Played the demo a few times, first I need to ask a question. Anyone have weird invite issues on the PSN. Any time I send out an invite to a friend my screen stays dark as if it never came out of the PSN menu. And if a friend invites me, when I accept the invite my game just stays in the loading up game screen.
Anyway I did play the demo about 10 times. My first reaction is that something is off about this game. And no it has nothing to do with the controls, RE4 scheme works just fine (expect that some idiot decided to make shoot square and run X, WHAT THE FUCK!!!!). The other schemes are completely useless, I tried them, what a mess, control A works great.
The partner AI actually turned out just fine. Sheeva has never died on me, she has helped me out many times, she basically sticks with me so she does what I do. Its like an extention of me, I am very happy with the way she is handled. Wonder how it will be in boss fights but here its great.
My thing with the demo is that something feels off when you shoot someone, its as if the bullets don't feel they are hitting. A shotgun blast to the head wont blow it up anymore. Just regular bullets don't seem to have the same oomph as RE4. Also the demo is a bit chaotic, it seems like the enemies just come from anywhere, like endless spawn points.
In RE4 the enemy placement was very specific. Compare the first village with this area and the RE5 area seems sloopy in comparison. The design is not as refined as the village area, the village had better beats to the action, it felt like it progressed well, here its just carnage. The village itself was designed beautifully with many places to hide or use to get between you and the enemies, here its more like a square arena with all sorts of stuff that explode.
My favorite part of the demo was Shanty Town, that at least progressed well, loved the partner split with one covering and the other in the building. Chainsaw guy takes a hell of a lot more hits but he is slow with that attack, really slow.
Real time inventory switching took a while to get used to. At first I just grabbed as much as I can and didn't have time to look at what was in my inventory. Now I can manage to get to a spot in the area where I can quickly adjust my inventory, its simple but it works.
I noticed that the camera was a bit different, I feel like Chris maybe takes up more of the screen, I think that adds to that weird feeling of something being off. I like the different melee attacks, I even saw some special ones like I did a neckbreak with Chris.
I have played co-op with some friends and yeah its a blast. Its a really fun game to play with another player, that will probably be the shining grace for many people.
So yeah I am having a lot of fun with it. Did the demo impress me anywhere near as much as RE4 did way back, of course not. I dont feel like this game will be better than RE4but I am much more at peace with the co-op aspect to the game, its not going to be a pain in single player.
