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E3 '07: Resident Evil 5 Trailer Impressions

We take a look at the newest trailer for Capcom's acclaimed horror franchise.

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At Microsoft's E3 07 press conference, the upcoming installment in Capcom's marquee horror franchise, Resident Evil 5, was on display in a short trailer. While the trailer was quite brief, it gave us an intriguing look at just what you'll be fighting in this latest sequel.

The setting for the trailer was a dusty desert town that seemed reminiscent both in architecture and color palette of the Somalian village from Black Hawk Down. Throughout the trailer, mass chaos seems to have taken hold of the town. Villagers are fighting with soldiers, and the crowd is seemingly in the throes of a riot. It isn't until we see the eerie red glow of one villager's eyes that we finally realize what kind of force these soldiers are up against.

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So what does this mean? It looks like Resident Evil 5 will most definitely be veering more toward the action-heavy gameplay found in Resident Evil 4. The "not-zombies" seen in this trailer use weapons much like the enemies in RE4, and frighteningly enough, these new enemies seem fast. As if RE4's enemies weren't intimidating enough at their generally slower pace, taking on faster not-zombies is a truly scary prospect.

This all-too-brief trailer definitely has us excited about what's in store in this latest Resident Evil installment. Alas, Peter Moore reiterated at the end of the demo that Resident Evil 5 was the one game featured at Microsoft's conference that we won't see on shelves in 2007. Nevertheless, we'll bring you more on the game as it becomes available.

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OH YEAH!! this is gonna be awesome, but the wait's so long!!

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I hate having to wait, but it"ll be worth it

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Im not worried about the gameplay at all and the physics of it but what about the story. RE4 had a great story idk about this one though

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is it me or is the 360 just absolutely whippin the hell out of the ps3 as far as huge titles are concerned....every game i couldve hoped for is on or coming to the 360

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I really can't wait to see how this one comes out. I loved the original evil umbrella \ 'zombie' games... but then I loved resident evil 4 even more. I'm betting this is one of the top games to look forward to.

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It looks superb, i think there will be zombies in the game except they'll be smarter and faster than they used to be( kind of like Dawn of the Dead 2004) I hope it is ready by next year.

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why not creating a version for the graphic engine of the Wii?

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"Not-Zombies"

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i cant wait more time :@

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cant wait for this, those things run like hell looks immense pity its not gonna be out sooner oh well

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It's a shame that this isn't going to be on the Wii as-well...

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Riviera_Phantom sad that resident evil isnt about zombies anymore.. BEcause they are cliched. It' good to vary it a little bit and i bet you there will be some zombies. Because anime isn't cliched?

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I hope this game doesn't follow the same boring, disjointed and often confusing main plot of Resident Evil 1 through Vornica.

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I just want this game to move the main plot forward unlike four.

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wow.the trailer looks extremly cool.its means not zombies are back again with speed and thrill.its gonna be one hell of ass kickin game.capcom i cant wait for it ,i wanna play it so badllllllly

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I cant wait for it to come out the zombies look so cool

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oh man, this game is the one i've been looking forward to almost as much as Halo 3!!! I don't think we can count umbrella out of the picture yet either, they weren't the culprit in 4 but still played a major backhanded role.

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I'm freakin out.

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I'm so happy I could crap.

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I want to play that game sooooo bad!!!!

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Taking away zombies and ending the the whole umbrella incident was the smartest thing capcom did. You can only extend that story to a limit, and most importantly, it was getting boring. Good thing they have new storylines with innovative gameplay. For those interested into zombie killing. Play Dead Rising or wait for RE:UC

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Come on Capcom! Hurry up!

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I'll definately keep an eye out on this one, being a Resident Evil fan since the days of the PSone......this looks really interesting.

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Out of ALL of E3, I am excited to play this one the most :D

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Resident Evil 5 is going to make my eyes bleed!

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Need.5. Been a Resi fan since the first one. It'll be interesting to see where 5 takes us after the AMAZING 4...

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Wow, anything after no.4 had better be good, but as long as they keep the same feel and set-up as that one it'll be a winner. Fast enemies better have decent AI, though.

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man i like the zombies bring them all back! but yeah the game looks amazing anyway

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Meh, I'm more interested for Umbrella Chronicles, as soon as I completed Resi 4 I thought, man i hope they release a game which aims like that and has zombies, and resi umbrella chronicles is the closest I'll get, the running zombies will make the game boring and much like other games, I mean if they run there arent going to be so many attacking at a time, or theyll be really easy to kill, they cant put you against 6 running at you when all you have is a rubbish gun, I'm starting to feel disappointment towards this game

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sad that resident evil isnt about zombies anymore.. BEcause they are cliched. It' good to vary it a little bit and i bet you there will be some zombies.

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Volumesoxxs - same here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

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I can't wait till the release the full version of the trailer on July 26th!!!

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Dang the Exclusive...oh well...man this looks good. I wonder how the story line will tie in...or if it will be a stand alone from the rest.

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i've watched this teaser like 11 times

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this game looks so awsome gotta get it

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resi 5 doesnt seem to pack a punch!

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The trailer was great, can't wait for this game to come out.

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lol 1 man vs. the entire population of Somalia.... WHO will win ???

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SImply can't wait. I'm going to get a 360 or ps3 just for this game

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WOW! very impressive! I can't wait to launch a new horror journey! Capcom is very independent and experienced when launching this new installment so I become more exhilirated to have a try!!!

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NA!!! IS way better this way!!!!! The RE (4 and 5) are awesome!!!

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I definately preferred the old R.E. style. When it was more about figuring out the puzzles then the killing. R.E. 4 was a good game don't get me wrong and this one will prob be good too, but I kinda wish they could go back to the old style with better controls. I miss my old slow, moaning, zombies and wandering corridor after corridor searching for that item that you need. At least we still have S.H.5 to look forward to, I hope they haven't screwed that up and changed it.

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this will be a !@##$ game..

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wow, not a word about this in nearly two years. hopefully all that time was put into good use. i absolutely loved re4 and if this game's anything as good as re4 ill most likely get it.

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i don't know it looked like a stars patch to me.

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looks incredible

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To the guy who said it was Chris because of the S.T.A.R.S. patch, look closer it doesn't say S.T.A.R.S. at all. I do still believe that it is Chris, he just may be working under a new agency, maybe with some of the surviving members of S.T.A.R.S. and others. The patch didn't resemble the S.T.A.R.S., U.B.C.S, or U.C.F. patches, it looks more like a globe with 4 letters in the middle.

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dear god make it be about zombies again . . .

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This looks awesome. I wonder how this will connect with the RE storyline. RE0 has a flashback cutscene that looked somewhat like this, so maybe something happened in the past few years.

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:(.. sad that resident evil isnt about zombies anymore..

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