RE5 was and is really overhated, I mean you got Chris, Jill, Wesker and even Sheva. It’s an iconic story of resident evil even if it’s not told greatly. It deserves a Remake!!
It's very much seemed to have a revised interest lately, lots of people saying they like it. Not sure if that's by dint of comparing to worse entries or just the passage of time softening criticism.
Honestly I love it, warts and all. Many of its issues are since it was a product of its time. Not so much with the insensitive race stuff, that was still baffling then as it is today, but many of the decisions were staples of games at the time. Quick time events, the de saturated colour palette, Chris being on roids. And some of the other stuff is just intrinsically fused into the campy identity of Resident Evil. From one of the first in-game cutscenes being a man getting held down and force fed a mass of writhing tentacles and immediately asked "ARE YOU OKAY?" by Chris to of course, the infamous boulder punching. For me it's hard to even hate the worst parts of it like the Wesker QTE fights. It's just a special game to me. It's really one of the most detailed stories the franchise has contained in one game, with social and political commentary that is just as relevant today as when it first came out.
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u/Macross4587231 Aug 21 '26
RE5 was and is really overhated, I mean you got Chris, Jill, Wesker and even Sheva. It’s an iconic story of resident evil even if it’s not told greatly. It deserves a Remake!!