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Resident Evil 5 Viral Videos: The Glory of Live Action

by Chris Faylor, Jan 27, 2009 1:35pm PST

Back when live-action cutscenes were all the rage, the original Resident Evil featured some of the most amusing efforts, along with some incredibly cheesy voice acting.

Though later games, including Resident Evil 5, embraced CG cutscenes, Capcom's Kijuju-centric viral marketing campaign for the upcoming sequel pays homage to those old times, while still offering a brief glimpse of zombie-riffic gameplay.

Resident Evil 5 hits PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on March 13. A downloadable demo is now available for Xbox 360 users, with the PlayStation 3 demo due next week. In case you missed the previous viral marketing video, we've embedded it below.

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By: Mr Milquetoast x Show Full Post

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Who was it who thought that was a good idea? Clearly somebody has too much time on their hands.

Jan 27, 2009 1:49pm PST

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Who was it who thought that was a good idea? Clearly somebody has too much time on their hands. : Mr Milquetoast
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    Who was it who asked who was it who posted asking who was it who thought this was a good idea? Clearly so... : ETPC1
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      Who was it who asked who in turn asked who was it who posted asking who was it who thought this was a goo... : XSilencedXDream
      
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      C- C- C- C- COMBO-BREAKER!!!!!! : senor135
      
      lo,lololololol : happynoodle
      
      LMFAO..... : DLstrider

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Cannot wait for this game. I hope RE:6 goes back to some more techie labs, and urban cityscape enviros like in RE:1 and RE:2, starting to miss that stuff.

Jan 27, 2009 5:53pm PST

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- I'm starting miss, you know, zombies. : MoreVespeneGas
- Yep, I very much enjoyed the cities and the industrial areas but I guess if they didn't move away from th... : satsun

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the time taken to make this video should have been spent on making the game controls more...up to date.

the controls pretty much killed the hype for RE5 for me

Jan 27, 2009 3:49pm PST

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- stab in the dark but i am 100% certain no programmer or designer from the dev team made these videos, so ... : dahanese
- Yeah coz obviously actors and camera men and film directors are capable controls programmers. Twat. : mxcl

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For something that looks like it was slapped together in a few hours, it sure beats the hell out of that elaborate Dead Space bullcrap that came prior to the game.

Jan 27, 2009 4:27pm PST

For something that looks like it was slapped together in a few hours, it sure beats the hell out of that ... : Splinebastard

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By: bolneze x Show Full Post

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Wait so WTF happened? She just takes off? He killed her while he was freaked out? CMON!

Jan 27, 2009 3:22pm PST

Wait so WTF happened? She just takes off? He killed her while he was freaked out? CMON! : bolneze

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How unrealistic, I would have been making out with her at the 0:03 mark

Jan 27, 2009 2:31pm PST

How unrealistic, I would have been making out with her at the 0:03 mark : et72

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By: AlexXdude x Show Full Post

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talk about PTSD

Jan 27, 2009 1:58pm PST

talk about PTSD : AlexXdude

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