Published by: Capcom
Developed by: Capcom
Formats: Xbox360, PS3 Played: Xbox360
Big Resi Fan although I get slated for never playing RE3. The 4th being my favourite followed by the Remake of 1 on the Gamecube then this one which is by far no bad thing as I consider RE2 to be after and I loved that game.Sooo Resident Evil 5..first off I will mention that I never played this game solo, I understand it’s meant to be frustrating when your partner takes all your items you want and uses valuable herbs when you take a hit of damage! So I decided to play with a mate over xbox Live. Not only does co op work well but I feel it brings a little more fun into the game and also your partner might spot something you don’t!
The game is a lot shorter then RE4 and the co op brings a new angle to things. RE4 kind of stepped away from its survival horror and became more of an action game. I have to say I do miss the zombies from the first game, they brought a sense of fear and excitement and now its all unloading your guns, blowing shit up and quick time events…………………….Quick time events :( could be a good thing, I personally don’t favour them to much especially when in co op both of you have to get it right, and you have to be dead on!
RE5 has taken a lot of ideas from RE4 like some of the boss battles and a guy with a chainsaw who takes way to many hits to kill. Most of the boss battles are fairly easy with a couple of exceptions but even these once worked out could be simple alas making a play through game much shorter to what is already a short game.
Finding treasures seems pointless, all you do is sell them again the might as well just give you extra gold lying around! Ammo can be in short supply at times which is a good thing as it teaches you not to unload all your bullets onto oncoming enemies and maybe look around a bit for barrels or if all else fails just peg it!
The graphics are brilliant at times and even online there really is no slow down, Sheva isn’t really a welcome extra to the game although fun in co op, a survival horror is all about turning off all the lights cranking up the surround sound and most important, “going it alone” playing with a mate although really good fun takes what made the earlier games great. RE4 and RE5 now have become good action games.The story is ok but not brilliant and sees the return of some characters from the first Resi game although Chris seems to have been hitting the gym everyday since the first game was released as his arms seem to be modelled on the incredible hulk! All he needs is to become green and rip his clothes a bit!
The fact you can not shoot and run at the same time brings some elements of fear but again this is taken away by the fact you have a partner covering your ass. The only time you truly feel vulnerable is if your partner runs of without you and you run into a spot of bother! Later in the game it will split you from your side kick but usually you can make it back to join them quickly or help them from a far!You can use your found gold to upgrade weapons or buy new ones but you can not buy any ammo, this is an annoying thing but on the other hand a good thing as it teaches you to go looking for some and use some of the other weapons you would not normally. You can only hold 9 items on you at all times and this includes everything, your healing items, guns and ammo everything else goes into a item screen you can only take from when you start a new level or die!
You can pass items between you and your sidekick and if you come across an item you want you can drop an item but this will be gone forever!
I have yet to play Mercenaries and I will be going through this game again as Sheva who is played over the left shoulder.Not a patch on RE4 but a great Action Co-Op game none the less
8 out of 10
There are a few parts in World at War that you can tell have been taken from COD4 which include a Sniper mission and also a Plane mission. Both are better in COD4 but these are still very good. There is also a tank mission like in some of the previous games however I found this very easy even on Veteran and never provided a challenge although I did get my Achievement for completing a level without dying and I felt great for getting it on a level on veteran.
I have yet to play this game on live, co-op and only briefly played on the Zombie extra mission at the end which lets you take on Zombie Nazi’s for points.
Although not a patch on COD4 this is still a very good game and high recommend by myself so If you like FPS consider this game.
You start off with a flower on screen which you will send wind in its direction to blow off a single petal. Once the petal is off you can control the speed of the wind by any buttons but I found it better using the analogue sticks as you can judge the power of the wind easier. The only other controls you need to then worry about is moving the controller left or right to go in those directions or roll forward to dive and roll back to gain height like a flight simulator. The controls are very easy to pick up and it does feel like you are flying and sometimes you forget you are controlling these petals.
Once you have your petals in control you can move over other flowers, everyone you pass will pick up an extra petal and join it to your excising petals. There are some flowers you have to go over and some that are extra, also there are hidden flowers in the game and also some areas where you can light up a single petal or briefly change the light to a colour e.g. Pink or Blue and then you can paint the grass to that colour.
Once you have lots of petals of all different colours the game really starts to shine as you can see the tail of petals following your main ones behind you as you turn.
There are 5 stages which can be completed in about 1 to 2 hours and each stage has its own music which like Rez changes as you collect petals (not saying that in Rez you collect petals but if you have played Rez you would know about the way the music changes). The music is relaxing and is tune with the style of the game.
There is a night level a wind farm and a City level to visit and I felt that the darker side of the game on level 4 was a bit disappointing but apart from that it really is a beautiful game and well worth the £6.29 download price tag from the PSN.
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