Resident Evil 4 PS2 dates set News

Christmas! Please God, Christmas!

Is it in Super-Crapo-No-Lighting-O-Vision or does it look ok?

The shots look fine. Textures aren't as good, but otherwise it's Resi 4 in every respect. I have every confidence in Capcom - they know the PS2 better than most.

In fact, I'd be buying this if I hadn't already bought the Cube version. :-)

Are there any extras in the PS2 port?

I wouldn't be surprised if Sony manage to get Capcom to schedule the PAL release around the time of the 360 launch date, and plough a tonne of money into promotions.

I've got this on the Cube. PS2 gamers are in for a treat... it's superb!

BTW: I see Wallmart have leaked the 360 price and game prices... see geek.com

Cube version rocks.

PS2 will prob be pants.

Comple in 320x240 resolution, 16 colours and jerko vision!

No way can the PS2 ever do it like the cube version

When you can buy a cube so cheap these days (like £40 inc some bongos from TrU), why would anyone interested not already have picked up the cube version?

You're going to end up eating those words, y'know. This is Capcom we're talking about, not some two-bit half-arsed 'can't program for toffee' budget company.

The PS2 version will be excellent otherwise they wouldn't be bothering doing one.

Xbox version PLEASE! it'll look much better than even the cube.

I guess we can put an end to the tired argument soon enough over how good/bad the PS2 version will be. I think it'll be a lot closer to the Cube original than people expected.

The shots look fine. Textures aren't as good...

odd... the PS2 has more texture memory than the gamecube, maybe they're using that for something else...

>Xbox version PLEASE! it'll look much better than even the cube.

Nah, not unless they completely re-did it from scratch. Games will normally only look as good as the machine they were originally written for.

As for people getting excited about ps2 version? Why not just buy a gcube VERY cheaply and resi (which is also now quite cheap) and play it as it was intended? And while you're at it, you can play killer 7 without the really long load times too.


"Capcom - they know the PS2 better than most. "

Yeah.. but then killer 7 (another capcom game) on ps2 is quite bad when compared to the cube version.. I dont understand why people dont just pay peanuts for the cube to play these games.. ho hum

Gamecube: 1MB embedded texture cache + can texture directly from (low latency) main-ram (24MB)
PS2: 4MB embedded ram in the GS (from which you have to subtract the space need for frame- & z-buffer)

I dont understand why people dont just pay peanuts for the cube to play these games.. ho hum

Well... not everyone wants to buy multiple consoles. If you already have a PS2 then £30 for the game rather than £30 for the game and an extra £40 or so for a second hand Cube is quite a bit more expensive, especially if you're not interested in any other Cube games.

They're so bad compared to the GC's its almost tear jerking !

Did you have your eyes shut? They look fine.

the gamecube version was not as graphially superior as most think and the xbox probably could make it look better.
the game cube version has borders which in essence makes the screen size smaller therefore making graphics look a little beter than they wouldbe without borders, look at ninja gaiden no borders and graphically brilliant, shudders to think how good resi 4 could look on an xbox

I've played the Cube version right through. I've seen the PS2 shots. They look fine. The textures aren't as good, but it's still the same game. It's hardly 'ugly'.

"the game cube version has borders which in essence makes the screen size smaller therefore making graphics look a little beter than they wouldbe without borders"

eh? Wtf are you on about?


"They're so bad compared to the GC's its almost tear jerking ! "

Hmm.. whereas i agree they dont look as good as the cube, and i expect loading times/framerate MIGHT be an issue, and i doubt you'll have the nice stuff like heat haze, etc. I dont think that "almost tear jerking" is really fair. Sounds a bit fanboy-ish to me.

smelly you stink - lol

Now I thought the GC version of RE4 was absolutely superb but I didn't think the graphics were technically all that great to be honest - they were very good artistically though - seeing at they were very aliased (jaggy looking) in places and suffered from texture shimmering in areas with loads of detail.

Since these issues are common to most PS2 games, RE4 should look right at home on that format and I doubt it will look noticably different in any major way, which is great news for PS2 owners.

>smelly i dont actually mind you thinking im a fanboy

i didnt say that. I said the comment sounded fanboy-ish

where are the screenshots

Ninjamagic:
"Cube version rocks.

PS2 will prob be pants.

Comple in 320x240 resolution, 16 colours and jerko vision!

No way can the PS2 ever do it like the cube version"

Well, graphics-wise no. And is it such a good game it relies totally on graphics? I think not.

And have you even seen PS2 games recently. GT4, Tekken 5, God of War? Games that demonstrate exactly what the PS2 is capeable of.

Looks too jaggy for my liking, but so long as it plays the same, that shouldn't be TOO much of an issue.

"As for people getting excited about ps2 version? Why not just buy a gcube VERY cheaply and resi (which is also now quite cheap) and play it as it was intended?"

Because that will cost £70 (at least) and not £30?

Man.

Its Upsetting to see so many misguided folk on here.

Perhaps they had *Special* Mushrooms when looking at the PS2 version to make them deluded enough to even compare it to the Cube?

Have you seen how tripe PS2 games look now?

Have you seen how the development community constantly makes jokes about the pre-50's architecture in the machine?

Have you see how crap the normal textures look on ANY PS2 game?

Which planet are these people on?

RES4 is far superior on the cube and currently the best looking game on owt. including xbox

Yes i have seen 3DMARK 2005 but it only runs at 15fps on a 3.2Ghz PC with a Nvidia 68000GT. Also its not really a *game* is it.

I went out and bought a cube just for RES4 when i saw it.

Cube rocks!

Yes PS2 games are getting better but thats the peak now u wont get any much more.

PS3 version of RES EVIL 5 - now that WOULD be awesome.

My gist is this: Credit needed when credit is due.

And Capcom blew all of us away on RES4 for cube. PS2 version will be gameplay good. But simply a shadow of its former Cube big brother.

We out....

Fair enough.

Where are these goddam' screenshots anyway?!

Graphics whores! :(
...or isn't there anything else interesting in RE4 besides the visuals?

I didn't notice anyone claiming that the PS2 version would be 'better' than the Cube one, or even 'comparable' (at least graphically), ninjamagic. Just a lot of bitter non PS2-owners hoping beyond hope that the PS2 version turns out to be rubbish so that they've got some kind of 'mine's better than yours' ammo for forum-based ranting.

/shrugs

Yes, petay, because it's not like the PS2 has the far superior games selection of the three consoles, is it?

"calling ppl "graphics whores" lol the last refuge of the PS2 owner :P "

Funny how when nintendo says gfx dont matter so much that all the other fanboys jump in and laugh isnt it? But when shoe's on other foot.. :-)


"because it's not like the PS2 has the far superior games selection"

There's a VAST difference between quantity and quality matey.

shudders to think how good resi 4 could look on an xbox

Obviously the hard disk helps for some games, but personally I don't see any difference between Xbox and GC graphics.

/shudders to think how good Ninja Gaiden could look on a GC ;-)

Yeah, good thing the PS2 has both in spades, innit?:)

odd... the PS2 has more texture memory than the gamecube, maybe they're using that for something else...

The GC has hardware S3TC texture compression does it not?

Xbox version please, Mr Capcom.

It's not simply that it has more titles, it's that it has more quality titles. It may come down to personal opinion, sure, but that doesn't change the fact that PS2 has a wider variety of truly great titles than the other two. It may sound like fanboyism, but that doesn't make it any less true. Just look at the "best console" thread in the forum to see what the fave console is :)

Yes... because it is the best... FACT!

Probably, but I'll still be right in the end. PS2 owns!1!

were are the shots?. If they can get it looking like the silent hill series then il be happy :)

Heh, I could do this all day... but I won't.

The shots are on IGN. Go search their PS2 section.

I can't quite figure out why it's so important to anyone that the version of a game on 'their' console is regarded as the 'best' version. I've already bought and played the Cube version and thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope the PS2 version turns out to be top so that the people who haven't had a chance to play can have their turn.

Why should it matter what another version is like if you've already played and enjoyed your own copy? o_O

Played the GC version it's nice, not as nice (certainly not the GFX splendour I was expecting having read various reviews etc) as some of the fanboys and 'me toos' apparently contributing to this thread would have you believe. The shots of the PS2 version look good, however I think it's Mike D thats fond of saying you get a better impression of looks when the thing is running and if the PS2 trailer is anything to go by then Capcom have pulled off an admirable feat, it looks great and very close to the Cube version.

Looking forward to actually seeing and playing the finished version and deciding for myself.

To be honest, for all the attention I've given the GCN version, I should've said bollocks to the graphics and waited for the PS2 version, thus saving myself the clutter of an unwanted Game Cube.

if the PS2 trailer is anything to go by

There's a PS2 trailer? Must go hunt it out and have a look.


not as nice (certainly not the GFX splendour I was expecting having read various reviews etc) as some of the fanboys and 'me toos' apparently contributing to this thread would have you believe

It's not graphically spectacular in a 'wow, look at those graphics!' kind of way. To me it's the attention to detail. Little things. The world is very believable and it's the things you normally wouldn't notice that make it such an achievement rather than the number of polygons or the quality of the textures. Atmosphere, y'know?

Blerk -Understood mate, thats pretty much how I felt about it as well, nice little neat touches, however some people/reviews seem to think thats its the Graphical 2nd coming. It IS nice, very nice in places, but I was a bit disappointed with how......... compartmentalised it all felt.

Trailer should be on IGN btw.

Nice link pete.

Seriously, i played this game 3 times now on the cube. Why would i buy it for the ps2 with a controler that doesnt have what it takes to play this game?

"Xbox version plz" - No plz. The same thing i said before applies for the xbx controller.

Its a shame really that the next version wont be gc really. Unless they can bring up similar games, i dont recon that i could be interested to buy a gc.

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Seriously, i played this game 3 times now on the cube. Why would i buy it for the ps2 with a controler that doesnt have what it takes to play this game?

Xerces, it's not for you - it's for the people who haven't already played it.

I see no reason why the PS2 or Xbox pad can't handle this very nicely, btw.

"peekaboo im not being funny but RE is predominantly set in a mansion, and you didnt expect a "compartmentalised" game ? In that respect atleast RE4 improves on previous efforts a bit i feel. "

Perhaps the wrong word (And I disagree that it improves on that aspect over the others), it just seemed that each area was box, tunnel/corridor, box, tunnel/corridor, box all in a nice straight line led by the hand progression. In other words, I expected 'compartmentalisation just not to the extreme it appears in this title, exploration and puzzle solving is limited and certainly watered down. As I said on another forum it could have easily have been "generic action franchise no1547" rather than a Res Evil game, it felt at times as if the Res Evil things where thrown in simply to advantage of the franchise name. Don't get me wrong (And why is it people always do), I'm NOT saying it's a bad game, I'm NOT saying it's a bad looking game, all I AM saying is that it's not as nice looking or perhaps as good as people seem to go on about (Certainly feels a bit 'lite' compared to Old School Resi stuff). Sometimes I think the fact it hit a Ninty machine first clouds peoples judgement, I believe Uncle Clive covered this terrible afflication a while back ;-)

I repeat, once more for the bleachers, it IS a good and nice looking game, just not the be all and end all people seem to think, and as such, having seen the pics and trailers I feel it's premature and downright mindnumbing silly for people to be automatically writing the PS2 version off and especially spouting silly statements such as 'Jerko-Vision' and '16 colours' etc.