I’ve finally done it. After six exhaustive days of gameplay, I completed Resident Evil Code: Veronica X, as well as Resident Evil Zero and the newest addition to the series, Resident Evil Four.

Absolutely amazing. Each one increased in quality as I continued through the game. The dual control system of Resident Evil Zero was fantastic, and the ability to switch between the characters Billy Coen and Rebecca Chambers was extremely useful.

Resident Evil Four blew my socks off, and then lit them on fire. The game was simply amazing. The controls were reminiscent of Max Payne or Everything or Nothing when it came to movement, but the firing method was interesting. The controls were similar to the other titles. A was the action button, B was to run, R was to draw your weapon. But, with the ability of a laser sight, you could target specific body parts on a Ganado (the new enemies).

If a guy is coming at you wielding a pick axe, you shoot it out of his hand. If he’s running at you with a stick of dynamite, shoot it and it explodes. If you are low on ammo, shoot out their knees and they’ll stumble and then giggle with childish glee as you knife them to death. Another thing quite entertaining in this game, the knife was a decently used weapon. As opposed to other games where your combat knife is quickly discarded, never to be used again, Leon uses his combat knife all the time. Boss fights, self defense, you name it.

By far the most entertaining portion of the game is simply the interactive cutscenes. In a regular cutscene, you just sit there and watch it. Not with Resident Evil 4. To keep the suspense going, you may actually have to dodge attacks in a cutscene. One such encounter with former ally, Jack Krauser, forces Leon to dodge frenzied knife attacks at short notice, or face a fatal cutscene in which he is stabbed in the neck, or his face is sliced open, or he is gutted brutally.

It’s amazing how many ways you can die in that game.

I’ve played it through twice. It’s orgasmic.

Anyway, I’ll try to make sure my next entry pertains to real life, or at the very least, something more interesting.