Look. I'm sure the game 'got better'.
No the game never "gets better". It was great from the begining to the end.
I was sent into a seemingly endless stream of baddies in a small town. Where the only way to figgure out what to do, was to run past them all and run blindly into alleys and backways, only to come to a fence I couldn't open, and then to be beat to death by the mob. Fight em all? I ran out of ammo and was slowly mauled to death by them. Try running a different way? Find a button to press? This? That?
heh, Thats exactly what they want you to think. You're suppose to get that feeling of confusion, dread, and hopelessness. Thats what makes the game so great. So if you got stuck going one way, how about try going another way? Or doing something different? RE4 was one of the most straightforward games I've ever played. Theres very little "figuring this out" instances in the game - actually theres a few but not till way later on. If you have trouble with these type of games, then logically you would hate the Zelda games then because thats pratically 90% of what the game is - figuring stuff out to move on.
But incase you're wondering, the point of that particular area was to basically survive for as long as possible. After a certain amount of time, the church bell rings and they all leave. Theres even a cutscene with your character being confused about the situation, thus introducing the title and tone for this game. The enemies in the game will try to overrun you. I can assure that everyone who first got there had no clue what to do except fight for their life. It was simple, yet great...and many many more memorable scenes to encounter later on.