Resident Evil 5 not the best Resident Evil game but a good Action game
User Rating: 8.5 | Resident Evil 5 X360
Resident Evil 5 not the best Resident Evil game but a good Action game nevertheless because it looks that tense element that the other Resident Evil games had. Although to me the Resident Evil games haven't been scary since the first one came out on the original play station. They were still tense, even Re 4 had some tense parts. Re 5 is like that at all it is a lot more action-driven than the other games. And there is a lot of the backtracking that you had in the other Re's. Re 5 is the first RE to ever have coop. The coop take away a lot of that tension that the other games had., but this also adds replay value to the game because now you can play the game with someone else. However the game is built around this ability, meaning your partner AI is very lacking to say the least. Sheva Alomar would run at of ammo very quickly, and even if he had a more powerful gun with a ton of ammo she would stick to using her hand gun ammo. Also she would use green herbs even when using one wasn't really needed. Graphically the game stands out among the crowd. Its far more impressive than Gears of War 2, but not nearly as impressive as killzone 2 but defintally up there as one of the best looking multiplatform games. And let me tell it looks the same on both the PS3 and Xbox 360 which usually isn't the case for mutli-platform games. The sound effects and voice overs are very well-done. The game really is a huge step up in the production values compared to the other Re's , because most of the other Re's had terrible voice acting. This game had some high quality voice for a RE game. The story -line is very well-written and actually continues the plot unlike RE 4. the story is very well-written. Chris is deployed to Kijuju, Africa, to partner up with Sheva Alomar and apprehend Ricardo Irving, who is attempting to sell viruses on the black market. Along the way, the two see someone get fed a strange object which turns him into a majini. While attempting to locate Irving, Chris and Sheva find Alpha team dead, except one mortally wounded man who gives them hard drive data. The monster that took out Alpha team is defeated shortly after, while Irving drives away with a hooded figure. As they progress, they are attacked. Delta team arrive just in time to kill the attackers. Among Delta Team is Josh Stone. He gives Chris data from the hard drive, and Chris sees a picture of Jill. After finding Irving, the hooded figure arrives just in time to aid his escape, leaving behind pictures of a marshlands oil field which is Irving's presumed destination. Chris and Sheva attempt to regroup with Delta team, only to find out that Josh is the sole survivor. Chris and Sheva find Irving on a boat, but Irving escapes again and the oil field is blown up while the two escape with Josh on a speedboat. During the escape, Irving's boat was reacquired, with Chris and Sheva boarding to find and kill a mutated Irving. As Irving dies, he tells them to go to a cave nearby for answers. Josh leaves the pair to report to HQ. The cavern leads Chris and Sheva to an underground Umbrella base, currently operated by Tricell. They progress through a laboratory and find a massive chamber with thousands of capsules with bodies in them. The capsules are shown in Jill's photo, so Chris searches the computer database. The elevator takes them to Jill's capsule, while they defeat another monster. The capsule opens, but it is empty. Excella appears on the computer screen and warns them to leave. Later the two intercept a radio transmission of Excella talking to Wesker. Excella unleashes a monster infected by Uroboros. After defeating the monster, the two find Excella and the hooded figure. Wesker reveals himself and he unmasks the hooded figure, who turned out to be Jill Valentine, who is hostile and fights alongside him. Wesker escapes and they are left with Jill. They spot the device on Jill's chest which they pull off. Jill returns to normal and tells them to pursue Wesker. Another good thing about the game are the epic boss battles. 
