Xbox 360 Resident Evil 5 Reviews

[kevin]

Below you can find the reviews for Resident Evil 5. If you have any questions that the reviews didn't answer, start a new thread on the forum. Played the game already? Rate it above and tell us why you did or didn’t like it. Better yet, write your own user review!

9 out of 10 - IGN
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The creepy suspense of the earlier games has been replaced with an action-packed intensity that will instantly appeal to some gamers and disappoint others. As an action game, RE5 is a success, and there’s a wealth of replayability through item collection, weapon upgrades, score chasing and the unlockable Mercenaries mode. But this is no gentle nudge to the formula of the previous main RE games; it’s an evolution.

8.5 out of 10 - Game Spot
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Resident Evil 5 is a fun and frantic evolution of RE4's breakthrough gameplay and the series' horror themes.

8 out of 10 - Wired
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The game completely lacks scary moments; there is nothing going bump in the night. Actually, most all the levels take place in the daytime. They are very pretty levels, yes, although the RE5 team hasn’t yet learned the tricks of the trade that other developers use to seamlessly blend them — there are lots and lots of loading screens.

 

[BlackSolaris]

It's an okay game alone, it's a fun game when co-op with a friend (online, because that splitscreen is just horrible) but a horrible Resident Evil. They are really going into the wrong direction with the series, and i think that it's safe to say that it doesn't have any more hope after 6 being how it is.

 

[Dubs420]

I've always been a fan of the Resident Evil series, and after playing RE5 I was slightly disappointed because I actually prefer environments in Resident Evil games that are just more interesting - i.e hospital, streets, parks. Basically I didn't like the map areas, and wish there were different. However it's still a great game.

 

[Jellyfish]

I've always been a fan of the Resident Evil series, and after playing RE5 I was slightly disappointed because I actually prefer environments in Resident Evil games that are just more interesting - i.e hospital, streets, parks. Basically I didn't like the map areas, and wish there were different. However it's still a great game.

Same here. You need to have this claustrophobic feeling not open areas. It is ok for a game series to change but this was just not the right change.