Gears of Evil 5!

So, how's everyone doing tonight?

I'm sure we're all too busy playing the last major release of the month to be reading the intertubes, but I thought I'd post an update anyways. Of course, by "last major release", I mean the last note-worthy video game, Resident Evil 5. There are a few more potential releases worth checking out in the coming weeks, most notably Wheelman and Wanted: Weapons of Fate, as well as a few arcade titles. Still, Capcom's latest zombie...erm..."infected" shooter is probably the last to really catch the eyes of everyone.

On the achievement side of things, I think you're looking at one of the easiest 1000 points you could possibly gain for a Triple-A title. I mean, 370 of those are just for beating the game's various levels/chapters and difficulties. Good thing, thought, that the achievements are stackable, so you could get all those in just two play throughs. Unfortunately the hardest difficulty can't be unlocked until you beat the game on "Veteran".

Not a big deal, really, since the game is pretty fun and addicting. It is a tad like "Gears of War", though. That isn't a bad thing, but I'd have liked to see this entry in the series push the boundaries like "Resident Evil 4" did back on the Gamecube, and later Playstation 2. I wasn't expecting ground breaking, "Oh my god! I can't believe they did that!" game play, but something new would have been nice.

Speaking of something that would have been nice...actually getting what is depicted in the Collector's Edition press release. See, in all the initial product photos, we were shown that the Chris Redfield figurine was about the same size of the video game box itself. The figure actually looked like the 6" figure from the RE5 figure line from Neca. Any sane person would actually think that that was the figure that they were getting, or at least one of similar stature. Instead we are given a measly 2" figure similar to the Altair figure from the "Assassin's Creed" Special Edition. Bleh. Then...don't even get me started on the "messanger bag", again depicted as being much, much larger. Again, we are given a paper-thin fabric bag that is about the same quality of the "Support the Arts/Music" bags you can get at Hot Topic for $1.

If I hadn't gotten it at a discount thanks to working at Best Buy, I'd have been rather pissed. Oh well.

Anyways, enough ranting. Happy Gaming!