Posts Tagged ‘Biohazard 5’

Recently I have been bitching about Xbox Live in Japan. Indeed the one thing I missed out of my Street Fighter review was that it isn’t out here and I had to use my UK account to get it.

Capcom may get an ‘F’ for their Arcade support but they just got an ‘A+’ for demos. I turned it on my 360 today to be greeted by Biohazard 5 on the Spotlight page. Selecting it took me to a download for the playable demo. Just to make sure I logged onto my UK account - it was no where to be seen.

Want a go? There is a chance. Try setting your 360’s region to Japan (and/or creating a Japanese MSN account), and creating a new profile. This should give you access to Japanese downloads and a month of gold membership. It may not work, but it’s worth a try.

UPDATE – so it is out in America and Japan but I guess not Europe… Any one else miss out?

I made very few promises to myself going to TGS. Playing Biohazard was one of them. It was touch and go due to the long queue, but in the end I sucked it up and did my time.

Just when I thought the wait was over we were lead into a small room and treated to a new trailer with some teasers (Jill’s dead?!) and an introduction to new controls. A Chris Redfield impersonator then entered but his none too subtle Dutch drawl destroyed any suspension of disbelief.

New controls were a welcome addition and incorporate the second stick to allow strafing. Unfortunately these more dynamic controls are at odds with the fact you can’t move and shoot and the fact that actions are bound to face buttons making running a chore. It’s still a little glitchy (camera and lip-syncing issues) but with five months to polish hopes are high.