Nothing is scarier than hearing the buzz of a chainsaw

Oh my gosh that is so true. Just hearing that noise from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre made me change the channel. Yeah I know, I'm a guy and I'm a wimp but I'm just not that much into scary movies anyway. But that's not what this blog is about. An equally horrible encounter is from this years new installment of Resident Evil.

Resident Evil 5 takes place not long after the events of Resident Evil 4. I being the Resident Evil nerd that I am read all of the history bits during the game as well as the timeline in the extras menu I believe. To me this story really ties all of the previous games together. Umbrella may be gone, but it really wasn't the big picture to begin with. I don't want to spoil it too much for ya so you'll just have to explore the details on your own.

Things I can reveal however are the overall ratings of the game. Now I'm not a top notch reviewer, but I do try to look at things objectively so I'll give it my best try. Before I get into the details I give this game a NINE out of ten. I have several reasons to back my opinion. First of all the gameplay is quite amazing. At first I thought the aiming was sluggish and cumbersome, but after playing through the game once you really do get good at it. This was a similar adaptations I built up during RE4. The story line was excellent, with many twists in the story that makes you feel like you need to get to the bottom of it. The enemies move a little faster than RE4 and this builds on the intensity of the game. I will admit, although I wasn't sure exactly what to do at first; the beginning level has a hordes of majini coming at you for seven minutes and I died at least 10 times. I had to bump it down to the easy level before figuring out how to make it through this level. The variety of weapons were amazing and you have to play smart to conserve ammo, especially for some of the more powerful weapons. The only thing to me that keeps this game from a perfect score is the lack of replay value to me. Sure you can get infinite ammo for all the weapons and this means you MUST replay the game, but come on, once you get infinite rockets or infinte magnum bullets, the game loses the edge it once held. It really is just too easy to beat. Now granted I have not played professional level yet, but this single player game will lose its savor after two or three playthroughs. Maybe with the versus mode it will get a lot better. Too bad I have not bought this game or it would be an option for me.

Well there you have it. Not the very best or indepth review, but c'mon this is my first one in close to six months. I need to get back into the swing of things and provide important details without rambling too much like I am now. So I'll be off. Cheers!