Following up one of the most critically-acclaimed and beloved video games of all time can't be easy, but anyone with even a tiny bit of common sense knows that you shouldn't just repeat the same formula again and hope people won't notice. While the hotly anticipated Resident Evil 5's move to a scorching sun-kissed "realistic" Africa looked like a marked departure from the previous game's glum, gothic story, the two releases played almost exactly the same. Copying set-pieces, borrowing story beats and introducing barely any new monsters, the fifth game in the series attempted to change as little as possible about the survival-horror series, yet even managed to completely mess that up. Although it kept much the same, the game introduced a broken co-op system - which managed to completely eliminate any immersive tension the title may have boasted otherwise. A paint-by-numbers shooter would have been bad enough, but a paint-by-numbers shooter where you had to constantly babysit an erratic A.I was just unforgivable. That said though, Resident Evil 5's biggest sin was that its very existence led to the creation of Resident Evil 6; a truly abysmal game that managed to single-handedly send the entire franchise into self-destruct mode.
Josh has over 11 years of experience as a published writer, having worked full time as a content producer at WhatCulture for nine years. In that time he has created hundreds of articles, videos and podcast episodes for multiple channels, specialising in subjects such as gaming, horror and film & TV. He now primarily works as a senior content producer and presenter on WhatCulture Gaming where he co-hosts the WhatCulture Gaming Podcast, a top 3 most listened to gaming podcast in the UK that he co-created in 2018. Over the years he has reviewed several high-profile gaming releases, covered industry events with on-site reporting, covered breaking news, and even kicked off his interviewing career by chatting to childhood hero, Tommy Wiseau.
