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Amazing!
Although nothing can ever have the same impact that the first Resident Evil did in 1996,the latest installment in this series is nothing short of amazing.The sound is great,as are the graphics, and it is challenging,intense,scary,and takes a long time to complete.If you have a PS2,you must buy it!
Easy way to beat the village boss!! (Even on the pro difficulty setting)
It might be just the way I play the game but, for some reason during the first time I went through this game, I seemed to have lots of fire/red grenades at any given point during the game.
If you're like me where you seem to have lots of grenades on you at most points in the game, you're in luck. Here's an easy way to beat the village boss. You won't have to use any gun ammo or health boosts.
(before entering the barn that 'houses' the boss)
1. Make sure you have at least 5 fire/red grenades and 1 green grenade before you enter the barn (4 fire/red grenades are ok if you can manage to pick up the 5th one inside the barn while avoiding your friend).
2. Have the fire/red grenade 'equipped'
(after you enter the barn)
3. Dodge the boss's opening scene attack
4. The first time it's an oppurtunity (I do it immediately), throw a fire/red grenade at the guy then, immediately without turning away, equip the regular/green grenade
5. Throw the green/regular grenade at the boss while he's stunned
6. At this point (right after the grenade toss) you should still be facing the enemy, DO NOT WATCH HIM.
7. Immediately equip your regular 9mm gun (probably either the Punisher or the Blacktail), do a '180' and run to the ladder that you'll immediately be climbing up
8. As soon as you get up the ladder, do another '180' so that you can shoot the red gas drum/can that the boss is now standing next to (or at least near enough to get hurt by it)
9. AGAIN, do not watch the boss, you need to immediately run to the green/regular grenade at the window-sill like indentation on your character's right (right if you're still facing the gas drum you just shot, left if you're facing the back of the barn)
10. Pick up the green/regular grenade and equip the fire/red grenade as fast as you can.
11. Do a '180' to face the boss below you to throw a fire/red grenade at him.
12. While the boss is stunned, throw a green/regular grenade at the boss (this brings you to the 'splitting boss' scene)
13. After the scene is done, quickly equip to the fire/red grenade (you'll find yourself on the ground facing the boss)
14. As soon as able, throw the fire/red grenade at the boss, who will briefly be hanging next to his other half (this will knock it on the ground)
15. Throw another fire grenade at the boss while it's on the ground
16. You'll have to run back and forth a couple times, while dodging the boss, to learn his new fighting tendencies but once you get an idea of oppurtune times to throw at most 2 more fire/red grenades at the guy, he's history. (I find it easiest to stay on the ground for the final 1 to 2 grenade attacks since the boss occasionaly hesitates on lower beams)
Hope this helps.
You could probably substitute a red grenade for a green one after you knock the hanging boss on the ground (first attack after the boss's split) but I used another red one because I wasn't sure how fast he'd get back up on a beam.
This technique works well on the 'pro' difficulty setting but is unnecesarry for the regular difficulty setting.
I find that shotgun blasts do not alter the boss's ability to attack on the 'pro' setting so I had to resort to this method, mainly due to the fact that 18 direct shotgun blasts still didn't bring the boss down for me in this mode. Unlike the 'regular' difficulty setting, 'Pro' allows the boss to attack and move while being hit by the shotgun blast (at most 5 of the 18 blasts altered the boss's momentum).
If you're playing in the 'regular' difficulty setting, you can attack the swinging boss from up top like everyone recommends.
(I've replayed this boss at least 4 times to make sure that this technique works, so try with confidence)
One of the best for ps2
RE4 is definitly one of the best ps2 games I have ever played.. The graphics are incredible, considering the ps2's limitations. The storyline in kind of 'blah' though. But the ememies are incredibly creative and awesome looking. One thing I found to be kind of annoying was that once you fully upgrade a good weapon, enemies get overly easy. but you can look past all that. There are some really scary parts in this game. Its even worse in the dark, and the surround sound up high.
pros::: graphics
enemy design
sound
weapons
cons::: weapon power
story line
voice acting weird
