It received multiple Game of the Year awards for 2005 and was seen as a successful cross-platform hit that influenced the evolution of the survival horror and third-person shooter genres. Resident Evil 4 garnered critical acclaim, with praise for its narrative, gameplay, voice acting, and characters. Resident Evil 4 was ported to Windows, Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch and in downsized versions for iOS, Zeebo, and Android. The game was announced as a GameCube exclusive as part of the Capcom Five, but a PlayStation 2 version was announced before it was released. Resident Evil 4 underwent a long development during which four proposed versions were discarded the first attempt was directed by Hideki Kamiya after producer Shinji Mikami. In a rural part of Europe, Leon fights hordes of villagers infected by a mind-controlling parasite, and reunites with the spy Ada Wong.ĭevelopment began for PlayStation 2 as early as 1999. president's daughter Ashley Graham, who has been kidnapped by a cult. Kennedy, who is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S.

The sixth major installment in the Resident Evil series, it was originally released for the GameCube in 2005. Resident Evil 4 is a third-person shooter survival horror video game developed by Capcom Production Studio 4 and published by Capcom.