Occasionally when a friend comes to visit me I will try to get them to play Resident Evil 5 with me. After much pleading 50% of the time they will give in. It sucks that they made a game that is only fun if you have roommates or people who consistently visit you. I mean it's not that the game is great, but I really want to know what it's all about.

In Resident Evil 4 which is a horror game with action elements, the reason you can't run and shoot is too increase the tension. In Resident Evil 5 you should be able to do both. There is no reason not to. It is not a horror game, the zombies are too intelligent and organized for that. They drive cars and motorcycles, I wouldn't even call them infected. Just enraged.

People complained about the possible racism. If it was that big of deal they should still be complaining about it. Just because news is a few years old doesn't make it any less relevant. Just less topical. I mean I've been playing it for years, off and on. Isn't the media going to step in and tell me I'm playing a racist game. The truth is people can only be passionate about these things until they find something else to be outraged about. The easiest thing to do is to rally people by playing on their fears.

Speaking of fears this game really lacked good scares. Remember in RE4 when a flaming zombie jumps at you out of the refrigerator. That was really scary. In this game I'm playing a rail shooter for half of it, wondering when I stop relaxing.