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PS2
Biohazard 4 [The Best] + Bonus DVD
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NCS
Product Synopsis
«©NCSX»
Less than a year after Biohazard 4 was released in
Japan, Capcom issues the first re-release of the
game under the "Best" budget label. In Japan,
notable Playstation games usually enjoy three
lifetimes. Top shelf software titles enjoy up to
four or five before they succumb to the rigors of
time and market saturation. The first lifetime is
the initial release of the game at full price where
~100,00 to a few million copies are sold. The
initial release is where the publisher hopes to make
most of its return on investment. Nary six months
(or thereabouts) later, the publisher submits the
game for "the Best" collection which is Sony's
budget banner for older but still saleable games.
Other than Sony's standard fees and printing costs,
Best games at Y2800 are pretty much pure profit -
the development and marketing costs have been
factored into the first printing of the game and
product awareness is already out there. Should the
publisher want to sow its oats for a third time,
they'll normally release the game under its own
in-house budget label.
To compel buyers to pick up Biohazard 4 Best, Capcom bundles a BGM
OST CD with the game and a bonus DVD which
celebrates the 10th Anniversary of Biohazard and the
5th Anniversary of Devil May Cry. The chapters on
the bonus DVD are as follows:
» Biohazard 5 preview
» Devil May Cry 4 preview
» Biohazard 4
» Biohazard Code Veronica
» Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition
» Weskers Report
Pricing for the Best version of Biohazard 4 is set at US$35 and all
preorders will ship today. New orders are welcome.
NCS
Game Synopsis
Leon Kennedy sits in the back seat of a
vehicle as it speeds through a forlorn looking road
somewhere in Europe. In the front seat, two local
policemen banter a bit as they motor towards their
destination. Leon has been given an assignment to
locate the President's daughter who has been
kidnapped. Unsure of what awaits him, Leon carries a
gun as well as a communication device to receive
intel from a fellow agent named Ingrid Hunnigan.
Once Leon reaches the target village, gamers will
notice that the police aren't too anxious to
investigate with him. That should be the first clue
that something is amiss...
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NCS
Game Notes
» The intro to the game recounts the Umbrella
corporation's shenanigans in the Arklay mountains
near Raccoon City. The sterilization of Raccoon City
and how the US government stopped the actions of the
Umbrella Corporation are also retold. Six years
later, Leon is on a trip as a sort of bodyguard for
the new president and his job is to find his missing
daughter named Ashley Graham. While seated in the
back seat of a car driven by local police - they
have a chat that's tinged with a bit of rivalry. One
of the agents takes a wizz at the side of the road
and he seems to notice something about to approach
him when he shakes it off, enters the car, and they
all drive off.» The trio approach a village and
Leon goes on to investigate by himself. The policia
aren't too willing to accompany him. Later, Ingrid
Hunnigan contacts Leon by video phone and tells him
that she'll be his contact. After that bit of
conversation, Leon is shown hefting a gun with both
hands and he walks into the village. Leon enters a
house and encounters a guy tending a fireplace. The
guy looks like Indio (played by Gian Maria Volonte)
from the Spaghetti Western movies featuring Clint
Eastwood. The guy grabs an axe and is about to whack
Leon so it's time to aim and fire away. Three shots
does him in. Later when Leon leaves the house, three
locals armed with scythes and knives assault him but
they're also simple cannon fodder since they sort of
lumber around and aren't very smart. They are not
zombies however. For most of the locals who attack
with pitchforks and assorted farm equipment, three
shots will usually put them down. A bullet to blow
them back followed by a crushing roundhouse kick
also seems to work.
» In one of the shacks, there's a woman who's
been pitchforked through the head so that she hangs
from a wall. Leon's comment when he sees her is,
"Guess there's no sex discrimination here."
» When enemies are shot, they'll recoil and dance
like the bullets were really smashing into their
bodies. When Leon slashes with his knife, the
targets will also scream and grip their wounded body
parts. There are some gruesome reactions when Leon
slices, dices, and performs his close range kick on
the foes. Some bodies will bubble away on the ground
once they've been put down.
» Before Leon enters the main portion of the
village, he may take a look at what the villagers
are doing. They've caught one of the policemen from
earlier and have impaled him above a bristling
bonfire. The bottom of his pants and his shoes are
ablaze while lumbering villagers walk around carting
stuff, pitchforking, lumbering. The battle that
ensues is fairly horrific even by our jaded
standards.
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reproduction in whole or in part of this document
may be made without express written consent of
National Console Support, Inc.
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