Resident Evil 4 is a 2005 survival horror video game published and developed by Capcom. It is the sixth installment of the Resident Evil series. It is an atmospheric survival horror game with inventive third-person shooting mechanics. Set six years after the events of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Resident Evil 4 follows Leon S. Kennedy, a former Raccoon City police officer sent to Spain on a secret mission to retrieve the president's daughter from the hands of a mysterious cult. During his mission, he is forced to battle a mind-controlling parasite and its dehumanized hosts.