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Resident Evil 5 plays it safe and a little too close to RE4's established formula and slightly dated play mechanics, but Capcom's assured handling of atmosphere, style and action makes it an experience that's just too good to miss. Read full review

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By Stuart Andrews
Reviewed 22 March 2009
Updated 05 February 2011

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MatthewBunton

1:17 AM on 22 March, 2009

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Completely agree that whilst RE5 is a very good game it does not surpass the pinancle of the series which was RE4.

I really enjoyed the game but was also very disappointed in many of its aspects mainly:

Too short.

Difficulty needs increasing.

Not scary at all.

Lacked atmosphere.

Inventory system worse, though the d pad quick selection was an improvement.

Weak storyline with so many cliche and transparent plot lines.

Mercenaries has fewer characters to play.

However it is still a good game just not as good as I was hoping for.

Oh and by the way I have played both versions of the game and unfortunately the PS3 version runs a lot poorer. Elements have been cut such as the birds around the carcase at the begining of the game which fly off when you approach were missing in the PS3 version. The 360 version runs at a very smooth and stable frame rate whereas the PS3 version is all over the place. I cannot understand why more has not be mentioned about this by the various review sites as it is clearly so obvious. I think only IGN have mentioned this difference but even they played it down.

I rated this game a 7.5 overall whereas RE4 got a 10 and to this day is still my favourite console game.

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StephenAllred

1:37 PM on 22 March, 2009

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Having played RE4 on the Wii, going back to a standard controller for RE5 felt backward (well, the demo at any rate). This is not to say I feel Wii controls benefit every game, but I found they really worked with RE4's gameplay. With the way RE5 uses the analogue stick I find you have 2 choices; have it set to a low sensitivity and end up not being able aim quickly enough, or setting it to a high sensitivity and wasting ammo from the resulting poor accuracy. As such RE5 left me in a state of constant frustration with how much better it could have been, even with a simple bit of tweaking to the analogue stick's behaviour.

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hankb6d

2:17 PM on 22 March, 2009

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Played the first chapter, witnessed the most diverse multi cultural village of deepest Africa.

Yes Chris Evans does his drivetime throught this village as does Ali Baba and Shilpa Shetty.

Sampled ten minutes of the worst hack & slash you can imagine, tried to survive the Jade Goody AI of my partner.

Chapter Two began much better with a listing on Ebay and peace of mind that I will not see this game ever again. Fantastic visuals but gameplaywise the worst I have ever played, its coop only too.

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MatthewBunton

3:30 PM on 22 March, 2009

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@hank - Fair enough if you didn't like the game but I think that your AI reference was particularly inappropriate especially today.

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MatthewBunton

3:43 PM on 22 March, 2009

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@Stephen - I know what you mean the Wii controls really added to the game however I felt that they made the game far too easy even on the most difficult setting due to the improved accuracy.

On Resi 5 I use the fast setting as I found it to be the best.

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hankb6d

7:17 PM on 22 March, 2009

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@Matthew Bunton

I feel it was inappropriate that the media tell me of a Jade's legacy. Max Clifford must be pleased to manipulate people like yourself and our celebrity obsessed PM with false compassion, then you patronise me LOL sorry I smelt the coffee a long time ago.

Next you will be telling me to shed a tear for car crash coke up the nose Kerry his other major asset. Maybe you should buy the OK Tribute To Jade Goody Special Edition you are grieving LOL.

Back on Topic THE partner AI is really dumb like a living hollyoaks blonde for those sensitive souls.

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MatthewBunton

8:45 PM on 22 March, 2009

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@hank - Manipulation no just common courtesy not to speak ill of the dead, regardless of my opinions of them.

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Gordon394

8:56 PM on 22 March, 2009

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@hank - agreed

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9:17 PM on 22 March, 2009

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@Matthew Bunton

Well how very noble of you, i'm sure Mrs. Tweed will be touched.

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9:41 PM on 22 March, 2009

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@Matthew - No problems with most of your points, thought I can't say I have too many issues with storyline or atmosphere (there are some obvious plot 'twists' but I wouldn't say it was the worst RE in this regard.) On poor frame rates, though, the reason I didn't mention it was that it really hasn't been noticeable during my playthrough of the game. I haven't played the 360 version for comparison, but I can't say that I've noticed anything more than a couple of judders at the start of a couple of cut-scenes. To be fair, I've also seen a couple of reviews mention poor frame rates.so maybe it's something I've been oblivious too. It's not something I usually miss, though.

RE5 is a weird one. It's the kind of game where I can easily come up with a list of negatives, yet I've really enjoyed playing it. It should have been a bigger leap on from RE4, though. I hope Capcom will take a few more risks next time around - and give us a few more decent scares to boot.

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