Granted that out of the box, this game is a terrible console port. But, if you search the net, there are a few good mods that help enhance the graphics, one of which is the Ultimate Patch, which fixes that in game textures and lighting, as well as increasing the resolution of the FMV's.

I would recommend that you play this game with a control pad though, as others have said, the keyboard support is terrible.

Capcom and ubisoft are just plain lazy. RE4 is an EXCELLENT game but this port is just crap. the fack that they did nothing tooptimise the controls or the graphics is awful since it ruins the fun of suck an awesome game. you should only get this if you do not own a gamecube or ps2, because those versions are fuXin awesome

You're definitely going to need a gamepad. You're going to need the 80gig patch to enhance the graphics because it looks crap without it. And you should be aware there are NO zombies (at least for the first quarter of the game which is about what I played). That's right… an RE game with no zombies. The “zombies” are actually deranged country folk infected with parasites. They are zombie-like but it's just not the same.

It's not bad really but what put me off are the frequent set pieces that have you fighting a boss or getting out of an ambush or some other sticky situation that require you to die half a dozen times before you finally get past it. Particularly aggravating are the button mashing sections. Some locals will push a giant boulder off a cliff and you must repeatedly (and extremely quickly) mash a button to sprint out of it's way. If you're not fast enough you die. Or you have to dodge an attack by hitting two other buttons when they flash up on the screen giving you about a millisecond or else you die. You die a lot in this game. Fortunately the save points are quite frequent and there's no limit to how often you can save.

All this is designed to be challenging and fun, but I personally find it stressful and aggravating. I might just be getting too old for these games, I don't know. It get's even worse when Ashley joins you. You have to cope with all the hoards of angry locals and protect her as well. I gave up a few hours into the game when I realised I wasn't enjoying it in the least. That doesn't make it a bad game of course.