Ask any gamer where Chris Redfield is and they wouldn't know. Nobody knows. Until now.
According to the latest Resident Evil installment, he was off in Africa for the Peace Corps. Okay, not really, but he was in Africa.
I've been a big RE fan since the PSX. The game had a cult following that not even three B-rate movies could detract from. While I lost interest by RE3, I quickly became a fan when RE4 for the Wii came out.
Granted, I played the Wii version about three years late, but it was still an innovative game to re-spark my love for the original zombie-killing franchise.
In RE5, you play as Redfield, a beefy character that has general disdain for mutated humans. But it's not the reappearance of Redfield that's causing all of the hubbub - it's the co-op feature.
Sheva Alomar, an African operative is your AI partner for basically the entire game. Sure, she may run off the screen and pop up later to waste a green herb on you because she thought you needed it - but her intentions are usually good.
There's a lot of debate going on around the message boards, discussing the controls for the game. Die-hard fans of RE4 won't be happy until the game reaches the Wii, but real fans know that RE5 is way too complex for the Wii to read. There won't be RE5 on the Wii, but fortunately, Capcom announced a sequel to RE4, for the Wii, which should be enough to keep the RE4-Wii-lovers at bay.
Just like Street Fighter 4, the die-hard fans are going to love it -- even if it's pretty much the same as its predecessors...or slightly worse. Either way, it's an enjoyable game and this time, instead of watching your friends play it, you too can join in on the head-capping festivities.
So girls, if you complain about your boyfriends ignoring you to play shooting video games, here's your chance to show them you care by playing co-op with them. When you're playing as Sheva, just pick up the herbs and stay out of your boyfriend's way. Most of the time the zombies won't be able to grab you, so you can live - and your boyfriend will need you to heal him on occasion, making you vital for his progression.
If you're actually good at shooting video games, then your boyfriend will be honored to have you on his team. But if you're squimish, expect a sore throat the next day after a night of screaming Ohshitohshitohshitohshit!