| Wiped said: I can't believe how utterly shit this game is. I rented if for £6 and it's still an utter waste of money. I tried playing it 'splitscreen' with my girlfriend, and it was like trying to play the game through the wrong end of a telescope. Your TV must be pretty bad. I played splitscreen on a 50" and it was fantastic Why are the screens so small? Why, on a 42 inch 1080p HDTV can I barely see what I'm doing? Why the fudge is there so much black space which couldve been used? What space is there that isn't used? 80% of it is used, with the other 20% for your map. Then after being axed by zombies countless times, we figured we weren't enjoying it much so we wanted to change the difficulty down one (to Amateur, yes I know, I'm rubbish) but no can do. There's no option to change it in-game - there's not even an option to in the main menu. You can start a new game series, and play through on amature. The reason they don't allow for changes on the fly is so that you don't attempt to play the last chapter and unlock the achievements for it. And yes, if your having issues with co-op on normal difficulty, you are pretty bad at the game. And the font is horrible, the in-game menus are threadbare and the controls are stupid. And it's hard as nails. The controls are very similar to RE4, the font is fine, and what in-game menus do you need? Does the game need to hold your hand or something? I beat Resi 4 on Hard but I couldn't pass the first chapter without me or Sheva dying repeatedly, in first player or multi. Then find another set of tactics. RE5 demands you learn how to beat the level, rather than just rambo through and plow it down. What's the issue? Axe guy? Too many zombies for your taste? And then you have to wait while the 4-second clip of zombies hacking you loads. Again. And the loading is too fast (!), there's no possible way to read the history stuff before it's gone. There's a Resident Evil timeline you can read that contains all the history. But it seems that your ineptitude with RE5 took no time to learn where it was. What a rotten, moulding turd of a videogame, desecrating my PS3 with it's filthy filthy awfulness. I'm sorry to hear that your gaming skills were unable to find RE5 a fun game. |
On my end, my fiancee and I are having a blast. We've just beat either 5-2 or 5-3, and the game keeps getting better and better. The part where you finally take on lickers was very tense, and brought back the horror elements. There were a few times in one of the hallways, I told my girlfriend to screw it, and I'd walk backwards while she walked forward, sweeping every inch of the area 'till we were clear. Is the game perfect? No. But the co-op is better than Gears of War 2's campaign, I think. And that's a pretty good bar to stack up against.
I really like the inventory system. It forces you to pick & choose between what you carry into a chapter. I'm armed with the basic pistol (maxed), MP5 (maxed), and the revolver. My fiancee is the 'tank' and is carrying the Ithica shotgun, bolt-action rifle, and a pistol. We die occasionally, but it's rarely been due to health reasons - mostly insta-death scenes.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
