Closing Comments

"With Resident Evil 5, Capcom has broken away from many of the survival horror conventions it pioneered. The creepy suspense of the earlier games has been replaced with an action-packed intensity that will instantly appeal to some gamers and disappoint others. As an action game, RE5 is a success, and there’s a wealth of replayability through item collection, weapon upgrades, score chasing and the unlockable Mercenaries mode. But this is no gentle nudge to the formula of the previous main RE games; it’s an evolution. And if you can accept it as that, you just might love Resident Evil 5."

Here is the video review...

And for the complete IGN review, click here.

I'm not complaining about the game's score, but the final description at the end makes it seem like it was...... overrated.

I'm sorry but

Being the sequel to RE4 such scores are imo low

@savior

I agree

Good Score, wonder if it will be "AAA" on Meta

Yea, it just seems like 9 was the lowest they could give it without catching "flak" for it. Probably should've been lower, but since it's RE, "it just has to get a......."

Its Funny but game journalist are just fans of games, and game series, i played street fighter IV it was good and a step up, but getting a 94 metacritic just overrates it, you know if it was a new IP with the same gameplay and graffics it would be lucky to get over 85 on metacritic.

Nice score, when I pick my copy up lets hope I can get those damn new frustrating controls down.....sheesh.......

Hasn't affected my decision to rent it out, play it through with a friend, and return it. Seems like it should result in a fun weekend, pretty good score.

I can't wait for this game.

I completely agree, if it was 8.9 people would scream biased. For me it's RE4 with co-op, kinda expected more, from 4 years of development.