Resident Evil 5- 360/PS3

[squirtle]

The game looks amazing. Fantastic graphics. But going by the demo (and we all know how bad it is to do that) this just seems like a a pretty average action game with a big budget. I mean there is no feeling at killing a zombie. The death animations are awful.

But hey ho, i'll be getting the game. You can NEVER judge a game by it's demo. See Burnout Paradise and Banjo Nuts and Bolts

The death animations are great. I just shot someone, smacked him with a straight. He went rolling down the round, then I stomped on his head to a satisfying squish!

Marvellous!

[Zathras]

You can aim with the right (nipple) stick in Res 4 for the GC?

[Davros sock drawer]

You can aim with the right (nipple) stick in Res 4 for the GC?

You can adjust the view with the yellow nipple, same as you can in this with the right stick (I'm talking in non-aim mode). It's handy anyway for looking around corners, but crucially it lets you quick-adjust your aim. I'm not talking about actually controlling your gun arm, I'm talking about snapping quickly to look in a certain direction when you hit aim. Then you use the left stick to aim as normal.

There must be a video of it somewhere...

[Zathras]

You can adjust the view with the yellow nipple, same as you can in this with the right stick (I'm talking in non-aim mode). It's handy anyway for looking around corners, but crucially it lets you quick-adjust your aim. I'm not talking about actually controlling your gun arm, I'm talking about snapping quickly to look in a certain direction when you hit aim. Then you use the left stick to aim as normal.

There must be a video of it somewhere...

Oh I see - never tried that at all! Used it to look round corners a couple of time, but that's it.

I'm going to try this right now on Separate Ways, cheers.

[Dave White]

I love the crackpots in the village with Mr Megaphone

Its like the Taxi Queue in Liverpool at 2am

[Davros sock drawer]

Oh wow. Just finished a 2 hour online co-op session.

I think this may be the game that finally gets me into Xbox Live. It just makes so much sense in co-op.

The old stun and melee tag-team act never gets old. I've discovered 5 melee moves now for Sheva (who is great to play as, by the way), roundhouse kick, twist kick, somersault, impale and the throat cut!

[Judgement]

Right on. I give the chainsaw guy a big Chris Redfield style Falcon punch and Sheva runs in and roundhouse kicks his arse.

[simms]

I'm very much looking forward to this not being a fan of RE4. It just looks fantatstic, real time weapon change has made all the differance for me. The controls arguement I'm not getting especaily for those that loved RE4 as there are 4 control schemes to choose from including the old GC controls.

[Phelan]

Hey Davros, now I love your love for this game and I love the fact that you are so passionate but where in the game does it tell you that you can flick? How would your average person find this out?

[Uzi]

Oh wow. Just finished a 2 hour online co-op session.

I think this may be the game that finally gets me into Xbox Live.

[Davros sock drawer]

Hey Davros, now I love your love for this game and I love the fact that you are so passionate but where in the game does it tell you that you can flick? How would your average person find this out?

Good point. I think I only found out about it on here. I suspect it's just a side effect of being able to look around, i.e the logic is that if Chris' head is glancing to the side, when you hit aim that will just happen to be the direction you'll aim in.

[Uzi]

Hey Davros, now I love your love for this game and I love the fact that you are so passionate but where in the game does it tell you that you can flick? How would your average person find this out?

It's probably in the manual. It's not an essential trick and one that you use once you're used to the game so I doubt they're hone it in on the demo

[robdood]

Oh wow. Just finished a 2 hour online co-op session.

I think this may be the game that finally gets me into Xbox Live. It just makes so much sense in co-op.

The old stun and melee tag-team act never gets old. I've discovered 5 melee moves now for Sheva (who is great to play as, by the way), roundhouse kick, twist kick, somersault, impale and the throat cut!

Did you do proper tag team QTEs? Me likes those very much.

And Moosegrinder; I was half joking - I like the 'discussion' just as much as you! But all I saw, when skim reading the last 5 or so pages before I'd posting about wanting to kill people, was people going LOLCONTROLS. Or LOLCOOP. Well not literally but I was fucking dying of boredom reading the same old fucking shit. If that's someone's opinion then GREAT; but do you know what? Resi 5 is obviously not going to be the game for these people. Thankfully I have little issue with the controls, and some good mates ready to join me in coop lols.

Bring it the fuck on.

[robdood]

Hey Davros, now I love your love for this game and I love the fact that you are so passionate but where in the game does it tell you that you can flick? How would your average person find this out?

By fucking playing the game and experimenting and, you know, FIGURING STUFF OUT.

Jesus.

[Davros sock drawer]

Easy there dood. It is a slightly obscure feature.

Talking of obscure, has anyone else spotted the blue "plate" thing you can shoot? It's just above where Chris helps Sheva over the gap in scenario 2. If you shoot it, something is "given" to both characters, but I've no idea what.

Oh, and do you mean doing one QTE hit after another? We couldn't quite get organized enough for that, we were usually just having one of us shoot, and the other one punch.

[Phelan]

By fucking playing the game and experimenting and, you know, FIGURING STUFF OUT.

Jesus.

Fuck calm down mate. We are all trying to have a discussion about the game. We can't all think it is the fucking saviour of gaming and the best thing since sliced bread.

I have played the demo fifteen times now and not once noticed that feature.

[robdood]

Yeah I know it's slightly obscure, but I worked it out by meself! Resi 4 has a beautifully robust combat system; this game is more of the same, with the enemies multiplied by about fifty and a coop mate to help you fight them. Criticisms like 'it doesn't feel like you actually hit the zombies' make me want to commit genocide.

And yes re: the coop QTEs.. there's a vid on youtube somewhere, bloody hilarious fun

[robdood]

Fuck calm down mate. We are all trying to have a discussion about the game. We can't all think it is the fucking saviour of gaming and the best thing since sliced bread.

I have played the demo fifteen times now and not once noticed that feature.

Why have you played the demo fifteen times (and indeed continue to post in this thread) when you've already told us you hate it? To notice the feature you'll need to be on control type A (which is like the Gamecube/PS2 version controls) so that right stick looks around the environment.

And I don't think it's the best thing since sliced bread - it's just a sequel to one of my favourite action games and quite frankly, if you were there during Resi 4 then I'm not surprised you think it's a bit shit after playing some recent games.

But MAN. I'm just fed up of the negativity.

OMG LOL I LOVE EXPRESSING MY OWN NEGATIVE OPINION ITS SO SATISFYING, OOH LOOK AT ME RATING THE GAME. LOOK AT ME I WORK AT ARGOS, I'M RATING THE GAME.

[Davros sock drawer]

Fuck calm down mate. We are all trying to have a discussion about the game. We can't all think it is the fucking saviour of gaming and the best thing since sliced bread.

I have played the demo fifteen times now and not once noticed that feature.

Which control type are you using? I've just thought, it's probably not possible in one of the strafing types.

[macosx]

Won't be buying this. Graphics look lovely, but the gameplay is now over familiar and dated.

[robdood]

THANKS FOR KEEPING US UPDATED MACOSX. I CAN SLEEP SOUNDLY TONIGHT.

[Phelan]

THANKS FOR KEEPING US UPDATED MACOSX. I CAN SLEEP SOUNDLY TONIGHT.

Now you are just being a tosser.

People are entitled to their opinions Dood. Please respect the people in this thread and their opinions.

[macosx]

THANKS FOR KEEPING US UPDATED MACOSX. I CAN SLEEP SOUNDLY TONIGHT.

nobber. It's a forum..for opinions, that was mine. live with it.

[Davros sock drawer]

Won't be buying this. Graphics look lovely, but the gameplay is now over familiar and dated.

Well you know, that's fine. But you'll be missing out on this:

A bit of this:

And you certainly won't be seeing any of this:

We'll send you a postcard from the sequel to the best game ever made.

[robdood]

The setting of Africa is just wrong for the game though, Davros, did you not get the memo?

[Davros sock drawer]

IT BEGAN...IN AFRICA!

[robdood]

..and then one of the researchers was like, assassinated by his researchy mates and then some leeches took TEN YEARS to make a clone of his body so that he could exact his revenge on the planet by causing an outbreak of the T-virus!!

..ah, I fucking love Resident Evil.

[Lothar Hex]

Played the demo, shot a lot of people, ran out of ammo and got killed by the guy with the HERUGE axe and didn't like the controls one bit. It didn't really click for me, but I didn't really click with #4 either. I'll stick with Gears of War for my third person shooter fix, if it's all the same with you guys

So when is dood gonna come shout at me?

[macosx]

Davros, those shots does look awesome, and maybe it's another misleading demo situation, but after playing that it did leave me unimpressed with real sense of deja vu re gameplay and controls. I'll keep checking the post

[Dapple]

Surely it's a given that the shanty town-type scenery is only a part of the game?

I was a bit dubious the first couple of times I played the demo and hoped that it was down to the controls (I was, and still am, using type D) and the lack of context to the two levels. After a few more goes it's looking like that is the case and I've having more fun playing through them now. Not without a few question marks, but definitely looking forward to playing the real thing.

macosx - I'd have thought that "deja vu re gameplay" was a good thing...