RESIDENT EVIL 5 DEMO: Impressions (Ask Questions!)

After slaving over my computer for three hours, I finally did it. I was able to retrieve the data for the Japan RE5 demo offline, burn it all on to a disksuccessfullyand have it run on my 360. It was an annoying and frustrating experience, but oh man was to worth it. I have played the demo for about two hours with my friend over Xbox Live and here are my thoughts:

First off, let me just state how wonderful looking this game is. It is gritty and dirty looking while still managing to capture you with it's brilliantly rendered textures. Kissing up on any of the walls doesn't reveal anything cringe worthy.

The enemies are crazed, angry and dangerous. This is shown perfectly through their animation. The thrash and charge with such chaotic disarray that seeing a whole mob of them is quite the sight.

All of the guns crack and boom with strong audio, giving you great feed back on all of the shots you fire. Blowing off a shotgun shell into a round of enemies is a bloody and a celebration of all sorts of nauseating squishing noises. Whenever you are given the chance to preform a quick-time attack, you are granted a satisfying cracking/slamming noise as Chris smacks the blood from the enemies face with a mighty uppercut.

Of all the things I have listed there is one very important thing to note: this game is going to make your hands sweat. With so little ammo, so many (dangerous) foes, you are constantly under an extreme amount of pressure. The presence of a co-op character DOES NOT weaken the intensity - it heightens it.

Now, mid battle, you are required to be passing off ammo,grenadesand healing items while certain death is running full speed all around you. This is done by a very quick and easy-to-use pop-up menu that acts as the inventory. Don't worry - it's set up well enough so that trading items is not a pain.

You really have to look out for each other in the co-op, more so then in other games. You are able to bring your partner back from a death status and punch out enemies that aregrapplingwith them.

Overall: holy crap. It's rare that I am so excited for a game and it comes through in such a way. NAPK1NS is deeply satisfied. Feel free to drop any questions you have and I'll be sure to answer then as soon as I can!

Does the CO-OP seemed like a HOKEY, Tacked on lame experience, like it was in FABLE II?

Are you a big RE fan, or just new to RE since RE4?

Here's a question that I'm sure many fanboys are wondering. Does it look better than KZ2?Evolved_One

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

Does the CO-OP seemed like a HOKEY, Tacked on lame experience, like it was in FABLE II?

Are you a big RE fan, or just new to RE since RE4?

Eyezonmii

I would assume it's fun, but my problem with Co-op games is that if they aren't designed right, the experience is over faster, and is easier.

Resistance 2 for instance did something really amazing as it had 8 player Co-op, but did so in a way by redesigning the game to handle those players, so they wouldn't be board.

LBP, had 4 player Co-op, but again, designed the game so that it would work out well.

HALO 3 had Co op, but it was WAY too easy no matter the setting (Bungie tacked on an ARCADE mode in recognition of this) as is both GeoW1&2. However, they are fun in Coop, just easy.,

So my question is, how does RE5's Co op work, as I'm sure it will be fun. Will it be really fun but also easy like GeoW/Halo, reinvented like LBP/R2, or broken like Fable II?

Does the CO-OP seemed like a HOKEY, Tacked on lame experience, like it was in FABLE II?

Are you a big RE fan, or just new to RE since RE4?

SolidTy

Here's a question that I'm sure many fanboys are wondering. Does it look better than KZ2?Evolved_One

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

Does the CO-OP seemed like a HOKEY, Tacked on lame experience, like it was in FABLE II?

Are you a big RE fan, or just new to RE since RE4?

NAPK1NS

That's good, as I'm in the same boat, and wanted to understand where you stood on that mini preview. So, if the game's built with CoOp in mind, It stands to reason, that's it's like ARMY of Two?

Is it that much harder than singleplayer, then?

[QUOTE="NAPK1NS"][QUOTE="SolidTy"]

Does the CO-OP seemed like a HOKEY, Tacked on lame experience, like it was in FABLE II?

Are you a big RE fan, or just new to RE since RE4?

SolidTy

That's good, as I'm in the same boat, and wanted to understand where you stood on that mini preview. So, if the game's built with CoOp in mind, It stands to reason, that's it's like ARMY of Two?

Is it that much harder than singleplayer, then?

[QUOTE="NAPK1NS"][QUOTE="SolidTy"]

Does the CO-OP seemed like a HOKEY, Tacked on lame experience, like it was in FABLE II?

Are you a big RE fan, or just new to RE since RE4?

SolidTy

That's good, as I'm in the same boat, and wanted to understand where you stood on that mini preview. So, if the game's built with CoOp in mind, It stands to reason, that's it's like ARMY of Two?

Is it that much harder than singleplayer, then?

ok im lost...is he there or not?jg4xchamp

Napkins..mind telling me how you got the demo on to a disk or at least how you extracted it from the 360, hard drive? thanks. Eyezonmii

He didn't do it. Someone else did, he just tracked it down. In case you aren't aware, 360 mod scene is incredibly rampant and easy, and all games are available on the net and very easily played.

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]ok im lost...is he there or not?Eyezonmii

ok im lost...is he there or not?jg4xchamp

How much longer do you have to wait for the PS3 demo? This warezing sounds irksome.InsaneBasura

it took you 3 hours? it took me 30 mins

anyways I only got to play the first level for like exactly 2 mins until I had to go to work

the blood looks crazy good

it took you 3 hours? it took me 30 mins

anyways I only got to play the first level for like exactly 2 mins until I had to go to work

-Mad_Rhetoric-

[QUOTE="-Mad_Rhetoric-"]

it took you 3 hours? it took me 30 mins

anyways I only got to play the first level for like exactly 2 mins until I had to go to work

NAPK1NS

:lol: did you just edit your post Mad-Rhetoric to edit out the FAIL Pic and the part where you said "lol fanboy"?

How pathetic, you can't even stand by what you say.

BrownWalrus

sorry to hear it took you so long to get working....i did it in like 20 mins...

good demo though, haven't had the chance to play through all of it yet though. waiting until i have a lot of free time because the demo takes a really long time to load (I only had cd-rw's laying around)

sorry to hear it took you so long to get working....i did it in like 20 mins...

good demo though, haven't had the chance to play through all of it yet though. waiting until i have a lot of free time because the demo takes a really long time to load (I only had cd-rw's laying around)

REforever101

[QUOTE="REforever101"]

sorry to hear it took you so long to get working....i did it in like 20 mins...

good demo though, haven't had the chance to play through all of it yet though. waiting until i have a lot of free time because the demo takes a really long time to load (I only had cd-rw's laying around)

-Mad_Rhetoric-

the blood looks crazy good

-Mad_Rhetoric-

[QUOTE="Evolved_One"]Here's a question that I'm sure many fanboys are wondering. Does it look better than KZ2?Eyezonmii

Anyone else not like the controls ? holding down the A button to run while using the right analog to look where your going is a pain in the a$$. (its hard to explain but those who have played the demon know what i am talking about)

Agreed 100%. The demo is amazing, especially when you're playing with a friend. I was playing with SpruceCaboose last night and we were literally screaming in the Assembly Place scenario. :lol:

Day 0 purchase. :P

Anyone else not like the controls ? holding down the A button to run while using the right analog to look where your going is a pain in the a$$. (its hard to explain but those who have played the demon know what i am talking about)

Ryuhayabuza

Agreed 100%. The demo is amazing, especially when you're playing with a friend. I was playing with SpruceCaboose last night and we were literally screaming in the Assembly Place scenario. :lol:

Day 0 purchase. :P

Aljosa23

Do you just download it from the website and move it to your xbox 360 and if so how? pls some help I wanna play the demo really badArrancarVizard

[QUOTE="ArrancarVizard"]Do you just download it from the website and move it to your xbox 360 and if so how? pls some help I wanna play the demo really badmtradr43

Thanks alot!!

Please tell me about the new control option. All I've heard is that it's a lot like Gears...Gamer4Iife