Horror Games and "On The Radar: Resident Evil 5"

I'm not afraid to admit it, but I'm not one for playing horror games because well...I get scared easily. I can't even play Bioshock right now which I rented yesterday because it's the wee hours of the morning and it's dark and quiet which makes it at least five times scarier(to me, I don't care about you), so I'm just waiting to play it when daylight comes. It's ridiculous to me that I even rented it because I usually stay away from horror games but the hype around horror games lately have me interested.

So I want to fill my curiosity by playing these games to understand why they've become so popular so I'm just going to suck it up and play them, during the day of course. I'm even borrowing Dead Space from Justin next week even though I'm pretty scared but the reviews from gamers and critics alike have me intrigued.

When the PS3 first came out, one of my first games was F.E.A.R. It was the last out of the collection of games that I bought(I have a somewhat large library of PS3 games) that I've played because I wasn't prepared to play it. So one day I finally came across the brink of boredom to actually play it and man...I only lasted 30min of gameplay before stopping. The moment that stopped me was while I was climbing a ladder, the 'Ring' bitch (I don't know what she really is, but it's pretty much the same chick so whatever) was staring and crawling and me and at that exact moment I was like "F THAT!". So the next day I sold the game for credit to replace it with Ratchet and Clank, which is actually a very fun and good game by the way. So that's my take on horror games, unlike Justin who likes horror games.

Now the reason I've just rambled about that is because for the first time in my life, I'm really anticipating a horror game which is Resident Evil 5. The reason why is not because I like the series or the graphics. It is because of the announcement that RE5 is going to have online co-op play. Hell yeah.

Now I can experience these disturbing and horrific adventures with a friend instead of having to deal with every dead/zombie thing by myself anymore. To me, the addition of co-op play in RE5 sounds more fun than scary, even though playing horror games are supposed to be "fun" by itself (but not for me). You will always have to communicate with a partner so you'll have the feeling of never being alone, which is the main reason I don't like horror games. You will also have to rely on each other to watch each others back and take out the flesh-hungry zombies or else it will end in drastic consequences. There are also apparently moments where both players will have to work seperately, such as Player 1 trying to destroy a lock while Player 2 kills off zombies running up the staircase behind them. You can also knock zombies off your partner if they're being attacked. You can play via split-screen on the same PS3(which is kinda ehh for, I gotta see clearly where they're coming from), or you can play online with a friend which is my preference but I won't play without my headset because communication is vital. Speaking of headsets, I'm pretty stoked getting the official PS3 bluetooth along with Endwar as Justin mentioned in the previous blog.

Anyways, with everything said, that is the reason why Resident Evil 5 is now on my radar.

- Mikey

EDIT: Okay apparently the addition of co-op play in RE5, has already been announced and I'm kinda late on the news, but whatever, sue me.