Hey everyone, I’m Shawn Baxter (Snow) from Capcom-Unity. Our amazing Resident Evil 5 Demo goes live today on PSN, so I thought I’d tease you a bit with some of the cool things to expect, whether you’re an old fan or new to the series. One of the first things I noticed is how good the game looks. It’s hard to get by the beauty RE5 has to offer. Better still, you get to play through two beautiful stages in the demo. Aside from the sweet graphics, there’s plenty more that the demo has to offer.
For those new to the series, the controls can seem a bit different than you may expect. The RE brand has always forced you to take your time, stop while shooting, and conserve your ammo. It really helps add a sense of tension a normal shooter can’t offer. But to help those who are new to the world of RE, we have new control types that ease things up a bit. My favorite is Type A, which is probably best if you’re a fan of the previous games, especially RE4. Next on my list is Type D, which I find myself loving more and more. Type D is best if you’re new to the game, and it offers something the others don’t… Strafing! May seem like a simple thing, but in a game as tense as RE5, it can really help in those situations where you have little time to react.
Alright, so I’m sure you’ll love the graphics and controls, but there’s something even better that the Resident Evil 5 demo has to offer: Co-op. Best part is, you can play co-op online over the PSN, or even split-screen for some couch co-op. Now, of course you can play single player, but nothing beats actually playing through with someone who can plan and strategize with you. For an RE game, the fact that I can play with a buddy adds a whole new level of fun. Nothing like getting into a swarm of Majini, and having your partner shoot a few in the face so you can uppercut or flip-kick one of them!
Once you’ve played through the demo, you may want to try taking on the Executioner (huge axe-guy) with a buddy. The first time you play through the demo, run! He is extremely tough. But once you get comfortable with the game and controls, try and bring him down. I’ve tried, and he is extremely hard, but it is indeed possible to kill him, so don’t give up.
Oh, and a quick tip I’ve found is to aim for the heads on the Majini so they stagger back. Chest shots work, but one shot to the head means only one bullet expended, then push Square to pull off one of the crazy powerful melee attacks. If you get them to fall on the ground, run up to him and stomp ’em with your boot or stab with the knife if you’re playing as Sheva!
February 2nd is just around the corner, so add me to your friends list, and I’ll catch you online for some co-op Majini butt-kickin’! PSN ID: Snow_Infernus
See you online!
wow look at all the errors in my post. lol
I’m tired. Hopefully someone figures out what I was trying to say.
Hm, seems Capcom doesn’t even care to respond to comments as most blog posters do. Oh well, I guess we’re just PS3 people! Sorry for not having a 360 Capcom!
This game is going to be CRAPPY if the controls are not changed. Also why can’t we move when shooting, for e.g. side scroll. Coop is a nice addition as well. The game looks good but controlling the character SUCKS. Capcom please update the controls. MGS4 trumps this like a ten ton truck when it comes to controls. Capcom just copy MGS4 control settings.
KillZone 2 a must buy. Street Fighter worth buy or rent.
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this game is a 360/pc port, so capcom you can keep it, 5 gb mandatory install shows your laziness and you wont get my money
not for this game and not for other upcoming games, unless you make the ps3 your main developing platform
im not paying 69$ + tax, ( here in canada ) for a lazy port
HanSolo its not a lazy port, outside the 5gb install. It looks pretty much like the 360 version. Though I’ll probably get it on 360.
HanSolo,
I live in Canada too. I was even considering asking friends who never played any Resident Evil to buy this one so we could play together but after this crappy controls and lazy port I changed my mind.
It’s hard to think that Resident Evil was born on the PlayStation platform and now is better in another console.
RE5 is downright awful. A game that could have been fun to play is totally ruined by a very unfriendly control scheme.
Crapcom drops the ball.
I played the demo on x360 last f-day and guess what, ITS WAY BETTER THAN THE PS3’s, that Ive just played. The game in its actual state is simply unacceptable. Tell me at first – why the blue hell x360 gets rock-hard 60fps, while us PS3 owners are being treated with shuttery, majorly instable 30-40fps with often below-playable frame drops. It seems like another title you destroyed for PS3 right after DMC4. 5GB install? What-a-joke. If you take yourself to be serious game developers ask yourself – why Guerilla or Naughty Dog don’t get trouble makin’ an impressive game without ANY installation or fetching of gamedata. Indeed you don’t seem to care of any PS3gamers:
– we get the demo 2 months later than xbox owners (please, don’t say you sent it to SCE the same time as to MS games, because truely you didn’t)
– we get alpha-kind-version of x360 demo, which looks, sounds and even plays horrible in comparison to x360 version (though you even had 2 more months)
– you require 5gb install (I understand BD transfer rate is slower than the one of DVDDL, but somehow Killzone 2 or Uncharted can cope very well without it!)
– ugly textures, ugly models, poor controls; and I don’t care about what you’ve promised;
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OMGWTF i have downloaded this 3 times now and the same thing keeps happening An error occurred during install (80029564).
This is going 2 be my first time playin Resident Evil ever
Not my kind of game I guess, too slow. Still looks good!
I’m downloading the Demo right now!!!
downloading it now if its good ill buy it
you cant run and gun or run and knife this game must be fun! LoL
Awesome play through but PL_Terminator has a point. Please tell me that you will stop trying to run weaker software on a stronger system. I don’t care about the HDD install, what I do care about is when you port a game to system and not beef it up the way it could be . . . don’t be lazy!
i wonder sony got the demo late? didnt this series showcase on a sony product first? i guess sony likes being second best
Wellcome Snow! BTW where is John “The Man” Diamonon? I miss him!
P.S.: The demo is awesome. Controls were ok for me :)
You miss John? Hang on, I\’ll yell at him to jump on here. His desk is right next to mine.