Best Resident Evil ports?

[Vixtro]

RE1 Director's Cut PSN download. You can play the original or the more exciting Arrange Mode. It's presented in a wider screen without stretching. I think it looks better and plays smoother than the original disc based versions.
And I prefer the Japanese Biohazard version, uncensored and slightly easier, with more frequent head explosions.

The butchered music doesn't bother you? I love the music from the original so I really hate that version.

[DONNIemo]

Nowadays I play the Wii version with a GC controller, for the best of both worlds. best overall.

Wait wait! You can do that?? maybe its just me but it only states that u can only use the Wii mote and nunchuck on the back of the pal boxes of RE4 Wii edition?? hmmm I must look into this...

[Skunky]

^I made the very same complaint, at this very same forum, when I bought the PAL RE4 Wii version.
For some obscene reason Capcom kept it a secret. Nowhere on the box or in the manual does it tell you that you can or how to play with a GC controller!
Start the game with the nunchuck unplugged. When the screen appears telling you to plug in the nunchuck, plug in the GC controller into port 1 instead, then press the A button on the GC controller.

The butchered music doesn't bother you? I love the music from the original so I really hate that version.

Now that you mention it... No. No it dosn't bother me.

[Carnivol]

Wait wait! You can do that?? maybe its just me but it only states that u can only use the Wii mote and nunchuck on the back of the pal boxes of RE4 Wii edition?? hmmm I must look into this...

Not listed on the back of the PAL box (think US one only lists Classic Controller), but to play with a GameCube controller, just boot up the game, go past the Wii Remote bla bla bla screen on start up and then turn off your Wii Remote (easiest done by just removing one of the batteries real quick) and you're good to go with GameCube Controller in GC Port 1.

[DONNIemo]

Not listed on the back of the PAL box (think US one only lists Classic Controller), but to play with a GameCube controller, just boot up the game, go past the Wii Remote bla bla bla screen on start up and then turn off your Wii Remote (easiest done by just removing one of the batteries real quick) and you're good to go with GameCube Controller in GC Port 1.

Awesome thanks guys I love the Wii and all but sometimes I just cant be stuffed using the Wiimote. And yeh just checked my US RE4 and it says "classic" controller, that will be good as I love my redesigned one with the "Grips" cant wait to give it a whirl. WIN

[ashkan]

Guys, is there any difference between PAL versions and NTSC versions? I heard PAL versions have a better resolution. is this true?

[Carnivol]

Don't think anything was really changed in the PAL version. On the GC, there were like a billion different versions of RE4 (like how the German one doesn't have Mercenaries and stuff, iirc)

I dunno if anyone's bothered to confirm it or not, but the thing about a higher resolution in the PAL version might just stem from the fact that a PAL SD output (in general) is of a higher resolution than an NTSC SD output (720x576 vs 720x480). To my knowledge, there haven't been (m)any games taking actual advantage of the higher display output on PAL machines, so they've remained at whatever native res they have (normally 640x480 or 576x438, iirc)

The progressive output on the Wii is on a system level locked to 720x480, iirc, which makes me doubt that the PAL version runs at a higher resolution (unless it for some weird reason does it in 576i )

[Vixtro]

To my knowledge, there haven't been (m)any games taking actual advantage of the higher display output on PAL machines, so they've remained at whatever native res they have (normally 640x480 or 576x438, iirc)

You would be right, few developers actually took the time to convert to PAL and make good use of the extra vertical lines of resolution, most would just attach black borders to the top and bottom and be done with it. Even though PAL can look better than NTSC, I still prefer NTSC or PAL-60 for 60Hz, a game running at full speed is important to me when there's no good reason for it to not be.

CODE: Veronica pisses me off for this reason, out of the 3 different versions available in PAL territory's, not one has a 60Hz option.

[ashkan]

What about best FMVs?

[Zombie_X]

For the best FMV's it has to be Bio2DC and Bio0Wii. Both of those games have nice looking videos. The sourceNext versions also have great FMV's.

[let me live]

I just got a DSi XL so naturally the 1st game I picked up was Resident Evil: Deadly Silence.

I prefer this "port" because:

-No butchered music (think Directors Cut)
-Better controls. The knife controls now works like RE5/RE4.
-Co-op Merc/vs mode
-DS features that utilize the touch screen
-Portability. I'm not 11 years old staying at home after school anymore. It's nice how I can relive the mansion experience while I'm on break at work.
-Rebirth mode. More enemies/ammo = more action. While I'm not saying that's a good thing, it's just nice to have if you want variety. Classic mode is in there as well.

Only con with it is the compression on the cutscenes. Yuck.

[Pikminister]

^^^ It's still better than the Director's Cut.

[Det. Beauregard]

My only minor annoyance with the Wii version [of RE4] is that the red laser gun-sight seems thinner or weaker (?) than the PS2 version. When aiming at a target from a distance, I sometimes loose sight of the red dot/beam completely.

That was my gripe about the GC/PS2 versions of RE4, and RE5 as well. Can you play with the GC controller on the Wii version and still have the crosshair?

[Zombie_X]

That was my gripe about the GC/PS2 versions of RE4, and RE5 as well. Can you play with the GC controller on the Wii version and still have the crosshair?

Nope, you go back to the laser sight from the GCN version.

And to those who hate the DC DS music, I have to say I love it.

[ashkan]

I was wondering which version of Resident Evil 2 has an auto-aiming feature?