The Eurogamer TV Show: Resident Evil 5

Published 13 February, 2009 Duration 9:02

Producer Masachika Kawata braves Blizzard Britain to big up Capcom's latest horror-fest. Controls, co-op and controversy discussed, and wild zombie snowmen destroyed.

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  • ElPedro #1 3 years ago

    Image freezes for me at the screencap of the Times Online :/

    Both the downloaded and online version.

  • Stretch #2 3 years ago

    same here on the image freeze

  • Skeletor #3 3 years ago

    Something's wrong with the loading speed...takes ages.

  • Mugwum Verified Operations Director, Eurogamer Network #4 3 years ago

    Sorry for the problem guys! All fixed now hopefully.

  • Stretch #5 3 years ago

    Now its not even playing, just saying "playlist failed"

  • TeeHee #6 3 years ago

    7/10

  • miiiguel #7 3 years ago

    Is it available on Live? These shows via browser suck.

  • HoriZon #8 3 years ago

    EG's crappy player sucks its to damn slow to load the video in the bg while playing!

    iPlayer FTW :)

  • autogunner #9 3 years ago

    that was the most dull non commital interview i ever heard

  • drumbaby #10 3 years ago

    Played RE4 before Uncharted, and it seemed fair enough. But after that any 3rd person actioneer game with controls as backward as RE4/ 5 is simply an utter pain to play.

    As gorgeous as RE5 looks (and it's tres sexy) I can't get excited for it, because the constant feeling of enforced panic due to shit controls no longer feels like a valid gameplay device...more like a way for the archaic designers to avoid designing cool levels with mobile clever A.I. and a decent combat model.

    I'd be surprised if this gets a good review here, if the reviewers can see beyond the visuals.

  • stoic #11 3 years ago

    I really don't get why people disliked RE4's control scheme so much. It was easy to use and perfectly suited to the style and atmosphere of the game. Applying a quake/halo control scheme to the RE series would be very bad for the immersion imho.
    Edited by stoic at 13/02/09 @ 23:44

  • Zaltan #12 3 years ago

    He should have said that Africa may seem a "Far Cry 2" away.

  • Svecke #13 3 years ago

    As long as it doesn't have an escort mission. That's why I never finished RE4. That and the goddamn QTEs.

  • Cadence #14 3 years ago

    Hang on, is the WHOLE game coop with that stupid AI woman?

  • Bulbatron #15 3 years ago

    I've got no problem with the controls at all. I think they're OK, if a bit archaic now. But I'm unhappy with the emphesis being so firmly on co-op, and the way that single-player now has to include an almost constant A.I. partner - especially since her mistakes mean game over. I didn't really enjoy the demo. Unless the reviews can reassure me, I'm likely to give this one a miss until it comes way down in price. It'll be the first time I've done that for one of the main Resident Evil games.

  • LeD #16 3 years ago

    There is a very distinct possibility that the game may be near unplayable solo - unless they've improved the AI, after all your Gears team mates are very competent sidekicks!, - and an absolute blast co-op. Buyer beware...

  • Cannibal #17 3 years ago

    Dumb development decision. It has put the game in a situation where the review score lives and dies by the co-op. It could be the difference between a 10/10 and a 5/10.

    Plus, they argue for the controls because of immersion, but isn't Resident Evil about being on your own and trying to survive against impossible odds?

  • CitizenGeek #18 3 years ago

    I'm glad they didn't change the game to suit the paranoid "racist" name callers. The game, of course, looks amazing! :)

  • elephant_stone #19 3 years ago

    hmmm...im still in two minds about this game...the demo didnt impress me too much. maybe it was the controls?

  • rogermellie #20 3 years ago

    I loved RE4 and I agree with the comments on the dated controls, but my concern is over the enforced co-op for single player.

    The demo didn't seem that great after experiencing Gears 1/2, Uncharted and Dead Space.