I think you're overplaying the supposedly revolutionary aspects of the RE4 control scheme overhaul. It was undeniably well-received, but the reason for this had a lot to do with the by-then incredibly obsolete controls in RE1-3, rather than with some inherent greatness of the new configuration. We had all come to associate the whole survival horror genre with a particular camera system and a specific(deeply flawed) control mechanic, and the idea that Capcom was suddenly going to ditch that fo...
I think you're overplaying the supposedly revolutionary aspects of the RE4 control scheme overhaul. It was undeniably well-received, but the reason for this had a lot to do with the by-then incredibly obsolete controls in RE1-3, rather than with some inherent greatness of the new configuration. We had all come to associate the whole survival horror genre with a particular camera system and a specific(deeply flawed) control mechanic, and the idea that Capcom was suddenly going to ditch that fo...