It has come to my attention that as of March 5, 2019, a little game called Resident Evil 5 is a whopping ten years old. While this shouldn?t come as a shock that old game is old, considering how many entries have come and gone since, this one is special. There?s a certain energy to Resident Evil 5 that has made it a massive success over a long period of time. This is in contrast to its incredibly divisive reception among gamers and Resident Evil fans, many of whom are still going back and forth on what they think of it.
That legacy is part of what makes Resident Evil 5 special. Everyone has an opinion on it, for better or worse. There just aren?t many games like it, and part of that is how totally all-in on cooperative play it was in an era of booming online multiplayer. Split screen play was literally dying due to power demands. Yet Capcom built an entire game out of the concept, using its tentpole horror franchise to do it. This game doesn?t make any sense and is riddled with problems, but playing it with a friend is one of the best experiences you can have in gaming.
Resident Evil 5, in the ten years it has been available (in multiple SKUs and even a reappearance on modern platforms), has risen to be Capcom?s number two game in terms of sales, second only to the explosive Monster Hunter: World. What has supported this is things like Steam sales and the PS4 version being nice and cheap, but that only goes so far (look at Resident Evil 6 for example, which is number thr...