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Platform: PC | Edition: Standard Edition
Manufacturer's Description
The sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed games of recent years is finally here and the world of survival horror will never be the same again. Chris Redfield and new partner Sheva Alomar must face a new menace in Africa, as they take on an even more bizarre range of monsters and mutants.
One of the oldest and most respected Japanese publisher/developers, Capcom are very secretive about their internal studios. Their names are not made public, but they've been responsible for classics ranging from Street Fighter II to Resident Evil and Mega Man to Devil May Cry.
Review:
Recipient of just about every game of the year award going in 2005, Resident 4 wasn’t just one of the best games of the last generation it was also one of the boldest reinventions of a well established franchise ever seen. The only problem was how Capcom were ever going to top it and since almost nothing has been revealed about the game so far that’s still a difficult question to answer.
 Series regular Chris Redfield teams up with new girl Sheva |
 Not only can enemies use weapons but they can also drive |
 The new enemies are faster than zombies and cleverer than ganados |
 Now you've got two people to worry about - yourself and your partner |
The first Resident Evil for the new generation of consoles doesn't just improve the quality of the graphics but also the abilities of the enemies. No longer do you face off against slow moving zombies, but instead mutated humans who will anticipate your actions and even set-up barricades to block your exits.
To combat this new menace you not only have a permanent onscreen partner but a wide range of more athletic moves, including dodges and the ability to take cover behind any piece of scenery. The biohazards are evolving yet again - and so is the game itself.
Key Features- The next chapter: Continuing the story from Resident Evil 4 and movie Resident Evil: Degeneration, this has topped gamers' most wanted lists since it was announced.
- Evolving threat: Hugely varied gameplay as you battle motorbikes in the bush, race along deadly enemy-filled rivers and combat some of gaming's biggest bosses.
- Super model: Stunning graphics push the next generation consoles to their limits, with hordes of enemies onscreen at once and a larger, more interactive game world than before.
- Afraid of the dark: Realistic lighting system will blind you in bright sunlight or leave you dangerously vulnerable in the dark.
- Two's company: For the first time ever in Resident Evil you can play the entire game with a friend, either on or offline. Or have the computer back you up as new character Sheva.
One of the oldest and most respected Japanese publisher/developers, Capcom are very secretive about their internal studios. Their names are not made public, but they've been responsible for classics ranging from Street Fighter II to Resident Evil and Mega Man to Devil May Cry.
Review:
Recipient of just about every game of the year award going in 2005, Resident 4 wasn’t just one of the best games of the last generation it was also one of the boldest reinventions of a well established franchise ever seen. The only problem was how Capcom were ever going to top it and since almost nothing has been revealed about the game so far that’s still a difficult question to answer.
Some facts are known about the game though, in that it uses the same basic gameplay and controls as Resident Evil 4, as well as some other elements from the very first Resident Evil. The latter isn’t surprising as a different team are working on this new game, many of whom worked on the very first game from back on the PSone.
The trailer shows a desert, possibly Middle Eastern, setting with what appears to be fast moving zombies in pursuit of what may, or may not, be Chris Redfield. What is known is that temperature will play an important role in the game, with characters having to cool down if they get too sweaty – even getting heatstroke or passing out from overheating. The game will also feature online elements for the first time in a core Resident Evil game, although again their exact nature remains a mystery. In fact the only thing that’s known for certain about the game is that with a track record this good it’s almost certainly going to be worth the wait finding out about.
HARRISON DENT
Product Description
The sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed games of recent years is finally here and the world of survival horror will never be the same again. Chris Redfield and new partner Sheva Alomar must face a new menace in Africa, as they take on an even more bizarre range of monsters and mutants.
The first Resident Evil for the new generation of consoles doesn't just improve the quality of the graphics but also the abilities of the enemies. No longer do you face off against slow moving zombies, but instead mutated humans who will anticipate your actions and even set-up barricades to block your exits.
To combat this new menace you not only have a permanent onscreen partner but a wide range of more athletic moves, including dodges and the ability to take cover behind any piece of scenery. The biohazards are evolving yet again - and so is the game itself.
- The next chapter: Continuing the story from Resident Evil 4 and movie Resident Evil: Degeneration, this has topped gamers' most wanted lists since it was announced.
- Evolving threat: Hugely varied gameplay as you battle motorbikes in the bush, race along deadly enemy-filled rivers and combat some of gaming's biggest bosses.
- Super model: Stunning graphics push the next generation consoles to their limits, with hordes of enemies onscreen at once and a larger, more interactive game world than before.
- Afraid of the dark: Realistic lighting system will blind you in bright sunlight or leave you dangerously vulnerable in the dark.
- Two's company: For the first time ever in Resident Evil you can play the entire game with a friend, either on or offline. Or have the computer back you up as new character Sheva.
Minimum System Requirements
OS - Windows XP/Vista
Processor - Intel Pentium processor or higher AMD Athlon 64 X2 or higher
Memory - 1GB
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:PC|Edition:Standard Edition
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Reading through some of the user reviews for RE5 I think I might just be in a parallel universe. The endless gripes and whinges from people who want to snipe at the game for 'not being as good as RE4' or being somehow (impossibly, imo) a 'shoddy port' of the console version... Frankly, these kind of 'reviews' are laughable.
I love RE5. Not because I'm a RE5 fanboy (I'm not - I haven't ever played through RE4) but because it's a well-made, hugely replayable and fun game. I think it looks outstanding on PC - far from any kind of 'shoddy port' in fact (and, yes, I also have the 360 version which I have played to death, so I do know the difference). I have experienced absolutely NO stability issues with the game running in DX10 on Win7 whatsoever. None - in over twelve hours of gameplay. Windows Live connectivity is automatic and free and also perfectly stable.
This is a large, linear adventure/survival horror game with a very enjoyable RPG aspect (level up your weapons with loot and experience points). You can play the entire game in SP with an AI buddy called Sheva - or you can play co-operative (online) with your friend taking the place of the AI). Many have moaned about the lacklustre quality of the game's AI: I experienced few, if any, problems with it in SP and actually found it quite helpful (pay special attention to Sheva's weapons load-out and level up her guns and she'll perform admirably for you).
Beautiful level design, marvellous graphical FX (especially under DX10) and an engaging storyline all combine to produce an endlessly replayable series of missions. Some of the dialogue is cheesy, but the real-time in-engine cut-scenes are beautifully produced (unlock some of the hidden costumes and the cut-scenes will feature them on Chris and Sheva - nice).
RE5 for PC features 'Mercenaries' as it's free-to-play online component (can also be played solo, offline) where the player/s take on endless waves of enemies in a kind of survival mode; clearing these missions unlocks hidden extras. Great fun against the clock and also handy as practice for the main game.
I love RE5. Not because I'm a RE5 fanboy (I'm not - I haven't ever played through RE4) but because it's a well-made, hugely replayable and fun game. I think it looks outstanding on PC - far from any kind of 'shoddy port' in fact (and, yes, I also have the 360 version which I have played to death, so I do know the difference). I have experienced absolutely NO stability issues with the game running in DX10 on Win7 whatsoever. None - in over twelve hours of gameplay. Windows Live connectivity is automatic and free and also perfectly stable.
This is a large, linear adventure/survival horror game with a very enjoyable RPG aspect (level up your weapons with loot and experience points). You can play the entire game in SP with an AI buddy called Sheva - or you can play co-operative (online) with your friend taking the place of the AI). Many have moaned about the lacklustre quality of the game's AI: I experienced few, if any, problems with it in SP and actually found it quite helpful (pay special attention to Sheva's weapons load-out and level up her guns and she'll perform admirably for you).
Beautiful level design, marvellous graphical FX (especially under DX10) and an engaging storyline all combine to produce an endlessly replayable series of missions. Some of the dialogue is cheesy, but the real-time in-engine cut-scenes are beautifully produced (unlock some of the hidden costumes and the cut-scenes will feature them on Chris and Sheva - nice).
RE5 for PC features 'Mercenaries' as it's free-to-play online component (can also be played solo, offline) where the player/s take on endless waves of enemies in a kind of survival mode; clearing these missions unlocks hidden extras. Great fun against the clock and also handy as practice for the main game.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:PC|Edition:Standard Edition
Fun:
Resident Evil 5 goes mainstream, but turning it's back on the creepy horror for guns and action in sunny Africa. After the damp castles, dreary streets and overcast European villages it's time the S.T.A.R.S operatives get some R&R, cracking skulls in the sunshine.
Sent to Africa to investigate B.O.Ws (bio-organic weapons, not stray dogs) Chris Redfield packs his speedos and suncream, and finds the mutant earwigs from the prequel have spread south to Africa from Europe - damn those lax immigration laws. He picks up a local tour rep, Sheva, a far cry(!) from Ashley, the limp President's daughter from Resident Evil 4, who is handy at not only pointing out the best bars, but also can waste ammo and get stuck on scenery like any good PC controlled AI.
On the way, the pair get to sample a local beheading, get chased out of town by the village butcher, go on monster truck safari with motorcycle gangs, take a boat trip tour to the local tribes, where they bring their own brand of 9mm humanitarian aid to the sick; and take a visit to the local factory, getting to play with the largest tapeworms you've ever seen. Chris meets up with Jill Valentine, dressed as a Venetian doctor from Assassin's Creed 2, his ever mutating buddy Wesker and a cast of thousands to double tap, burn, stomp, combo, kneecap and otherwise offend another ethnic group.
After all these years, S.T.A.R.S still hasn't trained its people to run and gun at the same time; in these days of lynch mob executions, stopping to aim at a baying mob is just silly - Hollywood has been training stars to shoot and walk with knees together for years, so more action / less horror in this title should have meant upping the pace in terms of combat.
Nevertheless, it's still good fun in the sun; Resident Evil gameplay mechanics are all there, crowd scenes, shipping container mazes, quick time events, inventory shuffling, ammo management, headshots, kneecapping, sea monsters, oversized Capcom baddies, cheesy storyline, evil corporation and not forgetting the banana-split dogs. Mercenaries mode makes a reappearance too, there are badges to shoot/collect, so once the SP story is finished there are still lots of things to do.
It's also easier to play than RE4, the mouse controlled reticule making lining up those headshots a breeze - for all those who lamented lack of mouse control in the prequel, it's now perhaps gone a bit too far; a lot of the menace of 3 or 4 adversaries previously is gone, and replacing it with lots of red eyed townfolk is more akin to barging through mad shoppers in the shoe and handbag sales in the High Street than running for your life.
Visuals are better than Devil May Cry 4, certainly nicer than RE4 (even with patch), and runs quite nicely on my 560 GTX at 1080p resolution. The system benchmark graphs show a minimum of 50fps on my ageing PC, which is more than enough for this title. I had the one crash during a cutscene, just before the sea monster, but skipping it seemed to work fine.
A bargain for those who liked RE4, and perhaps the most accessible Resident Evil for newcomers, with the caveat that this isn't a fast paced corridor/platform shooter...
And where's the guy in the dirty raincoat?
Sent to Africa to investigate B.O.Ws (bio-organic weapons, not stray dogs) Chris Redfield packs his speedos and suncream, and finds the mutant earwigs from the prequel have spread south to Africa from Europe - damn those lax immigration laws. He picks up a local tour rep, Sheva, a far cry(!) from Ashley, the limp President's daughter from Resident Evil 4, who is handy at not only pointing out the best bars, but also can waste ammo and get stuck on scenery like any good PC controlled AI.
On the way, the pair get to sample a local beheading, get chased out of town by the village butcher, go on monster truck safari with motorcycle gangs, take a boat trip tour to the local tribes, where they bring their own brand of 9mm humanitarian aid to the sick; and take a visit to the local factory, getting to play with the largest tapeworms you've ever seen. Chris meets up with Jill Valentine, dressed as a Venetian doctor from Assassin's Creed 2, his ever mutating buddy Wesker and a cast of thousands to double tap, burn, stomp, combo, kneecap and otherwise offend another ethnic group.
After all these years, S.T.A.R.S still hasn't trained its people to run and gun at the same time; in these days of lynch mob executions, stopping to aim at a baying mob is just silly - Hollywood has been training stars to shoot and walk with knees together for years, so more action / less horror in this title should have meant upping the pace in terms of combat.
Nevertheless, it's still good fun in the sun; Resident Evil gameplay mechanics are all there, crowd scenes, shipping container mazes, quick time events, inventory shuffling, ammo management, headshots, kneecapping, sea monsters, oversized Capcom baddies, cheesy storyline, evil corporation and not forgetting the banana-split dogs. Mercenaries mode makes a reappearance too, there are badges to shoot/collect, so once the SP story is finished there are still lots of things to do.
It's also easier to play than RE4, the mouse controlled reticule making lining up those headshots a breeze - for all those who lamented lack of mouse control in the prequel, it's now perhaps gone a bit too far; a lot of the menace of 3 or 4 adversaries previously is gone, and replacing it with lots of red eyed townfolk is more akin to barging through mad shoppers in the shoe and handbag sales in the High Street than running for your life.
Visuals are better than Devil May Cry 4, certainly nicer than RE4 (even with patch), and runs quite nicely on my 560 GTX at 1080p resolution. The system benchmark graphs show a minimum of 50fps on my ageing PC, which is more than enough for this title. I had the one crash during a cutscene, just before the sea monster, but skipping it seemed to work fine.
A bargain for those who liked RE4, and perhaps the most accessible Resident Evil for newcomers, with the caveat that this isn't a fast paced corridor/platform shooter...
And where's the guy in the dirty raincoat?
16 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:PC|Edition:Standard Edition
Fun:
A fairly well scripted, well voiced story: Nothing that original, but good solid horror film material. Graphics are good, the figures well animated and lighting at times really adds to the atmosphere.
Yet it was held back for me by the slightly awkward 3rd person controls, an occassionaly dodgy camera and the way (in solo play) your partner can stand in the way of your vision or do stupid things. Also there was no real thinking required, a little strategy concerning conserving ammo, or exactly what kills something fastest, some cut scenes with 'Dragons Lair style' directional reactions (probably for the console players?) but little real variety in the gameplay.
It's more like a film you can play through, fairly linear and short. Good, for what it is, but I'm not sure it was worth the money I paid for it, as it doesn't have much lasting appeal.
I've not played multiplayer.
Yet it was held back for me by the slightly awkward 3rd person controls, an occassionaly dodgy camera and the way (in solo play) your partner can stand in the way of your vision or do stupid things. Also there was no real thinking required, a little strategy concerning conserving ammo, or exactly what kills something fastest, some cut scenes with 'Dragons Lair style' directional reactions (probably for the console players?) but little real variety in the gameplay.
It's more like a film you can play through, fairly linear and short. Good, for what it is, but I'm not sure it was worth the money I paid for it, as it doesn't have much lasting appeal.
I've not played multiplayer.
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