Resident Evil 5 info and scans

Posted by Talk Playstation

on May.14, 2008 at 2:38 pm

New information about Capcoms upcoming Resident Evil 5 has hit the surface. Along with new info, we have new scans from the Famitsu magazine.

Players will have to explore both light and dark areas in the game making it better because in previous Resident Evil’s you were mainly exploring in dark. Three weapons have been confirmed and these are; a combat knife, handgun and sniper rifle. There will be boss encounters similar to previous games.

A forum post on neogaf has to say this:

* A new trailer will be shown in the very near future.
* For now, Famitsu will show images and some info from one part of that trailer. (intro paragraph written by Takeuchi)
* There’s a new female character, shown holding a shotgun and wearing a tank top and boots similar to the ones Jill wore in RE3.
* In addition to areas that make use of sunlight as a gameplay dynamic, there will be darker, shadow-filled areas as well, such as a cavern where Chris utilizes a flashlight. There will be an intense contrast between light and dark.
* Chris is shown using his knife, a sniper rifle above a bridge that’s above a river, and of course the handgun.
* A few pieces of artwork are shown, such Chris fighting villagers near a crashed helicopter, that same helicopter flying amidst a smoke-filled sky, and Chris witnessing the helicopter being shot down. There’s also some kind of garden in the cavern with a giant hole above it, allowing the sunlight in.
* Chris is shown holding a blond girl noticeably shorter than him in a building.
* A picture of a chainsaw and the right leg of its weilder is shown.
* Chris will be up against very powerful enemies once again, and this shot of some creature behind iron bars is reminiscent of Chris’s previous enemies, such as CODE: Veronica’s Nosferatu (although it was Claire who faced him) and the REmake’s Lisa Trevor. Those two creatures were imprisoned at some point as well.

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Here are the scans: