PSA: Resident Evil 5 demo now on PSN worldwide

The handicapped controls are the only thing that separates this game from a straight up action game. If you ask the director why the controls in RE 1-3 are so unfriendly he will tell you that it is so you feel more helpless and not in control. It was purely to supplement the survival horror aspect of the game.

Obviously, RE 4 and now 5 are more action oriented then horror, but there is still very much the theme of survival which other action games don't really focus on. So, the stopping to aim control scheme allows for enemies to crowd around you more easily and puts you into situations where you must choose between attempting to fend off the crowd and retreating to safety.

It's not about realism, it's about taking away control. Love it or hate it, it's a game play design choice that has been a mainstay of the series.

"It's not about realism, it's about taking away control. Love it or hate it, it's a game play design choice that has been a mainstay of the series."

EXACTLY. I don't understand why people don't recognize that this is an intentional mechanic of the game. It's not COD4...and even in MGO, people have to stop moving while firing weapons if they even expect to hit anything.

"Love it or hate it, it's a game play design choice"

Fair enough. Most people hate it though, just thought you should know that. The developer will lose money because their game intentionally appeals to fewer people. If they don't care about their own game, then neither will I. Moving on...

Yeah. I'm very sure Capcom will cry themselves to sleep on their huge piles of money this game makes for the small percentage that isn't going to buy it because it's not GoW.

It's good to me. The controls are being bashed heavily but they are fine. Apparently these kids are so deficient that they can't handle a different control scheme than Gears of War or something. They give you 4 layouts. I bet most people only used the default control setting (which I agree isn't great but not as bad as everyone makes it out to be). Type D controls are much easier to use since you can strafe with one stick and look around with the other.

Having said that, they pretty much ruined the game with HORRIBLE COOP AI. I'm not sure I've seen such dumb AI and when she dies...you lose. The whole point of the demo is to survive in this small area (on 2 levels). Yet you are stuck babysitting the Shieva the entire time cuz she gets mauled by enemies. Then it is difficult to heal her with how the menu is set up.

So overall, great game ruined by bad AI. I'd say the game is only worth purchasing if you have a friend to play with. Which I don't like since I like to sit down and relax from time and time and play games at my own pace. Playing online is alright but not something I should HAVE to do to get through singleplayer. It's singleplayer for a reason...cuz I want to play it ALONE and savor every moment. Not be handicapped by some dumb teammate.

At least the game looks very pretty.

Let me rephrase that last bit:

"Honestly, who here wouldn't take the Wii control set up with any game on 360/PS3 over traditional 360/PS3 controls?"

Much better, because it's so true.

"Honestly, who here wouldn't take a 360/PS3 version over a Wii version due to the entire generational gap in graphics and the ability to play games online without sharing a 16 digit friend code?"

Much better, because it's so true.

"Honestly, who here wouldn't take a 360/PS3 version over a Wii version due to the entire generational gap in graphics and the ability to play games online without sharing a 16 digit friend code?"

Much better, because it's so true.

Yes, the online portion of an RE game is SOOO much more important than being able to play the game without getting frustrated every 5 seconds.... it does look pretty though.

"Honestly, who here wouldn't take the Wii control set up with RE5 over 360/PS3 controls?"

"Honestly, who here wouldn't take a 360/PS3 version over a Wii version due to the entire generational gap in graphics"

Let's find some middle ground here. I'd like the 360's graphics and the Wii's accurate controls.

Since there's no such thing as an Xbox Wii60, I gotta ask: When does the PC version come out?

Completely. I'm still amused by the white ones that look like Eminem.

No.

But you can run...stop....turn slowly... pull up your reticule... aim slowly at your enemy... and fire until you quickly run out of bullets and are forced to use a silly knife mechanic

If Capcom seriously wanted a Gears of War game, they would've ported over Lost Planet's control scheme. Don't like the controls, don't play simple as that.

Lmao

If you take out RE's control scheme then it really would be Gears of War.

Dead Space is unique because of it's dismemberment mechanics. That's what keeps it from running into Gears shoot-athon territory. And that's what is masking it's "superior than RE" control system. That's what makes it's survival aspect work.

RE can't do that. It just can't tack on Gears/Dead Space movement without turning it into a third person shooter. The challenge aspect is in it's stop-shoot formula, not crippled controls.

Gears of War: Move while aiming.

Dead Space: Move while aiming. It's not that hard to compare them.

Resident Evil is gunplay like Gears but in a fixed sense. You stop here to shoot, you move on. If you put "Move while aiming" into Resident Evil you get Gears. It's really not that hard to understand.

According to your logic you can just compare any 2 given "move and aim game" then.

How about compare RE with Time Crisis then?

GoW and Dead Space r totally different kind of beasts.

Cannon Fodder: Move while aiming.

So that's why Dead Space seemed so familiar...

There's other ways of creating tension and horror than creepy dark places.

Yes, and this other way of 'horror' is no resident evil for me. But I hope the story or other chapters/levels will compensate.