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Resident Evil: Dead Aim (Playstation 2)

Resident Evil 5 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)

Contributed by MM-212 Beta:


Story:
The story right off the bat was significantly better than Resident Evil 4, but didn't quite live up to my expectations when it comes to Resident Evil. I found myself more interested in Jill's segment and the events that took place after Resident Evil. Even though the whole story is about the origin of the progenitor virus and the pharmaceutical company Tricell. I kinda thought having Africa wouldn't make a great setting considering what its hot, sunny, and full of crazy villagers. What I did enjoy about the story was the history of Umbrella and the whole Resident Evil saga that took place in the beginning. As much as I would like Capcom to concentrate on previous characters of the series instead adding more and more. Questions at the end of the game still arose. Such as where is Sherry, What has happened to Barry since his appearance in Resident Evil 3. Perhaps an epilogue could of been a nice polish up on the past characters, but no. All in all, the main story was mediocre.
Score: 6/10

Gameplay:
Not much to say about the gameplay. The game plays like Resident Evil 4 and Gears of War. Don't get me wrong, they were easy to pick up and play the game but I'm a true fan of the series and wanted the originals back. I did like having the quick button feature throughout the clips and during gameplay, but that was it. The only problem I had with the AI was Sheva would always get in my line of fire, which made it very frustrating to kill enemies.
Score: 7/10

Graphics:
I do believe Capcom are the true masters of realism in any Resident Evil game. Not the best out of the series, but the graphics did look stunning (especially in HD)! Explosions were movie like and eye popping as well. You could even see the heat wave hugging the environment all throughout the earlier part of the game.
Score: 9/10

Replay Value:
I really enjoyed the replay value Capcom added. You could spend multiple play troughs trying to unlock figures, costumes, files and even upgrading and unlocking new weaponary. It wouldn't be a Resident Evil game if you didn't have a mini-game attached to it. The Mercenaries is back from RE4 and its your job to reach an extraction point while racking up as many points as possible in a set time limit. Too be honest RE4 and RE5 Mercenaries were fun, but playing RE3 style Mercenaries was more worthwhile and harder, which made the effort more enjoyable when you unlock infinite ammo for the game.
Score: 10/10

FINAL SCORE: 8/10

Final Thoughts:
Its been made very clear, Resident Evil 5 is an action game and lost all attributes of being survival horror. Unlocking on what all needs to be unlock is really fun, but at the end of the day when all the doors are unlocked, the game becomes a dust collector. Even to this day playing the original Resident Evils perhaps have the most replay value. Co-op and online versus couldn't begin what made the series what it was.

There's actually an RE4 on cell phones now?
Oh god...
Anyway, I will make a review of the two outbreaks when I have free time. It will be of the offline modes, of course.

I'll get started on one for Re3. I've played it enough

IGN. I actually don't think it's out quite yet. But there are screenshots. It looks quite awful.

I think this deserves to be a sticky thread... I'll ask for a few other mods to agree with me though... seeing as this is a collaborative effort 3nodding

Okay, I'm not usually one to make this kind of a joke...
But if Canas made this thread, then it was sticky from the start. xd

Well, I'm sick, so I'm blaming it on the meds.