Resident Evil 5
PS3 (tested), Xbox360
Patrick Shaw | Tuesday, April 28 2009Resident Evil 5 has some massive shoes to fill – I’m talking Shaquille O’Neal-sized sneakers. After all, its predecessor, Resident Evil 4, is regarded as one of the best horror-themed video games ever made. The good news is that Capcom is not resting on their laurels with this latest instalment; Resident Evil 5 introduces a tonne of improvements and new features.
RE4 took a risk by replacing its trademark slow-moving, inarticulate zombie cliches with an entirely new breed of enemy, the parasite-carrying cultists dubbed Las Plagas. RE5 takes this reinvention of the franchise even further, putting an emphasis on action over suspense and adding a much-needed cooperative campaign.
Just as we saw a palpable evolution in Resident Evil’s cast of enemies in the fourth game, Resident Evil 5 continues this trend. The enemies in the game are not unlike those of the previous game – they too have a plague that can cause disgusting parasitic growths to burst forth from their flesh and whip you in the face. But the zombie-like foes in RE5 are far more advanced than seen in previous games.
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