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10. Resident Evil 5

Now, here’s a controversial title to finish off our list with. As Resident Evil fans will know, with the fourth instalment of the main series marked a real paradigm shift for the game. Slow, traditional survival horror was out, and visceral TPS-style if you can stop waving that butcher knife two inches from my eyeballs, that’d be neat survival horror was in (see also: Dead Space).

In 2009, Resident Evil 5 arrived, and it isn’t remembered as the masterpiece that Resident Evil 4 was. On the contrary, it’s often seen as a silly affair that took those new shooter sensibilities a little too far (the next game would move that yardstick even further still). Much of this is with hindsight firmly in mind, though. At the time, Chris and Sheva’s adventure was regarded quite favourably by critics, as a high octane, tense and visually impressive action title. A good Resident Evil game? That’s highly debatable. A solid, enjoyable shooter that deserves better? Perhaps so.