widescreen and prog scan modes probably won't make it into the PS2 PAL release anyway. These are probably things right at the top of Sony's list on 'How to Screw European Customers' again.

    Anyway, I think all RE games should be in black & white (with the 'gritty old film' effect over the top) in 4:3 ratio, so it feels even more spooky and like you are playing it on an old TV. Genius!.....but probably won't be widely accepted

    /Back to drawing board

  • smelly #10 7 years ago

    The cube has fast loading times because of it's smaller disk format. Whether that means the ps2 version of resi 4 will have long loading times though is another matter.. it might.. it might not.. who knows apart from capcom?

    I personally doubt we'll see such huge loading speed differences as in killer 7 (which was horribly slow on the ps2).

  • Blerk #11 7 years ago

    Proper widescreen? Oh.... poo. :-(

  • Milbe #12 7 years ago

    Still not clear if this means the same image you see normally on the GC screen, but on a higher resolution (ie. full 16:9 screen), or you are going to have a larger field of view (which would mean additional calculated gfx on screen)?

  • deaner #13 7 years ago

    Excellent news for PS2 gamers.

    There's no excuse for not supporting 16:9 these days.

    Guess my Gamecube version will be up for part-exchange.

  • Beano #14 7 years ago

    "Its still annoying, though. Why was it not widescreen on the cube? Morons... "

    I agree - the letterbox was stupid and insulting!

    Awesome game though... may even buy the PS2 version also now ;)

  • Aysir #15 7 years ago

    "Still not clear if this means the same image you see normally on the GC screen, but on a higher resolution (ie. full 16:9 screen), or you are going to have a larger field of view (which would mean additional calculated gfx on screen)? "
    It means the image would be tall on a 4:3 screen (the entire image taking up the screen) so that when widescreen is used on your tv, the image is stretched to the correct ratio 16:9.

    "Guess my Gamecube version will be up for part-exchange. "
    I bought it late but the Gamecube still has some good games on it that I wouldn't give up. The remake of RE1 and the best version of RE3 Nemesis for starters.

  • hp_on_toast #16 7 years ago

    "Its still annoying, though. Why was it not widescreen on the cube? Morons... "

    Fillrate. Think how much CPU and GPU processing time was saved with 1/4 of the screen not being drawn. The GC can cope with more detailed texture and lighting than the PS2 but the PS2's pure poly and fillrate pushing grunt mean that the PS2 can handle a lower quality game with no boarders.

  • Genji #17 7 years ago

    Doesn't make all that much difference to me. I loved it, widescreen or no widescreen. Making an article about it seems more like an IGN thing to me. Anyway, it's good to see the PS2 release looming. You're in for a treat!

    And... new weapon? Plagas remover? That's... really unnecessary. And stupid too. Why wouldn't Leon just use it on himself? Unless it's different from the one at the end of the game...

  • Xerx3s #18 7 years ago

    Widescreen eh? So instead of having the smooth GC version, you get a pixel horror with blown up pixels. goodie.

    "(although whether this will apply in Europe remains to be seen)" - Heh, the EU prolly gets shafted again. ;p

    "The GC can cope with more detailed texture and lighting than the PS2 but the PS2's pure poly and fillrate pushing grunt mean that the PS2 can handle a lower quality game with no boarders."

    Im sorry, are we in diffrent dimensions? I thought i heard you say that the ps2 has power.

  • Derblington #19 7 years ago

    Genji - the gun is probably unlocked for the second play through.

  • Teeth #20 7 years ago

    hehe, if it's anything like the cube version you'll have to complete all the mercenaries stages on 5* to get the thing.

    /still can't be bothered to do that

  • Wash #21 7 years ago

    Screens dont look to bad... Game werent all that pretty, the characters were ok... well cept the copy 'n paste villagers the story characters were ok. The textures on everything else screamed ps2 to me.

  • Aysir #22 7 years ago

    "Im sorry, are we in diffrent dimensions? I thought i heard you say that the ps2 has power."
    Do you feel so insecure that you can't admit another console's good points. :?
    Games like Jak3, SnakeEater and Dynasty Warriors 5 are possible on the PS2 because of the poly-pushing grunt power that hp_on_toast was on about. This has been a relativly nice thread, don't try to turn it into another ignorant flaming war.

  • deaner #23 7 years ago

    Aysir: "I bought it late but the Gamecube still has some good games on it that I wouldn't give up. The remake of RE1 and the best version of RE3 Nemesis for starters."

    I meant that I'll exchange my Gamecube version of RE4, not the console itself. I totally agree that there are a few good games on Gamecube, and that the Resident Evil remake is definately amongst them... Im not sure about RE3: Nemesis though. The GC version is the best version, but it's still the worst of the canonical Resident Evil titles.

  • smelly #24 7 years ago

    "Guess my Gamecube version will be up for part-exchange"


    Yeah,. but looking at the screens, will you be happy with MUCH poorer qaulity visuals for the sakes of widescreen mode? I'd rather have higher quality gfx myself.

  • hp_on_toast #25 7 years ago

    Bah - RE:Director's Cut > RE:Remake!!!

    RE:Remake had too many silly additions (expanding the lab section would have been better) and the original RE1 script / voice actors are great in the same way "Plan 9 FOS" is entertaining (ie, so bad it's good).

    RE2 was soo much better than RE3 too - the trench coat tyrant was so much more scary than the naff looking nemisis with his crap rocket launcher!

    If Capcom ever think about doing another RE Remake then it should be RE2 with the RE4 viewpoint on next gen consoles and they should expand the brief start in the streets of Raccoon City.

    Anyway, back on topic. RE4 = great and all the PS2 RE fans without Cubes will see what the fuss is about.


  • Aysir #26 7 years ago

    "I meant that I'll exchange my Gamecube version of RE4"
    Whoops! Sorry, my misunderstanding there O.o ... though Resi3 was my fave before Resi4 (Nemesis was scary on first playthrough)

    "will you be happy with MUCH poorer qaulity visuals for the sakes of widescreen mode?"
    They don't look THAT much poorer actually. The PS2 never does screenshot well so i'll reserve final judgement till I see it 'in the flesh' so to speak. It is inferior Gfx-wise no doubt but I don't think it'll ruin the expeirence. As for part-exchange...You never get much for those things, especially for a game that now quite old. So i'd say just keep the old and buy the new one too :)

  • Gareth.de #27 7 years ago

    I'd rather have higher quality gfx myself.

    It's pretty amusing how you say this when compared to the PS2, but if someone mentions Xbox's higher quality graphics you revert your argument to 'gameplay over graphics'.

  • captain-future #28 7 years ago

    couldn't care less.

    16:9 with PS2-graphics or 4:3 with zooming and Cube-graphics. Easy choice.

  • deaner #29 7 years ago

    hp_on_toast: "RE:Director's Cut > RE:Remake!!!"

    Okay. You can have that. I loved Directors Cut. And you're spot on with regard to the original voice-acting. ("Jill? Wesker? What happened to Jill and Wesker?";)

    People shouldn't expect those PS2 screenshots to be a final representation of the PS2 game graphics. I've made that mistake before. And nowadays I'd happily swap some jaggies (which never really show during gameplay) to get rid of vertical borders. And then there's the additional content. Though the greatest bonus will be to be able to play such a good game on a good controller.

  • Aysir #30 7 years ago

    "16:9 with PS2-graphics or 4:3 with zooming and Cube-graphics. Easy choice."
    You say it like theres a choice to make here. The Cube version was out ages ago and those people who wanted it bought it. The PS2 version is now coming out, the people who want it will buy it. Wheres the choice? Surely anyone who has a Cube has the game by now, right? The people who will buy RE4 on PS2 are now people who only have a PS2 and coudn't play it originally and fans of the series who are delighted at the extras. :p

  • mystic_mick #31 7 years ago

    I'm really excited about this game, with all these extras it makes me think!!!! Just how shit was the gamecube version anyway?

  • Burton2000 #32 7 years ago

    well i played resi evil 4 on a gud old 4:3 ratio tv so i didnt realy notice anything bout borders as it filed the whole screen.

  • Aysir #33 7 years ago

    Ermm Burton...It had borders on 4:3 to make it letterbox...Only if you had a TV capable of doing Cinema view (like most Widescreen tellies have) would you be able to have no borders on GC.

    "I'm really excited about this game, with all these extras it makes me think!!!! Just how shit was the gamecube version anyway? "
    If ever was a comment asking for a fight, that was it. My advise to everyone is - ignore the git. He clearly knows nothing.

  • smelly #34 7 years ago

    "It's pretty amusing how you say this when compared to the PS2, but if someone mentions Xbox's higher quality graphics you revert your argument to 'gameplay over graphics'.

    Headshot. Critical strike! "


    Not really.. If yer not a monkey and you read that in CONTEXT. I was replying to the guy who was on about trading in his cube version for the ps2 one because the ps2 one has widescreen, so therefor he cares about his gfx content, and as such he surely wouldnt therefor want lower quality textures/lighting?

    >Xbox's higher quality graphics

    And I own an xbox so why would i do that? I normally only mention that when someone is refering to gfx in a game which is just YET ANOTHER racing/fps game, etc etc..

    Honestly i wish you guys would read things in context before jumping down peoples necks throwing your dummies out the pram.

  • mystic_mick #35 7 years ago

    If ever was a comment asking for a fight, that was it. My advise to everyone is - ignore the git. He clearly knows nothing.

    Aysir, my friend. " I've forgot more than what you know. " :)

  • Aysir #36 7 years ago

    "Aysir, my friend. " I've forgot more than what you know. " :) "
    Sorry, did I misunderstand your first comment?

  • Tweakmonkey #37 7 years ago

    So what happens if I play it on a 4:3 tv now? Will it be squashed?

  • davyuk #38 7 years ago

    well i played resi evil 4 on a gud old 4:3 ratio tv so i didnt realy notice anything bout borders as it filed the whole screen.

    I'd love to know how you had fullscreen on a 4:3, considering the game was designed to run in letterbox on a 4:3.

    Anyhoo, I thought the game was OK, but I finished it in a weekend. Not exactly the definition of loingevity.

    Edit - hehe... I'll keep that typo in. I made me smile.
    Edited by 1 at 15/08/05 @ 13:38

  • Gareth.de #39 7 years ago

    I'd rather have higher quality gfx myself.

    So you're telling me this means he prefers graphics? Strange, because the 'I' and 'myself' in there would imply that you're talking about your own personal preferences. It's a funny old world.

    so therefor he cares about his gfx content, and as such he surely wouldnt therefor want lower quality textures/lighting?

    Blah, blah, blah. What he wants and what he said are irrelevant. I remember you banging on about how graphics were not important and it was all about gameplay when I was comparing with the Xbox, and now here you are saying I'd rather have higher quality gfx myself now that it suits you and your argument against with the PS2.

    You can't have it both ways, kid. At least not on the same forum where people remember what you said last time.
    Edited by 4 at 15/08/05 @ 14:09

  • Feanor #40 7 years ago

    Maybe this is a dumb question, but does the proper widescreen mode only matter if you have a widescreen TV?

    "hehe, if it's anything like the cube version you'll have to complete all the mercenaries stages on 5* to get the thing."


    *MINOR MERCENARIES SPOILERS*


    It can seem impossible, but it's worth the effort IMO. I'm still having fun playing the odd game of Mercenaries seven months after getting a GC and RE 4. Just got my high score on the Village to 115,000 with Wesker, and 110,000 on the Castle with Krauser.

  • Aysir #41 7 years ago

    "So what happens if I play it on a 4:3 tv now? Will it be squashed? "
    No it'll be letterboxed. Like when they used to show Widescreen movies on TV.

    "Maybe this is a dumb question, but does the proper widescreen mode only matter if you have a widescreen TV? "
    Yeah. I guess without it i'll just be like the Gamecube one...Letterboxed. Unless you feel like watching everything really tall and have it fill the screen.

  • deaner #42 7 years ago

    What should happen in a widescreen game is that...

    On a widescreen TV, the picture entirely fills the screen with no borders and no distortion of the picture.

    On a non-widescreen TV, you will either have horizontal borders at the top and bottom of the screen (a 'letterbox' picture) or you will have a picture which is deliberately distorted (stretched) in order to fill the screen. Which of these, depends on the individual TV or specific game.

    Personally, I'd rather not have borders or a distorted picture. Which is why, despite what will probably turn out to be a minor reduction in the quality game graphics - I'll be happy to get the PS2 version of RE4.

    The bonus content and the opportunity to use the (in my opinion) superior control pad, are further incentives.

  • smelly #43 7 years ago

    Gareth.de... Um yes.. I said "i'd rather have higher quality gfx myself", as opposed to widescreen game. I'll put it in a complete sentence to make myself really clear to you... "Given the choice of the same game in widescreen to one without widescreen but with better quality graphics, textures, mip mapping and lighting I'd go for the one with the better graphics over the one which had widescreen".

    Given the choice between widescreen and better quality gfx, the no brainer choice as they're both going to PLAY the same. So unlike the person i was replying to, i personally would return my better looking game just to play it in widescreen with worse graphics?

    Now if the ps2 version was more FUN then as you quite rightly say, gameplay more important so i'd go for that.

    I dont see what the problem is? Apart from you being mr literal about everything and taking stuff out of context?

    The "gameplay over gfx" thing was about another thing altogether in a completely different context. I think it was probably on topic of handheld games? Where i'd prefer the pick up fun of the games on the ds over the graphical lushness of the games on the psp? Dunno.. But that's completely against the point here?

    Why is this so hard to understand?

  • ecureuil #44 7 years ago

    OMG Gamecube fanboys.. wow.

    And if you had a widescreen TV you could get it in full, widescreen mode anyway, by changing settings on your TV. RE4 looked just lovely on my widescreen. I don't think I would have benefited more from "proper widescreen."

  • Sid-Nice #45 7 years ago

    Over 50 posts because of this article? When does Europe get the same deal as the US? Even if the PS2 PAL version is only 4.3 50Hz it will still be a great game. All this talk of trading in the Cube version because of the PS2s extra content, is rather premature. Especially when nothing has been confirmed for the PAL edition. All the Resident Evil fanbois will have the Cube version already, unless they hate Nintendo and are waiting for the PS2 version. Progressive scan, proper widescreen etc; won't mean nowt to the average PS2 punter who will play the game in their bedroom on his/her 14" portable. Cube owners may cry here? Tom you little Devil.

    BTW: The lip sync in the voice acting is really bad on the IGN intro video of the PS2 version. Is this caused by widescreen or bad baud-rate whilst streaming?

  • deaner #46 7 years ago

    If people really were going to be playing the game "in their bedroom on his/her 14" portable", would they bother posting in this thread? Probably.

    But personally I care because I have an HD widescreen TV and like to make the most of it.

    And statistically, I am in the age bracket and income level of the "average PS2 punter". Which is mid-to-late twenties and more-than-enough.

    If you believe it to be fifteen and on pocket money, you're information is more than a little out of date.

    And as for comments regarding the volume of posts generated by an IGN article... is commenting on the volume of comments generated by an IGN article really any more viable?

    It's reasonable to assume that due to their track record on the franchise, and due to the fact that news released through official and unofficial channels on the port have stated it - that the named additional content will be included. And so it's surely reasonable to discuss it.

  • Sid-Nice #47 7 years ago

    But personally I care because I have an HD widescreen TV and like to make the most of it.

    Then get an Xbox 360. :)

  • deaner #48 7 years ago

    I didn't realise it was backwards compatible with the PS2!

    Perhaps we wont be limited to a watered-down software portfolio after all!

  • Sid-Nice #49 7 years ago

    If I had a HD widescreen TV, I'd say " I have a HD widescreen TV. " So does an AN HDTV only play PS2 games? What does the AN mean? Anti Nintendo?

  • Xavier_B_OXford #50 7 years ago

    Wow, big deal, just means you'll be able to see the horrific graphics in even bigger detail. I can have just as much fun zooming my camera phone in on a piece of dog dirt on the pavement.

    I'll wait for the Xbox version thanks.

  • Teeth #51 7 years ago

    I call sock!

  • Gareth.de #52 7 years ago

    Hello again stinky

    It's ironic that someone who has a reputation of acting like a brick wall when it comes to common sense asks someone why something could possibly be hard to understand. If only you would practice what you preach.

    Actually, I believe the thread touched on Nintendo shooting themselves in the foot by offering a next-gen console that was below-par in the power department. While the XB360 and PS3 will be throwing around textured, light-sourced, bump mapped polygons like there's no tomorrow, the Revolution will be struggling to keep up I said. This is where you started banging on like a little fanboy that graphics were not important and that gameplay was king. Given the fact that EA etc. will be releasing games on all 3 formats, does it not seem unfortunate that the format you were supporting will have the inferior version when your attitude is now I'd rather have higher quality gfx myself?

    I look forward to seeing what you post when you have your Revolution and the PS2 owners here have their PS3s. Will you then be tugging about graphics or gameplay? Does it depend on the weather? Do you roll a dice to see what you should say today? Or do you flip a coin?

  • Xavier_B_OXford #53 7 years ago

    You want his sex pretty bad, don't you Gareth?

  • Teeth #54 7 years ago

    Fucking hell here we go again - I'd give it up right now if I were you smelly, Gareth's debating powers are too mighty for even you to take on.

  • Gareth.de #55 7 years ago

    if (sex == "his head on a stick";) then {
    answer = "yes";
    }

  • Gareth.de #56 7 years ago

    Here we go again? How often is he two-faced?

  • Xavier_B_OXford #57 7 years ago

    Yeah, I knew you wanted his sex.

  • tenma #58 7 years ago

    "I look forward to seeing what you post when you have your Revolution and the PS2 owners here have their PS3s. Will you then be tugging about graphics or gameplay? Does it depend on the weather? Do you roll a dice to see what you should say today? Or do you flip a coin?"


    Oh, man. I LOVE these Eurogamer comments threads.

  • Gareth.de #59 7 years ago

    It's Flash actionscript. You don't have to declare variables before use with Flash. I thought maybe writing it in C or Bash would make it too complicated for this lot to understand. ;)

  • Sid-Nice #60 7 years ago

    It's all about the PS2 having the EyeToy and the Cube hasn't. Nintendo have messed up big time, this generation.

  • absolutezero #61 7 years ago

    Please point me to the article where Nintendo says the Revolution will be less powerful than the PS3 and Xbox 360. If your refering to the quote that leaked out of Nintendo of America then that was quashed as being a complete lie.

    You can speculate that the Rev will be under-powered but seeing as no one knows how much power its going to have (Capcom have said that they will port over RE5 if the console can handle it, so the developers have'nt even been informed), it seems like jumping to conclusions to me.

    The other extra weapon that will appear in the PS2 version will be a crossbow, also a re-modeled Chainsaw controller is being released. The other extra is 5 extra missions staring Ada.

    http://www. evilunleashed.com/v2/index.php

  • Gareth.de #62 7 years ago

    Some basic common sense is enough I think. Allow me to enlighten you.

    Nintendo has never released a console and sold it at a loss. They have always made money from them - this is something all the fanboys are really happy about. Since they are only a games company and do not have the cash cows of MS and Sony (software and electronics in case I've lost you already) then this is the way they have to work.

    Microsoft and Sony will be making substantial losses on their hardware, as even this website says.

    Now, explain to me how Nintendo can put together a machine of equal specifications and sell it for a proffit, when neither Microsoft nor Sony (who even owns shares in the CPU that will be used) are able to do it.

    Here are the possible solutions:

    1. Nintendo consoles grow on trees, and all they need to do is harvest them.
    2. Nintendo is able to persuade its manufacturers and suppliers to work for free. Or in fact, to pay Nintendo for buying from them.
    3. Nintendo uses cheaper hardware, which by the very definition is either older or less powerful. Take a look in any magazine or on any website - the newest and most powerful are *ALWAYS* the most expensive.

    Now, I'm looking forward to seeing which of those options you feel is the most realistic. Or perhaps you can offer your own possible solution? I'm all ears.
    Edited by 1 at 16/08/05 @ 01:09

  • Sid-Nice #63 7 years ago

    Don't say " I'm all ears " Gareth.de, or they might start calling you Dumbo. :)

  • Genji #64 7 years ago

    "You can't have it both ways, kid. At least not on the same forum where people remember what you said last time."

    You've got a great memory! I wish I had the resources to keep constant tabs on the opinions of the people on this board, and helpfully point out when they're contradicting themselves. Are you a journalist, by any chance?

  • smelly #65 7 years ago

    "Fucking hell here we go again - I'd give it up right now if I were you smelly, Gareth's debating powers are too mighty for even you to take on. "

    Lol.. Well i dont see how we've gone from whether i'd prefer widescreen or prettier graphics to whether or not i care about hi def games.

    But as I dont own a hi def tv, and have no intention of buying one for the forseable future. And indeed if i was going to spend that much money on one, i'd much rather get a powerful pc. Yes, gareth, as you point out, i dont care the revolution doesnt have hidef. In fact, just like in this case, i'd much rather the power went to creating prettier low def graphics, with more lighting, more stuff on screen, etc than on hidef output i'm never going to see.

    Give me a pc game on a low powered pc where i have to choose between detail and resolution.. and given the choice i'd turn up the graphics options to max first before i bother upping the resolution.

    But i dont see what this has to do with my original point? Apart from just trolling?


    "Nintendo has never released a console and sold it at a loss."

    I'd ignore the rest of your post becasue that's rubbish for starters. But regardless, currently the ps2 is the least powerful machine and sells for approx Ģ110 quid new. The cube is easily more powerful and sells for approx Ģ50 new.

    So that kinda puts a pisser on that argument doesnt it? But as i've pointed out in previous threads and you've stuck your fingers in your ears over.. No-one knows anything about revolution apart from 4 things we've been told:

    1) it's small
    2) it's as powerful as the other two
    3) it'll be able to download old games via wifi connection
    4) it doesnt have hidef output.

    So unless you're going to stick to the facts of what we've been told, and not just go of on pure falicy make believe stuff, i suggest not talking at all? Especially when the thread is nothing to do with whatever it is you're ranting about?

    Especially when all you're doing is going "ooh.. the next gen console im considering buying (although no little about yet) and isnt even out yet, nor have i seen games running on the completed hardware, is going to be better than another next gen console which we know next to nothing about... But you're obviously a fanboy of it as you've backed their decision to not use hidef"...

    Gareth mate. I havent decided on ANY next gen console yet. And i wont until they're OUT and i've seen what GAMES are available on them. So sorry kid you wont win an argument like that with me. Now go run off and cry to your primary school teacher about it.

    :-D

  • smelly #66 7 years ago

    "You've got a great memory!"

    Genji.. he has a SELECTIVE memory. If someone says, "actually i dont care about hidef games as i have no intention of buying a new tv for a long while", he reads that as "sony and microsoft sux, nintendo are kings, the ps3 is going to be poo", etc

    and he then brings up the later in another thread which has got nothing to do with your original point! *sigh*

  • Burton2000 #67 7 years ago

    "Ermm Burton...It had borders on 4:3 to make it letterbox...Only if you had a TV capable of doing Cinema view (like most Widescreen tellies have) would you be able to have no borders on GC."

    nope ive been playing it on my 14" tv so it toatly fills the screen with no borders

  • Blerk #68 7 years ago

    There's something wrong with your telly then, Burton. Resi 4 is in 'letterbox' format on all tellies. Big, big borders.

  • Genji #69 7 years ago

    Smelly, I agree.

  • Feanor #70 7 years ago

    "The bonus content and the opportunity to use the (in my opinion) superior control pad, are further incentives."

    I agree that the Dual Shock is a better pad in general, but the left stick on the Dual Shock is not as good for fine aiming as the left stick on the GC pad. And that could be a problem for RE 4 on the PS2. I tried playing the Gc version using a third-party pad with analog sticks that were similar to those on a Dual Shock and it wasn't good.

  • Gareth.de #71 7 years ago

    Lol.. Well i dont see how we've gone from whether i'd prefer widescreen or prettier graphics to whether or not i care about hi def games.

    Neither do I. Who said anything about hi-definition? Certainly wasn't me. Please show me where I said *anything* about hi-defintion. It's pretty lame that you spouted a whole post (and a pretty long one at that) based on something no-one here - let alone me, your target - has said.

    And then you have the nerve to accuse me of 'selective memory' and making stuff up? You really are a first class prick.

    1) it's small
    2) it's as powerful as the other two


    Then perhaps they can tell us how they are going to dissipate all of the heat that comes from a 3ghz+ IBM PowerPC chip in such a small box? Cos no-one else has managed it. I'm sure Steve Jobs would love to know cos it's giving him serious problems with his laptops.

    Or maybe you're just talking shit and they will in fact have a slower CPU in there?

    I see. "Then" (hint!) your code is faulty though and won't execute.

    if (anyoneActuallyCaresEnough == true) {
    person = "pretty pedantic";
    }

    Care to run that through your compiler?

  • Xavier_B_OXford #72 7 years ago

    Hey Gareth, why don't you run your head through a plate glass door you mong! lol

    Prick

  • Gareth.de #73 7 years ago

    Erm, because I don't want to perhaps? What a stupid question from a stupid little boy.

    And if you didn't like my post then perhaps you should try popping your thumb out from your arse and stop being such a pedantic little idiot? I don't know if you were expecting some kind of badge or medal there, but you won't get one from me so don't let the door hit you on the way out.

  • Xavier_B_OXford #74 7 years ago

    Actually, it simply me being bored beyond words with your agressively hostile attitude, Gareth. I think you're a tosser, you belong on this site.

  • Gareth.de #75 7 years ago

    Actually, it simply me being bored beyond words with your agressively hostile attitude

    As opposed to a friendly hostile attitude? I had no idea such a thing existed.

    Oh and I'm only aggressive with mongs who are too backward and simple to appreciate common sense (See smelly and his chums).

    I think you're a tosser

    Ooops, was I supposed to care what a degenerate thinks about me? I'm sorry to disappoint if I was. Why don't you go and play on the road, kid?

    you belong on this site

    Hey if you have something to say to the users of this site I'm sure they'd rather you said it directly to them. No-one likes a 2-faced little shite, do they smelly?

  • Gareth.de #76 7 years ago

    Hehe ;)

  • darkphoenix #77 7 years ago

    Oh why, why doesn't Capcom port RE4 to the XBox????

    Itīs the only system that could do justice to this great game, with proper graphical display allied to a decent widescreen/progressive mode...

    WWWHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?

  • Blerk #78 7 years ago

    Itīs the only system that could do justice to this great game

    I think you'll find that at least one system has already done it more than enough justice.