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    Resident Evil 5

    Game » consists of 38 releases. Released Mar 05, 2009

    Resident Evil 5 follows series alum Chris Redfield as he journeys into West Africa with his new partner, Sheva Alomar, fighting Las Plagas-infested enemies called the Majini.

    So What Controller Setup Are You Rolling With?

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    #1  Edited By chaser324  Moderator

    Personally, I'm using Type B.

    Pulling the left trigger to aim and right trigger to shoot feels pretty natural since virtually every other game does it the same way. However, I don't know why, but for some reason the old RE4 movement scheme feels much better than the new "third person shooter" style movement. I'm not sure if it's the strafing or what but something just doesn't feel right. Maybe I should load up Gears of War 2 or Dead Space and see if I can figure out what they do that makes the movement feel right that isn't translating properly to RE5.

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    #2  Edited By daz0608

    I've just come off playing RE 4 on the Wii and was using the defult dual-stick Type D and it did fell weird at first but then I tried Type B and I didn't work for me at all on a Xbox 360 controller so I stuck with Type D, after hearing a lot of shit about the controls before hand they play a lot better than I expected them to.

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    #3  Edited By JJOR64

    Type A for me.

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    #4  Edited By Axersia

    Haven't played the game yet, but I can see myself picking the same setup that RE4 uses -- whatever type that is. I don't see the point of using a dual-stick setup when you can't even walk and shoot at the same time. If anything, it probably just makes the game feel awkward. I also don't have any experience with the stop 'n' pop genre, so I don't feel the need to make the game play closer to those games. RE5 is just more RE4 to me.

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    #5  Edited By makari

    I'm using A all the way. The other options seem awkward to me in comparison, and the old control scheme works well enough.

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    #6  Edited By Dauragon

    I used the Re4 control in the demo. :)

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    #7  Edited By get2sammyb

    I'm using the one it defaults to when you start the game, whichever one that is. It's fine. Arcahic, but fine.

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    #8  Edited By daniel_beck_90

    The default one is the best in my opinion since it somewhat resembles the conventional 3rd person perspective in Gears of War .

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    #9  Edited By JJOR64
    makari said:
    "I'm using A all the way. The other options seem awkward to me in comparison, and the old control scheme works well enough."
    That's what I thought.  Strafing just feels goofy to me in that game.
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    #10  Edited By RHCPfan24

    I am just using the default scheme. I actually forgot there were different types. Maybe I should toy around with them for a bit.

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    #11  Edited By KaosAngel

    Type D because it rhymes with awesome.

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    #12  Edited By Arkthemaniac

    I play with the Rock Band drumset, mainly.

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    #13  Edited By zymase

    Type D, since I like the ability to move the view with the right stick, and use the knife with the left shoulder button.  Also using either left stick and A to run, or just holding the left stick down a la Call of Duty 4.

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    #14  Edited By Cheapoz

    Type A, but I wish I could map the knife swing to just LB, there's little reason to aim your knife.

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    #15  Edited By clubsandwich
    JJOR64 said:
    "Type A for me."
    same here.
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    #16  Edited By DoctorTran

    Whatever mode it is that you start out with.

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    #17  Edited By LiquidPrince

    Default.

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    #18  Edited By DoctorTran
    LiquidPrince said:
    "Default."
    Yeah. That.
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    #19  Edited By suneku

    Decided to give em all a try recently, still liked default (type d) best even though there are still old school controls in the game.

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    #20  Edited By Jordan23

    I keep it original, I'm using the default controller setup.

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    #21  Edited By fenixrevolution

    I've been using type C since the demo. Hasn't failed me yet.

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