Resident Evil 5

[Dead to Rights]

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Resident Evil 5, known in Japan as biohazard 5 (バイオハザード5, Baiohazādo Faibu?), is the forthcoming installment in the Resident Evil survival horror series, which is set to debut for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It will be developed and published by Capcom. Although Capcom officially announced the title on July 20, 2005, the game's actual release date has yet to be announced. The producer of the game has stated Resident Evil 5 has been pushed back to some time in 2009.

Details

Few details have been released about the game's storyline other than the fact that the setting will have a similar feel to the movie Black Hawk Down. Takeuchi added that the developing team is composed of staff members who worked on the first Resident Evil. Despite the lack of information, he has stated that Resident Evil 5 will be an actual sequel to the Resident Evil series. Before Takeuchi took over, the game's former producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi stated "it's safe to say that Resident Evil 5 will naturally proceed from where Resident Evil 4 left off."

In a July 2007 Famitsu interview, producer Jun Takeuchi revealed the main playable character as Chris Redfield and the game takes place ten years after the events of the original Resident Evil. The story will explore Chris' life during the ten year interval between the two games. During the game's events, he is a member of a group known as BSAA, and sent to investigate an incident in a desert area that serves as the game's setting. Takeuchi also confirmed that a female character from the series will appear in the game, and that she briefly appears in the full version of the E3 trailer.

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Gameplay

Jun Takeuchi, the game's producer, stated the Resident Evil 5 will feature similar gameplay to Resident Evil 4; The player will control Redfield's character similarly to how the player controlled Leon Kennedy in Resident Evil 4. Resident Evil 5 includes several abilities originally found in its predecessor, such as being able to deflect thrown projectiles by shooting them. The game's environment will also play a significant role. For example, if Redfield's character suffers prolonged exposure to heat, he will begin to see mirages and hallucinations. Also, the game implements various lighting effects. If Redfield's character moves between bright and dark areas his eyes will have to adjust, causing the player to briefly lose some visual of their surroundings.

The game will also feature new types of enemies. The extended E3 trailer revealed several sequences involving Redfield attacking hordes of fleet-footed enemies, who possessed melee weapons. Takeuchi has also stated the game's enemies will also possess human-like intelligence and awareness. Furthermore, he stated they will be different from the previous zombies and ganados.

In an interview with Xbox360ism, Keiji Inafune briefly stated that the game will feature some online elements. One of the game trailers will be released on blu-ray copies of Resident Evil: Extinction.

Resident Evil's Official Website (http://www.residentevil.com/)

Resident Evil 5 Demo dreams crushed by Capcom (http://kotaku.com/gaming/rumor-smash/resident-evil-5-not-playable-on-re-extinction-blu+ray-323784.php)

[Sayckeone]

4 was the best game on GC. DMF1.

[RayFoxSith]

Another day one for me.

[SlaughterX]

Hopefully it comes out sometime next year and not the year after...

[dragonlife29]

I can't wait. The trailer--actual gameplay or not--pumped me up.

[JMAN]

Those games scare the crap outta me at times!
Although I do like them

[Dead to Rights]

New Resident Evil 5 footage coming in Famitsu DVD this week (http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/03/24/new-resident-evil-5-footage-coming-in-famitsu-dvd-this-week/#comments)

Also, RE5 coming '08 pls believe.

[Sayckeone]

DMF1!

[ZoraGenin]

I hope Billys in this one.

[massaker]

I'm just a little bit sick of how long this game is taking to come out.

Yes, resident evil, good, buy, yes, awesome, play. One problem...where the hell is it? 2009?? I might be skeletal remains by then.

[Voodoo]

Dude take a Valium or something.

[RayFoxSith]

Or have a nice dosage of patience.

[SlaughterX]

http://i31.tinypic.com/1z21s79.jpg

[Arjuna]

Jesus christ, another port?

[DamageCity]

WTF does classic edition mean?

[Dead to Rights]

http://www.the-horror.com/

I was sent this goody by a friend who works at Capcom's San Fransisco building. He spied an artist working on what appeared to be boxart for an upcoming port of Resident Evil 4 for the XBOX 360 and PS3 entitled "Resident Evil 4 Classic Edition". Details are sketchy, but from what my contact could gather, the game will feature Hunk more than before.

When pressed further, they said Hunk would be getting his own story-campaign, similar to Ada's Separate Ways scenario in the PS2/PC/Wii versions. I'm attempting to get direct captures of the boxart, and not a quick cellphone grab but this will have to do for now. We'll have more to report on this in the coming days!


Wow. Really? We work in San Francisco? I didn't know that. Why does my business card say we're in San Mateo? Darn it, I need to get it updated. Also. We have no artists that work in Dev here... Further more, All RE comes out of Japan. None of it comes from CEI.

http://www.capcom.com/BBS/showpost.php?p=500594&postcount=6

Capcom says bull####, but I want to believe it. :(

[DamageCity]

Considering I haven't seen word one of this in Japan, I gotta go with BS.

[Dead to Rights]

Taken from GAF (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=263627) as usual.

Post from cvxfreak:

I have the DVD and am watching it now.

"Ever since the dawn of time,
the most primordial human emotion has been...
FEAR"

The DVD starts with footage of the original RE, where the original nightmare started as Chris and Jill try to escape the mansion.
In RE2, the battle against Umbrella unfolded as Raccoon City died.
In 3, an incessant hunter pursued Jill Valentine.
In the deserted island of Rockfort, more mysteries unfolded in CODE: Veronica.
Convict Billy Coen was an unexpected ally in Zero.
And in a village infected with madness, Leon rescued the president's daughter in 4...

The series was introduced in 1996 and broke sales records.

Now a new game is coming... Biohazard 5.

Takeuchi Interview (very rough/basic translation)

Footage of the devs examining Chris' Biohazard 5 character model on a PC. The original Biohazard was developed on older hardware, but in 5, the hardware allows for the character models to be adapted to various situations.

There were various teams that could make the game at the beginning.

Africa confirmed - Or, at the very least, the village is modeled after an African village
Sunlight will be a focus of the game to achieve a new kind of feel not done before.

Chris at first can walk around the village with no one attacking him, but he sees two people attacking another and dragging the guy into the room. Chris follows in, and the action starts after the mutation.

More footage of Chris fighting the ganados. So far, it's very similar to RE4.

5's System
Shinji Mikami's Biohazard 4 is the base for the system, with evolutions and improvements planned.

Chris Redfield
Takeuchi was a staff member of the original Biohazard, of which Chris was a star of. 5 takes place 10 years after the original RE, and Chris has a new mission.

Weapon Variation
Chris is up against a huge number of enemies. The game will have variation in weapons including series classics like the Handgun and Shotgun and such. The footage shows the developers examining a handgun character model.

Fight Elements
The game will make use of the action buttons (QTEs) from Biohazard 4 once again.

Message to the Fans
Fans have eagerly awaited prior titles and now await Biohazard 5. Capcom's working hard on the game's unexpected graphics, system and story. The Biohazard series has taken on various forms in its history. Presently a CG movie is also in works (Biohazard Degeneration) and that will be shown as well. There is a lot to look forward to in the Biohazard world this year. We will delve down into the story and characters of the Biohazard series, and thus this year will be filled with Biohazard. Please look forward to more information on the title this year.

Final World from Mr. Takeuchi
WAIT FOR THE MEDIA SUMMIT

Again, this is a rough, incomplete and basic translation/interpretation of the video. My Japanese isn't good enough to do a comprehensive translation. I'll watch the video numerous times and see if I missed any important information. But you probably won't have to wait too long for more accurate information to come out, so please be patient.

Short video from Famitsu now up on Game Videos (http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/18134).

[Dead to Rights]

LOL @ http://www.the-horror.com

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This douche needs to be hanged, imo.

[RayFoxSith]

*Face palms*

[ZoraGenin]

Or have a nice dosage of patience.

Nice.

But seriously yet another port?! I mean christ there already porting (correct verb?) RE 0 to Wii. I think Capcom is cash-cowing RE far to much.

[Sayckeone]

^This isn't real. Pay attention.

[Shintai]

I remember picking RE4 and hearing about how awesome it was and even though I generally dislike scary games and Resident Evil, I decided to try it. I was so glad I did, it rocked, wasnt even scary, more tense than scary, but it was awesome.

[DamageCity]

Just finished watching the DVD and it seems very very similar to RE4 with what seems like no real change to the gameplay. It does seem like, at least for a short time, you can wander through the village with no trouble. There is a woman submerged in liquid at the end of the disc(only shows her eyes).

[Dead to Rights]

Capcom is teh Racist.

Clearly No One Black Worked On This Game (http://kotaku.com/378535/clearly-no-one-black-worked-on-this-game)

[Sayckeone]

Black people need to stop ####ing whining about race already.

[Xeo]

Black people need to stop ####ing whining about race already.

Quoted for truth.
I'm part American Indian (Cherokee), and I don't bitch about a lack of Indians in games, or when they're portrayed in games and being killed. People will bitch about anything.

[RayFoxSith]

Anything with a black person in it is automatically racist.

[Sayckeone]

The funny thing about that, is that black people are over represented in American media. They're less than 13% of the population, yet they everywhere on TV and whatnot.

[Olethros]

^ They also get their own history month. What other heritage of people get assigned a month nationally?

[iammako3]

^ They also get their own history month. What other heritage of people get assigned a month nationally?

I believe May is Asian Pacific American Heritage month. . . and September is Hispanic Heritage month. . . of course, neither of these is as publicized.

[Olethros]

^ Well, I stand corrected. You're right in that they're certainly not publicized. I see repeated commercial on TV during the month of February but certainly none during the other months. Anyway, this is a good thing to know; thank you. Now, if only I knew when either European American or Caucasian American heritage months were.

[iammako3]

I only knew about those months because my college did a whole big diversity promotion thing (as most schools do). I don't know if European or Causasions get months since the vocal minorities see them as having every month be their month. lol. Kind of sucks. I want a month too!

[rainking187]

Alright, well first off it's a Japanese developed game so I'm gonna go out on a limb and say he's probably right. Secondly this would be pretty funny except for the fact that the guy writes about video games for Newsweek and his comments make it seem like he's never seen a Resident Evil game before. Yeah, let me get right on with the saving of people that are trying to kill me.

[Sayckeone]

Now, if only I knew when either European American or Caucasian American heritage months were.
No such thing. That would be racist.

[Voodoo]

Im waiting on the United Caucasian College Fund. Cause even poor oppressed upper middle class white children need to go to college.

[Saishu]

Isn't it wrong to assume that there aren't any poor white children who could benefit from such a fund?

The whole issue of classes is annoying. I'm not exactly sure what your meaning is Voodoo, but are you generalizing that all white people are upper middle class?

[Olethros]

^ I don't usually respond for people, but in this case I feel quite certain that my assessment will be right.

He was being sarcastic. In fact, I think he meant exactly the opposite; that there are indeed lower class white people that could benefit from a fund but will never, ever see one materialize.

Apologies if I'm off the mark here Voodoo. :)

[Voodoo]

^ I don't usually respond for people, but in this case I feel quite certain that my assessment will be right.

He was being sarcastic. In fact, I think he meant exactly the opposite; that there are indeed lower class white people that could benefit from a fund but will never, ever see one materialize.

Apologies if I'm off the mark here Voodoo. :)

Nope you were 100% right Olethros. :D

[Shintai]

There is no such thing as race, its merely an idea used to divide and maniuplate people.

[Arjuna]

Dude is it really that hard to look up your words online?

[Sayckeone]

There is no such thing as race, its merely an idea used to divide and maniuplate people.
While I will agree that it is used to divide, you're wrong in saying race is non-existent.

[iammako3]

Race is ridiculously hard to classify, when you actually get down to it. Let's take the race we consider "black" (I would say African American, but that means people who live in Africa or any other part of the world can't be part of that race. . . which kind of defeats the point). How do you classify who is considered "black"? If you say they must be from Africa, or at least trace their ancestry to Africa. . . well, what about those in South Africa who are what we clearly consider white? Or even Egypt, which is in Afirca but does not house what we consider to be "black" people.

If we define the race by the skin color, that too causes problems. There are many Asian and South American countries that have very dark people who, if we go by color, would be considered "black". Also, some "black" people have very light skin that doesn't match the racial grouping if we go by color.

If we go by culture. . . "black" people live in a lot of different places and do not always share one culture, so that's kind of a dead end from the beginning.

Ergh, long story short, though race "exists", it is not so easily defined. I can see where people will say it doesn't exist because if you look into it deeply, there's no way to say who is what race, thus it is non-applicable.

(Hooray for fun socialogy stuff! I knew that class would come in handy some day!)

[Voodoo]

So guys how about that Resident Evil 5???

[RayFoxSith]

Can't wait to pick it up. Day one for you, Voodoo? :D

[DamageCity]

I want my Romero style zombies back.

[Sayckeone]

as much as I like old RE...

The RE4 style owns the #### out of the old style.

[RayFoxSith]

as much as I like old RE...

The RE4 style owns the #### out of the old style.

QFMFT

[iammako3]

I want my Romero style zombies back.

I'm with you! I miss survival horror. Action is fine and all, but there was something special about the old style.

[Gillian Seed]

I want my Romero style zombies back.

YES!!!!!!!!!


I will just wait for The Walking Dead game.

[Delition]

I'm probably going to buy RE5 right away, but I still wish they would make another Outbreak game, or another older-style RE game.

I'm one of those annoying people who say that RE4 was a great game, but it just didn't feel like a RE game. If they'd make another Outbreak with decent communication features, I'd buy it immediately.

[rainking187]

I'm probably going to buy RE5 right away, but I still wish they would make another Outbreak game, or another older-style RE game.

I'm one of those annoying people who say that RE4 was a great game, but it just didn't feel like a RE game.

Definitely. It wasn't so bad to play, but compared to the other RE games? Ehhh.... I feel towards this game the way a lot of Final Fantasy fans felt towards The Spirits Within. It wasn't a bad movie, but someone made a pretty big typo and stuck the Final Fantasy name on the front. If you replaced Leon and Ada and changed the name of the game I would have never made the connection between it and the other RE games.

[Sanctine]

If you replaced Leon and Ada and changed the name of the game I would have never made the connection between it and the other RE games.

Which was a good thing, in my opinion. How anyone could ever play that clunky pile of #### was beyond me. I always thought of myself as a patient person until I played RE. I didn't even think I'd like RE4 because of how much of a distaste I had for the rest of the series, save for maybe Code Veronica.

I'm so glad Capcom did a 180 with this series. I loved RE4; it's one of the only games I have ever bought twice.

[rainking187]

If you replaced Leon and Ada and changed the name of the game I would have never made the connection between it and the other RE games.

Which was a good thing, in my opinion. How anyone could ever play that clunky pile of #### was beyond me. I always thought of myself as a patient person until I played RE. I didn't even think I'd like RE4 because of how much of a distaste I had for the rest of the series, save for maybe Code Veronica.

I'm so glad Capcom did a 180 with this series. I loved RE4; it's one of the only games I have ever bought twice.

Different strokes I guess. Resident Evil 2 is still one of my all time favorite survival horror games and I've owned it on three different systems, whereas I only rented RE4 and after beating it once felt absolutely no desire to buy it.

[Futomimi]

If you replaced Leon and Ada and changed the name of the game I would have never made the connection between it and the other RE games.

Which was a good thing, in my opinion. How anyone could ever play that clunky pile of #### was beyond me. I always thought of myself as a patient person until I played RE. I didn't even think I'd like RE4 because of how much of a distaste I had for the rest of the series, save for maybe Code Veronica.

I'm so glad Capcom did a 180 with this series. I loved RE4; it's one of the only games I have ever bought twice.

QFTMFT. Resident Evil before 4 was one of the most overrated video game series of the post-PS1 era.

[Saishu]

I haven't played any of the older RE games, but I have played Dino Crisis. And someone on Capcom's board mentioned they should remake that with the RE4 engine, and I'd like to see that.

[Dead to Rights]

http://darkzero.co.uk/asset/2008/05/famresi412_news.jpg

Some new info from GAF (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=295026):

- In addition to areas that make use of sunlight as a gameplay dynamic, there will be darker, shadow-filled areas as well, such as a cavern where Chris utilizes a flashlight. There will be an intense contrast between light and dark.
- Chris is shown using his knife, a sniper rifle above a bridge that's above a river, and of course the handgun.
- A few pieces of artwork are shown, such Chris fighting villagers near a crashed helicopter, that same helicopter flying amidst a smoke-filled sky, and Chris witnessing the helicopter being shot down. There's also some kind of garden in the cavern with a giant hole above it, allowing the sunlight in.
- Chris is shown holding a blond girl noticeably shorter than him in a building.
- A picture of a chainsaw and the right leg of its weilder is shown.
- Chris will be up against very powerful enemies once again, and this shot of some creature behind iron bars is reminiscent of Chris's previous enemies, such as CODE: Veronica's Nosferatu (although it was Claire who faced him) and the REmake's Lisa Trevor. Those two creatures were imprisoned at some point as well.

http://darkzero.co.uk/asset/2008/05/famresi13_news.jpg

MOAR Screens and art! (http://darkzero.co.uk/game-news/famitsu-show-new-resi-5-screens-and-art/)

New RE5 Trailer Debuting On GameTrailers TV May 30th (Promises to be made of EPIC WIN) (http://kotaku.com/390916/new-re5-trailer-debuting-on-gametrailers-tv-may-30th#viewcomments)

[RayFoxSith]

Who the hell's the chick?

[Dual]

^The token black heroine to appease the ridiculous number of people claiming the game to be racist.

[SlaughterX]

Black on black violence makes it non racist? Clayton Bigsby! Anyway there are supposed to be white zombies too, maybe part of the game takes place in South Africa.

[Dual]

Black on black violence makes it non racist?

It wasn't racist to begin with, but this will settle a lot of people who were complaining down. Like how the "n-word" usually works.

[Flußkönig]

Who the hell's the chick?

I bet her name translates to Bootylicious.

[Dead to Rights]

Black on black violence makes it non racist?

It wasn't racist to begin with, but this will settle a lot of people who were complaining down. Like how the "n-word" usually works.

I don't know, I played Resident Evil Online and I felt the character Mark Wilkins was extremely racist. I felt like Capcom was portraying the black man as a racist uncivilized savage killing white people or "white zombies", in any case as a black man myself I was offended.

[DamageCity]

Dead to Rights is a black panther IMO.

[Dead to Rights]

Resident Evil 5 planned for release this fiscal year (http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/05/22/resident-evil-5-planned-for-release-this-fiscal-year/#comments)

Ballin'

Resident Evil 5 A shining light in a veil of darkness (http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/resident-evil-5/preview/resident-evil-5/a-20080521155013307049/g-2005138888000000020757)

Currently nameless, the mercenary’s inclusion means that, for the first time, you’ll be able to tackle a true Resident Evil game co-operatively online. Like Gears, the entirety of Resident Evil 5 features jump in/jump out gameplay with the AI taking over the reigns of our mysterious female mercenary when you’re playing alone.

BALLIN' X 100

[Sayckeone]

Nice. Hit me up DMF1, DTR.

[Voodoo]

Makes me wish I actually had friends to play with. :(

[Dual]

Currently nameless, the mercenary’s inclusion means that, for the first time, you’ll be able to tackle a true Resident Evil game co-operatively online. Like Gears, the entirety of Resident Evil 5 features jump in/jump out gameplay with the AI taking over the reigns of our mysterious female mercenary when you’re playing alone.

This is ####ing awesome D:

[RayFoxSith]

#### yes. Exciting news.

[Gillian Seed]

That is going to make it really sweet. More reason for Claire to be in it.

[Dead to Rights]

Nice. Hit me up DMF1, DTR.

Word!

I noticed GamesRadar pulled the article from their website. I guess they mentioned something they shouldn't have? :o

[Gillian Seed]

Kotaku mentioned it as well, but their source was GamesRadar as well, I hope its true and they just leaked some #### they werent supposed to. The game takes place in 2008 too, so I hope we get it this year.

[Dead to Rights]

^Yeah I'm hoping it releases this year as well.

[Gillian Seed]

^Yeah I'm hoping it releases this year, and not in March 2009 like many sites are predicting.

Im hoping that it is this year, but I know realistically it'll be March at the earliest.

[Dead to Rights]

Ugh I just read on Joystiq the article on GamesRadar mentioned the game is coming out in March '09.

AM CRY :cry:

Snap your finger Jesus and make Capcom release it this year! You know it's the right thing to do!

[Gillian Seed]

Ugh I just read on Joystiq the article on GamesRadar mentioned the game is coming out in March '09.

AM CRY :cry:

Snap your finger Jesus and make Capcom release it this year! You know it's the right thing to do!

Is it the right thing? IS IT!?!

[SlaughterX]

Where's my co-op Dead Rising sequel, Capcom? You know you want to make it...

[Sayckeone]

Where's my Dead Rising on PS3, Capcom? You gave us LP, now give us DR.

[RayFoxSith]

^Be sure to play that game in HD, because you won't be able to read a God damn thing on a regular screen.

[Sayckeone]

^If it doesn't require HD, I don't play it.

[Gillian Seed]

Where's my co-op Dead Rising sequel, Capcom? You know you want to make it...

Yeah, this is what I want as well.

[marceall]

Me too

[Dual]

Apparently RE5's co-op is just speculation? That GamesRadar article was taken down and the thread for the GamesRadar article was deleted from the Capcom message board. A thread regarding that deletion was later opened up where a Capcom employee (Lost) confirmed the story was... unconfirmed.

http://www.capcom.com/BBS/showthread.php?t=29125

[Sayckeone]

Because they let the cat out of the bag before Capcom was ready.

[Dead to Rights]

New trailer for GOTY '09 (credit to Arjuna).

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/34647.html

[RayFoxSith]

####, that was epic.

[Chronis]

Looks like I found my source for new RE5 news. I'll be sticking around here alot!

[SlaughterX]

More details (http://kotaku.com/5012848/meet-your-resident-evil-5-partner) on your partner in (hate) crime! Also here's the most recent trailer (already posted) in HD (http://www.fileplanet.com/187406/180000/fileinfo/Resident-Evil-5---Captivate-08-Trailer-(HD))!

[Dead to Rights]

Stop all the RE5 hate stop all the RE5 hate stop all the RE5 hate Stop all the RE5 hate stop all the RE5 hate stop all the RE5 hate Stop all the RE5 hate stop all the RE5 hate stop all the RE5 hate Stop all the RE5 hate stop all the RE5 hate stop all the RE5 hate Stop all the RE5 hate stop all the RE5 hate stop all the RE5 hate Stop all the RE5 hate stop all the RE5 hate stop all the RE5 hate.

A couple weeks ago, a friend sent me a YouTube link. He described it as “African genocide.” Not knowing what to expect, I clicked on it. What I witnessed for those next 3 minutes, was nerve-wrecking, painful, mind-numbing and heart-racing. It was a trailer for a Video Game called “Resident Evil.” This specific trailer was an eyeful in the most horrid sense. It wasted no time in capitalizing upon the long history of blatant depictions of Africans as savages and helpless imbeciles. (http://yourblackwriters.blogspot.com/2008/06/resident-evil-5-travesty-on-all-counts.html)

[Sayckeone]

^That guy needs to get over his skin color.

[Dual]

^That guy needs to get over his skin color.

You make me sick. It's people like you who are preventing Obama, an exemplary man, from becoming the first great president of the United States. Get with the times, can't you see we need CHANGE!? :evil: :evil: :evil:

Hahaha, anyway, I can't believe how recent that article is, I thought all this asinine bias against the game had kind of dissipated by now, especially with the introduction of a black lead character.

[Sayckeone]

Black people crying about non-existent racism dissipating? LOL Good one, Dual.

[Chronis]

Obviously, the person who wrote that doesn't even know there is a black lead character. They probably don't even know anything about the game examples they mentioned, either. Wow, a game involving rappers is racist because most of them are black. @_@ Somebody needs to tell EA or whoever makes that series to have a game with just Eminem.... and Mike Shinoda.

[DamnedToBeFree]

One of the comments in the article:

I would love to design a game about September 11 and show white people falling out of a damn building. Then, we can see how you might feel.


WTF.

[Kitsunexus]

One of the comments in the article:

I would love to design a game about September 11 and show white people falling out of a damn building. Then, we can see how you might feel.


WTF.


Indeed. As if black people were immune to 9/11. And besides, we already have a 9/11 simulator, it's called Boom Blox.

Now THIS is probably offensive:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/2597282012_568dd19cee.jpg


Somebody needs to tell EA or whoever makes that
series to have a game with just Eminem.... and Mike Shinoda.

And Rob Van Winkle.

[Dual]

Black people crying about non-existent racism dissipating? LOL Good one, Dual.

I think there's been a misunderstanding (maybe on my part right now). I never thought it was racist, and I figured that a black heroine would help prove that point to people accusing it of being so.

[Futomimi]

It went over your head, Dual. He didn't think you meant that it was racist.

[Kitsunexus]

The ironic thing is, if somebody made an ACTUAL blaxploitation game, black people would declare it the best thing since Mad Dog 20/20.

[Dual]

It went over your head, Dual. He didn't think you meant that it was racist.

I thought I might have been missing something lol, hence the "maybe on my part right now."

The ironic thing is, if somebody made an ACTUAL blaxploitation game, black people would declare it the best thing since Mad Dog 20/20.

50 Cent: Bulletproof already happened.

[Kitsunexus]

The ironic thing is, if somebody made an ACTUAL blaxploitation game, black people would declare it the best thing since Mad Dog 20/20.

50 Cent: Bulletproof already happened.

OH YEAH, enough black people bought that enough to warrant a sequel. The game was developed entirely by whitebread crackers (those should be considered OUR words). My point has been proven.

[SlaughterX]

Ok can we seriously ban this guy for his obvious racism and stupidity? I would bet that, just like with 50 Cent's albums and most other mainstream rap these days, they were mostly bought by white people. Hell I would even go so far as to say that white people supportly most of the underground rappers too. Also I hate Mad Dog 20/20.

[Sayckeone]

I would bet that, just like with 50 Cent's albums and most other mainstream rap these days, they were mostly bought by white people.
QFT

[Dual]

Wish I could find this one joke image I had saved of a 50 Cent concert. Nearly the entire audience was white.

[Vincent Alexander]

This it?
http://blogs.tampabay.com/juice/images/2007/09/10/tbd50cent091107_2.jpg

[Dead to Rights]

New trailer direct from E3 '08 MADE OF PURE WIN!

http://www.gamersyde.com/news_6779_en.html

Resident Evil 5 features online co-op, releases Friday the 13th ... in March 2009 (http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/07/14/resident-evil-5-features-online-co-op-releases-friday-the-13th/#comments)

[RayFoxSith]

####, win is an understatement for that.

[Chronis]

Ok, it has online co-op. But what about real co-op with the person right next to you? Whatever happened to the days when playing with a friend meant you guys were actually together playing?

But yeah, the game looks so freakin awesome! And I really liked that sorta Italian guy in the beginning of the trailor.

[Saishu]

Ok, it has online co-op. But what about real co-op with the person right next to you?
There's Fable 2 for that. But I wanted offline co-op for RE5 too.

[Chronis]

Eh, I'm not much a fan of western RPGs so I really didn't get into the first Fable. And I can't try to get into it again sicne I don't currently have a working controller for my Xbox. :(

[Sayckeone]

Ok, it has online co-op. But what about real co-op with the person right next to you? Whatever happened to the days when playing with a friend meant you guys were actually together playing?
The internet happened. It destroyed social proximity.

[Dead to Rights]

MOAR R5!

Three New Resident Evil 5 Clips (Including Gameplay, Co-Op) (http://kotaku.com/5025687/three-new-resident-evil-5-clips-including-gameplay-co+op)

[rainking187]

Ok, it has online co-op. But what about real co-op with the person right next to you? Whatever happened to the days when playing with a friend meant you guys were actually together playing?

Yeah, it sucks that co-op has essentially become:
"What if my friend doesn't have the game? Or the system?"
"#### 'em."

[RayFoxSith]

Some more gameplay.

http://kotaku.com/5033318/resident-evil-5-ps3-gameplay

[Gillian Seed]

I can tell you what game I am NOT going to play...

Resident Evil 4 2, or 5, whatever they are calling it.

I did not like the controls of 4, they were not bad, I just could not play it. I wish you had quicker response to things when playing and it just felt claustrophobic, not like small areas, but that you were held back and very limited when #### hit the fan.

That newest video looks good, but it looks like a prettier RE4, the animations even look the same, well they are, but they should at least adjust and add variation.

[SlaughterX]

You don't think the controls in the previous games were better, do you?

[Yazarc]

You don't think the controls in the previous games were better, do you?

[Sei]

I thought RE had the same controls as every other RE game, the difference is the camera moved with your tank. Never minded the controls though. Game was exceptional.

I'm sad RE 5 seems to be just a rehash, but I'm prolly getting it.

[raum215]

A couple weeks ago, a friend sent me a YouTube link. He described it as “African genocide.” Not knowing what to expect, I clicked on it. What I witnessed for those next 3 minutes, was nerve-wrecking, painful, mind-numbing and heart-racing. It was a trailer for a Video Game called “Resident Evil.” This specific trailer was an eyeful in the most horrid sense. It wasted no time in capitalizing upon the long history of blatant depictions of Africans as savages and helpless imbeciles.

OMG How dare someone portray Africa as a disease ridden backward totalitariate full of attemped genocide that requires foreigners to keep the whole damn place from eating itself from within?!?!

Two words to the people pissed off. G 8.

[Sei]

A couple weeks ago, a friend sent me a YouTube link. He described it as “African genocide.” Not knowing what to expect, I clicked on it. What I witnessed for those next 3 minutes, was nerve-wrecking, painful, mind-numbing and heart-racing. It was a trailer for a Video Game called “Resident Evil.” This specific trailer was an eyeful in the most horrid sense. It wasted no time in capitalizing upon the long history of blatant depictions of Africans as savages and helpless imbeciles.

OMG How dare someone portray Africa as a disease ridden backward totalitariate full of attemped genocide that requires foreigners to keep the whole damn place from eating itself from within?!?!

Two words to the people pissed off. G 8.

You are supposed to look the other way and keep supporting the World bank and IMF!. How dare they bring attention to stuff like this. Next they'll actually want the colonial powers that set up an ill balance system of racial hatreds to keep themselves in power (im looking at you france and britain) while exporting the continents people as cattle to do something about the mess they made.

[Gillian Seed]

You don't think the controls in the previous games were better, do you?

No way, but there wasn't a lot of situations in the older REs when you either surrounded or facing multiple enemies at all sides. It was more low key.

[SlaughterX]

Leipzig trailer (http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/760880/resident-evil-5/videos/RE5_Leipzig_081808HD.html)...

[punkrocker_271]

You make me sick. It's people like you who are preventing Obama, an exemplary man, from becoming the first great president of the United States. Get with the times, can't you see we need CHANGE!? :evil: :evil: :evil:
People like you make me sick, people who think its white people oppressing Obama from becoming president :evil: stfu and what do you mean the first great president of the USA

[iammako3]

One of the comments in the article:

I would love to design a game about September 11 and show white people falling out of a damn building. Then, we can see how you might feel.


WTF.

You know what? As long as the game had a good story and good gameplay, I would play it without being offended one bit. It could actually be a really moving game playing as a fireman trying to get people out and not being able to save everyone. . .someone needs to tell whoever that guy was to make the game! I'd play.

[Towel]

I wonder how long they'll continue to rehash RE4's gameplay? I believe Capcom produced six rehashes of RE1.

[Dual]

You make me sick. It's people like you who are preventing Obama, an exemplary man, from becoming the first great president of the United States. Get with the times, can't you see we need CHANGE!? :evil: :evil: :evil:
People like you make me sick, people who think its white people oppressing Obama from becoming president :evil: stfu and what do you mean the first great president of the USA

LOL

[DamnedToBeFree]

You make me sick. It's people like you who are preventing Obama, an exemplary man, from becoming the first great president of the United States. Get with the times, can't you see we need CHANGE!? :evil: :evil: :evil:
People like you make me sick, people who think its white people oppressing Obama from becoming president :evil: stfu and what do you mean the first great president of the USA

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a181/DamnedToBeFree/notsureifserious.jpg

[punkrocker_271]

lol i wanted to post an angry rant too :D

[DamnedToBeFree]

ok, okay then.

[punkrocker_271]

ya liked the pic tho :)

[RayFoxSith]

I wonder how long they'll continue to rehash RE4's gameplay? I believe Capcom produced six rehashes of RE1.

Gee, I wonder how many topics I'll come into and have to read your ####ty posts.

[Towel]

I wonder how long they'll continue to rehash RE4's gameplay? I believe Capcom produced six rehashes of RE1.

Gee, I wonder how many topics I'll come into and have to read your ####ty posts.

Opinions mang.

RE5 isn't even a horror game anymore. The developers have come outright and said this. This series has devolved into a ####ty 3rd person shooter with clunky controls. If that wasn't bad enough, they've gone so far as to re-use the enemy types, and up till now (it'll supposedly change), the engine from the previous game. At this time, it truly is RE4 in HD.

Sorry I don't get excited about a game just because I enjoyed the previous installments. Dead Space looks infinitely better, so I guess it's not a big loss.

[Saishu]

I want RE4 in HD. I could never bring myself up to finishing it on Gamecube (watched my brother finish it). The game was cool, but reeaaally long.

Stick in achievements and I'll have the motivation to do it.

[Yazarc]

I wonder how long they'll continue to rehash RE4's gameplay? I believe Capcom produced six rehashes of RE1.

Gee, I wonder how many topics I'll come into and have to read your ####ty posts.

Opinions mang.

RE5 isn't even a horror game anymore. The developers have come outright and said this. This series has devolved into a ####ty 3rd person shooter with clunky controls.

What RE game DIDN'T have clunky controls? I enjoyed the whole series, but that statement is just stupid.

(Ray is QFT)

[Towel]

I wonder how long they'll continue to rehash RE4's gameplay? I believe Capcom produced six rehashes of RE1.

Gee, I wonder how many topics I'll come into and have to read your ####ty posts.

Opinions mang.

RE5 isn't even a horror game anymore. The developers have come outright and said this. This series has devolved into a ####ty 3rd person shooter with clunky controls.

What RE game DIDN'T have clunky controls? I enjoyed the whole series, but that statement is just stupid.

(Ray is QFT)


In the previous RE titles, the clunky controls were acceptable because they were horror games. Like I said earlier, the developers have outright admitted they are making an action game and not a horror game with RE5. Clunky controls no longer fly. They're going in a different direction with this and you need to hold them to a different standard.

[RayFoxSith]

But does it necessarily make it a bad game if they focused on action?

[iammako3]

But does it necessarily make it a bad game if they focused on action?

No, it can still be a good game, it's just not a core Resident Evil anymore (same with 4 — great action game, but not RE). They should have become spin-offs or something. Hmm, it's kind of like FFVII: Dirge of Cerberus (only it's good, not crappy) in how they took a long-loved genre's characters and threw them into different gameplay. At least, that's my opinion. ^_^

[Arjuna]

Just watched the developer walkthrough.. good god I can't wait for this game. GOTY 2009 for sure. Though I can already hear people bitching about not much changing from RE 4. It doesn't need to be changed, RE 4 was so perfect so many other games totally bit off it. I really hope Claire or Jill will be in this. Leon not so much, he really has nothing left to do since he never had anything to do with Albert Wesker, and obviously didn't look into much about Ada being there. (which I thought was retarded) He is also going to be in degeneration, can't wait for that either.

Really hope to see Wesker back so they can finally settle things.

[Dual]

Just watched the developer walkthrough.. good god I can't wait for this game. GOTY 2009 for sure. Though I can already hear people bitching about not much changing from RE 4. It doesn't need to be changed, RE 4 was so perfect so many other games totally bit off it. I really hope Claire or Jill will be in this. Leon not so much, he really has nothing left to do since he never had anything to do with Albert Wesker, and obviously didn't look into much about Ada being there. (which I thought was retarded) He is also going to be in degeneration, can't wait for that either.

Really hope to see Wesker back so they can finally settle things.

I agree for the most part, but I'd like to be able to strafe in RE5. Despite RE4 being one of my all-time favorite games, that still managed to irritate me.

[SlaughterX]

It sounds liek what they need to work on is make it more of a horror title again, where you are really fearing for your life. The only time in RE4 where I was even the least bit jumpy was when facing those chain saw guys... but I still loved RE4, you jsut have to admit it's not as tense as the old games, but I don't blame that on the (better) controls...

[Dual]

It's not remotely as tense as the old games, but let's face it, the old games were only tense because we were what, ten or twelve at the time? I don't understand why so many adults want it to go back to the clunky old horror roots, as if anyone is even remotely scared by that anymore. Yes, RE4 wasn't scary. Neither was RE0. Personally, I don't care if they ever pick the old horror theme back up so long as the new games are as fun as RE4 was. It'd be nice to have them a little "scarier" and mix the two, but I'm a lot more interested in whether the game is fun or not rather than if it's going to have a few scenes where I briefly hesitate to walk through a door.

[Chronis]

this is making me wonder... you think anybody ever made a mod for the PC RE4 to recreate RE1?

[Sayckeone]

RE4 is the best thing to happen to the series. 5 is going to be the mother ####ing ####.

[SlaughterX]

REmake was much more tense than RE4. That one girl freaked me out, and the fact that you couldn't is what made her so terrifying... I don't think you should be able to strafe in RE, it owuld jsut seem like a half baked PC rip off or something. Do not want.

[Dual]

RE4 is the best thing to happen to the series. 5 is going to be the mother ####ing ####.

[RayFoxSith]

When you think about the controls in RE4, they're actually pretty identical in terms of navigation from the previous titles.

Also,

RE4 is the best thing to happen to the series. 5 is going to be the mother ####ing ####.

[SlaughterX]

The aiming is all they really improved.

[Sei]

I really liked RE 4. I found it creepy the first time, particularly in the village at the start. the zombie villagers putting up staircases and breaking windows etc was awesome, and the first couple times it happened they were truly jump moments.

Dunno how I feel about 5. If it has on site coop, then probably day one. If not, I probably want a good story/horror theme. I didn't think they deviated so much from the old controls, I feel like they just made everything polygonal and stuck the camera to the back of your character, which worked rather well.

A lot of the old RE's tense moments came from fixed camera angles and very controlled delivery of what you did and how you did it. I am not so sure that can be replicated well with the current system (cmon dogs, break those windows!). Then again I am not sure how big a fan of the old formula I am. I never was able to finish RE0, and always thought RE 2 was the best of the old ones. I think I'd rank em 2=4>1>Veronica>3 and the jump between veronica and 3 is vast.

I would like them to focus on scary over action though, the world has way too many generic action games, and part of why RE stood out back in the day was because it was different from everything else.

[Gen Eric Gui]

When you think about the controls in RE4, they're actually pretty identical in terms of navigation from the previous titles.

This.

Leon still uses the exact same tank controls he always did. There's just a different camera viewpoint.

I honestly don't care what they do with the series, as long as it's fun. I liked the original games just as much as RE4; the controls never bothered me. And I've already accepted that they're going to be going for a more action approach over any horror the series had.

If I want horror I'll play REmake.

[raum215]

RE4 is the best thing to happen to the series. 5 is going to be the mother ####ing ####. The only thing better than killing rabid Mexicans in a game is killing rabid Africans!

ditto! :wink:

[Sayckeone]

^While I like your fix as a whole. Those weren't Mexicans in RE4. It took place in Spain.

[Arjuna]

It's not remotely as tense as the old games, but let's face it, the old games were only tense because we were what, ten or twelve at the time? I don't understand why so many adults want it to go back to the clunky old horror roots, as if anyone is even remotely scared by that anymore. Yes, RE4 wasn't scary. Neither was RE0. Personally, I don't care if they ever pick the old horror theme back up so long as the new games are as fun as RE4 was. It'd be nice to have them a little "scarier" and mix the two, but I'm a lot more interested in whether the game is fun or not rather than if it's going to have a few scenes where I briefly hesitate to walk through a door.

I thought fighting the Iron Maidens was really damn intense, considering you had to hit them before they got you otherwise you would be ####ed. Knowing a chainsaw guy was on the otherside of the door was also nerve wrecking. That monster.. with all the tentacles seems like a Nemesis/Mr. X type monster that chases you. It looks really freaky, I hope that is the case.

[Towel]

RE4 was great because it added the action element while still retaining the horror. Sure it was never genuinely scary, but neither were the older games in retrospect. What it did manage to do was maintain a constant, creepy atmosphere and provide a few jump moments (sewers and regenerators). RE5 has completely ditched this atmosphere, becoming nothing but a ####ty wannabe 3rd person shooter. I wish I were wrong on this, but this has been confirmed by the developers.

Honestly though, any anticipation I had for this dissipated when I discovered Dead Space. #### looks golden.

[rainking187]

I don't think RE4 was really that scary though. Aside from oven man I can't think of anything all that surprising in it. Looking at some of the videos of early versions of the game makes me kind of depressed wondering what might have been. I can understand why they might want to change some aspects of the series, but I still don't get why they changed the enemies. They didn't really move that much faster then zombies most of the time. And I started to get really annoyed after about the millionth time someone threw a pickaxe at me. Seriously, why does everyone have a ####ing pickaxe? I'm still pissed they basically glossed over Umbrella really briefly before the game even started. That would be like saying Link finally killed Gannondorf for good and then not putting it in a game. You can't just write off the villain like that.

[Dual]

I thought fighting the Iron Maidens was really damn intense, considering you had to hit them before they got you otherwise you would be ####ed. Knowing a chainsaw guy was on the otherside of the door was also nerve wrecking. That monster.. with all the tentacles seems like a Nemesis/Mr. X type monster that chases you. It looks really freaky, I hope that is the case.

Ever play the bonus stages and unlock the hand cannon? There's this one Super Dr. Salvadore (chainsaw guy) on the docks that is such a ####ing monster. He's got a double chainsaw and runs very quickly and is almost invincible. I'm glad they never stuck him in the single player, he's too dangerous, hahaha.

[Arjuna]

RE4 was great because it added the action element while still retaining the horror. Sure it was never genuinely scary, but neither were the older games in retrospect. What it did manage to do was maintain a constant, creepy atmosphere and provide a few jump moments (sewers and regenerators). RE5 has completely ditched this atmosphere, becoming nothing but a ####ty wannabe 3rd person shooter. I wish I were wrong on this, but this has been confirmed by the developers.

Honestly though, any anticipation I had for this dissipated when I discovered Dead Space. #### looks golden.

Wannabe third person shooter? LOL every third person shooter I played before RE 4 sucked dick. Now they are getting barely decent thanks to the road RE 4 paved.

But yeah Dead Space looks ####ing awesome, been saying day ####ing one since I saw the trailer.

I thought fighting the Iron Maidens was really damn intense, considering you had to hit them before they got you otherwise you would be ####ed. Knowing a chainsaw guy was on the otherside of the door was also nerve wrecking. That monster.. with all the tentacles seems like a Nemesis/Mr. X type monster that chases you. It looks really freaky, I hope that is the case.

Ever play the bonus stages and unlock the hand cannon? There's this one Super Dr. Salvadore (chainsaw guy) on the docks that is such a ####ing monster. He's got a double chainsaw and runs very quickly and is almost invincible. I'm glad they never stuck him in the single player, he's too dangerous, hahaha.

Yeah, he is also in Mercenaries. I use to just rape the Water World with Wesker and rack up more than 120k points. He was pretty crazy, but the dude wielding the axe puts him to shame IMO.

[Gillian Seed]

I heard there are supposed to be new controls for the game. I actually may be interested in playing this game now if it is not tank style, run-stop-shoot.

[iammako3]

I heard there are supposed to be new controls for the game. I actually may be interested in playing this game now if it is not tank style, run-stop-shoot.

This may just be nostalgia talking, but I miss the tank controls with a fixed camera. :(

I wonder if someday they'll pull a Megaman 9 and release a new RE game in the vein of RE1. That. . .might be cool, especially since they know all the quirks about the old games and could subtley make fun of them while implementing them.

[massaker]

I'm kinda scared of the next resident evil game after playing 4.

[SlaughterX]

New trailer...

http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/21840

[SlaughterX]

Demo coming to the XBLM 12/5 in Japan.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3171528

[SlaughterX]

Play the demo now!

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=fdf4f1773666296791b20cc0d07ba4d2e66f2dcb be596359

- download the five rar parts
- extraxt them with free program called Winrar
- this will get you one (1!) folder named "content"
- burn this folder to a cd, burn it as a data CD with Nero works fine.
- insert cd into 360, it will show up as "mixed media"
- navigate to "my xbox", "demos"
- click & play!

[Kaibigan]

Play the demo now!

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=fdf4f1773666296791b20cc0d07ba4d2e66f2dcb be596359

- download the five rar parts
- extraxt them with free program called Winrar
- this will get you one (1!) folder named "content"
- burn this folder to a cd, burn it as a data CD with Nero works fine.
- insert cd into 360, it will show up as "mixed media"
- navigate to "my xbox", "demos"
- click & play!

you're welcome, slaughter.

[Kaibigan]

Oh, I would also like to point out the downloads had been taken down. whoop.

[Raithgar]

For those who might be interested in the viral marketing.. Capcom launched a site titled Kijuju last week. For the most part the site has alot of Kijuju text scribbled all over the place. But there are a set of numbers (1 thru 5) stretched accross the board. The first number is now active and shows a press conference vid of Chris Redfield receiving an award.. (BTW: the password is refinery.. or just click the link below)

http://www.residentevil.com/5/kijuju/index.php?fbid=ImbkikAux3a#

I'm not sure what the schedule is for further updates.. but if anybody is interested, I'll post them as they become available.

[SlaughterX]

Pretty late with this, but here's the Japanese LE!

http://kotaku.com/5099564/japanese-res-5-collectors-edition-will-be-better-than-ours

[Thunder-Slash]

Pretty late with this, but here's the Japanese LE!

http://kotaku.com/5099564/japanese-res-5-collectors-edition-will-be-better-than-ours

Buy this stuff and get a free game!

[SlaughterX]

Asian LE comes with a chainsaw USB flash drive...

http://image1.play-asia.com/640/88/pa.148099.9.jpg

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-lvl-71-bp-77-1-49-en-15-%22Resident+Evil+5%22-84-j-70-369u.html

[Camanche]

Oh wow, I need a new flash drive too. lol

[SlaughterX]

US CE contents... comes with Africa bling!

http://www.gamestop.com/gs/landing/re5/re5_cebig.jpg

[RayFoxSith]

Definitely gonna preorder for this now.

[raum215]

the only thing worse than a facehugger being called a zombie is a dirtbike riding facehugger being called a zombie.

count me out. this blows.

[SlaughterX]

Deep Discount still has it listed @ $80, free shipping too!

http://www.deepdiscount.com/Resident-Evil-5--Collector-s-Edition--Xbox-360--Upcoming-Releases_stcVVproductId48645666VVcatId473106VVview prod.htm

[James Fiend]

I wonder how fast I'd get my ass kicked if I tried wearing that Africa necklace out in public.

[Vincent Alexander]

Use some lipstick with it and your guaranteed a quick 5 minutes.

And I want that USB Chainsaw. A lot better than a chainsaw controller, that's for sure.

[James Fiend]

Use some lipstick with it and your guaranteed a quick 5 minutes.

I said "KICKED".

[Lorinosan]

I'm really disappointed in the RE5 CE for the US. I would have been happier if they had brought the Japanese LE over here instead. No artbook and/or soundtrack is not worthy of a purchase for me and I could at least use the flash drive. The messenger bag, necklace, badge, and "Making of" DVD I could really care less about and they would just gather dust in my closet. Even the steel book case doesn't really look as good as I wanted it...worst yet is the manual will be black and white.

CEs like this just make me appreciate the older PS1 premium sets such as Working Designs' games all the more. I've never missed them as much as I do right now.

[James Fiend]

I'm getting sick of duffel bags and carrying cases for LE material. I like to keep that stuff at home.

[SlaughterX]

LE red 360 coming?

http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2009/01/23/exclusive-microsoft-to-get-resident-evil-5-bundle-red-360s

[SlaughterX]

I hear the demo is up on Live...

[Fear Toxin]

Yes, the demo is on Live with 2 levels, co-op both local and Live available. Now this is the first RE game I've played since Outbreak and I gotta say I don't like it. If this is what RE 4 is like I'm really glad now that I never bought it. :|

[Constraint]

Dude, hell no. Resident Evil 4 is tons better.

[SlaughterX]

How is it tons better?

[Vincent Alexander]

How is it tons better?
I wanna know too. Not saying it isn't, but based off this demo...?

[SlaughterX]

The demo is up on PSN.

[Delition]

After playing the demo, I'm looking forward to the game even more. As much as I'd love the series to go back to the way it was, I know it'll never happen. If they ever released a new Outbreak, I'd buy it day one, but I'm sure I'll be plenty happy with 5. I don't know if it just wasn't in the demo, but I never really noticed the lighting effects from outside to in. I'm not sure if they weren't there or if I'm just blind.

[unknown]

Co-op is so ####ing fun.

I'm glad that there was a split-screen mode, there's nothing like killing, running away from zombies and yelling, cursing at them with a friend in the same room.

[SlaughterX]

5GB mandatory install confirmed for the PS3...

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/02/02/resident-evil-5-demo-live-on-psn-today/comment-page-6/#comment-173924

[vecha]

I just played it with my girlfriend....I was owned by that chainsaw maniac.....I wasted all my pistol ammo into him....and all my sniper rifle bullets.....

[Delition]

For both the chainsaw and axe baddies, aim for the head (of course). When they are stunned, you can use a close range attack with X that both does decent damage and pushes them back. If you are playing with someone decent, you can actually have both characters use their close range attacks within the same "stun".

Also, for the chainsaw boss, try and use all of the explode-able drums you can.

[Las Lobos]

I played the demo couple days ago and I gotta say I didn't really like it, Chris moves/turns to slow. And aims to slow for me. The only Resident Evil I haven't played is 4 and if 4 and 5 play alike then I dont know if I want to play 4. I loved the other Resident Evils...but I don't know...

[Major Ocelot]

I've played the demo (PS3) heaps and I don't get most of the hate. It's RE4 in HD essentially (if you use Type A) and then make the aiming Fastest and it plays like a dream. So what if the enemies move faster? Shoot them in the head like always and they won't be moving anymore. Plus stomping adds way more killing power (plus makes you invulnerable).
I just don't care for the real-time inventory and Sheva in her entirety. She will probably be heaps fun in co-op though (which I haven't tried yet).
Oh and the graphics are awesome, just wish Chris didn't look like an ape on steroids. I'm not a Gears fan is all.

[Sei]

I dunno, I didn't like the real time inventory that much, and Chris feels quite a bit clunkier than Leon did when doing things like moving and aiming. It might just be the distance since RE4 tho. I'm not sure I like the idea of it being a mindless shooter a la gears either, but we'll see.

Funny thing is that I was a huge fan of Re back in the day but for some reason I'm not feeling this one. I second the comment on Ape on steroids, but I think Chris has always sorta looked like that.

Is this gonna have split screen coop? I'd love it if it did.

[SlaughterX]

Yes, you can play the demo via split screen too, but they waste of lot of the screen...

[Saburo Hikari]

I've never played a RE game, and RE5's controls suck...badly... My slim interest in RE has waned to nothing.

[Ark]

Black people need to stop ####ing whining about race already.

I'm black and I don't see anything wrong with the game. After all Africa, save for a handful of countries, is predominantly black.

[Ark]

5GB mandatory install confirmed for the PS3...

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/02/02/resident-evil-5-demo-live-on-psn-today/comment-page-6/#comment-173924

The Blu-Ray drive in the PS3 has a max speed of 2x, which is 4 times slower than a DVD drive. I'm not surprised.

[Azriel Crusnik]

A couple day's left who's exited?
I pre-ordered the CE for the PS3 so I know I am :D

[SlaughterX]

A couple of days before what... this game still has almost a month to go.

[Las Lobos]

Black people need to stop ####ing whining about race already.

I'm black and I don't see anything wrong with the game. After all Africa, save for a handful of countries, is predominantly black.
Yeah same here I hate that people are all like "OH CAPCOM IS RACIST" I mean how many games have we played in which we've killed white folk you don't see them causing shinanigans about race. It erks me, I'm only part black but even still it's stupid. You also see tons of games where zombies are being killed and you don't see zombies sending hate letters to game site or the game developers.

[massaker]

Black people need to stop ####ing whining about race already.

I'm black and I don't see anything wrong with the game. After all Africa, save for a handful of countries, is predominantly black.
Yeah same here I hate that people are all like "OH CAPCOM IS RACIST" I mean how many games have we played in which we've killed white folk you don't see them causing shinanigans about race. It erks me, I'm only part black but even still it's stupid. You also see tons of games where zombies are being killed and you don't see zombies sending hate letters to game site or the game developers.

I think it's the fact that it's a white guy in Africa killing black people, you can see how it might look a tad offensive. Not that I like censorship at all or had a problem with the game.

[Azriel Crusnik]

A couple of days before what... this game still has almost a month to go.

When you look at it it's a little than 2 weeks or so away, plus I want buzz to start up.

[SlaughterX]

New preview @ GameSpot (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/adventure/residentevil5/news.html?sid=6204936&tag=topslot;thumb;1).

[Azriel Crusnik]

^ I'm looking forward to all the goodies they are offering in the CE.

20 day's to go.

[Ark]

So anyone here doing a Day 1 on this game? I am.

[RayFoxSith]

I am.

[Azriel Crusnik]

^^ yup.

[Delition]

I pre-ordered the collector's edition on the 360. It's not looking worth the extra $30, but I'm hoping it grows on me.

[DamnedToBeFree]

Day never for me.

[Azriel Crusnik]

I pre-ordered the collector's edition on the 360. It's not looking worth the extra $30, but I'm hoping it grows on me.


What does the 360 CE contain? I believe its different than that of the PS3.

[Delition]

It looks to be the same.

[Azriel Crusnik]

It looks to be the same.

Keeping it equal I guess.

@DamnedToBeFree: You will at least give it a shot right?

[DamnedToBeFree]

^I gave it a shot with the demo. I thought it sucked. Therefor, I will not bother with the full game.

[Delition]

Fair enough. If you hadn't played the demo, that would be a different story.

Honestly, although I thought it was good I also can see how some people wouldn't like it. I still wish they'd make an Outbreak: File 3.

[Novinha]

I <3ed the demo, can't wait for release :3.

[Azriel Crusnik]

^I gave it a shot with the demo. I thought it sucked. Therefor, I will not bother with the full game.

Oh I see well, at least it was an effort right?

[SlaughterX]

LE red 360 coming?

http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2009/01/23/exclusive-microsoft-to-get-resident-evil-5-bundle-red-360s

Confirmed (http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/red-resident-evil-5-xbox-360-unveiled/).

Red Elite with RE5 and SF2THDR for $400 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001QTQDQE?ie=UTF8&tag=1upcom0f-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001QTQDQE), great deal if you don't already own a 360 and want to play RE5 next month!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3481/3305472100_8350e9993e.jpg?v=0 (http://majornelson.com/archive/2009/02/24/officially-announcing-the-resident-evil-limited-edition-console.aspx)

[Sei]

^ That's actually pretty cool looking. Shame it's SF2 Hd and not SF 4

[SlaughterX]

Well they're already giving you RE5, I think it's a bit much to expect them to give you two of their biggest games this year for free...

[Sei]

^ If they did I'd be buying it for sure :) sorta like the red, even though there is no multiplayer on xbox for me.

Shame there isnt a similar PS3 bundle. As it stands im prolly getting RE 5 for PS3

[SlaughterX]

There is a RE5 PS3 bundle... in Japan, which will cost you $650 (http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-lvl-71-bo-49-en-84-j-70-37pz.html) + shipping to import.

http://image4.play-asia.com/640/8b/pa.149975.1.jpg

http://image1.play-asia.com/640/8b/pa.149975.2.jpg

Anyway I'm sure the 360 would look nice next to your Samsung LCD with it's red bezel, but we all know you wouldn't play it...

[Sei]

^ I'd spit on it every day between bouts of cursing! Yeah, I was thinking it would go great with my TV actually.

I barely play either of my next gens to be honest. Mostly PS2 and portables for me. Who knows, FF 13 and vs 13 may change that, but so far, unimpressed by next gen rpgs. I really think scrapping the idiotic, unreasonable live fee would be great for the 360, I know I would buy more multiplatform games for it. And stuff like Halo wars. As it is it's ps3 or pc.

[SlaughterX]

Details on the new Mercenary (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/959/959362p1.html) mode!

[True Hollow Demon Kira]

just pre oredered my copy.......can't wait to fantasize over albert wesker


heh.............came for the wesker, stayed for the cheesy RE dialouge

[Fatney]

just pre oredered my copy.......can't wait to fantasize over albert wesker

What about Chris' giant arms?


I'm really looking forward to this. Me and a friend have been planning to play this together (as long as it has system link), although he seems a little more hesitant to it since he has never owned a Resident Evil game, I think... He really liked the demo, though.

[Sei]

Getting this for the coop on Ps3, If anyone else is and would like to play toghether sometime drop me a line, I don't play games that often though.

[hibiki_takami]

If you're in the Los Angeles Area, you can attend the Resident Evil 5 launch event in Hollyweird. Happening on 3/13 11am to 5pm. Mark from our group's going. And the launch event -- is a blood drive :o

People cosplaying as Zombies donating blood confirmed?

[True Hollow Demon Kira]

just pre oredered my copy.......can't wait to fantasize over albert wesker

What about Chris' giant arms?


I'm really looking forward to this. Me and a friend have been planning to play this together (as long as it has system link), although he seems a little more hesitant to it since he has never owned a Resident Evil game, I think... He really liked the demo, though.


i believe RE5 does support system link...........but i know mercenaries mode is split screen for sure........

and not i won't fantasize over chris' big arms..........besides Albert Wesker can send 10 men 50 meters in a single punch

[Delition]

Details on the new Mercenary (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/959/959362p1.html) mode!

I knew it was coming, but Slaughter made my day anyways. I loved going through and 5-starring (5-Star-ing?) all of the levels in Mercenary Mode in RE4, and the Mercenary Mode in RE5 seems more fluid to me.

[SlaughterX]

IGN (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/960/960151p1.html) review!

[SlaughterX]

1up (http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3173233) review.

[Fatney]

Bought this today, it was my duty as a Resident Evil fan anyways, so me and a friend are going to coop this weekend :D System link, of course.

[SlaughterX]

Just picked up mine too, here are some pics of the CE and LE 360.

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb181/Genma_Gouki/IMGP0495.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb181/Genma_Gouki/IMGP0498.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb181/Genma_Gouki/IMGP0502.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb181/Genma_Gouki/IMGP0499.jpg

[Vincent Alexander]

My brother and I picked up copies at midnight and just finished the game a little bit ago. I loved every single second of it. Great game.

[SlaughterX]

GameTrailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/46358.html) and GameSpot (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/adventure/residentevil5/review.html?tag=topslot;thumb;1) reviews!

[RayFoxSith]

Haters are missing out; This game is awesome. I'm just disappointed that the inventory system is gone, but I see why they had to take it out.

[Ike.]

good god slaughterx

[SlaughterX]

So I beat this game a few days ago, pretty enjoyable all around, but the co-op system is both it's best features and greatest weakness, depending on who your partner is. The computer isn't a horrible partner, they do a pretty good job at healing you most of the time, but there were too many times I felt like I was baby sitting them instead of being helped. There were several times when I was surrounded and being attack while the computer would jsut stand there and look at me, and it really sucks when they die. Then again I'll played with worst people both online and off. Playing with someone good helps a lot, but if they bring along over powered weapons it can make the game too easy. So yeah, make sure you have a good partner if you want to make the most out of this game.

[simpleviolet]

ok top 5 games for 360 console amazing graphics and gameplay only 28 days away soon 27 this games ####in driving me insane like demo is not good enough i need this game same as the othe 2,000,000+ i'm waiting for this game

[Fatney]

What?

[SlaughterX]

The benchmark (http://www.nzone.com/page/home.html) is up for anyone thinking about getting the PC version.

[SlaughterX]

Gold Edition trailer (http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/27144).

[kat_ears_kahrain]

Gold Edition trailer (http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/27144).

Cool. Aren't they re-releasing the game alongside the DLC for cheaper or something?

[SlaughterX]

It's going to be $50. I wish they would release the Gold Edition for the PC... from what I ehar the PC version is easily the best available, it's in 3D (though I doubt I will ever play it in 3D since the glasses are so damn expensive), and my 360 game save got corrupted or something and I lost all my #### so I don't care to ever play it again on that platform.

[Fatney]

Interesting choice of music, in the beginning. I really wish this DLC would be more like a whole game instead of only lasting for 2 hours. This is what Resident Evil is, or used to be, all about. Not... Africa.

[Tivor]

Gold Edition trailer (http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/27144).

When's the Gold Edition due to come out? And will the additional bits be available as DLC for PS3?

I haven't played RE5 yet, and I'm thinking of getting it, since Best Buy is going to have it for $20 for Black Friday sale.



----EDIT----

Never mind, found the info (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/19/resident-evil-5-gold-edition-hits-retail-in-march-dlc-in-febru/). :)

So the additional content will be available as 2 DLC purchases, several weeks earlier than the disc release of Gold Edition.

I'm pretty sure $20 RE5 + 2 DLC purchases =< $50, so I guess I'll be buying the game at Best Buy next weekend. :)

[nathanuc1988]

Great game, just got it yesterday :)

Love the co-op

[SlaughterX]

First review (http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/107/1070348p1.html) of the new DLC Lost in Nightmares.

[Fatney]

There's an easter egg which allows you to play the game with the classic fixed camera from the older games. Almost makes me want to pay for this piece of DLC.

Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkxhBY0VnT0)

[philtord]

nearly the worst resi game, go back to your roots nextime. PLEASE!!!

[Fatney]

My sister bought the DLC and it was OK. We played it together which was fun just for the coop, but it was extremely short (about one hour, it would've been less if we hadn't goofed around so much) and there was nothing new about it. At least I liked the atmosphere, which felt like the first game.