Well let me first start off by saying that Resident Evil is my second favorite franchise of all time only behind the likes of Zelda. Now that's saying something.
Resident Evil 5 was definitely a game I was psyched for and hyped for. When I got it, I could help but feel disappointed. Let's start with the pros, the co-op was simply a great idea and worked beautifully. Graphically the game looked great and the voice acting was decent enough. Gameplay wise it perfected even further the amazing and revolutionary RE4 setup. Overally it provided an enjoyable experience that was fun to play through.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of cons. The worst part about all of it was how they completely trashed and destroyed the RE storyline and the RE characters. It was pure blasphemy of what they did with the series and I know Shinji Mikami did a few facepalms when he saw what they did. Even further they made it a hell of a more like an action game then any survival horror aspects whatsoever. All the scary parts were more gross than anything. RE4 kept to the roots with a new stlye while this one through it to being more of a Gears styled game (which RE4 is the one that influenced that game). Sadly, boss fights were pretty pathetic as well especially the Gigante boss fight.
Overall I enjoyed playing through the game and getting 1000 Gamerscore but this game has had me completely disappointed in other areas and even betrayed with the story and character scenarios that took place. But I'll make sure to not let my personal opinions about the story get too much into my scoring.
Thus for being a solid and great game in its own right with a few things missing and not living up to some areas of RE, I give it a 9.0.
