After beating the game, I posted my review of Resident Evil 5 on the PS3 page. For those who didn't catch it, here's the gist :

When did Resident Evil die?

The action and gameplay in 5 are solid, and everything works well, and you get used to it quickly, but seriously. Why doesn't story matter anymore?

I know that titles evolve, writers come and go, but I can't honestly believe that Capcom made that story professionally. It's spastic, haphazard, and just god awful. I mean really. Resident Evil is not Metal Gear. It doesn't need complex story arcs and plots that took 20 years to complete. Resident Evil is 13 years old, and it needs to shape up or just die. Capcom needs to smack the writers and inform them that 'Tense' and 'Scary' are two different concepts, just as 'good story' and 'bad **** idea' are different.

Resident Evil was stale, we all know that. After 3, I didn't care. Code Veronica was ok, but even then I was getting tired of running through 'dynamic' camera angles, zombies slowly shambling, etc. I think we all agree that Resident Evil 4 kicked ass, and was awesome.

5 obviously keeps it the same, but changed up the story for....not story.

I don't know what needs to be done exactly to make it good again, other than a good underlying plotline that doesn't involve stupid crap.