Resident Evil 5 is an adventure developed by Capcom, released 5 March 2009 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 35.7 hrs to finish.
What Resident Evil 5 is
Resident Evil 5 is an adventure game developed by Capcom and released in 2009. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on MT Framework.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Umbrella Corporation and its crop of lethal viruses have been destroyed and contained. But a new, more dangerous threat has emerged. Years after surviving the events in Raccoon City, Chris Redfield has been fighting the scourge of bio-organic weapons all over the world. Now a member of the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA), Chris is sent to Africa to investigate a biological agent that is transforming the populace into aggressive and disturbing creatures. Joined by another local BSAA agent, Sheva Alomar, the two must work together to solve the truth behind the disturbing turn of events.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 70 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Resident Evil series
Resident Evil 5 is the 51st of 190 entries we hold in the Resident Evil series. The next entry was Resident Evil 5: Deluxe Edition in 2009. Its critic score of 78 is 4 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Resident Evil 4 at 95.
How it was received
Resident Evil 5 holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 76, across 834 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 35.7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 53.5 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core™ 2 Quad 2.4GHz or better, AMD Phenom™ II x4 3.4GHZ or better, 4GB or better of RAM and 512 MB VRAM, NVIDIA® GeForce 9800 series or better, ATI Radeon HD 7770 or better. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 15GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Resident Evil 5 launched on 5 March 2009, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, Killzone 2, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and Empire: Total War. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, Killzone 2, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Empire: Total War.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Resident Evil 5 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Dlc
Remasters
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