resident evil 5 = the shiz

We picked up Resident Evil 5 yesterday after much back and forth about it since Friday and I have to say, I don't know what we were worried about. It's pretty gosh-darn fun and looks truly amazing on the HD monitor. The voice acting is good and the ambience and environment is quite creepy so far even though it's all been daytime. I haven't tried out the AI single player so I have no idea whether Sheva is useful or runs into enemy fire on her own accord. The 2-player co-op is extremely fun and flows smoothly using a balance of shooting, hand-to-hand combat and cooperative moves like breaking down doors and stuff. The zombies/infected are pretty freaky and there is a wider variety of character models so you're not fighting the same 4 villagers over and over again like in RE4. I think we'll get a lot of enjoyment out of this game, plus eventually I'm sure we'll get the DLC mercenary mode that lets you compete to blast the most zombies with a friend locally or over xbox live. If you haven't checked this one out and especially if you're a fan of classic Resident Evil (if you love run-and-gun shooters, surprise! You can't shoot and run at the same time. Get used to it). Storyline seems promising although at least on our machine the loading screens disappear far too quickly to read the historical tidbits they give you. Too fast loading times - can't really complain there. Check it out!