A few weeks ago I started playing through Resident Evil 4 again. This is just a quick post to say—regardless of my earlier comments—that I have enjoyed the game way more on my second time through (I’m about 90% through now...). The factors contributing to this are probably: a) I knew what I was doing and what to expect; and b) you get to start with the weapons you had when you finished the game last time.
There is also a weapon which is opened up after beating the game (I won’t spoil it), which costs a million pesetas. About two-thirds of my second time through I had saved up enough money to buy it. It’s actually so powerful it makes you feel like Kramer in that episode of Seinfeld where he was taking Karate with a bunch of ten-year-olds. Or like Dwight that episode of The Office where he did exactly the same thing.
If anyone is picking up the Wii port who never played through the game before, my only suggestion would be to read the weapons upgrading FAQ on GameFAQs before you start spending money buying/upgrading weapons.
October 25, 1:49 pm
I’ve been thinking about picking this up for the Wii at some point (it has a good ranking at Metacritic).