Don't Play If Your Expecting RE4
923492
Remember people, this is the original way RE played. People like to insult the tank controls, the fixed camera angles, ect., but no one was complaining when the game came out. In it's day RE and RE2 were some of THE games to get for the ps1, and in my eyes RE is still the most frightening game of all time. Also, I understand people getting upset that this is in a lot of ways a slightly updated version of the Gamecube edition, but for people like me that didn't have $50 dollars to drop when the GC version was released, this one was a steal considering the GC version often goes for a higher price than this one.

All I can state is that the only people who should pick this title up, are people who are interested in a good scare, and able to get over some old school controls. Sure Capcom could have done more with this version, but if you have not played the GC version, or RE in general, than pick this up if you can handle it not being RE4.
2849006
I loved RE 4...I don't understand what was gained by making it a rail shooter.  All the finesse and strategy is striped from the game.  All you have is the most mindless of shooters.......I thought we moved away from this way back in the day DOOM anyone?
2338474
I pre-ordered this game for XB1.  I really do NOT recommend this game for anyone looking to buy just a game or two or has a gaming budget.  If you just buy any new games you see anyway then you'll be dumb like me and get it.  This game is its own world and hasn't been fun for me to play at all, but I can see where fans of this specific series would appreciate it.  Lots of bugs in the game, I wasn't expecting that but I see many fans of the series don't mind them nearly as much as I do.  I honestly feel I would have been better off buying a remastered 360 or PS3 game for next gen than this.  The worst part is people tell you once you've played for 10-20 hours you'll start to like it, as if video games are akin to fat girls you sit next to in school.  I actually do think this point is probably true, but I don't see myself getting to 20 hours anytime soon, If I try again, I'll update this review.  That being said I still would NOT recommend this game to anyone but a real Fallout fan, they seem to think its great.
3287971
the game is difinetly bad its like you are playing a game in 1995 it has a bad graphics,and don't expect its a scary game cause it has a lot of funny music not like resident evil,but it has a good CG movies so if you like this kind of game buy it.
3575167
I had the same problems everyone else has with the crummy controls. I have a Logitech Rumblepad 2 and it worked great in RE4. In this game it's just ridiculous. And they don't let you re-map the controls the way you want them. They just offer different patterns that aren't effective at all. Supposedly this game was desinged as mainly a 1st person shooter with no puzzles to solve like in the last game. That attracted me to it. But the controls ruin the whole game. I may try the keyboard as a controller and see if that is any better. Fortunately, I didn't pay a lot of money for the game, so it won't be a big loss if it's unplayable. But this is a big letdown after RE4. Last resort I will look for a trainer and see if I can activate invincibility or God mode.
2551052
This game its fully graphics and don't have a fun like a re4, shiva don't make anything behind you, its better alone, and short game in a borred historyline
2467881
OMG i love resident evil 1 2 3 4. Those games had 1 player you could play with through the whole game(ok maybe 2) but this game you can start with anyone of them and it's confusing. Like you are in a big city and it has that dark boring look at the beginging so i'm like no this game is too boring. I played maybe like 20 mins of this mess. its just too boring to get into unless you're just a RE fanhead. This one was made too quickly. Sorry guys
3221113
Never played any of the RE games before and didn't know what to expect, but reviews were mixed enough I gave it a chance. Sorry I did; I really hate this game. For all you readers over 35, it's like playing Dragon's Lair. You don't line up jumps or aim, you just find the right spot to stand in and press whichever button they flash on the screen. Sometimes it's A and sometimes it's X, sometimes you shake the joystick. If you do that you get another cut scene and advance the story. This is too rigidly structured for me. Also, on a minor point, the signs are all in Japanese but the characters are American. I know the game is an import but it threw off the immersion for me.
4490293
Re-playability not there.  Online is broken unless you go in with e team you always play the monster.  The DLC thing everyone complains about...I don't like either.  Sad to see the makers of Left 4 Dead made this.
3421069
buy gta 5, don't waste your time with 4, that is all I have to say and REALLY, that is all you need to know
738431
Do you like fun? Then don't purchase this vidya.
670570
Don't listen to me at all. Just listen to these and believe that they are telling you the REAL truth coming from a non-fanboy or girl perspective. There is nothing WRONG with the game,but its not scary,it has no storyline until the end,which is too late to care.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/9840-The-Evil-Within-Review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDSjaVWB-mY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF8iOqXsiBc

The game looked, played and felt already done,rehashed, old school. Its so much like the "Resident Evil" series,that it could have been named as such. The puzzles are lame,the graphics are just okay,and the gameplay repetitively boring. I too like horror games,but after the first 30 minutes,I didn't care whether I lived or died....there was no reason to,other than to just keep moving to get to the end.
306306
When it's good, it's the heir apparent to Resident Evil 4. When it decides to be "stupid-difficult" it's a stark disappointment. Rarely have I ever been so torn in my feeling for a game. Not the sum of it's parts.
3638494
If you don't want to play this remaster game then don't buy it! Simple! Just get out of here xbots.
2744955
Well the fact is this is a game you shouldn't buy... unless you see it in a $5 bargain Bin, and only if your curious, but I'm tellin ya it's a waste of time.  It looks good.  Actually it looks great.  I just can't for the life of me figure out how they could have screwed the camera up so bad.  The fact is you have no control of the camera  it zooms in and out on it's own, and moves to akward angles.  This can be really frustrating ecpesially when your getting shot at by archers and the camera zooms in so you can't dodge.  I got to the second level and never touched the game again.  In fact I traded it for Resistance.  It could easly have been a good launch title if they didn't ignore years of what other 3d action games could have taught them.
2935429
Resident Evil 5 is a flashy, arcade shoot em up that definitely shows that the PS3 can shine graphically and run fast. Looks great, sounds great.

It plays, on the other hand, not so great as Resident Evil 4, which it borrows heavily from, in terms of overall look and design. Unlike RE4, however, you are stuck with a AI 'partner' who doesn't have very sophisticated AI. Give her a rocket launcher and she'll still hammer away at a hard target with her pistol, and if you're in her way, she'll stay behind you and shoot your back. More options for how to use her would have been helpful. The 9 slot inventory system is a disaster, IMO.  Having to swap items with your partner  during a firefight doesnt work well at all.

Oh, and the racism.. IMO, one has to wonder if issues of racism have been hyped up just to create controversy around an otherwise average game to increase sales. Since your partner is black and some (1 out of 4, usually) white zombies are mixed in to the horde of enemies, there's no clear context of slandering Africa.. EXCEPT for one 'mud hut/spear chucking natives level' that was really pretty godawful.

But the real problem with this game, though, was not any of the above, because the game is easy enough that it moves quickly and cinematically... the big problem is this game just doesnt't deliver the SCARES.  At all.  If you've played 4, you already know every trick they're going to hit you with. Games that redefine the genre are ones that go back to the drawing board and look for new ways to excite, or scare. It's not happening, here.

But, if you've never tried the RE series and are looking for something light that looks amazing, then give it a shot.  If you're looking for a next-gen game to scare the crap out of you, I'd stick with Dead Space.
4520956
This Is A Remake Of Tha Original RE. I Downloaded The Video Demo Of Tha Japanese Version Biohazard Off Of Kazaa, And I Must Say It Looks Really Skurry. Just Tha Shots They Showed of Jill & CKhris, Tha Mansion, Zombies, And Tha Hunter Looks 10x Better Than The First. I Gots Other Games Fa My GameCKube, But This Is The Real Reason Why I Bought One. CKapcom Is Suppose To Re-release A Total Of 5 Or 6 Remade & New RE Titles Just For Tha GameCKube. So Swoop One, Mob & Smoke. One Mo Gin Fa Tha BloCK