When Resident Evil 4 was released in early 2005 (so early, in fact, that many people seem to remember it as a 2004 title), it was hailed by many as the most impressive survival-horror game since, well, the first Resident Evil. It wasn't that the game did much of anything we hadn't seen before, it's just that it did everything better than its predecessors, combining all of its tried-and-true third-person action elements into a remarkably polished package. RE4 was an intense, terrifying experience from beginning to end, in part because it focused more on the action elements of the game than the traditionally slower-paced survival aspects. After both the GameCube and PlayStation 2 versions went on to win multiple Game of the Year awards, we couldn't help but wonder what was in store for the future of the franchise.
RE5 takes place 10 years after the events of Resident Evil 4. Leon Kennedy, however, is a no show. Back from the original Resident Evil, the main playable character is former S.T.A.R.S. member Chris Redfield. The official location is still unknown, but rumors and speculation point to the Caribbean country of Haiti. Oddly enough, RE5 incorporates heavy use of bright daylight, a first for the gloomy series.
Chris and Sheva are taking down zombies with extreme prejudice.
RE5 opens in a very familiar scene - Chris Redfield trapped inside a dilapidated building while scratching, pawing, yelling zombies try to break inside. As with RE4 though, they're not really zombies, but villagers with some kind of new virus controlling their behavior. In this case it's the Progenitor Virus mentioned in Code Veronica (probably due for a Wii remake any minute now). This virus was said to have originated in Africa, so Chris is on the case and is now, much to our gaming delight, surrounded by bloodthirsty madmen.
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