Resident Evil 5... Dem-O!
Read the title of this blog post like the announcer in the RE games says the title when you start a new game. "Resident Evil 5... <= (this is a pause) Dem-O! (said like the guy said Zer-O in RE0)" Anyway, let's get to the point. RE5 demo is fantastic. The graphics are sick. It really helps that RE is a long-running franchise. Seeing the jump from RE4 to 5 is very rewarding, as opposed to seeing some new-fangled franchise that just started on these "next-gen" platforms. Great graphics are more appreciable when there is this standard standpoint from which to judge them. Of course, great graphics are great graphics regardless, but seeing one of your favorite franchises taking the next graphical leap is one of the best parts about being a gamer. From the get-go, you are presented with an awkward control scheme called "Type D". It is completely alien to RE4 veterans. I got easily destroyed by the hostile Africans with this setup. At this point, I was k...