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Resident Evil 5 Review
Resident Evil 5
is the long awaited new entry
in the Resident Evil series and like many other people out there I was
really looking forward to this game. When I downloaded the demo I
wasn’t thrilled by it, but I was hoping the full game would be
something I would really enjoy. But sadly that didn’t happen. I was
very disappointed by Resident Evil 5
. First, while previous RE games
were spooky and had great a great disturbing zombie atmosphere,
Resident Evil 5 does not in my opinion. I was expecting something "jump
out of your seat scary" but it never materialized. Horror in broad
daylight just isn’t real scary. All you do is mow down slow moving
infected villagers that are not a real threat. They ride motorcycles
and even use conventional weapons near the end of the game. I got bored
with Resident Evil 5
very quickly.
Not being able to move and shoot is unacceptable. It works in survival horror adventure video games, or where action isn't the main focus of the game. It doesn't work for me in Resident Evil 5.
The aggressiveness of the zombies or actually the lack of
aggressiveness helps to make RE 5 slow and boring. I mean how many
zombies can you shoot before the bore factor starts to creep in? In
games like Call of Duty (insert title here …), or Killzone 2
2 you are shooting the enemy all
the time, but in Call of Duty: World at War
and Killzone 2
the enemy soldiers are more
intelligent than the zombies (well, I guess you would actually expect
them to be) so they are harder to defeat.
Maybe I just don’t get thrilled by killing zombies because the
Nazi zombie section of Call of Duty: World at War
was also boring to me (but I
loved the actual game!!).
Now the good aspects of this video game. The graphics are
absolutely striking. The characters are sharply rendered, movement is
seamlessly fluid, the clothes look real, and there is a lot of detail
in every scene. I also thought the sounds in Resident Evil 5 were
outstanding as well. However his game might look and sound great, but
in my opinion you will lose interest quickly. However after reading
countless other reviews of Resident Evil 5
, if you like the Resident Evil
franchise you will probably like Resident Evil 5
.
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