10 Best Fight Scenes In Gaming History
6. Resident Evil 5 - Wesker Vs. Chris Redfield
Look, Leon and Krauser's infamous knife fight in Resident Evil 4 is great, but it's sorely lacking a special ingredient that elevates Resident Evil 5 to cult status, and that's a generous helping of camp.
Yes, Wesker is an all-powerful melting pot of God knows how many DNA-altering viruses, but Capcom's decision to portray these abilities in the most excessive way possible is what makes his growth as a villain and portrayal in-game the definition of a popcorn movie. That's not even mentioning his nemesis Chris Redfield, who has apparently decided to fight fire with fire by undergoing a transformation of his own fuelled by TRT and steroids.
The resulting nonsense whenever the two men meet is punctuated by endless posturing and angry punching from one aggressor, while the other is a middle-aged man behaving as if he's trying to seriously impress a band of teenagers who have just seen The Matrix for the first time. Each encounter is more bombastic than the last, culminating in a borderline slapstick confrontation aboard a stealth bomber where both dudes resort to tactics ranging from wrestling and gun-fu to contests of who can sound like they've been gargling more gravel.
If this all sounds like a negative, be assured that it's the absolute opposite. This is Resident Evil at its absolute best.