Confirmed: no run-and-gun in Resident Evil 5. Ever.

the last Resident Evil I played was 2 and I had a blast. it was easy to control and was a lotta fun. this crap here, though? just that. crap. pretty crap but still crap. it doesn't have to be a run and gun game for a person to be able to run away does it? that was a lame ass excuse they gave for those fucked up controls. I think they should go back to RE2's controls and let us worry about all the other stuff.

Oh well, should please the hardcore fans. But even with the slightly more adept controls of the newer RE games I still find it a bit archaic and a cheap way to increase difficulty. As a result I really wasn't impressed with the demo at all. At this point I doubt I'm going to buy it. Maybe Gamefly it when I get bored.

Agreed. Why have a 1996 control scheme for a 2009 title?

The stubborness of Capcom remind me of Lair's control fiasco .... and we all know what happened to Lair ....... and Factor 5

"I'm really curious as to why you think I'd even care about something so trivial as popularity on this website?"

Because not only do you constantly cry out for attention by making ridiculous and outlandish comments, but you're responding to someone from a much earlier article on a newer one (that has nothing to do with the original article by the way) so more people will see it. You're not fooling anyone, so you should just stop trying IMO.

If you're a fan of RE 4 (which I am) then you'll probably go out and get RE 5 day one.

I'm tired of people saying RE 4 and RE 5 aren't "true" Resident Evil games. I suppose to be a "true" Resident Evil game you have to have god-awful camera angles and awkward controls. RE 4 and RE 5 stick to not having run-and-gun gameplay mechanics just like the other games did. The big difference in the new RE games is the action is increased significantly. This is the new face of Resident Evil games.

I dont think im going to get this game soon
I mean
(you cant shoot your teammate) = FAIL
and the controls are a bit frustrating unlike RE4

simple, for me (totally new to RE, downloaded the demo and played until... WTF? MOVE!) now run/shoot = no money. I agree with some of the comments that this may be keeping RE fans happy, but it's likely to keep away a lot more newcomers to the series. RE is a strong brand, backed up by movies (I always considered it one of the exceptions when it comes to movie games -but again I never played RE so not sure if it ever took more than the name).

A shame too, I loved that side-kick chick whatever her name. But it seems to me they're selling a lack of introducing RE-specific feel for horror/suspense as a 'feature' here. I'm sure they can introduce running/shooting and still be unique. It's about storyline, immersion, so many more things. I simply don't accept the argument made here that standing still and shooting is the only way to do that. Oh and it sucks balls btw.

Rather than adding danger and tension through environment, enemies or gameplay in general, here is an archaic control scheme. Sounds good to me, right RE purists?

Well, somebody should tell that to their marketing director, because he's in an OXM video on the xbox live marketplace right now making that very claim on camera, no less.

Not so much a rumor as the byproduct of a statement made by a misinformed Capcom representative.

Good, I'm glad capcom isn't listening to stupid suggestions.

Guess what....if you dont like it, dont play it. hows that sound? This is getting increasingly annoying. People are bitching about a game/series because its not what they want. boo hoo. You dont want it? Dont buy it, also dont cry about it all the time. That number "5" after the title represents that it is the 5th game in a series meaning that is has been a big enough hit to continue. How would all you fanboys feel if they took cover system out of GOW? WOAH big change, cry cry cry.

Capcom is keeping the movement and series the same because it has been successful in the past, and fans of it will continue to buy. There just so happens to be enough people to enjoy this series that it will still sell millions. Please dont just hop into the 4th or 5th game in a series and bitch and try to make the company change aspects that others have enjoyed from the beginning. You dont like this? Go play RE, RE2 or RE3 and see how you feel about it, and see where the game/series is coming from. God, some of you guys are getting me all worked up.

For those saying that the people complaining about the controls never played RE4, I am here to respectfully disagree. I played RE4 on gamecube, PS2, and then the wii. I've unlocked everything you could in the game, and in fact it was one of my favorite games from that generation (if you can't tell)

But this game just doesn't feel right, if your going to have a game where you have to run away from you enemies and turn around (like this game and RE4) to shoot them you can't have it be a co-op mode with an AI partner that DOESN'T follow you everywhere you go.

I played the demo and ran up to the highest point I could and turned around (as I had done many times in RE4) to shoot my enemies. Within 5 seconds the girl below starts screaming from down below about needing to be saved. RE1-4 (survival horror) RE5 (Action/Shooter) and when they made that switch, they should have updated the control scheme, it's just that simple.

I also read that some people don't want it to seem like every other game out there. But those who have play uncharted, and gears of war know that even if a game has the same controls, they can offer COMPLETELY different experiences.

I'm not worried about this one bit; I loved RE4 and I'm sure this will thrill me again...besides it's not too hard to position yourself to enemies and such, that was one aspect I enjoyed in RE4. I wonder if the Right Analog with bother me at first...

lol, imagine RSV2 with this shooting system, "to establish a sense of risk and danger while in combat." hahaha -you do that with improved AI and surroundings. This sounds lame, not buying.

How is this and I quote "propagate unsubstantiated rumors"
When if you watch the video on Live Dashboard w/ an interview with Mike Webster, Dir. of Marketing Capcom,
and I quote him talking about the controls about the new action controls...
Minute 1:33 (video is also on youtube Title: Inside Xbox - The OXM Report - Resident Evil 5)

but I quote
"The main function of that is to allow you to move while your shooting so you dont have to be stationary anymore while aiming and firing." Mike Webster Director of Marketing Capcom

so tell me how we the gamers and online gaming communities, propagated an unsubstantiated rumor, when the Director of Marketing himself did in fact Substatiate and confirm that this was in fact true???

He should have said "We're too lazy to make the game actually tense and scary, so instead we force archaic controls on the players to artificially make it scary!" Nostalgia and laziness are honestly the only two reasons not to be allowed to move while shooting. I'm not talking full running, but being able to slowly walk around would be nice. Isn't Chris Redfield some badass special ops guy? and you mean to tell me he can't move while firing a pistol?

"My only problem is when they misrepresent me for their own selfish purposes.

Or make claims about me or my opinions that just aren't true."

Kinda like when you call people like me fanboys when we are not? You've misrepresented others time and time again. The only times you've ever even directly responded to me, you've called me a fanboy, even during responses where I talk about how I almost bought a 360 because I like the system. Making the claim that I'm a Sony fanboy isn't true. It's misrepresenting me for your own selfish purpose of being able to call me (among others) holier-than-thou.

It's a double standard. If you didn't exhibit so many of them, I wouldn't disrespect you so much. Hell, if you cleaned up your BS, maybe we could even have a posotive discussion about how much FFXIII looks so awesome.

Best trailer I've seen is the one that was released on PSN last week. I'm sure you can find it online. It might even be the one they released after the countdown, I dunno cause I didn't watch it. I promised myself I wouldn't watch any more trailers, then I downloaded that one :)

Fascinating how RE4 can be almost unanimously considered Game of the Year and now a sequel with a similar control scheme is somehow pure, unmitigated garbage. I love the internet. I'm beginning to develop a theory that all it takes is the "strong opinion" of one alpha nerd on a forum somewhere and suddenly we're all rolling in the big Katamari ball of senseless whining and bitching.

"My only problem is when they misrepresent me for their own selfish purposes.

Or make claims about me or my opinions that just aren't true."

.......like how you constantly refer to me as a Sony fanboy? Yet again LordGundamXIIIWhogivesaflyingfuck lets her holier-than-thou attitude shine through with even more double standards.

really dude? My comments show that I'm "Pro Sony"? REALLY?!?!?



REALLY?!?!?!?!?

of course, you could've meant Levi.

Good cuz the slow aiming and not being able to run N' gun add to the suspense of the game.

Im not really pro anything anymore. I've seen to have become more level-headed as of late. As for Pro Sony, I'm sure Tmac can tell you multiple stories where I'd just go and do nothing but troll the PS3 for hours on end. I think what opened my mind was Bethesda's douchebaggery. There is no reason someone should have to pay just to play pass the ending of FallOut 3. And while Im talking about FallOut 3, just let me say this: What the fuck? How could Bethesda fail so hard on testing this game? Whenever I fast travel, I die instantly. So now I've spent the past 4 hours traveling to my next quest. Not to mention I've got 300 different save files. Why you ask? Because Im so paranoid about running into a game breaking bug that I've forgoed the auto save.

If they slowed down the zombies, and took away the huge hammer/chainsaw wielding zombies, then RE5 wouldn't need you to be able to walk and shoot at the same time. I don't want to be able to run and gun. I want walk and shoot. Dead Space did it perfectly. You could run away from the necromorphs in the game if you got over run, but in order to do sufficient damage you either had to walk slowly or stand still. I don't see why RE5 can't do that as well. Being able to walk and shoot wouldn't make the game like Gears. You create tense moments in games by the situations presented in the game. Not by the controls. I had some other things to say, but I lost my train of thought due to this huge headache. So I'm just going to go away.

Why can't they just give us the OPTION to choose between the two.

The controls feel akward and broken to me, I'll hold off on this one.

I'm really tired of seeing the argument that if Capcom adds movement while aiming, the game is suddenly transformed into a run-and-gun style affair. I guess being able to sidestep or back up just a teeny bit while in aim mode suddenly means we're going to be hopping all over the place, shotgun-charging and teabagging zombies Halo-style.

We're not talking about some random dude off the streets that has never fired a weapon before. Isn't Chris supposed to be some trained agent? You're telling me he can't figure out how to adjust his footing and hold his aim at the same time? How does restricting his movements to that of a geriatric simpleton enhance the excitement?

For me, it doesn't. I didn't like it in RE4 and I don't like it now. It just feels like a mediocre game mechanic thrown in to add artificial challenge.

I say they should make another action version of the game unlockable where enemys have greater health and you can use run and gun AFTER you beat the game with the current controls. Does anyone else agree? I think it would be a great way to please everyone

No way would I want to play a Resi game with Run&Gun format & I think most of the people who requested it would hate it if it was actually implemented.
Just played the demo, awesome :)

Sorry, but I don't really like the new blog design.

That dumbass in the Xbox LIVE video said specifically you can run and shoot at the same time Gears of War style. WHAT THE HELL WAS HE TALKING ABOUT THEN?

I don't quite understand the control complaints here. There is only one thing lacking from similar, the ability to move while aiming. It isn't something I think you would do while aiming, since you have to be steady to fire these guns. Aiming for a more realistic approach here, well, minus the infested people and large axe men.

The controls are fine in Resident Evil 5. I played and enjoyed Dead Space, Mass Effect, and Gears of War, all of which used near-identical control schemes, with the added ability to do a slow walk while aiming that I never used in the first place. In Gears of War you have to be behind cover all the time, so it really doesn't come in handy. In Dead Space the enemies are (or can be) especially fast, unless you tear up their legs, of course. In Mass Effect, well, it did come in handy there, but that game lacked the versatile movements found in the other ones and leveling up was key anyway.

If you actually look at RE5 as it is, just adding a slow walk would do nothing but create an illusion of something that helps. Enemies are in large numbers in enclosed spaces (most of the time) and their attacks can have enough radius and accuracy to render moving useless. Besides, they run. In order to make moving and shooting work well, the game would have to be remade. And, I know many people disagree here, I find that the inability to walk while aiming to add to the intensity, because I'm on the edge of my seat in a swarm of enemies.

I will say that the demo disappointed me, however. The big reason behind that was the presentation. Sure, the graphics were pretty, but it felt boring. The world itself seemed a bit too clean for the setup. Of course, there is more the game than the demo, but it wasn't catching my attention even at that. Not that RE4 had amazing environments, but they seemed to fit more, and were creepier by their effect. The way the RE5 world seems to be portrayed, it seems more like a war setting than a horror setting (destroyed desert location, dust everywhere and a big executioner doesn't fit at all). The setting is just off. At least in RE4, the castle fit the whole cult thing, the disgusting village suited the infested parasite plot device and poor as shit country, and the industrious levels were dark and full of strange experiments, which added to the atmosphere so much more. Sure, they may not be original, but at least they worked. As it stands from the demo, I'm thinking the African environment was a poor choice.