6 > 5 > 4

The controls. They work in RE4 because the game is built around them. RE5 is just a straight up action game where they dont work.

The inventory system in RE4 is great. Kinda a little puzzle game on its own. RE5 has a limited boring one. Switching items with your partner is a hassle.

The characters in RE4 actually has some kind of personality. Chris is one of the most boring gaming characters ever.

RE4 is meant as a SP. Thats what a horror game should be imo. Playing RE5 SP is rage inducing due the the poor AI of your partner.

RE4 actually has some scary moments. RE5 is about as scary as Die Hard.

RE4 did something new and reinvented the horror genre. RE5 just tried to copy it.

Hmm, I see. Fair enough. Personally, I found the enemies to be a little too weird to be afraid of them. I'd say the extra part with Jill and Chris was scarier than the rest of the game.

The PS3 version had move support, which gave it controls similar to Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition. These versions don't have that so I don't think I'm going to get it.

More than likely. Re6 still has that crappy split screen so I figure re5 will, too.

Blah that sucks. Was the only thing I hated about the COOP.

Oh yeah! That was super creepy. When I played that I wondered why the rest of the game couldn't be like that.

This game was such stupid fun with friends and we had a blast with it. We never finished it though, had some issues with my 360 and lost my save data but I might pick this up again in a sale.

Technically, the game was supposed to be like that. It would have been a solo affair about Chris trying to find Jill, with occasional support from Barry Burton, and the oppresive bright nature of your enemies would work less in favor of action and more about terror, as Chris wouldn't have been able to handle such huge crowds alone even if he had enough ammo (think of being grabbed, when you have to call your partner so that he rescues you. Instead those things would have made Chris get automatically critical injuries, risking death, just like it happens on the DLC if we removed either Chris or Jill). So you'd be forced to retreat among buildings, and trying to come up with strategies to avoid huge zombie crowds, sticking to shadows and whatnots.

There was also supposed to be some kind of choice-making like Resident Evil 3, plus several other things. One of the biggest and most fundamental things that made them scrap this idea was the fact that the game gained notorious infamy for being "racist" (as in a white man killing black people). This forced Capcom to add a co-op partner, ditch Barry and in consequence, make it more action-focused, now being able to tackle huge crowds. And thus the game was changed forever.

I personally love the end result, as I'm a big fan of RE5. But I'd be lying if I didn't admit I would love to see what it originally was supposed to become. Besides, Barry Burton got kicked out of RE5 entirely save for being a Mercenaries player, which is a shame as I really like Barry's character.

Wow, that's really interesting. I hadn't heard that before.

I also enjoyed 5 for what it was, but that's a shame we never got to see the original vision :(

Since you're a Barry fan, do you play/enjoy Revelations 2?