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Again, Resident Evil 5 SPOILER WARNING. You’ve been warned…

I actually first finished RE 5 Wednesday last week, but I’ve been doing some of stuff since. I’ll start from the Wesker and Jill battle since that’s about where I left off from last time…

The robed figure in high heels is revealed, enter Jill. I was a little confused about the blond hair at first but apparently it was a result of some of the experimenting while she was in captivity by Wesker (according to one of the files). Anyways, the first part of this battle was dealing with Wesker while the brainwashed Jill gets in the way every once in awhile (and tries to gun you down). You get 7 minutes to damage him as much as you can, damage him a set amount before he leaves and you get a bonus. Not too hard as long as you have a (human) partner to collaberate with and some decently upgraded weapons (may I recommend a magnum?). My cousin and I managed to damage him enough and progressed into the next part. Wesker leaves and the next target becomes apparent, removing the control device from Jill without killing her. I don’t know what it was but this part seemed obscenely long when we were playing together. What you have to do is have Chris talk to Jill to stun her and 1 person restrains while the other pulls the device by rapidly tapping. Doesn’t seem too bad, right? Only we had to do this a crazy amount of times. It made me feel even crappier about my ability to rapidly tap (which was pretty bad to begin with). Listening to Chris say the same 3 or 4 things over and over again wasn’t too much fun either. Eventually we noticed that it was sparking quite a bit, which was a good sign, and pushed on until the end.

Whew…

Later I had to replay this chapter again because I didn’t receive the chapter achievement, which happened a couple times throughout the game (I guess as a result of joining my cousin’s game), but not biggie really. I noticed a couple things different here on single player though. First of all, let me recommend that if you’re playing it on single DO NOT send AI Sheva on the upper path of the licker room before the Wesker/Jill battle. I tried this the first time and she ran ahead which sent a crazy wave of lickers at both of us. Leave her on the ground to cover you, it’s much easier. As far as the Wesker battle goes, I didn’t have much luck damaging him enough. AI Sheva decided that she would focus on distracting Jill rather than helping me with Wesker. This time I just waited for the timer to run out. Luckily, the Jill part was much easier this time around. I beileve I had the device off in less than 10 tries of pulling. AI Sheva didn’t even do much other than restraining. Maybe this part is just plain easier on single player? Can’t tell excatly yet, but it was alot shorter than co-op.

Next part (and final major portion of the game), the cargo ship!

First thing’s first, this post may contain spoilers to the Resident Evil 5 plot. So only read on if you don’t care or you’ve already finished the game (or completed until atleast 5-3, like me). I also promise to stop using sandwich in my post titles.

Let’s begin the operation! (sorry, I had to)

I actually started the game on Sunday, but you know me with the late posts. Anyways, I’ve played through most of the game so far with my cousin over Live co-op and we’ll continue more today. The other day when we hit that flashback where Chris and Jill confront Wesker (even more bad ass than ever, by the way)  in that mansion/castle/whatever I mentioned something. When Jill went flying out the window with Wesker I thought to myself, atleast she didn’t become a Jill Sandwich as Barry Burton so “cleverly” put it in the first game. It was a good larf indeed…

Being as far as we’ve gotten  thus far in the game, I think I can safely judge that not only is Resident Evil 5 a fantastic game in the series but also one of the BEST co-op experiences I’ve had in quite awhile. I haven’t had this much fun in co-op gameplay since the first Marvel Ultimate Alliance (and you can bet I’m hella excited for the sequel to that). Teamwork is essential here. Whether it’s bosses that require the collaberation of 2 people, swapping items between partners (you will be doing this considering the conservative carrying space), driver and gunner teamwork, or a slew of split up or work together puzzles…RE5 has plenty of it all. There are also parts were you can royally screw over your partner, including but not limited to: a bridge that one person cranks up while the other crosses (hoping that it doesn’t release), a raft that one person rides while the other cranks it over crocodile infested waters (and getting chomped at), and a crazy ass laser puzzle room (you might’ve seen something like this in another game). Ain’t partnership a beautiful thing?

Anyways,  I’d like to go a bit more into that crazy ass laser puzzle room since it posed a bit of trouble for us. Sure, the big room with 4 hallways of mirror reflected sun beams of death should’ve seemed like enough…but no. The next part was a series of 3 rooms of rotating mirrors to get the beam from point A to point B, each one deadlier than the last. Oh, and the beam will kill you instantly if you touch it at all. This was hands down our first area of most deaths in the game. FYI, try to make sure your partner is clear of the beam before you rotate it AND try not to rotate yourself into the beam. Needless to say it can end up a bit of a mess with retrys if you’re not extremely careful. Hehe…

All in all, it’s been quite an entertaining journey so far. Check back tomorrow for part 2 of the insanity.

Lastly, I hope you all had a good St. Patrick’s day, the day when everyone’s Irish…and corned beef and cabbage rocks.

– DGM-payne

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