Resident Evil 5 (2009)
Best: Cooperative Gameplay: I know, I know. Technically, the first Resident Evil game to support co-op was Outbreak. But Resident Evil 5 was the first time Capcom developed a whole Resident Evil game around playing with a friend. And it was a blast, letting you work together to defeat Wesker and his latest evil plan as Sheva and Chris.
Worst: Racist Depiction Of Africans: How Capcom depicts African people in Resident Evil 5 sucks. Some folks might get mad at me for mentioning this, but it’s true and something people were (rightfully) pointing out in 2009 when Capcom was first showing off the game.
You’re not a bad person for liking RE5, but you might be if you can’t even concede that its awful depiction of black people plays heavily into old, racist tropes about “savages” from the “Dark Continent.” If this game ever gets remade, as other games from the mainline series have, some big changes are needed.
