I won't talk of resident evil 5 as a game or anything.. but the developers made a fail. Look at this:

Resident Evil 5 is 'new direction' for series, says Capcom

Capcom’s Chris Kramer has declared that Resident Evil 5 signals a new direction for the venerable survival horror series, with the sequel “waving goodbye” to many of the storylines and characters seen in previous installments - or as Kramer puts it, 'act one' of the saga.

Speaking to Major Nelson in a recent podcast, the communications boss stated, “It’s a really good time for new players to jump in, because what we’re doing is kind of waving goodbye to a lot of storyline elements from, essentially, act one of the Resident Evil franchise.”

“Resident evil 5 is really setting the franchise up for what’s going to happen now going forwards, so establishing new characters and storylines, and pretty much a new direction for the game.”

Kramer reiterated previous comments regarding RE5’s position as an action game as opposed to the traditional survival horror experience of old, adding that newcomers shouldn’t worry about catching up on the storyline.

“If you’re late to the party and you haven’t been playing the games for the past 15 years, all you need to know is that the game’s a lot of fun and just filled with action, so you don’t have to worry about the plot, as we’re kind up picking up and starting afresh.”

We’ve got our hands on RE5 and will be bringing you a review later in the week.

http://www.psu.com/Resident-Evil-5-is-new-direction-for-series,-says-Capcom-News--a006690-p0.php

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Personally.. i don't really care about that.. What i do care about is the fact that it isn't more than a month ago where they proclaimed that resident evil 6 would have to be a reboot.. but aparently because of the success they changed their minds and pretended that never happened XD Therein lies their fail.

hmmm, I dont like the ignoring the story line thing, I garentee this new beginning has casuals as its main priority...Resident Gears of Evil

I'm half way through RE5 and I think it's pretty good! Best gaming experience next to MGS4! Remember how boring RE3, Code Veronica (first non horror RE game) and Zero are?

With games like Gears of War and Left 4 Dead, and even Halo pushing the envelope on action horror, Resident Evil could not stay in its archaic form from the Ps1 days. Theres an entire generation of gamers now that never played RE 1 or RE2 on the PS1 and they would hate it now if they did. Capcom doesnt want to be stuck in a bubble like Namco or Square Enix that failed to keep up with the times.

Wat ? The only game you mentioned that's even closely using action horror is left 4 dead. .p Siren though.. that game is crasy scary.. Fear 1 was pretty scary too.. along side doom 3 (until it got boring)

KylieDog is going to tear you apart! :)

As for me, I kinda wish they'd keep both because I absolutely loved RE4 (I'll be getting RE5 soon) but I do miss the more survival horror Resident Evils too.

its games like gears of war halo and left 4 dead that are quickly becomming the defacto games for zzombies. and yes, gears of war 2 had zombies. and they make craploads of money. left 4 dead might end up with 3-4 million in life time sales. Valve Bungie and Epic have shaped this generation more than people realize.

As a huge fan of the original Resident Evil games, this makes me very, very sad.

Dude i'm not sure how you define horror but gears of war isn't even related to the horror genre. Just because it has zombies doesn't make it a horror game. So no it isnt.

 You are officially on the shit list... Code Veronica was one of the very best RE games and while I dislike it myself RE3 was one of the fan favorites.