Resident Evil 5 demo infects 1.8 million

If bad controls heighten the game's tension then the next game should have a Quadriplegic stuck in a a hospital bed. You just sit there and watch the zombies come and eat you.

Everytime there is a post on RE5, I see a bunch of people complaining about the controls. I just can't figure these people out. Do you not understand RE? RE4 was PERFECT. It is NOT Gears of War. It is NOT Bioshock or any other FPS. It is Resident Evil, which a lot of people love. It should NOT be like those other games.

This series requires a very different set of skills and style of play than a faster run-n-gun type game. You have to plan your shots a little better. You have to manage your ammo more. You have to use a different kind of strategy. If you keep dying, you're not playing the game right. Sometimes you have to stop shooting and run away from a group of bad guys to survive. It definitely takes some skill to find a good balance between timing your movements and making your shots. If you can't get it, practice or find a different game. Just stop trying to turn RE into something it isn't meant to be!

By the way, moving and shooting is about as unrealistic as it gets in games. No real human can move so perfectly from side to side (often over debris, stairs, etc.) while maintaining such accuracy.

@DarrenHollywood - RE's controls are slower on purpose. You aren't supposed to be able to wipe out a whole room of enemies all at once. You'll often have to take a few shots, run away, turn, and shoot again. It is slower than other games, but it is meant to be that way. It isn't glitchy at all.

that would be 1.8 million people who got to experience the frustrating controls

I found the controls frustrating becasue they don't suit the game. The controls increase the tension and the horror. So they completely fail now that all the tension and horror has been removed.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't like the feel of the demo. I love all of the RE games, clunky controlls and all, and the fact that it took me several tries to complete each stage in the demo made me seriously question my gaming abilites. When did I become such a noob? I guess I'm not a noob after all.

Downloaded it, played it twice, gave it a 'Meh' and moved on.

I'll cut the game some slack because I wasn't used to the controls. But I tried all 4 control settings and NONE of them are intuitive unless you've played all the RE games before. I don't care what the RE fans say about the controls being bassackwards to enhance the tension of the game. If you're going to give me several different control schemes, then let ME decide how I want to control the game. There is no reason to have to hold one button for another button to do something.

And the lack of walking when you attack is stupid, if you slash the zombie with a knife it just backs up, making you put the knife back to move forward and pull the knife back out to slash it and not be able to move if something else decides to attack!

i actually didn't like the controls in gears of war at all. but i played re4 all the way through...twice.

Demo didn't really do anything for me. The controls were stiff, the enemies all the same, and I had trouble having ammo enough to get rid of all the zombies.

IF U DONT LIKE RE5, THEN DONT BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. QUIT F8CKING COMPANNING ABOUT STUFF!!!!. oh the controls are crap, ohhh its last gen graphics, ohhh the zombies all look the same,..... just shut up and dont buy it if you think that way. because i'am DAMN sure getting it!

The demo was fun except for the extremely horrible controls. Re 4's controls were fine for it's time, because there was no Gears of War yet or anything of the sort, so of course 4's controls felt great and new. But now that they have been far surpassed already, it's time to improve yet again because the controls feel ancient and game breaking once more.

Ok... so I've been downloading this demo for over an hour, and it's 30% done... WTF people, stop clogging the internet pipes!!!

Also, I'm very disappointed the KZ2 demo codes didn't work today like they said they would a couple weeks ago.

I played the XBL demo a while ago, but not online. I just got the PSN demo and played the heck outta it. Being able to play online is amazing. This completely blows Left 4 Dead's experience outta the water.

The PS3 version seems to struggle with the frame rate at times, so once again the 360 version appears to be the best one if you have both systems.

Well the strafing was decent, I just can play with slow aiming after playing Re4 on the wii (even though the graphics sux teh bawls on my 61'' sammy)
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Secondly who was bi***in when you where in Raccoon city killin whitey? Maybe I'm just a child of the 80's, or color blind.

After playing Dead Space, there is no excuse for RE5 to have those horrible controls. Most RE fanboys bring up the defense that "it adds atmosphere/suspense to the game". Dead Space had enough atmosphere and suspense that rivals most survival/horror games. And the best thing about it is that the controls are actually not a problem.

In my opinion, ALL survival/horror games (yes, that means RE as well) should have the controls like Dead Space. And for those of you saying that you can't walk and shoot in real life, IT'S A FUCKING GAME. Not a fucking shooting simulator.

All you guys dissin' RE5 are idiots. This will be game of the year. It will outsell Gears 2, Killzone and GOW. You all will curl up in your beds wondering why you are so wrong.

Oh yeh. Dead Space is a horrible game to reference. It flopped.

Excellent demo why the F**K is every one complaining the story goes on for all us long standing RESI fans.
I did it second time round, it is tough and thats way it should be:)

Am I going to be the first to say this? I have the same problem with RE5 as I did with RE3. It's an action game dressed up like Resident Evil, but without the controls that would make playing it fun. So much of what I did in that demo was counter-intuitive to the way the battles occur and I will go on record as saying I HATE the way anything you kill just bleeds ammo. I'm fairly certain those flying thingies in Shanty Town aren't packing heat but drop bullets they did.

LOL @ the picture.

Somehow the lacking of move & shoot didn't annoy me nearly as much as having to use aim with the knife.

I didn't like it either. Reminded me too much of RE4 which I tired to play though on the wii (before selling it) and after seeing that little napoleon guy I just gave up.

I'm sure something equally bizarre will pop out of this game if you can even make it that far with the awful controls.

Oh and why I am telling the main character to combine gun ammo with the gun. Can't he just figure it out or in the 3 minutes of me constantly dying over and over again while that gungy looking chick that kept saving me, did I somehow manage to miss the reload button?