I’ve been playing the GameCube version of Resident Evil 4 on Wii for the last two days, and even after five years it’s still great fun.

It was a pioneer in third-person action back then, and it still holds its own today thanks to its brilliantly crafted set-pieces and superb atmosphere. The controls are so responsive you can’t blame anything other than yourself when you manage to get killed. And despite the annoying “A button for all interaction” problem, the only controller related issue there is, it has a control scheme that really puts a lot of modern shooters to shame.

I propose a toast to Resident Evil 4, arguably one of the best games of the last decade.