>>716396674yea the atmosphere and aesthetic is a downgrade. in fairness i also levy the same complain to RE4. it's not an RE game. i look at RE4 as something new and RE5 as an extension towards that.
honestly what you think of RE5 will depend entirely on what you liked about RE4. if you liked the cheesy tone, the atmosphere, the dialog, outside of wesker you don't get any of that in RE5. if you liked RE4 for the beat em up inspired gameplay, RE5 improves that side of it so much, to the point where anything else that is worse about RE5 compared to 4 is forgivable, ground attacks, more melees, instant kills, menu reloading during animations. it's all really sick. and it has the BEST mercs ever created. to the point where the mercs mode alone is something i'd rate higher than any other RE product.