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The Official RESIDENT EVIL 5 Thread of LOOK OUT: SPOILER TAGS CONTAIN ACTUAL SPOILERS
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rollingstart
Banned
Awesome game with a lot of really awful ideas plaguing it. If I had to rank it within the main Resident Evil series, I would say it's in the bottom half with 3 and Zero. Kinda says more about how high quality games like RE4 and RE2 are (imo) that even a great game like this doesn't compare. But hey, it's the second best of the two new style Resident Evil games. And Mercs mode is still probably going to be awesome
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Papercuts said:
Far as I can tell, above 20k is B rank, which
unlocks the new stage
A rank is above 40 k, and that
unlocks new characters. <3 Jill and Stars Chris ammo layouts
Having a TON of fun playing co-op.
Also, the fact that I have not played a single traditional/current 1st person/ 3rd person game in over a month thanks to SF4 has made the controls feel... well... not so bad!
I'm glad I gave this game a chance despite my low expectations from the demo.
Also, the fact that I have not played a single traditional/current 1st person/ 3rd person game in over a month thanks to SF4 has made the controls feel... well... not so bad!
I'm glad I gave this game a chance despite my low expectations from the demo.
Grampa Simpson
Banned
Finished up through Chapter 2-3 with my brother last night. Enjoying this as a co-op experience where I could enjoy it as a single player. Still hoping for a more single player oriented variation in later DLC.
Thought the bearded El Gigante type boss in 2-3 was pale in comparison to his RE4 counterpart.
I like that the Chainsaw Majini sometimes (seemingly randomly) comes back to life. He did this after my brother and I completely routed him the first go through on normal - no new game+ or veteran. The second attempt a few minutes later we weren't playing as well, and he didn't come back. I'm unsure if this was a case of our awesomeness being a trigger, or if he randomly plays possum.
I like that the Chainsaw Majini sometimes (seemingly randomly) comes back to life. He did this after my brother and I completely routed him the first go through on normal - no new game+ or veteran. The second attempt a few minutes later we weren't playing as well, and he didn't come back. I'm unsure if this was a case of our awesomeness being a trigger, or if he randomly plays possum.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Papercuts said:
I asked that earlier, and didn't see an answer posted, but would imagine that it would indeed double for co-op, at least, based on your experience. No one on my friends list has gotten as far as I have.
Agreed. And their 1-hit kill "connect" radius is huge. Combine that with their weak spot not taking hits from a shotgun well, and...ugh.
Davey Cakes
Member
Yeah, I can agree with this. Loved the weapon names in RE4.Y2Kev said:
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
bmf said:
Same thing happened to me when I played with my brother online. He just pops up and goes absolutely nuts. Neither one of us had seen that before so we didn't know what the hell to do :lol
Shouta
Member
Played until 3am last night. Woo I'm doing pretty well with the AI Sheva so far. I've limited her choice of weapons to the ones I thought she does the best (Rifle/SMG) and it seems to work well. I handle all the crowd control weapons, Shotty, explosives, etc. I really need to play this co-op though. :lol
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
been gone all day and just saw all the kind folks who so extensively answered my question a few pages back. i'll be picking it up tomorrow.
thanks!
thanks!
zombieshavebrains
I have not used cocaine
Y2Kev said:
You'd rather have fake names? I know most of them by real world names so it helps me.
GhostRidah
Member
any help with this boss fight in chapter 5
its the wesker and jill fight, I dont know how to beat them, I know im not supposed to go after jill but wesker dodges all my bullets, not sure what the strat is to beat him.
Grampa Simpson
Banned
Panic didn't work well for us. When we complete the game, the plan is to try and go through on veteran. I'll have to urge him to not pick up the item but route the rest of the majini first, hopefully giving us a clear shot at the fucker if it happens again.Freedom = $1.05 said:
criesofthepast
Member
Thanks Sheva! For shooting an explosive barrel that was right infront of me when there were absolutely no enemies nearby. Idiot. She did this right after we beat the chapter 2
guy. So I had to do it all over again.
AND STOP PICKING UP ALL THE FUCKING AMMO! Let me pick it up and do what I see fit with it. I hate babysitting this bitch. Loving the game though.
chainsaw
AND STOP PICKING UP ALL THE FUCKING AMMO! Let me pick it up and do what I see fit with it. I hate babysitting this bitch. Loving the game though.
I don't know CVX I booted up RE4 PC for a few castle levels while my friend took a dinner break and I feel right at home just that fast. Imo it's the other way around. RE5 is harder to play if RE4 is fresh off of your mind. Especially the upgraded PC version with the high res texture pack and mouse hack.cvxfreak said:
Grampa Simpson
Banned
Absolutely. I'm much better with a semi-descriptive label than one that may be real world, but is just a random bunch of letters and numbers to me.zombieshavebrains said:
RocketDarkness
Member
GhostRidah said:
You need to have the character he's not following shoot him in the back.
HorribleJames
Banned
haha. I was fighting the first boss,
tried to get him into the furnace, he got out before the door closed, then when I tried to get away from him, and accidently went into the furnace myself... and died.. cracked me up.
Chiggs
Gold Member
criesofthepast said:Thanks Sheva! For shooting an explosive barrel that was right infront of me when there were absolutely no enemies nearby. Idiot. She did this right after we beat the chapter 2guy. So I had to do it all over again.chainsaw
AND STOP PICKING UP ALL THE FUCKING AMMO! Let me pick it up and do what I see fit with it. I hate babysitting this bitch. Loving the game though.
:lol
It's so maddening and yet I find myself laughing...even when she does shit like that to me.
It's because she's just so shitty and stupid that you can't help but love her. Why is it that when she heals herself-- when I'm not even near her-- she asks me if I'm okay in her pensive, inquisitive tone? Why does she yell at me to be careful when she has no health and I have full health? Why does she punctuate, "I need help," as if help was its own sentence? Why does she confirm every major story event exactly after it happens?Chiggs said:
Bad guy: MUHAUHAUHA I AM USING X TO DO Y MUHUHAUHA
Sheva: Chris, do you think that they could be using X to do Y?
And instead of Chris telling Sheva to shut the fuck up and get him a cold drink, he never positively confirms her suspicions as if he doesn't know himself. After this game I am 100% sure that Chris is a retard. He's the only one in the freaking world that didn't know exactly who
Duckwoman
Back to Sheva. "Oh dear me, look at that new beast!" right after a new monster pops up. "Chris, we should be quiet here. LOOOK OUUUUUUT," she screams, before she loudly kicks in a new door. "THANKS PAHTNAH," she says, before she wastes the shotgun rounds I gave her firing six times into a downed majini.
Oh, yes, Sheva, we truly can confirm that you do in fact need
HELLLLP
HorribleJames
Banned
btw, should I have found the shotgun by now? (at first boss atm, w/
) I rememer having a shotgun in some of these areas in the demo. hope I didnt miss it.
the furnace
HorribleJames said:
Yes, you should have had it. It was in the building
opposite the one where you meet the blonde chick that's transformed. The first time you can do an action jump with Sheva (when the camera pans), you'll see a key up there. Then do an action jump on the second broken ladder and Sheva will get the key that opens the door to the shotgun-building.
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
I found magnums/rifles work best on the reapers, get a clear shot when their chest parasite is exposed and they'll go down no problem.
However I'm beyond awful at mercs, does anyone have any tips?
However I'm beyond awful at mercs, does anyone have any tips?
Chiggs
Gold Member
So, Wesker's teleportation powers...who here remembers Resident Evil 4 "Hooked Man" version? Look at how he moves (go to 3:20):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upY_yiqUsNc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upY_yiqUsNc
GhostRidah said:
Try shoot him a bit and then whoever plays Chris should go next to the locked door and Wesker follow him, Wesker will kick Chris through the door. Now, you play a little game of hide and seek. Run around until Wesker loses you (make sure Jill doesn't find you either) and take cover behind a wall, once you see Wesker, pop out and start blasting, repeat process until his time is up
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Spirit of Jazz said:
Keep the combo going at all costs.
Besides the obvious getting all the time you think you need (be careful, tho, as at least from my experience on certain maps, stronger enemies start coming out) use the combo + hourglass thingie.
However, wait until the combo meter is flashing to finish an enemy unless there are more in the area, or you risk your combo meter running out, and losing your bonus. Beyond that, try to avoid headshots too much, or you'll spawn the freaky ones.
Use your melee as a crowd control to knock back other enemies, you're also invincible in most instances while using it, especially the stomp/impale/etc.
Grampa Simpson
Banned
Holy shit. I'd never seen that before. That's fucking awesome. It seems like it would have been a awesome followup to CVX. Damn.Chiggs said:
Phaethon0017
Member
Uuugggggghh. More people on my friends list need to get this game. I've been forced to use the let random people join option. Only person who found all night was this little kid who had no idea what they were doing or what game this even was...Parents why do you let your kids play online at seven years old?! I could've been some random guy who would just started cussing. Fortunately he bailed as soon as the chapter ended. Which brings me to my next question...
Sheva. When that kid joined he had MY Sheva, who had Zero ammo on everything because we'd just encountered a boss and she unloaded everything. I thought players came in with their own gear? Because the other day when my friend and I started co-op from the beginning and he stock piled on ammo and weapons and I went back to play it on singleplayer my AI Sheva had nothing. What gives?
Sheva. When that kid joined he had MY Sheva, who had Zero ammo on everything because we'd just encountered a boss and she unloaded everything. I thought players came in with their own gear? Because the other day when my friend and I started co-op from the beginning and he stock piled on ammo and weapons and I went back to play it on singleplayer my AI Sheva had nothing. What gives?
HorribleJames
Banned
BeeDog said:
ok, do I have to start over, or can I get back there again?
MiamiWesker
Member
Finished. As a RE fan from the very beginning, as a huge Wesker fan, I 100% approve of this game and its finale. I am so in love with this game right now. Is it better than RE4, I cant say that cause RE4 was so amazing when it came out cause there was nothing like it, plus I think the entire experience was solid from beginning to end where this game had some off spots. But the last half of this game has me questioning whether RE5 is more fun to play, or has better boss fights, or is just more exciting than RE4.
End game spoilers
Time to try Mercenaries and jump right back into the next playthrough. So much to find and unlock.
As a RE fan from the very beginning, as a huge Wesker fan, I 100% approve of this game and its finale. I am so in love with this game right now. Is it better than RE4, I cant say that cause RE4 was so amazing when it came out cause there was nothing like it, plus I think the entire experience was solid from beginning to end where this game had some off spots. But the last half of this game has me questioning whether RE5 is more fun to play, or has better boss fights, or is just more exciting than RE4. End game spoilers
Lets go back to the start of chapter 6, I actually didn't care much for certain sections in the ship, it relied to much on the gun enemies and not on awesome environmental setpieces like the last few chapters were doing. Still some great moments. Thankfully the last bosses of this game are as amazing and epic as I have seen in any game.
Excella's transformation, has there ever been anything that big in any RE game. The way to beat it is awesome, giant death star lazer, one of the best bosses in the game.
Then Wesker, I dont know what people were complaining about, I think the final battles lived up to the hype. My personal favorite part was when he was in his human form and you got to shoot out the lights, grab a rocket launcher, shoot it at him AND HE CATCHES IT!!! Blow it up in his face and try to inject him. The QTE fight in the plane, some of the best videogame cutscene fighting I have ever seen, gives MGS a run for its money.
Then it ends on freaking Mustafar!!! Obi-wan vs. Anakin and now Chris vs. Wesker, does it get any more perfect, NO. I could hear the Battle of Heroes song playing as I fought Wesker. His final form is a bit idioic, but better than a giant blob thing, I loved the lead up to the final battle spot, very cinematic. The actual final fight was easy, Sheva would never get hurt and if I ever went into dying she would get me all the time, it was like impossible to die. My first try I totally ran out of ammo, I was knifing him but it was taking so long that I killed myself. The next time I brough loads of ammo but still hard to take him down. Thats when I notcied he has a glowing spot on his back, OHHH, I thought you had to hit him with weapons until his front opened. A bit too simple for me, he only has a few attacks and his weakspot is so simple, thankfully everything leading up to it was ace.
And it ends with not one but two rockets, fitting. So is leaving in a helicopter, its come full circle.
As for the story, not sure what to think of all the plot twists they added, so now Wesker was a test subject all along. Spencer's plan was to create a super race. Ok. I am not upset cause now I know there are a bunch of other Weskers running around out there. YES! I wonder if we will ever meet Alex Wesker, the man who started it all. The Wesker line lives on, though none will ever come close to the man himself. Unless they cloned him.
Excella's transformation, has there ever been anything that big in any RE game. The way to beat it is awesome, giant death star lazer, one of the best bosses in the game.
Then Wesker, I dont know what people were complaining about, I think the final battles lived up to the hype. My personal favorite part was when he was in his human form and you got to shoot out the lights, grab a rocket launcher, shoot it at him AND HE CATCHES IT!!! Blow it up in his face and try to inject him. The QTE fight in the plane, some of the best videogame cutscene fighting I have ever seen, gives MGS a run for its money.
Then it ends on freaking Mustafar!!! Obi-wan vs. Anakin and now Chris vs. Wesker, does it get any more perfect, NO. I could hear the Battle of Heroes song playing as I fought Wesker. His final form is a bit idioic, but better than a giant blob thing, I loved the lead up to the final battle spot, very cinematic. The actual final fight was easy, Sheva would never get hurt and if I ever went into dying she would get me all the time, it was like impossible to die. My first try I totally ran out of ammo, I was knifing him but it was taking so long that I killed myself. The next time I brough loads of ammo but still hard to take him down. Thats when I notcied he has a glowing spot on his back, OHHH, I thought you had to hit him with weapons until his front opened. A bit too simple for me, he only has a few attacks and his weakspot is so simple, thankfully everything leading up to it was ace.
And it ends with not one but two rockets, fitting. So is leaving in a helicopter, its come full circle.
As for the story, not sure what to think of all the plot twists they added, so now Wesker was a test subject all along. Spencer's plan was to create a super race. Ok. I am not upset cause now I know there are a bunch of other Weskers running around out there. YES! I wonder if we will ever meet Alex Wesker, the man who started it all. The Wesker line lives on, though none will ever come close to the man himself. Unless they cloned him.
Time to try Mercenaries and jump right back into the next playthrough. So much to find and unlock.
RocketDarkness
Member
Everything appears in the store once you could have conceivably found it.HorribleJames said:
AnonymousNoob said:Ah, you're right. That said, she wasn't shooting the Maijini that she was supposed to be, which inadvertently led to my death.
Correct, once again. That said, I had no idea there was a crank on the other side. I cranked the door open this time and she went to the other crank to let me through.
That's because you are blocking her view..
In the AI world, Sheva's probably complaining in a forum about how human Chris sucks. "Look I'm shooting at the Majini and Chris is blocking me!"
Fantastical
Death Prophet
I'm on 4-1 and this game just keeps getting better. Wish I was still playing it with my friend though. Split screen was really great.
MirageDwarf
Member
STOP STEALING MY AMMO YOU BITCH!!!
It felt sacrilegious to play co-op in RE with an actual person first time through, yet in retrospect I feel that was a bad way to de-virginize this game.
Anyway, it is RE 4.5 HD, and I'm completely fine with that. I want to go solo again in RE6. It just feels 'right' to play without a broken-record partner plodding behind you the entire time. Splitting up with your team a la RE1 + 2 and meeting up with them along the way from time to time only to part ways once more gives RE its charm.
Anyway, it is RE 4.5 HD, and I'm completely fine with that. I want to go solo again in RE6. It just feels 'right' to play without a broken-record partner plodding behind you the entire time. Splitting up with your team a la RE1 + 2 and meeting up with them along the way from time to time only to part ways once more gives RE its charm.
MiamiWesker
Member
Oh and my final completion time was 15 hours 45 minutes, that was by the game clock, I think it was more like 17 hours. I guess its shorter than RE4 but it took me just as long to finish this game, it doesn't really feel that much shorter. Anyone worring about length doesn't need to worry.