My First Reaction to RE5

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On my first play through with this demo I tried out the online co-op with a friend. During this play through I found the controls to be lacklustre, and my character felt like a tank rather than a human being. The over the shoulder camera wasn't fantastic either with zombies appearing out of nowhere chomping on my ass. I did not enjoy being swarmed by zombies whilst battling the controls, and the game was certainly not scary in the slightest; but then Resident Evil has shifted more into survival action rather than horror.

It could have ended there and then, my expectations shattered for the next supposed AAA entry in this long running franchise, however, it did not.

I decided to give the demo a second shot - only fair I thought - this time on solo mode. For whatever reason, probably due to having a little experience with the controls and adjusting to the fact there was a red laser and not a retitcule in the middle of my screen, I found it easier to pop off headshots more often. I also used the context punchs and stomps regularly, finding them as an excellent way to conserve ammunition for touger encounters. The problems I had been having with the character turning like a tank were vastly reduced by liberal usage of the quick turn function. Also I had been getting a sore thumb from holding the left analogue stick down to run and switched to holding X to run and began turning with the left stick instead of the right. The controls, whilst not perfect, are certainly more than capable for the situations I was in.

Now I failed to mention that during my co-op play through I had to rescue my partner on far too many occasions. I guess he just plain sucked as on my solo play through I rarely had to rescue Sheva and she was quite good with the hand gun; if a little wasteful of ammunition.

I've came to accept that the series is no longer horror, but I do expect quite a few tense moments from the final game, and instead of the "no way in hell am I playing this" attitude I had after my first play through, i'm certainly in the mood to go out and complete this game now and will give Capcom the benefit of the doubt.