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Errol James

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Out with the New. In with the Old

Resident Evil 5 is set in Africa so we see a shanty town, dark skinned enemies, and a bunch of tribal things to give us a sense that we are on the motherland. Did it feel any different from the European setting in Resident Evil 4?

There really isn't much brought to the table in Resident Evil 5 that is a new besides playing with another person. You could trade items and have the whole co-op thing in Resident Evil 0. The action scenes which make you act quick were in Resident Evil 4. Chris & Wesker were introduced in the first Resident Evil. The controls are pretty much the same as the first Resident Evil. The Majini aren't all that different from the Las Plagas in Resident Evil 4. Handgun, Shotgun, Grenade Launcher, & Rocket Launcher have all been around since forever in Resident Evil.

The controls might have worked before Dead Space showed up, but now it just shows the ego the developers had. What I think is since Resident Evil is Capcom's best selling franchise of all time they got comfortable at being the king of the survival horror genre. They probably were like "this is Resident Evil why change anything." They had every right since the first Resident Evil pretty much defined the genre. With all of the backtracking and ink ribbons that game still is the shit.

The series left it's survival horror roots in the dust and became an action game with an ego. I mean come on if your going to become an action game, you should at least have a good cover system. Either that or better controls to use the shitty cover system. Becoming an action game means comparing it to other action games such as Grand Theft Auto and Gears of War. If you compare it those two Resident Evil 5 is far from the crown for the best action game.

... Maybe Resident Evil needs to go back to it's roots

Grizzen-Fang6235d ago

Well I think that for the fact that this game is on a next-gen system (let's face it) that alone adds a whole dimension to the fanchise.

Errol James6235d ago

So what your saying is that better graphics and a different control (excluding the Playstation) is all a game needs to be better than the previous version?

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

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Jin_Sakai1d 11h ago (Edited 1d 10h ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio1d 4h ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing1d 2h ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster921d 3h ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit1d 3h ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing1d 2h ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster921d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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