Resident Evil 5
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Resident Evil 5 (also known as Biohazard 5 in Japan) is the third-person shooter with elements of a survivor-horror game. This is the fifth main installment in Capcom’s acclaimed franchise Resident Evil.
The story follows Chris Redfield, the protagonist of the original Resident Evil, and his partner Sheva Alomar. As the members of the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance, they are tasked to intercept an illegal bioweapon trade in Kijuju, Africa. Upon arrival, they find out that Kijuju is infected by Las Plagas, parasites that turn its carriers into zombie-like creatures.
The game is notable for being a departure from the series survival horror roots towards more action-oriented gameplay style. The other significant innovation in the series brought with Resident Evil 5 is cooperative multiplayer for two players. There are many situations during the game that requires two players cooperation therefore if in singleplayer the second characters is controlled by AI.
System requirements for Xbox One
System requirements for Xbox 360
System requirements for PC
- Supported OS: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel Core™ 2 Quad 2.4GHz or better, AMD Phenom™ II x4 3.4GHZ or better
- Memory: 4GB or better
- Graphics: 512 MB VRAM, NVIDIA® GeForce 9800 series or better, ATI Radeon HD 7770 or better
- Display: Minimum 800 x 600 pixel resolution
- Sound: DirectSound Compatible (DirectX 9.0c or higher)
- DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c / Shader 3.0 or better
- Hard Drive: 15 GB free hard drive space
- Peripherals: Keyboard and mouse
- Supported OS: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel Core™ i5-3570 or better, AMD Phenom™ II x4 3.4GHZ or better
- Memory: 4GB or better
- Graphics: 512 MB VRAM, NVIDIA(R) GeForce® GTX 650 or better, ATI Radeon HD 7770 or better
- Display: Minimum 1280 x 720 pixel resolution
- Sound: DirectSound Compatible (DirectX 9.0c or higher)
- DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c / Shader 3.0 or better
- Hard Drive: 15 GB free hard drive space
- Peripherals: Keyboard and mouse, controller supported
System requirements for Nintendo Switch
System requirements for PlayStation 3
System requirements for PlayStation 4
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Resident Evil 5 reviews and comments
Unfortunately the game is also weirdly racist at points to a degree of massive uncomfort. Like there's just weird handlings and otherings of African people as a general whole, the location is never really humanized in any particularly great way outside of a very small few very easy to miss diary entries, and the entire weird implication that a tribe "regresses" to wearing tribal clothing, spear throwing, and shields due to the plagas is REAL weird.
It's a pretty big stain on what otherwise I genuinely would recommend playing through with a friend. As I think mechanically the game is very very sound and extremely fun. Mercenaries especially in this game feels SOOOOO good.
Things are passable for the first 3 chapters, but the back half of the game turns into a real slog once it becomes a cover based shooter. I understand that the Gears franchise was huge when this game came out but aping mechanics from others franchises that do it better leave large chunks of the game feeling dated.
The plot is atrocious, even for resident evil standards; I had no real motivation to care about any of these characters. Chris is one dimensional, Sheva is barely introduced, Sheva's friend is just there to show up when you need a third character in the mix, the villains motives are vague and the characters themselves are cartoonish. The ending string of fights are truly atrocious to play, with me and my friend who I co-oped the game with left wondering if we were even doing any damage to the bosses due to a lack of feedback from getting hit. Overall, I would not really recommend this game unless you are a fan of the series and looking to play something with a friend. If you are looking for a single player action horror experience, stick with Resident Evil 4!
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