I'm one of those guys who didn't really enjoy RE4 or 5 as RE games but as action/horror games and this beta footage looked as though they were going for a more classic RE style experience and wish it stuck that way.
 
 

Hell no!  I loved RE4 and I'm glad they did it that way.

BETA? Wait...what? Resident Evil 4 is already out.

While I think I would have enjoyed that version as well, I'm very happy they changed it up a bit. As it is my favoritest game ever.

Camera Angles!!!!
 
lol i did enjoy their quirky little horror scenes tho

Nice fanny pack

Huh. The beta video certainly looks better then the game I remember it. In a way I quite like that beta video, it looks more atmospheric while retaining the horror aspect of the RE series. On the other hand, the combat looks a little clunky so I think it was a good move to make it completely third person over the shoulder view.

RE4 is my favorite game of all time. I'm glad they changed it. Without RE4,  3rd person shooters wouldn't be where they are today.

This is like saying that Splinter Cell: Conviction was a better game when it was just a proof of concept to get people excited about it before they completely changed it. That video is not a game, it's not even really that exciting when you look at it compared to other trailers. It looks like schlock, and not the good kind that the RE series has always excelled at.

Resident Evil 4 was great just the way it was and one of my favorite games.

" BETA? Wait...what? Resident Evil 4 is already out. "

" @AlwaysAngry said:

" BETA? Wait...what? Resident Evil 4 is already out. "

Did you read what he typed?  "

" @The_Laughing_Man said:

" @AlwaysAngry said:

" BETA? Wait...what? Resident Evil 4 is already out. "

Did you read what he typed?  "

Yeah... "

" @AlwaysAngry said:

" @The_Laughing_Man said:

" @AlwaysAngry said:

" BETA? Wait...what? Resident Evil 4 is already out. "

Did you read what he typed?  "

Yeah... "

It states how disappointed he was with the change from beta to real game... "

Resident Evil was once macabre, with emphasis on a slow kind of terror. Sure the voice acting was goofy but man, I miss the atmosphere.

 
Wow. I am not one of the dudes that will tell you RE4 is the best game of all time. But, man that looks mad boring. I will take the final game over that mess any day.

I would have liked to look forward to this game, because of the kind of scares they wanted to go for originally, and that Leon was sick with a virus roaming around a dead umbrella headquarters looking for answers. 
 
but you know.. RE4 as it is now is pretty amazing.
but at least we still got the classics.

The thing is, I probably wouldn't have given a shit about Resident Evil as a whole without RE4 being the way it is today. Sure, It looks like a game I would want to play, if only to see how much farther the story and design concepts would go. But, much like the infamous Resident Evil 1.5 (one copy of which is totally in the hands of a private collection, along with the PS1 version of Baldur's Gate and some other crazy rare stuff), the chances of us ever seeing any more are slim to never. 
@bonbolapti said:

" I would have liked to look forward to this game, because of the kind of scares they wanted to go for originally, and that Leon was sick with a virus roaming around a dead umbrella headquarters looking for answers. 

Look you retards that are saying "OMG RE4 IS WAY BETTER THAN THIS MESS"
 
Well no shit, this is a beta, I love the atmosphere and the feeling the older RE games gave the player and it seems like this what they were going for at first, if the development kept going towards this style of gameplay I would have probably loved RE4 but it didn't so it is what it is.

RE4 was a GREAT game, almost perfect. It does not need to be changed and is amazing the way it was actually made. There is a reason they ditched this beta version and made it the way they did.

Just got done playing a little RE4 on the PS2. 
And though I like RE4 as it is now, that Beta Footage looks miles better, especially graphically o.O 
Oh well, no use sitting around wondering what could have been

I loved Resident Evil 4, it was a great game, but that game looks more like an actual Resident Evil game then 4 actually did.  
 
I would have loved to play it.

There are only two problems that I find with that type of view and setup for exploration:  it would make the controls feel way clunkier than they should be, and horror should not come from being unable to control your camera (meaning I shouldn't be scared because I'm shooting at something that is off-screen and don't know if I'm hitting it or not outside of audio cues). 
 
That's where I think people decided that RE4 was such a great game - the controls felt right with the way the camera was setup, even though they actually didn't change the controls at all for the most part.  People found that it controlled better and had a new type of camera angle yet to be utilized in the mainstream well, and it latched on with the people that were already playing shooters while still holding the elements of what an RE game was. 
 
However, there was a specific attention to detail and atmosphere that was lost because of the over-the-shoulder viewpoint.  They couldn't set up this little scare points.  One of the most iconic scenes in gaming history was due to fixed camera angles, and while it isn't very scary or awesome by modern standards to most people, it's still something that I remember resonating with me: 
 
  

Hey guys, I'm selling Resident Evil 4 beta keys at my ebay account, if you want in.

The biggest reason why I've never finished 0, 1, 2, or code veronica was because of the slow "tank" controls of the originals, which is the best thing about RE4. The fight with the hook guy was interesting, but those little dolls and all the silly little traps like the fire would have just annoyed me.

" RE4 was a GREAT game, almost perfect. It does not need to be changed and is amazing the way it was actually made. There is a reason they ditched this beta version and made it the way they did. "

the beta seems cool. yes, i would like to see the game more like that. i did enjoy 4 but i thought that it didn't have the resident evil feel to it. they removed a lot of the puzzles that the 0-3 had. 2 is the only game that i beat before 4. ur at the police station looking for a way out with a lot of the doors locked. 4 it seems more like go to point B kill that go to point C. there were only a few puzzles in the game.

I agree with this post. I hated RE 4 and 5. They've really lost the true atmosphere of the series along the way.

" I agree with this post. I hated RE 4 and 5. They've really lost the true atmosphere of the series along the way. "

RE 4 is the best! Way better then 5.

" @RobJ said:

" I agree with this post. I hated RE 4 and 5. They've really lost the true atmosphere of the series along the way. "

But how did it lose atmosphere?  That's one of the many arguments I've heard from people in this debate:  "RE4 didn't have the same atmosphere".  What atmosphere?  Those who are using the word "atmosphere" either mean one of two things:  the macabre sense of art design and approach that Resident Evil 1 had, or the fixed camera angles cutting off what you could and could not see. 
 
The macabre sense was the starting point of the story in the Resident Evil series.  What do you want, a full series of games that just constantly puts you back into a mansion?  I don't want the same game over and over again.  I remember another series that kept putting you in mansions that had a macabre sense - it was called the Tecmo Deception series...and everything past the first one failed in my own eyes. 
 
Fixed camera angles are obsolete.  You should be able to make things scary without having to worry about camera angle.  Condemned is a game that was so rich in atmosphere that you could cut through it with a knife and it was just refill itself instantly!!!  That was a first-person game!!! 
 
As I've stated before...and I'm not saying I'm the final word on this at all, but I feel I hold a strong footing and sensibility in this aspect...Resident Evil 4 is rich in atmosphere.  It's just not the same atmosphere as the first Resident Evil game.  If the creators were to go back to that, it would simply feel stale in comparison to the way they went with Resident Evil 4.  In turn, we'd be sitting around bitching about how Resident Evil can't seem to have a different kind of atmosphere and that the atmosphere they are using is completely stale. 
 
So...PLEASE...EVERYONE...define what you mean by "atmosphere". "

Looks a lot like the REmake. 
 
I don't know. I'm glad Resident Evil 4 went in the direction it did. I enjoy those games a lot more than the old school tank control Resident Evil games. I'm all for games being streamlined for wider appeal, though I understand the purist position of keeping things in the spirit of the games that've come before. 

R.I.P Survival Horror. You will be missed.

I prefer this than the final RE4.

" @RobJ said:

" I agree with this post. I hated RE 4 and 5. They've really lost the true atmosphere of the series along the way. "

The macabre sense was the starting point of the story in the Resident Evil series.  What do you want, a full series of games that just constantly puts you back into a mansion?

I wish there were more traditional resident evil games, however seeing that video, they totally needed a change in direction of the series. Now we get action games like resident evil 5.

I've never played any of the RE gmaes, but this looks really interesting.

"Fixed camera angles are obsolete.  You should be able to make things scary without having to worry about camera angle.  Condemned is a game that was so rich in atmosphere that you could cut through it with a knife and it was just refill itself instantly!!!  That was a first-person game!!!"

@atomic_dumpling

"  @jakob187 said: 

" @RobJ said: 

" I agree with this post. I hated RE 4 and 5. They've really lost the true atmosphere of the series along the way. "

The macabre sense was the starting point of the story in the Resident Evil series.  What do you want, a full series of games that just constantly puts you back into a mansion?

Why not, apparently it works for movies ("Saw" and "Final Destination"). "

Why not, apparently it works for movies ("Saw" and "Final Destination"). "

You thought the Saw sequels were good? Wow. And Final Destination? Really? "