The Guildmasters

Well after many many hours of play and completing RE5 at least 3 times (amateur,normal,veteran) plus completing mercenaries (ow that was/is addictive) I believe I can honestly write the review that this game so rightly deserves.

If you followed my play by post on this game it did sound initially that I was disappointed. At first I was because I was trying to compare it to RE4 and I was missing a couple of things that i’d grown to like a lot in that game, it was wrong of me however to expect those things in RE5.
After playing through the game the first time I was absolutely hooked, I wanted more, I wanted to unlock everything, and so I got completely carried away and have almost unlocked everything in the game, but I still want more, i’d even go as far as to say RE5 is more addictive than RE4 and I really loved that one.

As in RE4 the controls were similar and took a bit of getting used to, nothing too bad and only because i’d played so many other games since RE4. Once you get the hang of the controls it’s just fun all the way.

The story is extemely good and it really gives you that ” I can’t stop now, I need to know what happens next” feeling, constantly.

Your introduced to boss fights in many new original ways, some of which you really don’t expect. It was nice to see some of the old enemies from RE4 though not too many to make you think it was just a re-shuffle, there were plenty of new enemies too.

El Gigante was back but only appears once, he’s more pumped and extremely annoying, especially on veteran mode, it’s a fixed scene, when I say fixed I mean you can’t choose your weapon or run around, you have to use the gatling gun on the back of a truck so it’s really down to how good you’ve managed to aim.

Most of the enemies are called “majini’s” and there are a few variations of enemies seen in RE4 only stronger and harder to defeat, you have the executioner majini which is a lot like the blind hooded claw handed thing’s in RE4 that I can’t think of what they were called right now (sorry) then you have the chainsaw majini, pretty difficult first time around but good fun and gatling gun majini.

As well as these familiar type enemies there is a whole host of new ones, my pet hate in this game are the dogs, you nearly always see them in groups of 3 or 4 which is why I always end up getting a piece of my face ripped off even when i’ve promised myself i’m going to take them all down this time.
There are also alligators which will kill you in one bite, no second chance with these things, one bite is a kill and that is whatever level your playing so watch out for those, there isn’t many but you will encounter these if your after all treasures.

Wesker is a great addition to this game, he’s a great boss, annoying but likeable too, frustrating at times but a great character to play with in the mercs.

I would say i’ve played this game for well over 100hrs and could very easily play for another 100
I bought and downloaded the add-on this morning which is slayers and versus, all online and can’t wait to try it out, this may not sound too important but for me to buy an add-on you can bet the game was more than excellent, and it was, really.
Any fan of resident evil needs to own this game, you won’t regret it. I give it a 10 out of 10 simply because I can’t give it 11, it’s that good.
Anyone wanting to check my trophy stats i’m online under the name Knightofthe9 on my PS3 so if you feel like a rumble in RE5 versus give me a shout.

Just to finish there is much more to this game than I could really put here and I don’t want to give too much away for those that haven’t played it yet, you have many treasures to find, and plenty of other stuff too, if your like me and want all the trophies your going to spend a lot of time on this game, and your going to enjoy yourself tremendously, the fun and excitement is all there and you can play with a partner or go it alone, your choice, I tried both and they were both great. The mercs is excellent and you have lots to go for.

I could go on all day but I think you get the picture, go try it and i’ll see you in versus.

Tony

I played this game for more than 6 months, I completed it at least 4 times, got every mercenary quest done, absolutely contagious this game was for me.

The storyline was very cool in the usual resident evil way, the merchant  guy was probably my favourite character, it was amazing when he first appeared, I couldn’t stop laughing he was just so cool. “what a ya buying?” ” what a ya selling?” reminded me of a pirate dude.

In fact when I came across a guy in Oblivion called Shady Sam he reminded me so much of the merchant  in resident evil 4 I went back and played it again for a couple of weeks.

There are so many different forms of enemies in this game and the boss fights are really enjoyable, a vast range of weapons and quick pace set this game up for me as one of the all time greats of the resident evil series.

I’m writing the review now as i’ve just ordered the new Resident Evil 5 for my ps3 and i’m hoping it’s going to live up to the same standards as number 4, the only preview i’ve seen on RE5 was a quick glimpse of Whesker so hopefully 5 will be better than 4, looking forward to it.

It can get difficult at times to upgrade your weapons so you do need to find all the gems which fit into the various treasures so the items are worth more, fitting items into items typically increases their value many more times than if you sold the item seperately.

Once i’d played through about 3 times was when I then opted to try the mercenaries, that is hard, your either going to enjoy it or get really frustrated with it and probably destroy your tv, it’s great fun, if you haven’t played Resident Evil 4 you should, definitely.

Overall rating i’m giving another 10 out of 10, I know it seems like i’m being generous with the ratings but i’m not, it mostly takes a top notch game to keep my interest now, I know what it takes to make a really good RPG so most of the games i’ll write reviews on will almost certainly be a 9 or 10.  I don’t really see the point in writing a bad review on a bad game, I just simply won’t recommend a bad game so if i’m not going to recommend something why write about it, makes sense to me.

Tony

Hi all,

I know this review has been a long time coming but with a game like morrowind it’s going to take time to write a decent review, I know the game is a good few years old now but i’ve actually been playing it off and on for over two years and I never get bored with it.

First of all i’d like to say playing this the first time around was like the same feeling I had when I played my first Final Fantasy game back on the ps1, it was something unique, something I had never experienced before in terms of playing console  games.

It was so open ended, you could go anywhere, do anything, stay to the main quest or just play for days just completing side quests for the various guilds, it was and still is an amazing game, even after two years I still can’t honestly say i’ve completed every side quest.

I did complete the main quest about 3 times, each time with a different character and different attributes and have attempted to complete all side quests but never did get them all. This game was so involving it made me go and buy the walkthrough, a huge book with detailed information on every quest as I really wanted to be able to complete everything, I will eventually get everything done in morrowind and it will definitely go down in my history books as a classic, I don’t think I will ever let this game go, if you haven’t played it yet I really can’t think of a reason why, forget how quickly people say you can complete this game because they are talking about the main quest only, there is literally thousands of hours of game play with morrowind, it’s not something you could get bored with.

My overall rating for morrowind is 10 out of 10, you can’t really expect any more from a game, especially if your an RPG fan, this game is for everyone and you get to have a lot of fun with it, steal houses, decorate them with your spoils,  take on the quests of the televanni or one of the other houses and get your own fortress, an excellent all rounder, it will be a long time before this type of game becomes outdated.

Tony