A huge amount of Re5 info has surfaced and WOW
what a game this is going to be!!!
http://gamersyde.com/stream_7768_en.html Some highlights from the trailer include:
* New character introduced, seemingly a bad guy
* Humvee carrying Sheva and some soldiers drives through a desolate village, with soliders bodies all over
* Humvee is thrown into a building, by what looks to be an overgrown man, similar to El Gigante
* A number of parasites seem to take the form of a person, much like the Mimicry Marcus in Resident Evil 0
* Chris is shown manning a mounted mini-gun
* Enemies on dirth bikes are shown, following Sheva who is shooting at them with a mounted gun in the bed of a moving truck, confirming that they did indeed make it into the game
* Some flying parasitic enemies are shown attacking Chris
* A very large, almost Ant-Lion (HL2) like creature is shown approaching the camera
* Cerberus heads split in two, revealing a parasite
* Chris is shown on what looks like a large vehicle transportation hovercraft during stormy weather
* A large Aligator is shown attacking Sheva
You can also find the trailer on the XBL Marketplace, which is where the Gamersyde one was captured from.
Jun Takeuchi confirmed the release date for Resident Evil 5 today at the Microsoft E3 press conference. The game will be hitting store
shelves on March 13th, 2009 for the USA and Europe and March 12th, 2009 for Japan. At the conference, Takeuchi confirmed the game will have an Online co-op mode. In a demonstration, Chris made his way to the third floor of a building after fighting off some enemies but was unable to continue once he got to the roof. It was then that Takeuchi had someone take control of Sheva, who traversed the same area and was catapulted by Chris to the building opposite them. She battled some enemies on her way down, with Chris providing support with a sniper rifle. Eventually, they got to the ground floor and after Sheva broke a lock, Chris joined her where they were confronted by the Chainsaw enemy.
One interesting thing to note was the fact that Sheva's camera view was setup with her character being on the right side of the screen. This seemed a bit disorienting, so lets hope its a changeable option.
A new interview is up on IGN from E3 with Resident Evil 5's producer, Jun Takeuchi. Some of the details learned in the interview are below.
* Host will always be Chris
* Coop is hop in/out, though this will be restricted at certain times
* Anything you earn in a coop game can be transferred into your own game
* Certain Achievements can only be earned in coop play
* Sheva is so adept with firearms and hand-to-hand combat, that she can even overwhelm Chris
* Sheva is always in the game, and will be taken over by AI when you have noone else playing coop
* If one player is killed, then the game is over and must be restarted at a checkpoint
* Aiming will be customizable, though no details are given on this
* Expect some differences between the platforms, though they will not affect RE5 as a whole * Split-screen/Single-system coop is not in, but they are trying to do it (no promises)
EDIT!!!!!!
Gameplay footage from E3 with some cutscenes!
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36452.html (Where's Luis when you need him!)
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