No there’s no creepy British dude with stuff under his coat selling you things. It takes longer to completely upgrade weapons and you can only do this when you start the game, die, and in between levels. There are a lot more weapons in RE5, but most of them are useless since they are slight variations of other weapons. While all boss fights are a major challenge you can always do it in one try. You may have a rechargeable flamethrower, RPG, or even a satellite gun kind of like the Hammer of Dawn in Gears of War. A few new elements are added to certain boss fights such as “key weapons” and these are only good for that fight. or something that’s the size of a naval freight ship. Since this is a next-gen system the boss fights are bigger, badder, and tougher and boy do I mean BIGGER!!! You thought the El Gigante was huge on the GC, PS2, and Wii tries shooting up a 30-foot flying B.O.W. This is great and even has a Left 4 Dead feel since you’re surviving zombie hordes while trying to stop…err…a really bad man from unleashing the new Uroboros virus around the world. This is why RE5 is better-played co-op online or offline. Rarely will you die from this but if you do you get mad. While it still works it does feel dated and I wish there were a more Gears of War type control setup or even something more modern. Hey, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it right? There’s still the over-the-shoulder camera along with the whole laser sight and the whole wonky control scheme. RE5’s controls and basic gameplay are exactly the same as RE4’s. There are fewer interactive cutscenes (press so-and-so button within 2-3 seconds), but everything else makes up for it. RE4 had a lot of interactive cut scenes, but RE5’s are very cinematic (buy the collector’s edition and you’ll see the new camera technology they used to make these amazing cutscenes). It is one of the best looking games out right now, but what RE5 does that RE4 didn’t do was amazing cinematic cutscenes. Well since it took so long to come out RE5 now looks on par with most next-gen games. Rewind four years ago to that pre-rendered still of Chris Redfield during the RE5 announcement and look (or remember) how amazing it looked.
Don’t get me wrong RE5 is phenomenal, but all the similarities can make avid RE4 players quickly bored and/or not so impressed. For some reason, RE5 feels like RE4.5 since it feels so similar and this was a big disappointment for me. I was waiting for this game ever since I stepped foot into RE4 2 years ago (on the better PS2 version).
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