Just finished playing the demo and for under 500mb, that demo is damn impressive. The graphics, whilst not finished I would assume still look really great. Really nice details very sharp looking. While there isn't really much innovation in the controls from the previous game its still very sharp, if its not broke don't fix it I guess. The game is still very tense as you can't move and shoot but the core movement is still solid. The aiming was far too slow for me and I had to change that but after it was great. I'm a bit mixed about the AI partner though, while she can be some help she seems to use up ammo really fast. I like to conserve and aim for the head with every shot, Sheva on the other hand pretty much blasts fools like a gangsta in a disagreement, on speed. Still, she was occasionally helpful, her saving me and me saving her is fun. I got a bit pissed off when we split up and literally 10 seconds into her moving down the building she was screaming for help, I hope there aren't too many of those moments to be honest. I did like the new equipment select and trading, seemed a bit Dead Space inspired and a good addition. Overall it seems like its the same Resident Evil I loved nearly 5 years ago, I'm sure there is more to whats in the demo though.
Also its worth noting I haven't tried the co-op, and co-op always makes games more fun. I can't wait to be screaming at my mates "I NEED MORE AMMO!!!!" or "GIVE ME HEALTH!!!!! NO THE GREEN HERB!!!!!" Yeah my friends aren't into Resident Evil.

Just finished playing the demo and for under 500mb, that demo is damn impressive. The graphics, whilst not finished I would assume still look really great. Really nice details very sharp looking. While there isn't really much innovation in the controls from the previous game its still very sharp, if its not broke don't fix it I guess. The game is still very tense as you can't move and shoot but the core movement is still solid. The aiming was far too slow for me and I had to change that but after it was great. I'm a bit mixed about the AI partner though, while she can be some help she seems to use up ammo really fast. I like to conserve and aim for the head with every shot, Sheva on the other hand pretty much blasts fools like a gangsta in a disagreement, on speed. Still, she was occasionally helpful, her saving me and me saving her is fun. I got a bit pissed off when we split up and literally 10 seconds into her moving down the building she was screaming for help, I hope there aren't too many of those moments to be honest. I did like the new equipment select and trading, seemed a bit Dead Space inspired and a good addition. Overall it seems like its the same Resident Evil I loved nearly 5 years ago, I'm sure there is more to whats in the demo though.
Also its worth noting I haven't tried the co-op, and co-op always makes games more fun. I can't wait to be screaming at my mates "I NEED MORE AMMO!!!!" or "GIVE ME HEALTH!!!!! NO THE GREEN HERB!!!!!" Yeah my friends aren't into Resident Evil.

That's good to hear.  I'll download it when I get home after work this evening.

I didn't enjoy the demo at all...even tried out the co-op with MB and even that wasn't much fun. This demo has only confirmed that I won't be buying RE5 for $60.

"I didn't enjoy the demo at all...even tried out the co-op with MB and even that wasn't much fun. This demo has only confirmed that I won't be buying RE5 for $60."

After a long time of waiting still can't download it... curse you child account!

"I didn't enjoy the demo at all...even tried out the co-op with MB and even that wasn't much fun. This demo has only confirmed that I won't be buying RE5 for $60."

Couldn't read the OP, got destroyed by the WALL OF TEXT.

It's out? I'll download it right now.

I'm holding out hope it's a lame demo for a brilliant game. 

I was not impressed with the demo at all. The controls are to outdated. I was a huge re4 fan but after playing games like re4 wii edition, gears, mgs4, etc... The bar has been raised. Not being able to shoot while moving is just dumb, the guy still feels like a tank, I know you could move and shoot in re4wii edition but at least the aiming was good. Now you have to change guns in real time, not that bad in the demo but for the real game I could see it being a problem. I was expecting better.

Yeah i didnt really like the levels they had, but i enjoyed playing none the less. The controls seemed fine to me and the fact that you cant shoot and move at the same time doesnt make sense but it gives it a bit more intensity (plus you couldnt do it in RE4 so i dont see what the big deal is) I think you guys just might be a little to picky with your video games.  Give it a chance, make some adjustments and enjoy the damn game

Well in a kind of update I played with my friend and is was not that fun. The AI was better than him and us both running out of ammo constantly got really annoying. We both decided that we should just go back to Gears. It seems the demo was less about the horror, in my opinion the FEAR 2 demo was scarier. It was basically just survival with clunky controls now that I've sat and thought about it.

Survival Horror, retards. You're supposed to run out of ammo constantly and fumble with bad controls.

well, if this game happens to suck, atleast i know there's another awesome survival horror game out there *cough* DEAD SPACE!!!!!!

I have had this since december, go me. :D

on topic, I fucking loved it, can't wait. :D

"Survival Horror, retards. You're supposed to run out of ammo constantly and fumble with bad controls."

"keyhunter said:

"Survival Horror, retards. You're supposed to run out of ammo constantly and fumble with bad controls."

Lmao, a survival horror game does not have to have clunky controls to be survival horror. I guess dead space wasnt survival horror? Yes it was, and it got rid of that stereo type that  a survival horror game had to have bad controls. I guess you can keep living in the past. I like my games to evolve.  "

"Couldn't read the OP, got destroyed by the WALL OF TEXT."

"Survival Horror, retards. You're supposed to run out of ammo constantly and fumble with bad controls."

It feels, unadvanced, i dont really get the controls, i feel like ill pass

Haha yeah the reason you probably run out of ammo is because your supposed to CONSERVE it and use it wisely. This isnt a FPS where you just spray and kill everyone and get more ammo. Having limited ammo just means you have to be smarter and more strategic, plus it makes the game more realistic. What you should be doing is shooting enemys in the face/knee to stun them and then run up and attack with X with a punch to the face. Then knife them once there on the ground...saves tons of ammo

"I didn't enjoy the demo at all...even tried out the co-op with MB and even that wasn't much fun. This demo has only confirmed that I won't be buying RE5 for $60."

Man I loved RE4, but this game just felt old, and outdated. Gears, and Dead Space showed how to update a 3rd Person action game, but Capcom just seemed to ignore it, and just used the RE4 controls with RE5 graphics. The controls were the worst part of this demo. Will not be buying this.

That's what I think it really comes down to, is Dead Space did this so much superior to RE5. The Co-op is the only thing for me this game is going to be worth a rent for, but that's it really. I think Dead Space so far did the best third person shooting I've done so far, and that was the same type of game as this, and it just makes this game look so dated. The retarded trolls can keep coming in here saying "its supposed to feel outdated" and all this shit, but after they changed from their original style to RE4, that goes down to drain so don't even start with that bullshit.

As I said though, the game was never gonna get my purchase from the start, so whatever.

"well, if this game happens to suck, atleast i know there's another awesome survival horror game out there *cough* DEAD SPACE!!!!!!"

I'd just like to remind everyone who is already passing judgment on the final game based on this demo that the Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts demo sucked too, yet that game turned out to be fantastic.

I'll give this game a shot

well considering I was thinking about not picking this up tell it got cheaper, and now I have invested into Street Fighter4, fuck Resident Evil, I hope that franchise comes back when they learn you can move while shooting, it's call strafing.

Fuck lightgun games, people only pretend to like those because nostalgia, fuck that, come back RE when you got a half descent control mechanic.

So it's as I feared? RE4 but with a totally unmemorable, unscary setting and a really annoying AI-controlled partner?

I wasn't impressed at all by the demo. Tried it in splitscreen coop with a coworker and we both were pretty turned off by it.

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Damn, maybe they should have worked on the RE 4 engine and made a game for the Wii. I liked RE 4 on the Wii better than the GameCube/ Playstation 2 console version. I'm having second thoughts about this game now.

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The demo is a chunk of the finished product so don't hope it's going to get much better. Anyway its a piece of shit ,but it will sell well because its a mainstream game.

"The demo is a chunk of the finished product so don't hope it's going to get much better. Anyway its a piece of shit ,but it will sell well because its a mainstream game."

by mainstream I mean its a recognizable name (which creates sales) even for the non-gaming crowd... it has movies and 4 games preceding it. Ninja Gaiden is a popular game for the hardcore crowd ,but nobody outside the gaming community has heard of it. Anyway hopefully this franchise dies soon, these game mechanics should have died with the last generation of consoles.

I was disappointed, though I would probably still buy it anyway because I love RE4 so much.  I hate to see barely anything evolve, but here's to hoping that the real game is better *cringes*

After all, I hated the Dead Space demo and loved the real game so let us hope it is a situation like that right?

I made the mistake of not reading the controls, and playing online co op b4 i trained offline.. so yea, i ran out of ammo very quickly.. like, before the guys even got near the building, and later, half killed myself and a few "zombies" with a grenade.
Guy who was playin with me was cool though, he gave me ammo, and i gave him 3rd degree burns

I don't like the fact that you need to help out Sheva...

I take back some of what I said before. I still dont like that I cant move while shooting {at least backwards}, but after playing trough a few more times, I really like the game. After a while I forgot about moving and shooting. I just hope its as much fun story gameplay wise as re4. I even liked collecting treasure and combining them to make them worth more in re4. I hope they dont lose that. I will buy this on release day.

I really wasn't into it at all. The controls felt really sloppy and there was nothing compelling about the motives and gameplay.

It looks really good in places and not so hot in others. However after playing Dead Space, this just feels "clumsy". Piss poor handling is a cheap/quick/easy way to say your game creates atomsphere, but there are plenty of titles out there which manage to have a smooth control scheme and retain the desired atmosphere. I'll still drop a rental on it though.

I'm a big fan of the old RE games and after i played the 360 demo and i can only say one thing... it's shit.

Horrible Gameplay
Terrible AI
Psychics? Same as RE4 on PS2 lol
Mindless non stop shooting of black guys, with a few asian looking dudes that make you ask what are they doing in africa?
0% survival horror

That only good thing are the graphics.

RE5 forces the player to make the light tactical choice between offense (shooting) and defense (hauling ass). Do you pop off that last shot that might drop the guy who's about to chainsaw you or do you get the Hell out of the way? It's a unique "fight or flight" mechanic that just plain works.

Take away that and what's left? Dead Space? I'm sorry, but the combat in Dead space is soulless and bland. You're just dumbly skating around rooms slicing apart... things. 'Hmm, do I arbitrarily cut off this limb or that limb?' 'Do I back up and shoot at this guy or back up and shoot at that guy?' Enthralling.

I'm no RE fanboy. I wipe my ass with the story. I don't care about preserving mechanics just for the sake of tradition. I'm defending the RE4/5 gameplay because it's worth defending. For those of us with an open mind, we're probably going to have a lot of fun with RE5, as RE4 is one of the greatest action games of all time. Dead Space isn't even a blip on the action radar.

I do have gripes. The knife/machete mechanic could have used an overhaul. Some of the button mapping could have been better. The AI partner might prove problematic. But the shooting, I will embrace and enjoy. It's not antiquated, it's just different. And there's a good reason why.