Resident Evil 5 Review (Playstation 3)

Resident Evil. One of the most iconic franchise in video game history. The franchise redefined the Survival Horror genre. Every one in the gaming universe knows Resident Evil. Zombies. Zombies made the game series very memorable. Who knew zombies will be scary? But for the new installment (Resident Evil 5), it became a Survival Action game instead of the usual Survival Horror. Why? It wasn't that scary compared to the previous games. The new Zombies, the "Majinis", doesn't look scary coz their outward appearance is similar to ordinary people only with glowing red eyes. And there are no night sequences in the game so this greatly reduced the scare factor of the game. On the bright side, the story, gameplay, and the graphics are outstanding. These three are the reason why I bought the game. The game's story is a direct sequel to the Resident Evil series, and continues chronologically after Resident Evil 4. The game stars Chris Redfield (from the first Resident Evil) who is now a member of Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA) and Sheva Alomar.
The game took place in Africa. Their mission is to prevent bio-organic weapon (BOW) being on the black market. Chris and Sheva found out that Albert Wesker (the main antagonist of the first Resident Evil) is behind all of this. They also found out that Wesker is controlling Jill Valentine (partner of Chris in the first game, presumed dead after pushing Wesker out of the building).


(Left)Jill Valentine (Right)Albert Wesker















After fighting their way through waves of Majinis, large bat-like creature, and many Majini variation, they were able to catch up to Wesker. The battle began. They were able to release Jill from Wesker's control. However, Wesker escaped and rode in a stealth jet. Chris and Sheva was able to make it. The fight continues until the jet crashed to a nearby volcano. The battle ended when the duo fired a RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade) to Wesker. And that's it. Now for the gameplay. The gameplay is very similar to Rresident Evil 4 which is good in my opinion. (Left) Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition (Right) Resident Evil 5 (360/PS3)
And finally the graphics. Graphics is top-notch. The only problem is that I can't fully describe the game's graphics coz I don't have a HDTV. :(



The Verdict:
I will rate the game a 4 out of 5.

+ Top-Notch Graphics
+ Story
+ Cooperative Multiplayer
- Not Scary

This review was made by ME!


Review made by IGN:

Video Review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRShlPAC_iM
Complete Review: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/960/960212p1.html

Review made by Gamespot:

Video Review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FYFXo33-Wo
Complete Review: http://asia.gamespot.com/ps3/adventure/residentevil5/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary%3Bread-review