IGN - "The Best Resident Evil?"

[Jill's Boob]

oh i agree, RE5 feels, looks, and almost plays like a war game, and i hate that, RE is not about war, it's about Horror and Survival.

A war game? Seeing as RE5 is basically an updated copy of RE4, then I suppose RE4 can be considered a war game as well.

Part of "war" is the horror of it, and the quest to survive. There's your survival & your horror. True "horror" was almost non-existant in RE4, though the game did try in a few spots, as Spencer's post up above points out. No one here has played RE5 in its entirety and thus cannot know if it contains similar elements - though the premise of navigating a cavern with only a flashlight seems like prime real estate for a frightening good time.

And if anything, the militaristic feel for RE was first implemented in RE3. The music, the UBCS, the Nemesis "war machine," etc.

You're letting your bias against RE5 slip through the cracks again...tsk, tsk.

Sheesh...so many passing judgment already on RE5...

EDIT: Anyway, back on topic. REmake is the textbook RE experience. The original nightmare, polished to perfection. The game has claustrophobic environments, limited ammunition, terrifying enemies (Crimson Heads especially!), haunting music, graphics that will age well, and the classic characters we all love.

[LVL100 Merchant]

I don't really understand the notion of Resident Evil 5 being identified as a war game... I don't see how it looks, feels, or plays like one at all. It plays like RE4, which isn't like any war game I've ever played. And I've never played a war game where the enemies were baddies who wielded primarily blunt objects and attempted to bludgeon your face in, or summonsed a fanged parasite out of their mouths and take a few chunks out of your face. RE5 only has a segments that I could see being identified as being like a war game; the vehicle sequences come to mind. However, it is ultimately still an action horror adventure game, just like how RE has always been.

[missvalentine]

A war game? Seeing as RE5 is basically an updated copy of RE4, then I suppose RE4 can be considered a war game as well.

Part of "war" is the horror of it, and the quest to survive. There's your survival & your horror. True "horror" was almost non-existant in RE4, though the game did try in a few spots, as Spencer's post up above points out. No one here has played RE5 in its entirety and thus cannot know if it contains similar elements - though the premise of navigating a cavern with only a flashlight seems like prime real estate for a frightening good time.

And if anything, the militaristic feel for RE was first implemented in RE3. The music, the UBCS, the Nemesis "war machine," etc.

You're letting your bias against RE5 slip through the cracks again...tsk, tsk.

Sheesh...so many passing judgment already on RE5...

EDIT: Anyway, back on topic. REmake is the textbook RE experience. The original nightmare, polished to perfection. The game has claustrophobic environments, limited ammunition, terrifying enemies (Crimson Heads especially!), haunting music, graphics that will age well, and the classic characters we all love.

capcom said themselves that RE5 will have a war theme to it. and that they are basing some parts on the movie black hawk down, and that it will feel like that.

and i definitely felt it while playing the demo. maybe the whole game is not like that, but parts of it really do feel like a war game.

[Jill's Boob]

^Well, I'll have to take your thoughts into consideration, as I have never played the demo. I do remember the "Blackhawk Down" influence, but that film is about being trapped and the panic of being an overwhelmed soldier in a foreign land. (Great, great film. And if I can ever get from underneath textbooks, I will read the novelization.)

I just don't see how RE5 is any more of a "war" game than RE4, since it is basically the same camera/controls/QTEs/etc.

Frankly, I am here for the story. RE5's story looks immense, epic, and rewarding. I hope it meets my expectations.

At least Kirk is there to make me feel like everything's "alright."

[missvalentine]

^Well, I'll have to take your thoughts into consideration, as I have never played the demo. I do remember the "Blackhawk Down" influence, but that film is about being trapped and the panic of being an overwhelmed soldier in a foreign land. (Great, great film. And if I can ever get from underneath textbooks, I will read the novelization.)

I just don't see how RE5 is any more of a "war" game than RE4, since it is basically the same camera/controls/QTEs/etc.

Frankly, I am here for the story. RE5's story looks immense, epic, and rewarding. I hope it meets my expectations.

At least Kirk is there to make me feel like everything's "alright."

true, it has the same camera, and almost the same controls, and everything from RE4. but when you play it, it just feels so different from every other RE. it doesn't even feel like RE, even RE4 felt slightly like RE.

i remember when capcom stated that RE5 is going to feel different, and that players will question whether this really is an RE game or not. i always wondered what he meant by that, now i think i know.

but while playing the demo, it just felt a lot like a war game, the atmosphere was like a war game, or something very similar to it anyway. RE has always been heavily about the atmosphere and had a specific feel to it's games, you always new when you were playing an RE game. i never got that feel from the demo sadly. hopfully the game gets that feeling back.

[J_Man757]

Resident Evil 2 is my favorite for story and fear factor.(wish they Remake it.)
Resident Evil Remake for its graphics and tone, and music.
Resident Evil Dead Aim for being the 1st over the shoulder.
Resident Evil 4 for action, and gun upgrading.

Those are my reasons as to why I like those games the most.

[missvalentine]

Resident Evil 2 is my favorite for story and fear factor.(wish they Remake it.)
Resident Evil Remake for its graphics and tone, and music.
Resident Evil Dead Aim for being the 1st over the shoulder.
Resident Evil 4 for action, and gun upgrading.

Those are my reasons as to why I like those games the most.

what? no Resident Evil 3 or Outbreak? but they were awesome, and you put Dead Aim above them?

[BadWolfX]

I don't see any validity in the war complaints. There's only so many games where you can play as someone caught up in chaos, clueless and helpless. It's about time they started fighting back.

[The_15th]

RE5 looks as much horror as Contra was horror.

[Jill Lover]

REmake is the best game from the series, though I really liked RE3 and RE2 aswell.

[Mr. Kennedy]

REmake is the textbook RE experience. The original nightmare, polished to perfection. The game has claustrophobic environments, limited ammunition, terrifying enemies (Crimson Heads especially!), haunting music, graphics that will age well, and the classic characters we all love.

I agree. The best RE game. I love how zombies can actually break open doors. I wonder why Capcom didn't continue that in future games. The remake was the only one to do that, besides RE3 with Nemesis.

[BadWolfX]

I agree. The best RE game. I love how zombies can actually break open doors. I wonder why Capcom didn't continue that in future games. The remake was the only one to do that, besides RE3 with Nemesis.

Because after REmake it was the Outbreaks and they did in that and then they changed to Ganados anyways?

Or have I got the release dates in the wrong order?

[Mr. Kennedy]

They didn't do it with Zero and that came out after the remake.