Resident Evil 5....

Okay, I like you now.

Played the demo the week it hit. Dean asked how it was because he knew it was an XBL coop game. My assessment was "it's garbage. We're not buying it."

A couple weeks later, a JayCat review, a long list of friends that are playing it and I started to wonder if my 1st impression reaaction was fair. We haven't played a decent co-op game since Mercs 2, so what the hell right? We trade in some games, get ourselves 2 copies and rush home to try it out.

1 hour. 2 irritated people. Increasing abrupt comments to each other. Dean hits his threshold of frustration yells at me and shuts off the game. *sigh* This shit is garbage, it's a waste. Are you supposed to run? fight? WTF? We make our amends, call it a loss and proceed with our plans to go out to dinner with some friends and forget about it.

Sunday - Let's try this one more time. On Amateur. Armed with a strategy guide. (We're RE noobs! We don't understand how you're "supposed" to play this game - so don't make fun!)

We get somewhere. Meaning - we stop dying. I get a shotgun. It rules. We find some stuff. We sell it. We upgrade our shit. We rule. We're not yelling at each other - always a plus. Six hours later we're still playing. I like you now Resident Evil.

I want to go home and play more now.

Yes, the control scheme is slightly retarded - but you do get accustomed to it. The gameplay is varied. The teamwork has an "Army of Two" feel that makes it clear this was meant to be a co-op game. The graphics are good. And the story, from what I can tell is decent. (Like I said, this is my first RE).

I'm not sure how all the "RE5 is racist" stuff has come about yet (what? just because it's in Africa?). Perhaps I'm just ignorant and just don't get it? That's probably another blog alone (not my ignorance, the racism, maybe both, who knows?).

Okay - this has gone off topic. Fuck it. Resident Evil 5 isn't a bad game. It's actually pretty bad ass and I like it. That is all.