I actually really like the story and it is all told using actual game cut scenes.
Once in the village, Leon learns that the kidnapping was all part of a crazy plan by this cult that has ties to Umbrella! This cult uses a parasite that is known as las plagas to turn the people of the village into slaves, monsters and this is what the cult is hoping to use to take over the world. He has gotten himself a job as a bodyguard for the president of the USA and he has been sent to a remote European village to track down the President’s daughter, Ashley who has been kidnapped. Resident Evil 4 is set many years after the events of Resident Evil 2 and Leon has been very busy since then.