Resident Evil 5

[Slog Bait]

Ok, ok, I have not seen a thread on this yet, but if there happens to be one I apologize.

RE5, What did you think of it when you played it?

I was really disappointed with it. Yes, the graphics were fucking amazing. It even impressed me when the words matched the mouths they were coming out of. The gameplay, excellent. HOWEVER, the storyline was shit, and the monsters created by the viruses are becoming too unrealistic. That part with the Ogre was fucking stupid, half of the boss battles for that matter were.

At the beginning I was confused about Jill Valentine, because Chris had a flashback of her 'tombstone'. When the hell did she die, right?

Appearantly it was something that happened in between RE3 and RE5, and the explaination wasn't bad, but the cutscene was again, fucking stupid. They could have, at least, made her death a little more tragic. This also pissed me off because I saw Jill as the only GOOD female character of RE in the first place. Claire was too whiney, and Alice... hell, I don't even remember if she made it out alive. Sheva is ok, but she probably won't hang out for another game, ya'know?

Anyways, back to the game.

The 'online experience' sucks unless you get someone who knows what they're doing, and if you don't have a headset made specially for the system you're playing it on, it's not even worth it.

There were too little levels in the game (IMO), and if I can finish it within the first night of playing it on HARD, the game's not worth my time. Sure, it can be fun, but really.

[Mac Sirloin]

Ok, ok, I have not seen a thread on this yet, but if there happens to be one I apologize.

RE5, What did you think of it when you played it?

I was really disappointed with it. Yes, the graphics were fucking amazing. It even impressed me when the words matched the mouths they were coming out of. The gameplay, excellent. HOWEVER, the storyline was shit, and the monsters created by the viruses are becoming too unrealistic. That part with the Ogre was fucking stupid, half of the boss battles for that matter were.

At the beginning I was confused about Jill Valentine, because Chris had a flashback of her 'tombstone'. When the hell did she die, right?

Appearantly it was something that happened in between RE3 and RE5, and the explaination wasn't bad, but the cutscene was again, fucking stupid. They could have, at least, made her death a little more tragic. This also pissed me off because I saw Jill as the only GOOD female character of RE in the first place. Claire was too whiney, and Alice... hell, I don't even remember if she made it out alive. Sheva is ok, but she probably won't hang out for another game, ya'know?

Anyways, back to the game.

The 'online experience' sucks unless you get someone who knows what they're doing, and if you don't have a headset made specially for the system you're playing it on, it's not even worth it.

There were too little levels in the game (IMO), and if I can finish it within the first night of playing it on HARD, the game's not worth my time. Sure, it can be fun, but really.

A lot of this is explained in Umbrella chronicles. It even foreshadows Jill's disappearance and how Wesker uses her.

I thought the Ogre fight was pretty fun, actually.

The AI is fucking abominable though, like, Capcom did a better job programming enemies than your partner. At least Ashley could be told to wait in RE4. This bitch just gets in the way half the time. So Co-op play is necessary which sucks for people without online.

Infinite ammo for everything and all of the unlockable things gives the game immense replayability, something that most games replace with ACHIEVEMENTS ACHIEVEMENTS ACHIEVEMENTS.

[Chubfish]

Resident Evil 5 is a good game, but compared to Resident Evil 4 or similar games, it's just lacking in something.

First thing I have to complain about is the levels. I agree that they are way way too short for what I was expecting. There is just not enough to do in each chapter, however they're well designed and I wish there were more.

Some of the enemies also really piss me off, like those masked twats when you get the magnum (I hate wasting magnum ammo, it forces you to use it because you've wasted so much ammo just trying to get there).

I also hate JJ/the guy with the gatling gun because around the end of the game your ammo goes down the drain alot quicker with those armed infected and armoured ones. He just seems a lot more powerful than what he was and i had to dispose of him by constantly waiting for more proximity mines.

The guns are just awesome, I just left Sheva with her pistol and maxed it out just to balance her out against the tougher enemies. I hate how she always uses the stun rod instead of the pistol when she has ammo, however, it annoys the shit out of me when she just stands still for ages then finally twitches and kills everything. My favourite weapon is probably the Dragunov or the Grenade launcher, just cause I get loads of ammo with it.

I was a little disappointed with the boss battles. They seemed all too similar to the ones from Resident Evil 4, just easier. I liked killing the huge spider though, Grenade Launcher + Magnum = instant death. Oh, and the huge Uroboros thingy on the ship. Didn't like how there was only one El Gigante/Ogre/CAVETROLL in the entire game and how it was the easiest boss in the game.

Also some of the achievements were way too easy, like knife a crossbow bolt for 60 gamerscore. Just a campfest of waiting and timing around chapter 1-2 or something.




TL;DR: Graphically better, slightly shorter Resident Evil 4 with some new guns and a few new enemies along with a few other cool looking things.

Edit: Oh yeah I also managed to get the infinite ammo upgrades for everything within a few days or more.

[Slog Bait]

A lot of this is explained in Umbrella chronicles. It even foreshadows Jill's disappearance and how Wesker uses her.

I thought the Ogre fight was pretty fun, actually.

The AI is fucking abominable though, like, Capcom did a better job programming enemies than your partner. At least Ashley could be told to wait in RE4. This bitch just gets in the way half the time. So Co-op play is necessary which sucks for people without online.

Infinite ammo for everything and all of the unlockable things gives the game immense replayability, something that most games replace with ACHIEVEMENTS ACHIEVEMENTS ACHIEVEMENTS.

Oh, see, that explains it. I was too ticked off by the fact that you couldn't control where your character was going to pay attention to the actual game. As far as I was concerned, Jill had been infected by the virus from Nemesis, but cured, then both her and Chris escaped from Raccoon City, which is why I didn't understand why in the opening sequence it pretty much said she died.

The AI is horrible, which is why I switched to online, but if you're unlucky and get a dipshit that doesn't know what the fuck they're doing in the game, it's better to just deal with the AI.

Also, I unlocked most of the unlockables within that night of playing, it still isn't worth it's time.

[Daxter King]

Its an alright game. Was fun while it lasted, which wasn't very long, one of the shortest games I've played. Mercs and playing some levels over only add so much replay value. The storyline seems as if it was written by a fucking 1st grader, I seriously think it has a worse story out most all the games I have played. I have the infinite ammo Magnum and Mini Gun, I'm not gonna bother getting anything else. Forced Co Op was shit design choice, Sheva is a dumb cow. The thing that bothers me the most is when im playing this game, especially later in the game, I just think to myself I could be playing a game just like this, except move and shoot.

[Mac Sirloin]

Its an alright game. Was fun while it lasted, which wasn't very long, one of the shortest games I've played. Mercs and playing some levels over only add so much replay value. The storyline seems as if it was written by a fucking 1st grader, I seriously think it has a worse story out most all the games I have played. I have the infinite ammo Magnum and Mini Gun, I'm not gonna bother getting anything else. Forced Co Op was shit design choice, Sheva is a dumb cow. The thing that bothers me the most is when im playing this game, especially later in the game, I just think to myself I could be playing a game just like this, except move and shoot.

I hate the minigun. The M500 can do more damage and handle situations ten times better without making your accuracy decline, same with the Hydra. It wouldn't even be an issue if it wasn't for that fucking backpack that obscures half of the screen, either.


Playing as Sheva fucking sucks, too. Don't make me beat the game with the camera over the right shoulder as Chris only to switch it to left when I join somebody cooperatively. There's just no fucking point.


Mercs is bullshit. Why did they use multiple costumes instead of Krauser or HUNK? Even Leon would've been preferrable to the sack of shit that is S.T.A.R.S. Chris.

[Daxter King]

Yeah, I only used the original Chris for Mercs, shotty FTW. The Sheva thing never seemed to bother me.

[Mac Sirloin]

Yeah, I only used the original Chris for Mercs, shotty FTW. The Sheva thing never seemed to bother me.

It doesn't effect the quality of the experience at all. It just bugs me.

The shotty has like, 40 shells to spare. If you're proficient with headshots you've got it made.