To be honest RE6 isn't all that bad... sure the over abundance of QTE did spoil the fun of an otherwise classic survival horror experience, but the great graphics, good narrative and the lengthy campaign made up for the short-comings. 4.5 is a little too harsh, I would give it 7.5 minimum. just my personal opinion. I agree with the others who feel that overall, RE5 and RE4 was a better experience.
Resident Evil 6 misses out on UK number one
Capcom's action-focussed survival horror game is held off top spot by FIFA 13, even though EA Sports' title dropped 72 per cent in sales over last week.
Unlike Resident Evil 5, Resident Evil 6 has failed to reach the top of the UK games chart on release. Despite an early Tuesday release last week (games are traditionally released in the UK on Friday), the game failed to beat FIFA 13 to the number one position, which was the UK's best selling game for the second week running.
UK games chart compiler Chart-Track does not release sales data to the public, but its report on this week's chart highlights the success of EA Sports' football title over Capcom's action game. The site says that while Resident Evil 6's launch was the fourth biggest of 2012 to date, FIFA 13 "easily" held on to the number one spot on the All Formats Chart despite dropping 72 per cent of its sales over last week.
Looking back at reports released by Chart-Track in 2009, Resident Evil 6's performance is in stark contrast to that of its predecessor. The outfit reported that Resident Evil 5 was both the fastest selling game in franchise history and Capcom’s biggest ever launch when it landed in the UK on March 13, 2009. It added that the game accounted for 27.1 per cent of all revenue from console games on launch week, which equated to slightly more than the combined sales of all the remaining all formats top 10 titles for that week, and its sales figures surpassed sales of FIFA 09’s Christmas number one week from the previous year.
For more on Resident Evil 6, check out our full review.
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