The game is a great multiplayer game, but definitely not for children or young teens. There is a lot of violence and blood. The entire point of the game is to kill zombies.

This game is not really all that controversial. The game is set in Africa, therfore the infected (no longer just zombies) are black this time around. Just like in the RE4 the viallins were white because they came from a rural European village. The central villain in this game is white anyway so what's the problem? This is an excellent action game that, whilst not as scary as its predecessors, brings the thrills to new heights. Play solo or co-operatively online or split-screen and utilise a plethora of weapons to vanquish the infected hordes that stalk you throughout the game. The action is meaty and satisfying, the game mechanics are well designed and easily accesible making for some tense, exciting shooting. The game also includes a little puzzle solving like the previous Resident Evils, huge and fun Boss fights and some great cinematic cut-scenes. The audio-visual presentation is fantastic providing lush graphics and a superbly atmospheric orchestral score make you feel as if you're in a Hollywood action movie. Drawbacks? The game is not quite as groundbreaking as its illustrious predecessor and whilst it improves on the gameplay such as being able to switch weapons without using the menu and an intelligent AI partner, it doesn't clear up some of issues found in all of the Resident evil games: under-developed characters and cheesy dialogue, which is a shame because the hammy lines are delivered by some very capable voice-actors - it would be nice if they had a better script to work with. But even taking these issues into account, RE5 is an enthralling experience and there are plenty of extras once you've completeted the main story. Occasionally cringe-worthy dialogue is a minor complaint for what is easily a 5 star game. Issues - - Extremely violent and gory but no worse than previous games, if you've played RE you know what to expect - Some bad language, mostly mild but f**k is said once - No sex or drug issues - Main protagonists Sheva and Chris are honourable do-gooders and provide great role models

Resident Evil 5 is a survival horror game based in Africa. You will play as Chris Redfield (in solo) or as Sheva Alomar (when playing in online session, xbl, psn). This game is very violent: it contains strong,bloody violence towards zombies, there are gallons of blood and gore. However it's not overly violent (such as Dead Space 2). It has some disturbing moments (zombies mutate and other stuff). I would reccomend this to players 16+ since it's a sci-fi/horror game and not very realistic. It has it's gory moments but it's also very good in storyline.

Let me tear this review apart. There is no use of "swords" or "chainsaws". The only melee weapons are a very weak, almost useless, combat knife and a stun rod. the stun rod and knife attacks show a minimal splash of blood or a spark at the most. there is NO dismemberment or decapitation that can be done by the main characters. There is an axe execution early in the game that is not shown but heard. I don't see why any characters skin color is taken into effect to review a game, that is racist. The female protagonist is African not African-American. You have to be from America to be African-American last time I checked. There are no Arabians in the game. Turbans don't make people Arab. Vicious killer? Why are the enemies you must kill referred to as "fallen brothers" then? The only blood comes from protagonists, the enemies bleed dark brown and black goo. The "F" word is not present. The other words are used once or twice but never directed at anyone, always in cut-scenes and always to show dismay or frustration like "son-of-a-B**ch" or "what the H*ll?" or "D**m!". And to JCK12, your input was overtly ignorant and immature. The fact that you think the killing of Jews is racist let alone part of this game is unbelievably stupid. Judaism is a religion not a race. This is an action-horror game for adults.

Very good game. Many think its racist but it isnt! Review lies the only weapons you can use are guns. Curse words are not used that much. You can only kill zombies. Not really all that violent.

The age inappropriateness of Resident Evil is clear: However, I feel the need to establish that Resident Evil is not, in any way, racist, and the very fact that people think it is is itself tinged with a slight hint of racism. In this game, primarily black zombies are killed because you are in a place which is primarily inhabited by black people when a new infection broke out. If there were less black zombies, then it would be implying some sort of racist preference for white people being zombies. If anything, Capcom had something worthwhile to say regarding racism, and it is to address how horrible it is that the big bad in the game exploited locals in Africa, basically, because they could get away with it thanks to matters of social injustice. Characters are White because they are dealing with a pre-established cast of characters, and Capcom obviously bent over backwards to include more strong black characters when it realized that people were irrationally offended. Which is fine really, no harm done, and I appreciated those characters assistance. The most disturbing thing, however, is how Resident Evil 4 would, if anything, be more racist towards Spanish speaking peoples, but no one batted an eye. In summary, keep this game away from your kids because it has shooting people to make there heads explode, disturbing, bloody monsters, gore, violence, atrocities and death, not because it has even the slightest hint of racism.

I let my 5 year old son play this game and he isn't scared of anything. It is okay for very young kids to play.

Resident evil is a very gory game. One of the goriest and disturbing you can buy. There are lots of zombies. A lot. Violence is extreme and actually disturbing somehow. The blood is very extreme. Blood flying everywhere. There are lots of disturbing scenes. Its almost too violent for any wimpy 15 year old. Language is alright. Its not too bad for an M.