I've been a fan of the Resident Evil franchise for years.  I remember the first time I plugged in Resident Evil on my Sega Saturn and couldn't save the game because the "memory cards" (read: Genesis-like cartridges) wouldn't save my data for some reason.  The many nights of staying up for hours on end just to beat the game led to speed-running it with little to no problem.  Resident Evil 2 led to the same thing, with me and an old friend trading off speed-runs.  Resident Evil 3 was alright, but the split story didn't really sit well with me.  Resident Evil 4 was a bit of perfection, as it revamped everything I hated about the previous games after a while (fixed camera angles for a fixed over-the-shoulder camera, slow-moving unintelligent zombies that can be mostly avoided for faster-moving, limb-specific-damage, intelligent zombies, and a weapon upgrade system done by a humorous dood with a crazy memorable voice).  When I ran BonusStage, and RE4 came out on GameCube, it was the only game we EVER gave a perfect score.  It was too good to be true.

I've been a fan of the Resident Evil franchise for years.  I remember the first time I plugged in Resident Evil on my Sega Saturn and couldn't save the game because the "memory cards" (read: Genesis-like cartridges) wouldn't save my data for some reason.  The many nights of staying up for hours on end just to beat the game led to speed-running it with little to no problem.  Resident Evil 2 led to the same thing, with me and an old friend trading off speed-runs.  Resident Evil 3 was alright, but the split story didn't really sit well with me.  Resident Evil 4 was a bit of perfection, as it revamped everything I hated about the previous games after a while (fixed camera angles for a fixed over-the-shoulder camera, slow-moving unintelligent zombies that can be mostly avoided for faster-moving, limb-specific-damage, intelligent zombies, and a weapon upgrade system done by a humorous dood with a crazy memorable voice).  When I ran BonusStage, and RE4 came out on GameCube, it was the only game we EVER gave a perfect score.  It was too good to be true.

I've already resigned myself to not being able to play it. I played the Wii Version of RE4 before any version, so I am flatout terrible with the normal pad.

"I've already resigned myself to not being able to play it. I played the Wii Version of RE4 before any version, so I am flatout terrible with the normal pad."

IM not very far chapter 2 and I have found it boring as well. It seems to take me a while to get into games these days so I figured it was just me. If this was a launch title I would be amazed, but I am over pretty graphics and it takes more then that to impress me these days.

"HandsomeDead said:

"Arkthemaniac said:

"I've already resigned myself to not being able to play it. I played the Wii Version of RE4 before any version, so I am flatout terrible with the normal pad."

I see what you mean. Analog sticks can be such tricky things to use."

Dood, the Wii version of RE4 is so fucking awesome, it's kind of difficult to go back to the mediocrity of a control pad.  That's not me trying to be a Wii-lover (that sounds so wrong), but it's seriously the best version of the game that's out there."

I think I'm the only one that's really enjoying it. It's archaic in every sense of the word but -- I don't really care. I was late to the party with RE4 and, in all honesty, I'm happy to accept a prettier version of the same game.

So thank you Capcom, I'm enjoying this very much.

Yeah, it's not mediocre by any means, but it's just not that fun.

played it, hated it. trust me, it does not get better as the game progresses. if anything, it gets even more boring. the boss fights are lame and they're very easy to take down, not even a challenge. i don't know if it will happen to you, but the AI seems like it gets dummer and dummer as the game goes on. the bitch hold me back because she won't keep up with me, i have to hammer on my command button for her to get to where i'm at. oh god, and the command voice-over is so bad and soo repetitive, "c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, thats all he says. and when she can't go she'll be like, "no way", or "you gotta be kidding me"....god, it was so fucking annoying. and don't get me started with the controls...but i think you already know about that.

see im actually the exact opposite. I never really liked any of the other Resident Evil games and I wasn't even a huge fan of 4 but after playing the demo and now being on the 3rd mission or so, I really like RE5. I think its fun as hell. Sure it's not scary, and to most die-hard RE fan's, its NOT an RE game but as an action game, I really enjoy it. Like with most games, I guess it just comes down to personal taste

This thread makes me sad that I lent my cousin RE4 Wii.

"TheWorstPlayerEver said:

"see im actually the exact opposite. I never really liked any of the other Resident Evil games and I wasn't even a huge fan of 4 but after playing the demo and now being on the 3rd mission or so, I really like RE5. I think its fun as hell. Sure it's not scary, and to most die-hard RE fan's, its NOT an RE game but as an action game, I really enjoy it. Like with most games, I guess it just comes down to personal taste"

The thing is that is holds enough of the things from RE4 that keep it familiar with the "canon", so to speak.  However, THE ZOMBIES ARE WORTHLESS!!!  It's almost like a DE-evolution in the gameplay.  I want to be scared SHITLESS by an RE game...and this just is NOT doing it.

Let me put it another way:  this game isn't Dead Space...and that's a sad sad thing.

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I really didn't like Dead Space. The enemies were boring to me. Maybe I won't like this either, but I'm going to get it regardless, because it's RE and i must have it.

I have never really been an RE fan. I'm passing.

I'm sorry to hear that you couldn't get into it considering how many hours I put into that game today (And to my luck I was the only person within miles who got a copy without preordering). I never played any of the originals, just RE4 for the Wii so that might have something to do with why I think this is a great game.

"I think I'm the only one that's really enjoying it.

"Kratos81 said:

"IM not very far chapter 2 and I have found it boring as well. It seems to take me a while to get into games these days so I figured it was just me. If this was a launch title I would be amazed, but I am over pretty graphics and it takes more then that to impress me these days."

Dood, honestly...the graphics ain't that pretty.  Given what today's standards are, I'm less than impressed with the game in motion."

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 I mean, I understand how ridiculous the idea of spraying a fatal wound with an aerosol can to heal a person up can be.  I accept that.  However, I don't really want to SEE that.  It's goofy as Hell and takes me out of the world.

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Are we all playing different games? Would you really use "boring" to describe it? "Old fashioned", yes. "Archaic", yes. "Unoriginal", yes. But boring? It's pretty action-packed, there's always something exploding, some reason to keep moving -- what do you mean, "boring"?

The game is alright but that's about it. It doesn't bring anything new to the table and that is what I was expecting Capcom to do. Passable game and I will pick it up but it's basically a carbon copy of RE4.

Makari, here's my biggest problem with RE5:  it isn't Dead Space.

Resident evil 5 was the first resident evil that I have no intention to purchase at any point in time. I may eventually pick it up but as of right now I could care less. That, and I bought Madworld which I'm having a lot of fun with right now.

First off, on a good HDTV, the game looks AMAZING.  Up there with Killzone 2 and well, NO OTHER GAMES (360 version, PS3 version looks considerably worse).  Easily one of the 5 best looking games on all platforms right now.

That said, I agree the gameplay isn't amazing.  It's not boring to me, but it's not really great either.  I'm a bit over 'meh' because 'meh' to me is boring, this is just alright playing.

Sheva AI can be incredibly bad, but I feel up to late chapter 5 that she's been mostly manageable.  She has died 2 or 3 times that were totally not my fault, and taken some damage she shouldn't have.  One additional fault I'll point out is she doesn't use the better weapons I give her because I gave her the pistol.  Only if she completely runs out of pistol ammo (which is rarely) will she ever pull out one of the other weapons I gave her.  At least during boss fights she should pull out that machine gun or shotgun I gave her!  She's pretty smart with health and I'll usually give her one or two recovery items because she can use them at more critical moments than I can and she doesn't waste them (just don't give her regular green herbs unless you want her to use them).

I think the gameplay is hurt by it being more linear feeling than RE4, and not requiring you to do as many clever things like shooting dynamite or shooting blades thrown at you as much as RE4 did.  Now I never felt like playing RE4 through for a second time either, but overall I'm having mild fun with RE5.  I do feel like RE5 will have much more replay for me because it seems like you can pop into any chapter and find the stuff you missed.  I look forward to unlocking Mercs mode as well.  The cutscenes are a bit disappointing to me because they're 95% action and very little story at all.

I think the coop thing is dumb and I wish coop was stripped from ALL future games no matter what.  I also hope all games become single player only and the internet is shut down for good.  I hope RE6 takes place in a mansion or city and has no online features and gives you that feeling of lonelyness back and is less linear.