Dissecting Design -- How Resident Evil 4 Changed the Game Industry Forever
30This week's Dissecting Design returns to one of my all-time favorite games -- Resident Evil 4. RE 4 was a major innovator for the game industry at the time, and introduced a number of standards for action and horror gameplay; for good and for ill.
0:00 -- Intro
1:16 -- Design Basics
6:19 -- How Resident Evil 4 Changed Things
10:24 -- Resident Evil's transition into action and changing design
18:48 -- Resident Evil 4's Troubled Development
20:54 -- Resident Evil 4's Polarized Action Horror Design
40:11 -- Final Thoughts
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