This is not a traditional Resident Evil game. Which would be fine if it weren't named Resident Evil 5.
User Rating: 6.5 | Resident Evil 5 X360
Resident Evil five has not just added co-op play, the entire game is built around it. This game was designed from the ground up to be played 2 player over X-box live. If this were any other game than Resident Evil I would think this a good thing. However something is lost in adding another player to a Resident Evil game. I'm not afraid to run down that hall anymore or walk past that big window. In fact I don't even really care. If I die we just start over from the last check point and try again. Everything that makes Resident Evil special is now gone and you are left with a lackluster action game. Not a bad action game, but nothing special either. If your going to take the fear out of Resident Evil and give us a co-op action game then at least loosen up the controls so I can play it more like a FPS. In the end, you have a run of the mill action game, with button sequence scenes, targeting while driving levels, and clique puzzles. It's still fun to play and you and a friend will enjoy it, but it's not a great game either.
