I pre-ordered this game. I figured I owed RE4 that much.  It is after all my favorite game of all time, even though I am no Resident Evil fanboy.  Sure, I have them all, even the game.com version, but I've never enjoyed them.  At least until RE4.

RE4.  Three sylables that we hard core gamers have adopted as a part of our language. RE4.

Are- Eee- Four.  Three sylable that mean so much.

So RE FIVE comes along and we expect so much, not pausing to notice that Mikami had nothing at all to do with it.  It has to be better right?

My mistake was playing it co-op split-screen the first two times I tried it.  Then I tried it a third time and resigned it to the shelf of infamy. Ridiculous camera.  Nuts.

I recently read Robio's post about how it was just not taking with him, and related with it.  It is a difficult game. I hated it.  The controls are "wrong" by first or third person standards.  Why should I have to stop to look around?  Why after arming a new weapon should my orientation be shifted?  Why after a cutscene is my orientation changed?  All of this matters greatly in the first hour of the game, none of it matters after that.  After that, all you know is that you have a weapon, usually with limited ammo, in your sweaty hand and you have a very limted number of options available to you.  Just as you would inthe real world.

Which is the draw of Resident Evil 5.  Yes, you are limited in what you can do.  Yes, your actions seem awkward.  Yes, you die a lot. Yes, this is fucking shitty and godamnwhycan'tI justfuckingkillthisguy... which is why it is great.  That is what it would be like if a random dude invaded your bedroom at night and you woke up with no idea how to fight back.

I'm loving it.  Change the control scheme to "B", take a breath and change Sheva's actions to "Cover" and after the first HORRIBLE level enjoy the game for what it is -- more levels of RE4, slightly less well thought out. Not bad, but still great.

Posted by aspro Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:12:59 (comments: 34)
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Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:42:01

So RE5 sucks while you're playing it, but once you have beaten an area, it's great? Okay . . . . Nyaa

 
Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:22:04

Quitter...

 
Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:25:54

I beat the game I had fun with it, but it just never felt all that exciting. RE 4 was better for sure, I had the Gamecube version. I just bought the Wii version for 10$ to play it again. But god it looks so horrible on my TV.

 
Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:10:08
SteelAttack said:

It's a good game. Nothing more. At least the inclusion of co-op makes its awkward design decisions easier to stomach than the ones found in the insufferable RE4.

There is so much wrong in this post.

 
Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:28:01
Ravenprose said:

So RE5 sucks while you're playing it, but once you have beaten an area, it's great? Okay . . . . Nyaa



Me and Sheva were having a bit of a tiff is all.  I do this with difficult challenges in games a fair bit.  While you are in the middle of it, you hate it, but once you beat it, the harder it was the sweeter the victory.

Given that I beat most opponents in the last chapter using only a cattle prod makes me even prouder.

 
Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:47:51
aspro said:

Now that I've beaten it I'm back on the other side of the fence. 9 out of 10.

3 thumbs up for the other side of the fence.

There should be 3 thumbs down for this.

 
Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:55:05
Foolz said:

3 thumbs up for the other side of the fence.

There should be 3 thumbs down for this.

No you! 6 thumbs down to this post.

 
Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:42:07
Dvader said:

There is so much wrong in this post.

And I know it. I won't even try to dispute that. I know I am objectively wrong on this subject, but my seething hatred for RE4 knows no logic and no human bounds. It's the same shit than RE5, but with the drawback of having to suffer through the cheesy dialogue and horrendous control scheme alone.

 
Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:24:23
SteelAttack said:
Dvader said:

There is so much wrong in this post.

And I know it. I won't even try to dispute that. I know I am objectively wrong on this subject, but my seething hatred for RE4 knows no logic and no human bounds. It's the same shit than RE5, but with the drawback of having to suffer through the cheesy dialogue and horrendous control scheme alone.



One day we'll strap you in a chair and force you to play it  Clockwork Orange style until you recant.

 
Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:26:12

I actually enjoyed the "story" in RE5 more than in 4.  It was like... dvader quote coming... "a summer blockbuster".  It makes me want to know more, or see Kennedy and Redfield in a movie together.

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