Also, if you want to turn around fast press back and hold the A button.

If only there was some kind of way to turn around 180 degrees quickly...This isn't just a RE5 thing. Dead Space, Gears, CoD4... running wasn't accomplished in any of those by just using the analog stick, but I'm willing to bet nobody complained about that.

It's actually fine in COD4.

Well, I'm downloading it now - better late than never right? I'll post some short impressions later on.

Well, I've played, and I don't like it at all. The graphics are undoubtedly gorgeous, but the controls make the demo on the verge of unplayable.

I certainly won't be buying it.

I been havin an argument with a friend the past few hours abou the controls. He's never played resi before while resi was the first game i played on the PS1 and I have been a follower since.
I can sorta see it from either side but the nostalgia for what resi once was still has the edge over me. I don't want to see the controls change anymore, I love the claustraphobic feeling of them, the fact you have to stick and move and can only really move forward or backward rather than sideways.
I just keep imagining what the controls would be like that everyone is craving for, the ability to move while shooting, strafing, jumping, ducking and then i see halo. I see the complete transformation of a once great and somewhat unique franchise into the mainstream action genre.

Problem is right now resi doesnt know what it is or wants to be, it wants the fast paced action of todays world along with the intricacies of its roots so it can appeal to both new and old audiences. Problem is, i don't think it will work anymore, the old crowd remain faithful to the nods back to the older games but we can see this huge transformation from what the game used to be like. The new crowd see an action game but just get frustrated with the inability to run and gun and just blast stuff without worrying about ammo or health.

Capcom need to seriously address this, they need to go one way or the other, give players an all out action game with las plagas infected running all over the place and the player with a chaingun. Or go back to t-virus infected with claustraphobic labs and burnt out streets and the player with a handgun.

They already mentioned about changing the control scheme months ago so it looks like the new crowd are going to get thier wish (especially with the demo outcrys) and we'll be even further away from the type of game that resi should be.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=l-vEW3Fj7tU&feature=...

gives me and those who disslike the funky controls less to complain about.

the vid made me lol tho....apparently innovation = co-op and being able to move while shooting..haha

now as long as they give a propper spit screen option it should be worth checking out...thats if their "action" control scheme works how it should...heres hoping it does.

Well I guess thats something, too bad they didn't put that in the demo though.

I think this will make the game less challenging and ruin aspects of it.

I guess they had to do it so people like Korn would stop whining though.

It's certainly not what I want, and I'm definitely going to play the game with the same controls as the demo.Like it wouldn't have been worth checking out anyways.

Apparently people want their games to be easier. I guess this is what casual gaming is doing to video games and gamers now
Controls are considered dated now because it creates a different challenge for the player that they don't want to deal with it

for me....no. not a big enough fan of the resi series anymore. co-op is the only reason im even checking the game out. the same was true for gears of war 2. didnt even attempt to play that on my own, and if it didnt have split screen i wouldnt have even bothered renting it.

as for the new controls making it easier?...im not so sure. it'll just bring it up to date and not feel like it was pulled from the 90's. the set peices, limited ammo/items and various enemies in high numbers should be enough of a challenge as it is without having to fight against broken controls. and as long as these "action controls" work as they should, that will now thankfully be the case.

but at the end of the day, its a win/win situation...you get to play with the crappy controls. people like me get to play the game with post-90's controls. everyone gets what they want. i'd rather have every gamer have the option of how they want to play rather then being forced to use something that doesnt work for them.

it's like killzone 2 and everyone wanting cod4 controls....it wasnt technically how the game was designed, but i appreciate the OPTION to ability use it if i want to.. and i sure as hell will use it, just like i will use this new control scheme for resi 5.

so what if there is a small possibility it will make the game easier for people like me who want a more up to date control scheme. that shouldnt mean diddly squat to you people since you arnt using it anyway.

as i said. win/win.

I'll continue to use my controls from the stone age. :p

Not really the old mechanics caused frustration and a cheap way of making it more difficult.

I love the old RE games, the problem here is that Capcom have taken half a step towards run and gun and its understandable that people aren't going to put up with clunky controls.

I can appreicate Capcom wanting to make the game appeal to the Gears crowd after all its a large demographic.

Im not sure why anyone is crying about this anyway, from what I can tell people get the choice, if gamers want to make it easier, Ie A character that doesn't spaz about when you try to control them, good for them.

Action control = day one buy for allot of my friends, so its all good.

New Viral Marketing vid
http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/resident-evil-5-cl...

Weapons artwork, couple more screens too
http://www.gamekyo.com/newsfr30003_resident-evil-5...

My friend has never played any of the past resident evils so I told him to check out the new demo. He thought the controls were absolutely crap. Which is completely understandable because frankly, they are. Why should a game have to use this false method of inducing fear? I welcome this new control scheme.

Ps. Dead Space was scary.

I love RE5 based on the demo. I haven't even tried this "gears" control method.