Resident evil 5

Shinji Ikari

Who's played the demo what do ye think? I'm definitely getting it. When exactly in March is it out?

FutureGuy

Played the demo and was unbelievably underwhelmed tbh. I was a massive fan of RE4 on the Gamecube.

Burning Eclipse

FutureGuy wrote: »

Played the demo and was unbelievably underwhelmed tbh. I was a massive fan of RE4 on the Gamecube.

I'm reading this a lot. What improvements were expecting that you didn't get??

FutureGuy

The thing is, I'm finding it hard to put my finger on it but I have a few thoughts. I didn't think the graphics were all that great which was a major disappointment. Also, the choice of environment doesn't help you feel like you're playing a RE game. It's sunny lol.

I'm not saying I won't eventually buy it, but I thought I'd be way more excited at this point.

tman

Shinji Ikari wrote: »

Who's played the demo what do ye think? I'm definitely getting it. When exactly in March is it out?

Friday 13th
I've got my copy preordered anyway, can't bloody wait!

TheWitch06

Why not stick to what's good?

RE4 was an amazing game and I'm sure that RE5 will live up to the hype. I don't know what people were expecting from RE5 but I sure wasn't expecting it to be SO much different from how RE4 played on the GC.

I know people like the controls of RE4 on the GC but you will just have to adapt to the controls and get used to them.

Rev. Kitchen

I read a review of the full game it got 81% they said it was a huge dissapiontment in single player that the bird with you is retarded and allways getting killed and if you give her 2 guns she allways picks the worst one. But it says a lot of its problems dont affect the co-op mode.

But still 81% for a game in the climate of ridiculously high scores for any half way decent game is poor

mika27

Thats very disappointing, thought this game would get 90%+ across the board. Still, gonna wait for a few more reviews. Will probably get it anyway.

Asmodean

It's good alright but I think they may be forcing it a bit too much to remain different. RE4 was a completely different game than its predecessors but that evolution felt more natural compared with the gap between 4 and 5.
As someone mentioned earlier it is hard to get that classic RE experience when its sunny. RE4 maintained that survival horror atmosphere while blending in nice elements of a purely action orientated game. The fifth installment seems to be leaning more and more toward the action side of things this time around.
Although in saying that I will wait to play the full game before passing any type of solid criticism.

Rev. Kitchen

This will be very much a wait and see since i might be loosing my job in 2 months all games now are going to have to be thought about carefully !!

I heard the trailer got slammed by some group who said that it was racist because it showed "a white protagonist shooting black zombies in an african village"
I will be getting this game though,The gameplay looks great along with the visual.:rolleyes:

sweetie

Deleted User wrote: »

I heard the trailer got slammed by some group who said that it was racist because it showed "a white protagonist shooting black zombies in an african village"
I will be getting this game though,The gameplay looks great along with the visual.:rolleyes:

could have sworn there were some asians in there too. Maybe he's an equal opportunities racialist?

Rev. Kitchen

All those zombies look the same.....:cool:

sweetie

sweetie wrote: »

could have sworn there were some asians in there too. Maybe he's an equal opportunities racialist?

And yet in all the other res evil games you can go around shooting white zombies, (could this also not be considered racist in the most ridiculous way) but 'oh no' you can't shoot black zombies. It would realy make sense to make all the african population in the game suddenly white. wow thats also not 'racist'. Excuse all the sacarsm :P

smooch71

sweetie wrote: »

could have sworn there were some asians in there too. Maybe he's an equal opportunities racialist?

The original trailer (and game too apparently) had all black "zombies" but because of complaints they added more of an ethnic variation.

Maybe they're tourists in the wrong place at the wrong time......

Was a bit disappointed in the demo to be honest. Purely because of the online co-op crap emphasis that's now being put on games by developers.

Resident Evil was always (mostly) about being isolated. Why do we need Sheva to follow us around and provide ammo and high fives etc.

Not good news i spotted here. Pretty much saying first playthrough will be way shoter than res 4

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=208807&site=xbw&skip=yes

Vegeta

smooch71 wrote: »

Why do we need Sheva to follow us around and provide ammo and high fives etc.

Hand job maybe??

rule 34 and all that

Mr E

Achievements for RE5 announced. Seem pretty standard (and spoiler free).

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/resident-evil-5/achievements/

Vegeta

"Ride the Lightning"

Awesome

Gunmonkey

I was wondering about the game length if it was heavily pushed for co-op, the 20 hours or so that RE4 would take is too long. As long as its fun and gives some good set-pieces I wont be sad, better a short awesome game than a dull dragged out mediocre game.

And tried the demo with the RE4 control layout and increased aiming speed, plays a lot better. Though will need to find someone to play online with, the AI foe Sheva is horrible.

Asmodean

Did I just see cattle prod / longbow weapon achievements. awesome.

AI foe Sheva is horrible

Agree with you there, all she did was walk around aimlessly and she kept nicking items just as I was reaching for them myself. Even worse than Dom in Gears 1 (never thought I'd hear myself saying that )

Gunmonkey

Asmodean wrote: »

Agree with you there, all she did was walk around aimlessly and she kept nicking items just as I was reaching for them myself. Even worse than Dom in Gears 1 (never thought I'd hear myself saying that )

Its not just that, she spam fire at a single enemy I can headshot and then melee action to the ground and stomp on.

Fighting a boss from 2 different points in co-op is great, 1 distracts while the other relocates, reverse and repeat. With Sheva, she follows like a sick puppy and generally gets insta-killed as she waits till I move far enough away before moving, usually as I am running from chainsaw man standing 5 foot away.

Captain Chaos

Gunmonkey wrote: »

I was wondering about the game length if it was heavily pushed for co-op, the 20 hours or so that RE4 would take is too long. As long as its fun and gives some good set-pieces I wont be sad, better a short awesome game than a dull dragged out mediocre game.

20 hrs!!!!, I finished it in about 12hrs and that was taking my sweet time. In one of the reviews for Res 5 they said they finished it on Normal single player in 4 and half hours not including cut scenes of which there is 80 mins worth and they were not trying to do a speed run, just a standard first time play through.

In co-op they think you might finish it in 4 hrs or less!!. I'm not paying full price for a game I can finish in less than 10 hours.

Burning Eclipse

Captain Chaos wrote: »

In co-op they think you might finish it in 4 hrs or less!!. I'm not paying full price for a game I can finish in less than 10 hours.

I'm finding more and more that I just don't have the time to complete games that are too long (not saying 20 hours is too long, or 12 for that matter). Brevity can be a good thing, the replay value in this will be beating it on Professional difficulty, possibly online with a friend. Also, the mercenaries mode!

keithkk16

Anyone know if res4 was released on the original xbox ?

Mr E

No. RE4 was only released on the Gamecube, PS2, Wii and PC.

Mr. K

Captain Chaos wrote: »

20 hrs!!!!, I finished it in about 12hrs and that was taking my sweet time.

I just finished a Professional playthrough of 4 in 15 hours, also taking my sweet time. As Burning Eclipse said, Mercenaries will add a huge amount of playtime. The pre-4 games lasted about 4-5 hours, so it's all good. Capcom games demand multiple playthroughs! Ah, my younger days of speed running...

Captain Chaos

Mr. K wrote: »

I just finished a Professional playthrough of 4 in 15 hours, also taking my sweet time. As Burning Eclipse said, Mercenaries will add a huge amount of playtime. The pre-4 games lasted about 4-5 hours, so it's all good. Capcom games demand multiple playthroughs! Ah, my younger days of speed running...

Yeah I remember the speed runs in Res 2 for both charaters getting A and B sides of the story to unlock the special items and the spec ops guy. Those were the days.

jayteecork

Got a double discount of www.thehut.com and got RE5 for 32euro delivered.

Can't go wrong at that price, although after playing the demo I was a little underwhelmed.

And yeah, it's not black only "ganados" anymore(they're not zombies), in the demo I spotted white, Indian, and Chinese persons!

Weren't practically all the vampires in the first Blade movie white? Did anyone give a sh1t? no

Should people give a sh1t that all the bad guys were orginally black in RE5? of course not.
But it just goes to show that there's different rules for racism when whites are the main characters as opposed to black.

Captain Chaos

jayteecork wrote: »

Got a double discount of www.thehut.com and got RE5 for 32euro delivered.

You got a good deal there, it's €40 now.

Mr. K

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Yeah I remember the speed runs in Res 2 for both charaters getting A and B sides of the story to unlock the special items and the spec ops guy. Those were the days.

To be honest, I actually speedran through RE2 a few weeks ago. I played through Claire A in 3 hours 20 minutes, reading all the files and watching all the cutscenes. Not an amazing time, but I got an A rank. Then I played through Leon B in 2 hours and 9 minutes :eek:. I didn't think I was going that fast, I watched all the cutscenes and wasted a few minutes! A testament to my wasted childhood...

calex71

No way near as long as resi 4 , haveing a partner was annoying at 1st but one you realise she's just a drug and ammo mule its all good she makes a good nurse cant see there being extra chapters like 4 bet theyll sell that to us as dlc :mad:

5 of 6 chapters complete as good as 4 in some ways but its missing that tension when the zombies where climbing ladders and in through windows after you , its got that but just doesnt seem as good

jayteecork

calex71 wrote: »

No way near as long as resi 4 , haveing a partner was annoying at 1st but one you realise she's just a drug and ammo mule its all good she makes a good nurse cant see there being extra chapters like 4 bet theyll sell that to us as dlc :mad:

5 of 6 chapters complete as good as 4 in some ways but its missing that tension when the zombies where climbing ladders and in through windows after you , its got that but just doesnt seem as good

Where did you get the full game?

Kenny_D

Downloaded it obviously. Its not out yet

calex71

GStormcrow wrote: »

Downloaded it obviously. Its not out yet

No I got from a pal in the business.

SirLemonhead

Mr. K wrote: »

To be honest, I actually speedran through RE2 a few weeks ago. I played through Claire A in 3 hours 20 minutes, reading all the files and watching all the cutscenes. Not an amazing time, but I got an A rank. Then I played through Leon B in 2 hours and 9 minutes :eek:. I didn't think I was going that fast, I watched all the cutscenes and wasted a few minutes! A testament to my wasted childhood...

I used to play through it really fast, doing speedruns. I would go through both scenarios without saving

pipeliner

god Fcking dam it. I am sick to the teeth of these half games coming out. I was soo looking forward to a nice 20 hour romp like resi 4. Just when u think its over, it throws something new at u.

Most games these days are like one level of the games we got on the n64. 60 hours of zelda compared to 4 hours of gears.

Resi 5 was my great white hope. Not anymore. Today i am a broken man...

Ok rant over

tommybrennan15

played the demo,it was really good,but it was hard,but i will defintly get it

Burning Eclipse

pipeliner wrote: »

god Fcking dam it. I am sick to the teeth of these half games coming out. I was soo looking forward to a nice 20 hour romp like resi 4. Just when u think its over, it throws something new at u.

Most games these days are like one level of the games we got on the n64. 60 hours of zelda compared to 4 hours of gears.

Resi 5 was my great white hope. Not anymore. Today i am a broken man...

Ok rant over

Whoa man, step away from the edge there, don't wanna do anything hasty...

thorbarry

pipeliner wrote: »

god Fcking dam it. I am sick to the teeth of these half games coming out. I was soo looking forward to a nice 20 hour romp like resi 4. Just when u think its over, it throws something new at u.

Most games these days are like one level of the games we got on the n64. 60 hours of zelda compared to 4 hours of gears.

Resi 5 was my great white hope. Not anymore. Today i am a broken man...

Ok rant over

i think resi 4 was the exception, every other resi game, you could finish in a few hours.. i dont mind if its short, as long as it make me wanna play through it again, and as long as the mercenaries is good, and has a few other unlockables.. Ordered my copy from gamesnash.ie, so hopufully will have it on friday morning ....... thats gonna be a loooong day in work

Retr0gamer

thorbarry wrote: »

and as long as the mercenaries is good, and has a few other unlockables

They better not make that downloadable content but the cynic in mesays they might.

wes

Retr0gamer wrote: »

They better not make that downloadable content but the cynic in mesays they might.

Nah, it looks to be an unlockable according to Kotaku:

http://kotaku.com/5164423/a-first-look-at-re5s-unlockable-mercs-mode

BaconZombie

Anybody know the best {and cheapest} place to get the collects ed?

It's on play but looking for anywhere else selling it?

http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/8705574/Resident-Evil-5-Limited-Edition-Steelbook/Product.html

thorbarry

BOFH_139 wrote: »

Anybody know the best {and cheapest} place to get the collects ed?

It's on play but looking for anywhere else selling it?

http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/8705574/Resident-Evil-5-Limited-Edition-Steelbook/Product.html

I'd say play is probably your best option for price, although, you'll probably be waiting a week or so for it, pity gamesnash.ie aint offering the collecters ed

BaconZombie

Yeah, one of the guys I work with only got his copy of Killzone 2 yesterday after per-ordering from Play....

thorbarry wrote: »

I'd say play is probably your best option for price, although, you'll probably be waiting a week or so for it, pity gamesnash.ie aint offering the collecters ed

koneko

Mercenaries mode is unlockable, it's in the game, but online co-op Mercenaries isn't. It's supposed to be released as an update, though if it's a patch or DLC I'm not sure about. Hopefully just a patch.

Retr0gamer

koneko wrote: »

Mercenaries mode is unlockable, it's in the game, but online co-op Mercenaries isn't. It's supposed to be released as an update, though if it's a patch or DLC I'm not sure about. Hopefully just a patch.

An article on Eurogamer confirmed it's in there as an unlockable as well (probably robbed off Kotaku). Colour me very happy.

Also the comments section mentioned that it's getting great positive response in the forums. I'm not going to look, I want to know as little about this game was possible but it's alleviating my worries a good bit.

koneko

2 people on EG have the game and are both very happy.

cvxfreak (any RE fan online will no doubt know him, lol) has finished the game and likes it, had a few concerns, but says it has a *lot* of replay value.

My Asian LE is on the way but like an idiot I didn't upgrade my shipping to something faster, so it probably won't get here till friday+ anyway

thorbarry

koneko wrote: »

2 people on EG have the game and are both very happy.

cvxfreak (any RE fan online will no doubt know him, lol) has finished the game and likes it, had a few concerns, but says it has a *lot* of replay value.

My Asian LE is on the way but like an idiot I didn't upgrade my shipping to something faster, so it probably won't get here till friday+ anyway

good to hear an opinion from a fan about the game... sick of hearing reviewers give out about the games controlles.... any RE fan will know the controlls in RE have always felt clunky, a problem a mate of mine had with resi 1-3, and wouldnt play them, but loved resi 4

Retr0gamer

I tested Gamesnash out with SFIV. it was next day delivery so I hope to be playing it come thursday.

I didn't have a problem with the controls either, it was just a complete pain taking on the chainsaw guy with the rifle. I'm sure in the full game I wouldn't even consider such folly. Shotty all the way. The other worry was the lack of set pieces but it was just 2 tiny sections of the game, other sections from gameplay videos look more like Resi 4

sea monster looking particularly impressive.

sweetie

BOFH_139 wrote: »

Yeah, one of the guys I work with only got his copy of Killzone 2 yesterday after per-ordering from Play....

I preordered RE5 and killzone 2 for 65e on sendit when they had a 10% sale couple of weeks ago. Still haven't received Killzone (hopefully when I get home) so I reckon RE5 will be well delayed too.