The game will continue on in this fashion, leading you through a harsh section of Spain’s less explored terrain, occupied by nothing more than the hordes of aggressive, fiendish, yet very intelligent locals who seem to so badly want to get rid of you, and are quite good at it. Encountering mobs of violent, farm-tool wielding lunatics, hard to spot traps that will leave you in wake, and completely explorable, item packed houses, you’re in for quite the experience.

While the game shares the same familiar feel and atmosphere of the previous titles, this installment offers a great deal more innovation and complexity than you would have ever hoped for. While you won’t find any zombies (and I do stress any), what you will find is something far worse, and far more brilliant. The most intelligent and complex of all beings infected by the T-Virus could not hold a candle to some of the creatures that this game labels as mere underlings, but don’t let this frighten the more novice of players out there. While the artificial intelligence and intensity of the fiends in RE4 is much greater than ever before, the abilities of Leon are vastly increased. He is nowhere nearly as stiff in motion as the previous RE venturers, and is capable of a lot more damage. Between a mixture of fiery, last-moment physical assaults that leave enemies grounded, and an extremely powerful arsenal, Leon is more than a match for what you will be challenged with here. But capability and potential isn’t everything, and Leon won’t fight on his own. You’re going to need to know how to use him in order to lay waste. But that’s not a problem for you, right?

Despite this game being a port, there is nothing in it that seems to be lacking for the Wii. The graphics are superb, absolutely top-notch for Nintendo, and the content and general size of the game have more to offer than you would generally expect. The control system, which is heavily incorporated into the Wii-mote’s virtual motion controls, is the best RE has ever seen, and it will be this that really gets you started. Using the Wii-mote to aim and fire your weapon with superb accuracy, and the ’chuk to easily wander the vast reaches of this desolate wasteland, you’ll find yourself less a gamer and more the hero himself. The game also follows closely behind Leon, giving you a very accurate view over his shoulder at what is coming ahead, while resisting the full grasp of a First-Person view.

As for the storyline, it’s far more elaborate than ever before. There is so much going on, and so much that is initially hidden from you, that it’ll keep your mind magnetized, and reeling, from beginning to end. But elaborate isn’t everything, and RE4 is far from perfection.