Resident Evil 5 is a survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom. The game is the seventh installment in the Resident Evil survival horror series.Resident Evil 5 revolves around Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar as they investigate a terrorist threat in Kijuju, a fictional town in Africa.
Within its first three weeks of release, the game sold over 2 million units worldwide and became the highest selling game of the franchise in the United Kingdom. Resident Evil 5 features similar gameplay to Resident Evil 4, with context-sensitive controls and dynamic cut scenes also making a return.
The player can control Chris Redfield or Sheva Alomar in a similar fashion to Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil 4,with the same over-the-shoulder perspective.Once again, the game's environment plays a significant role.The Mercenaries minigame, featured in previous Resident Evil games, is present in Resident Evil 5.
The game features new types of enemies called "Majini", meaning evil spirit in Swahili.Furthermore, they are different from the previous ganados.The number of weapon variations has been greatly increased compared to the previous games in the series; there are now several varieties of the handgun, shotgun, submachine gun and rifle to choose from.
The Gold Edition features plenty of Extra Content which becomes unlocked by completion of selected actions in the game. There are two extra missions "Lost in Nightmares" and "Desperate Escape", Extra Figures and Costumes, "The Mercenaries Reunion" which gives you extra characters to play as within it and "Versus" an online mode for upto four players.