basically RE4 original but with some worse mechanics and even more absurdity in the action elements, it takes RE4's combat and fleshes out a bit more, it's still very satisfying like that game, bursting out heads and hearing those sounds is still the reason I play these games and I enjoy the increased variety of melee attacks especially when you manage to connect attacks with your partner.
speaking of which the co-op is genuinely the best part of this, solo play is very boring and in some parts very unfair in comparison, especially on those final chapters in the lab/tanker.
the presentation aged well in my opinion, the green tinted filter can feel nauseating but I thinks it fits the setting and tone that this is going for, the visual work also holds up well, character models are well detailed and I really enjoy the animation work, those cutscenes and the way monsters animate/move clearly had a ton of effort to them.
this also have tons of content as expected for an RE title, Mercenaries mode is an blast with all those different characters and maps, 2 solid story DLCs and more.
RE5 is not without it's bad points, while the combat system is more fleshed out than RE4 I do think some stuff got changed for the worse, the 9 slot inventory system doens't work well considering the game's fast pace, messing around with an real time inventory whenever you are full is not fun for an game like this, economy system is less satisfying, replacing an possible merchant character with the boring post-chapter shop is lame, I also don't like that they made specific animations for picking up loot, doing it like RE4 would have been better in my view.
overall RE5 is fine, I would say to play this only in co-op for an better and more fun experience, it's clear the game was made to be played this way, I think that this game will benefit a lot of the REmake treatment like RE4 received but keep the cooperative play and expand/change from there, they have the chance to redeem it quite completely.
speaking of which the co-op is genuinely the best part of this, solo play is very boring and in some parts very unfair in comparison, especially on those final chapters in the lab/tanker.
the presentation aged well in my opinion, the green tinted filter can feel nauseating but I thinks it fits the setting and tone that this is going for, the visual work also holds up well, character models are well detailed and I really enjoy the animation work, those cutscenes and the way monsters animate/move clearly had a ton of effort to them.
this also have tons of content as expected for an RE title, Mercenaries mode is an blast with all those different characters and maps, 2 solid story DLCs and more.
RE5 is not without it's bad points, while the combat system is more fleshed out than RE4 I do think some stuff got changed for the worse, the 9 slot inventory system doens't work well considering the game's fast pace, messing around with an real time inventory whenever you are full is not fun for an game like this, economy system is less satisfying, replacing an possible merchant character with the boring post-chapter shop is lame, I also don't like that they made specific animations for picking up loot, doing it like RE4 would have been better in my view.
overall RE5 is fine, I would say to play this only in co-op for an better and more fun experience, it's clear the game was made to be played this way, I think that this game will benefit a lot of the REmake treatment like RE4 received but keep the cooperative play and expand/change from there, they have the chance to redeem it quite completely.