Resident Evil 5, an aged experience?

[Kantor]

KylieDog said:

Kantor said:

I can only judge based on what I've played. What I've played is the demo, which was two outdoor levels in broad daylight.

RE4 was not outdoors in broad daylight. Left 4 Dead was not outdoors in broad daylight. Dead Space was not outdoors in broad daylight. These games were scary. These games were horror games.

Resident Evil 5 is not scary. Therefore, it's either a failed horror game or not a horror game at all. If it's not a horror game, looking at it, it's a regular shooter. If it's a regular shooter, it has terrible controls and worse aiming.

It amuses me, KylieDog, that you can complain about KZ2's controls and yet see nothing wrong with those in RE5, which frankly were horrible. Why do I have to hold down L1 to reload? Why is X the sprint button? Why am I using an aiming laser in broad daylight?

 

Urgh, where to begin.

 

RE4 was outdoors, in daylight, up until the cabin when Leon passes out, then wakes up at night.  It has many indoors areas that were well lit also, like inside much of the castle.

 

You can't comment on RE5 being scary or not, because you have played 2 small areas and nothing else.  Before RE4 was released all they showed was the village, in the daytime.

 

Just an example from the later parts of RE5:

 

 

Where is the shooter?  Where is the daylight?  He is walking in the dark and can't even use his gun.

 

 

Now to your last comment "It amuses me, KylieDog, that you can complain about KZ2's controls and yet see nothing wrong with those in RE5, which frankly were horrible. Why do I have to hold down L1 to reload? Why is X the sprint button? Why am I using an aiming laser in broad daylight?"

 

What you describe is a button configuration, the problem with KZ2 controls is nothing like that.  Killzone 2 controls are bad because it has a massive dead zone, accelerated aiming, and the initial aiming speed is far too slow.

 

I wish KZ2 controls problem was the configration, that is easy to deal with, you just get used to it, alas, KZ2 control issues are just something that will always be a hinderance to good players.

Excuse me? Good players? What is a good player? Somebody who is good at playing? That makes no sense.

What you meant to say is that they will be a hindrance to people good at CoD4. Absolutely, and thank God. You just need to relearn it. It's a different kind of shooter.

Now, your other complaints. A massive dead zone? Turn up the sensitivity. Accelerated aiming? It's not CoD4, remember? Initial aiming speed is far too slow? It's meant to be. That's how you fine tune your aim without auto-aim guiding you.

Back on topic, now.

Alright then, we'll say it gets scary later. Perhaps the rest is just a flaw in the Resident Evil series, I wouldn't know, this is the first one I've actually played.

The controls were atrocious. And could not be configured. You move extremely slowly. The only guy moving slower than you is the guy with the cloth bag over his head, dragging the axe. You sprint slower than most characters walk. Laser sights do not work outdoors, it is too bright to see the red dot. Sheva seems somewhat gamebreaking, she keeps giving you ammo and healing you!

Maybe it's just me, but hey, I'm entitled to my opinion, right?

To refine my statement, based on what I have seen and experienced of RE5, it is not, in my opinion, a very good game.