Dec
10
2008

How to Play the Resident Evil 5 Demo Today

posted by Mark Fujii at 2:24 am.

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Note: Thanks to Tony “Master Jawa” Diaz (or wherever he learned this from) for teaching me the steps.

Edit: An initial search for a news article pretaining to this didn’t turn up anything -a secondary one, however, led me to the guys at 360 Kombo where this handy tip initially surfaced. Thanks!

Don’t feel like waiting until January to play the highly anticipated, Japanese exclusive Resident Evil 5 demo? Don’t feel like going through all the hassle of setting up a Japanese Xbox Live Gold Account? Then just use these quick, easy to follow steps and you’ll be blasting zombies (either solo or with a buddy) in the demo’s two, short playable levels.

Note: The demo is incredibly on the short side (maybe twenty minutes in total) but it’s a must play for any Resident Evil fan who’s hungry to get a taste of what’s in store for them this March. Also, the entire process is risk and pain free (assuming you can spare a DVD-R that is)

1.) Download the torrent file from the internet (file size is around 470 mb)
2.) Rename downloaded folder “content”
3.) Burn “content” folder onto a DVD-R
4.) Pop disc into your Xbox 360
5.) Go to your game library and the game demo will be waiting for you.

Fast, simple and effective. Enjoy!

Quick Impressions

-Incredibly badass. Control scheme feels a lot like Gears of War 2. It’s easy to use and it’s very responsive.
-Feels like Resident Evil 4. A lot. I swear the handgun sounds are recycled from Resident Evil 4.
-Streamlined inventory system works really well. No more cumbersome and cluttered suitcases to endure.
-The graphics are gorgeous. Zombies are ugly and mean.
-Co-op multiplayer potential is enormous. Just from playing with a buddy for twenty minutes or so, I can already tell that this could be one of the best co-op gaming experiences ever. Trading weapons and supplies, guarding each other’s backs, running in to rescue a downed comrade -the experience felt like a unique hybrid of Left 4 Dead and Gears of War 2.
-From the menu, there’s online cooperative gameplay and split screen offline multiplayer. No system link though?

Mark Fujii: I'm your typical college student who plays too much video games. I also work as an electronic sales associate, meaning I sell Ipods and violent video games to your children when not trying to sneak off and play Super Smash Bros while the boss isn't looking. Oh, and I'm totally awesome. True fact.

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