The Residents aren't happy!

Song: LCD Soundsystem - Someone great

Game: Resident Evil 5
DVD: 24 Redemption

4 years since the last true Resident Evil game came out, but its finally here. The Resident Evil series has always been one of my favorites, I always managed to complete these games, and follow the stories to the end. The character development is done (I think) really well, from the various games, films (Not live action) and comics. Like when Steve Burnside dies in Code: Veronica, you really feel for Claire, or when Luis Sera gets impaled by Saddler in Resident Evil 4, you feel a little bit sad, almost brought a tear to my eye.

Well, number 5, what do I think about this. Its very similar in gameplay to the 4th installment (which isn't a bad thing, despite what everyone else says) It does seem a bit dated now, and we have seen some decent games come out with better shooting mechanics. But Resident Evil 4 was awesome. Most games out these days play virtually the same as their predecessors, and no one seems to complain about them (COD: WaW, GTAIV, even Street Fighter IV) Anyways, I wont rant too much about other games. Yeah, So Resi 5 has you team up with Sheva Alomar, another member of the BSAA, and shes quite annoying, well, shes a nice enough girl, but she always seem to want to stand right in front of you when your trying to shoot people. Also, in the final boss fight, you need to use bullets wisely, but she really doesn't know how to ration her bullets, she just blasts away like shes auditioning for the next Steven Segal movie, before coming back over to Chris asking for more ammo. Shes not all bad though, as its good to give her the health packs, so when your sort of busy fighting the Majini's, she will heal the both of you if your health is down. She also has a good shot on her, so for those long ranges, or enemies with weak points, she'll happily put a bullet through their heads for you.

Speaking of boss fights, some of the bosses in this game are quite good, a wide range of different monsters to tackle, all having different ways to kill them. I would say they are all quite fun to play. Well, apart from the final boss battle, where your likely to get fed up and very angry. As you shoot your last round and find out theres no extra bullets for you to collect (due to Sheva being too trigger happy) you end up trying to defeat him with your machete, but ultimately, you will get killed. I've still not completed the game yet, stupid final boss and all that, but overall, I think its an ok game, I really wanted to love this game, but in the end, I was a little disappointed. The story is alright until a certain point, then it just gets a bit insane for my liking, and thats the main thing that ruined it for me, but the visuals look amazing, a decent soundtrack and the little extras will keep you coming back for more. There will also be a versus mode coming soon on DLC, so that's something else to look forward to, its probably going to be more fun than the actual game to be honest.