Kikizo have gotten their hands on the final-build of Resident Evil 5 and have written a preview for it. They discuss the game's positives, the negatives, whether it should be compared to other third-person shooters, why so many sites are crying 'racism', and the possibility of RE5 not living up to the hype ...

Fingers have been pointed at other aspects of the Resident Evil 5 preview build - including some material from the third chapter which Capcom has asked us not to divulge - but this sequence is the most worthy of censure. Hopefully nothing in the final code will best it, because Resident Evil 5 deserves to be remembered for more than the unpleasantly black-and-white Africa it occasionally paints.

Lost for months - despite its pedigree - in the mushroom cloud that is Guerrilla's PS3 debut, the game emerges into the daylight on a comfortable upward curve. Much of the community response thus far tends, unfairly, to focus on what it inherits from its venerable predecessor. Our time with Resident Evil 5 suggests that while Capcom is on familiar ground, the presence of co-op could prove transformative, dredging additional depth and detail out of ostensibly out-moded components. Stop back in a few weeks for the final judgement.

Miss Razz via games.kikizo.com »