8. Resident Evil 5

I actually had to look up a plot summary for Resident Evil 5 because I don't think I've ever bothered to watch all the cutscenes, I was so bored by the game. Chris Redfield is now a BSAA agent, working with Sheva Alomar, to find and capture Ricardo Irving (who is attempting to sell BOWs). Albert Wesker is somehow involved in all of this, and he's also got a mind-controlled Jill Valentine working with him. The plot of Resident Evil was so convoluted by this point that I don't even care. The point is, Wesker is involved, Chris looks and behaves like a completely different person than the Chris from RE1 and RECVX, the story and gameplay are boring and Capcom decided adding co-op to a supposed "horror" game was a good idea.

Oh! And what the hell happened to the light affecting visibility feature that Jun Takeuchi said would be in the game? Supposedly, when you were outside in the sun and then walked inside, your eyes would have to adjust to the darkness. I still haven't forgotten about that, you know.

Now, with that being said, here's the thing. If you can make yourself forget that this is supposed to be a Resident Evil game, it can be fun. But only if you play co-op on Pro difficulty. It has to be on Pro, any other difficulty is too easy and the game becomes boring. If you play on Pro, you're going to die in one hit unless your partner is standing right next to you to heal you. They have like, a second to help you out, or it's game over. It sounds terrible, but it actually is fun because you need to rely on good teamwork to get through the game, rather than just shooting everything down.

Resident Evil 5 has a Mercenaries mode that's unlockable after beating the game. You're given a limited amount of time to score as many points as possible (by killing enemies). I do not enjoy the Mercenaries mini game in any of the RE games.

I'm not going to discuss any other DLC, but I do want to mention that Lost in Nightmares is fantastic and I highly recommend plaything through it, it's the best part of this whole mess. You can play with a friend or the AI, as Jill or Chris, and it takes place before the events of RE5. You start off in an area that looks exactly like the mansion from the first game (and if you click on the front door a few times,  the camera will change to the classic Resident Evil static camera in the main hall) and you're forced to flee from enemies that remind me of a large version of Lisa Trevor. To escape from them, you have to solve a bit of a puzzle (it's intense), but don't celebrate yet because you're then forced into battle with Albert Wesker. This is a really fun side story that takes around an hour to complete and it really brings the horror element back into the game. Plus, it's a nice throwback to the original Resident Evil.

I rate Resident Evil 5 a 5/10. The only thing that saved it is Lost in Nightmares and co-op on Pro difficulty.