PensivePen
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IMO Resident Evil stopped being Resident Evil after 1 and 2.
If that's true you've been clinging to it for a long time to still care man!
IMO Resident Evil stopped being Resident Evil after 1 and 2.
I would put RE4 and 5 almost on the same level, with a slight edge to RE4.
The fourth game has better pacing, which is pretty much unarguable. There's nothing like the turret scene in RE5 for example. It's also got the merchant which is way better than RE5's shop. Lastly, the bosses are more consistently good and memorable.
RE5 on the other hand, has better controls (you can strafe now), better melee (way more different moves), a better inventory (it doesn't pause the game which always keeps you on edge, and doesn't interrupt the flow of the game). Plus, the game has Wesker and some boulder punching.
The AI in RE5 is actually not that bad. You need to micromanage Sheva's inventory but she's pretty useful IMO. Apart from that one bossfight. I saw people saying the AI in RE6 is better but I really disagree with that. They just made the AI invincible. It didn't seem to be as useful, you didn't even have to care about the AI partners because you couldn't share items.
I'm gonna be an ass right now and say people who DIDN'T like it are people without the friend to play it with.
Awesome co-op title, I well actually be sad if Res7 doesn't include it to whatever extent
I only played it with my brother. Probably one of our favorite co-op experiences last gen.
These. Really enjoyed RE5 and running through Pro with my Bro is one of my favorite gaming experiences/accomplishments.Nothing, co-op on Professional difficulty is the best experience I had last gen.
On a side note, I don't think RE5 should be compared to the terribad RE6, which I would be blind to not acknowledge the glory of RE6's Mercs mode.
RE6 Campaigns are fucking terrible.
Dont even get me started on the exploding roombas. you're stuck in a room with these stasis tanks of B.O.Ws, but what does the game throw at you? fucking exploding roombas...dear god who came up with such a terrible decision.
WHY!?
This is true, the game had changed. RE5 felt like baby steps in comparison.Dead Space had just come out and felt better in every way possible.
I played it both ways (well, tried to play solo anyway), and I think rather than it being a good coop game, the bad parts just aren't as evident when you're playing with someone else.
I mean, aside from playing as a roid-infused white man blasting through indigenous tribesmen living in that swamp.
I thought RE5 was a fantastic co-op game, and even moreso in Mercenaries. I mean, it shits all over the goodness from the pre-RE4 mainline games + Code Veronica, but I felt the sheer amount of fun was enough to make me accept RE5 for what it was like I did with RE4.
This thread is for the folks who say RE5 is a terrible game. I want to know why so I won't assume it's only because it's not a classic RE game.
On a side note, I don't think RE5 should be compared to the terribad RE6, which I would be blind to not acknowledge the glory of RE6's Mercs mode.
lol what a terrible first post. Just wow.Nothing. It's a fantastic game. More so than Resident Evil 4 which is overrated.
That's just it. The only justification of the title. Lots of excellent co-op games too without the RE name attached to it. Does it make a difference it were a zombie or an alien?
lol what a terrible first post. Just wow.
I think you had too much confidence in the storytelling of resident evil...It was a terrible RE and did some serious damage to the plot and characters the series was building in the past. Not a bad game though. I still will never forgive them for ruining Spencer. He is the GOAT villain the series ever had and he died in a cut-scene.
I didn't play through 4 but I loved 1&2 (no 3 either) and I loved 5...6 took it to another level and I am absolutely amazed that more people didn't fall in love with that game, to this day.
It is what it is. Call me a hipster or whatever the term is for not following what the masses enjoy...but 5 and 6 were fantastic video games that I had hundreds of hours of fun with.
Nothing. It's a fantastic game. More so than Resident Evil 4 which is overrated.
Why is a thread about what was wrong with Resident Evil 5 only 6 pages long?
Also why do people care more about the name than the game? It's a word on the box versus a highly complex system you interact with. So utterly decadent and backwards.
Resident Evil 5 was a fine game, well made. It just felt flaccid next to RE4 for me.
I disliked it compared to RE4 because;
-RE4 had a scarier atmosphere and setting; secluded in rural Spain vs partnered in rural Africa, which sounds scarier to you?
-I hated having Sheva around, her AI is dumb as a rock, uses your first aid and items, makes encounters easier, makes it less scary than playing on your own.
Are you purposely being disingenuous? What if FROMsofts Souls games turned into Platinum-esque titles? The Last of Us into a Quantic Dream game? Silent Hill into a Gears of War corridor shooter?
Why keep the name if the game retains hardly any of its framework? Spiritual successors have been done before, some incredibly successful (System Shock > Bioshock). And in the case of RE6, the name had much more weight than the mess of a game (great control/mechanics be damned) behind it.
Edit: To be clear, I understand why people wouldn't mind it. But personally that level of change should likely rest in a spin off (Operation Raccoon City), spiritual successor (Bioshock), or reboot (Tomb Raider). Even that last one can be shaky ground.
4 wasn't "action-y"? And I've only played these 2 games in the series and Mercenaries for 3DS if that counts.Terrible atmosphere, too action-y.
4 wasn't "action-y"? And I've only played these 2 games in the series and Mercenaries for 3DS if that counts.
I get the same feeling when someone states RE5 "didn't understand" RE4, which is the vaguest crap you could say.