2 questions, completely unrelated to each other. Resident Evil 5 & Hard Driv

Alright so I'm getting an Xbox 360 soon and I'm wondering about the Hard Drive size. Do you run out of space quickly? I was thinking about getting the Elite so I don't have much to worry about but then I realized I only like the Elite for the HDMI and black console. But then I realized that I can just get a Xbox 360 pro (60GB) and put a black faceplate on it and be fine. So what would you recommend? Oh, I plan on using my Xbox 360 to play old school xbox games as well. So backwards compatibility and HDMI are a must.

And now for my Resident Evil 5 question. Can someone break down what the game is about? Do I have to play the others to understand this one? Are the controls funky? I'm used to CoD kind of controls with shooting so will I have issues with this? Is the game actually scary?

I only have about 40 gigs left on my hard drive, I can't imagine having a 60 gig, but if you are only going to have like 10 games it'll be fine. Overall though I'd get the elite it is a better deal

i ahve a launch day 2-gig pro console. idont install games on it coz i only play them one at a time. i havea few downloaded arcade games and videos bt still have 4-6gb free.

the elite is the best bang for your buck and as for RE5 its agreat game but not the best, gamespots review is right on