If you want an example of poor journalism...

Read Eurogamer's review.
It puts IGN's review (the one which kept bashing the game for no online Mercs - although there is such an option -) to shame.

Eurogamer's not that great in general.

You are close to London, aren't ya?

http://www.onelastcontinue.com/2648/win-a-trip-to-africa-with-resident-evil-5/

What was wrong with Eurogamer's review?

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/resident-evil-5-review

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And yet - even as a long-term fan - when you first pick up Resident Evil 5 it's almost impossible not to find yourself bitching about the way you can't move and fire. Or the glacial turning speed. Or the unwieldy inventory system.

He admits he's bitching. He already lost his credibility.

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To all intents and purposes, this looks and feels like a reskinned, high-def Resi 4, and what was hugely impressive back then often struggles to repeat the trick this far down the line.

Because this don't apply for RE2, 2, CV, CVX, REmake and 0... I bet those sucked too and the original RE was the best.


Capcom does love a bit of tentacle action.

>_>

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The setting might have changed a little, but everything else is inescapably reminiscent of the village sequence of the previous game, right down to the chainsaw-wielding giant, and the need to scale buildings to get some distance from the onslaught. Even the lurching enemies with their side-stepping attack evasion are the same. The weapons they wield are largely identical, as is their physics-defying animation, where foes reel back in familiar exaggerated fashion. From sound effects to graphical style to core gameplay and AI, there has been little or no change apart from an admittedly arresting visual upgrade. It's a different setting, with different character models, but the game you're playing has, for the most part, essentially the exact same template repeated in a different setting.

Doesn't he realise that the introduction is the same on purpose? Resident Evil series always repeat such things intentionally (like Rocket Launcher finishing the last boss).

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And if that doesn't strike you as mildly disappointing, then the almost complete absence of puzzles and exploration may come as a hammer blow. Where puzzles do exist, they're so crushingly basic as to be insulting, rarely amounting to more than simple, pointless object hunts that take place right next to their intended target. Far from the promised return to the adventurous exploration of old, you simply work your way through six extremely linear chapters where straying off the obvious beaten track is not an option.

Needless whining.


Interesting that his axe doubles up as a storage device. Do you think he's going on holiday?

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In addition, the presence of a new mini-map allows you to see exactly where you should be heading if there's any lingering doubt. The dumbing-down of almost every aspect of the gameplay is depressing, if not unexpected. There are even turret gun sections.

The mini-map is there so you can find your partner's location.

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Whereas Resi 4 skillfully straddled a happy middle ground between old and new

lolwut

Then he goes on bitching about normal difficulty being too easy and Hard being too hard.

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So while Resident Evil 5 might not be the game that the traditionalist might have hoped for, it still stands out as hugely enjoyable in its own right. Bereft of puzzle and exploration, Capcom has instead pointed both barrels at the action element in the hope that the masses will warm to it. Thanks to the game's stubborn loyalty to stop-and-shoot, the result is distinctive, but with suspect partner AI to contend with, this is a game that only truly comes into its own with a friend who's up for a challenge.

7/10

More whining.


It's never really explained why Sheva has an English accent that could outposh Lara Croft.

Oh-oh. Someone didn't read the IN-GAME files. Big surprise here.

Sheva and the guerrillas were taken to the American Consulate, there to be
released two days later with no charges pressed, just as promised. Recognizing
Sheva’s abilities, or perhaps moved by pity, the man in the suit offered Sheva
the chance to start life anew in America.

With nothing left in Africa for her, Sheva decided to take him up on his offer.

Shortly after arriving in America, Sheva’s high intelligence and drive quickly
became apparent. She surpassed an and all expectations, even learnng English to
a native level in a mere six months. Within two years of arriving n the U.S,
she had enrolled at a university.

I see nowhere in that description that says she was raised in the United Kingdom.

Maybe because she wasn't?

The English Accent is never explained then.

FYI, South Africa is an English Colony.

sith ifrica

Sarbud wrote:

FYI, South Africa is an English Colony.

sith ifrica

Do they speak with English Accents there?

Because if they do, then I am seriously wrong.

They speak with a bastardization of an English Accent.

Sarbud wrote:

They speak with a bastardization of an English Accent.

That's not good enough.

The South African accent is just...bizarre. That's the only word for it.

EXCELLA wrote:

She is currently involved in operations through the world.

I hardly believed that just by going to the UK that she'd gain the accent. Then again this is Capcom.

Sheva was spared this same fate thanks to the vigilance of a neighbor who was
able to get her back to her parent’s home unnoticed.

Thus began the longest night of Sheva’s life. Crippled by fear, she could only
wait and pray for her parents return. The night passed and a new day dawned,
but still they did not return.

As night on another day fell she sensed a presence outside her home. Unable to
contain her relief and joy, she ran to the door to greet her parents.

As she swung the door open, crying aloud with joy, she was soon met with
disappointment and confusion.

For at the door, were not her parents rushing to embrace her, but her uncle,
with a look of shock and horror painted upon his face. His words crushed any
hope she had left…

“Your parents are dead. There was an accident at the factory.”


Poor Sheva.

Oh well!

PARTY TIME!

It was on one of these occasions while she was in town that a man approached
her. He looked like a ocal, but spoke with a strange foeign accent. Handing her
a piece of paper and speaking in a hurried voice, he stated:

“Read this. If you believe what it says, come to the church in the back alley
in two hours.”

At first Sheva thought it was a government trap, but deep down she know the
note spoke the truth. When asked how she know, she had this to say:

“My country was strongly infuenced by France, and many government officials
spoke n a French patois. But this man was different. couldn’t place his
accent at the time, but somehow I knew I could trust him.”

Sheva followed her intincts.

She went to the church and met two men there.

I bet she has a french accent too.

I've been to Texas, some of the locals spoke in southern accents.

THAT DOESN'T INSTANTLY MEAN I OBTAIN A SOUTHERN ACCENT FOR DAILY USE!

You are not as smart as Sheva.
Hell, in 6 months she learnt better the English language than Justin in his whole life.

Intelligence has nothing to do with an accent, it's your voice. Not your fucking brain.

Everyone can pick up an accent with practice.