For me, Leon is always the best RE character... even though I didn't like his story in RE6... (Liked him a lot in RE2 and RE4).
So RE4.. it wasn't as Good as RE2 in my opinion because it departed somewhat from what defined Resident Evil for me... sometimes I felt this is just mindless fights game other than a Horror Puzzle game as I felt in the first two.
Even though Resident Evil 4 signified the end of the style I loved so much, this was undeniably a great game and must have been the best selling one for Capcom.
Just as you said ^
.... I and my brother have a lot of the inside jokes about this game... many ones we are the only ones who can understand them.
I totally agree, thanks for reading my review!