RE5 for Game of the Year
Christopher Johnson
Issue date: 4/13/09 Section: Interactive Media
Once again, the zombie survival
genre has unleashed its
newest incarnation of evil
and it's oh so good. Resident
Evil 5 is the newest version of
the long-running zombie survival
anthology.
You play as Chris Redfield,
one of the protagonists from
the previous games, who has
left the horrors of Raccoon
City behind and is now fighting
global bioterrorism as a
member of the Bioterrorism
Security Assessment
Alliance.
Chris is joined by his new
partner Sheva Alomar, as
they investigate a series of
events in a fictional African
country called Kijuju.
This whole game is vastly
similar to that of Resident
Evil 4, which was just as big
as was the first Resident Evil
in letting players control the
camera views and in offering
a different setting other than
that of Raccoon City.
The controls in RE5 are similar
to those of RE4. The one
thing about this game that is
still lacking is the fact that
you cannot run and shoot at
the same time. This can be
really frustrating at a certain
point because the number of
attackers makes you wish
you could move but also
defend yourself at the same
time.
The other problem with the
game is that your AI partner
will often waste precious
ammunition that you worked
so hard to procure. This can
make the later levels of the
game annoyingly difficult.
Other than that the game is
excellent; from the visuals to
the music the overall experience
is really fun, no matter
what difficulty level you're
playing on. The thrill of completing
the chapter is only
equaled by the crushing blow
you're dealt when defeated.
The music and the ambient
noises are set just right as you
creep around corners waiting
to hear the groan of the zombies.
The pop-pop of gun fire
is your only friend as you
delve deeper and deeper into
the conspiracy surrounding
the events in the game.
During your first time playing,
genre has unleashed its
newest incarnation of evil
and it's oh so good. Resident
Evil 5 is the newest version of
the long-running zombie survival
anthology.
You play as Chris Redfield,
one of the protagonists from
the previous games, who has
left the horrors of Raccoon
City behind and is now fighting
global bioterrorism as a
member of the Bioterrorism
Security Assessment
Alliance.
Chris is joined by his new
partner Sheva Alomar, as
they investigate a series of
events in a fictional African
country called Kijuju.
This whole game is vastly
similar to that of Resident
Evil 4, which was just as big
as was the first Resident Evil
in letting players control the
camera views and in offering
a different setting other than
that of Raccoon City.
The controls in RE5 are similar
to those of RE4. The one
thing about this game that is
still lacking is the fact that
you cannot run and shoot at
the same time. This can be
really frustrating at a certain
point because the number of
attackers makes you wish
you could move but also
defend yourself at the same
time.
The other problem with the
game is that your AI partner
will often waste precious
ammunition that you worked
so hard to procure. This can
make the later levels of the
game annoyingly difficult.
Other than that the game is
excellent; from the visuals to
the music the overall experience
is really fun, no matter
what difficulty level you're
playing on. The thrill of completing
the chapter is only
equaled by the crushing blow
you're dealt when defeated.
The music and the ambient
noises are set just right as you
creep around corners waiting
to hear the groan of the zombies.
The pop-pop of gun fire
is your only friend as you
delve deeper and deeper into
the conspiracy surrounding
the events in the game.
During your first time playing,
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