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Seriously, there's no run and gun in Resident Evil 5, but here are your options photo

There's been bit of confusion going around on the Internet today, following the posting of an Official Xbox Magazine video on YouTube. In the video, a Capcom Director of Marketing Mike Webster very clearly states that a new set of controls will allow you to "move while you're shooting."

To me, this was puzzling -- I finished playing through the first three chapters of the game last week (can't talk about it yet, don't ask), and well... I certainly couldn't do that with any of the control options. Why? Well, it's because you can't. Capcom's Chris Kramer clears things up, using capital letters for emphasis: 

"THE NEW CONTROL OPTIONS IN RESIDENT EVIL 5 DO NOT ALLOW YOU TO MOVE AND SHOOT SIMULTANEOUSLY," he shouts on the Capcom blog. 

There's a bit more explanation (and more use of capital letters to drive the point home), which you can feel free to read at your own leisure. But the bottom line is this: while there will be multiple control schemes -- four to be exact -- not a single one of them allows you to move and shoot. 

To see what your options will be on March 13 when the game ships for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, hit the jump.

[All screens are capped from the Xbox 360 demo of Resident Evil 5, which is available now on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. As far as we know, these options will not change before the game ships to retail. Don't make me get all Chris Kramer on your ass and start using capital letters.]


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garison's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 19:48
garison
Stop fucking complaining. Resident Evil 5 will be fucking great with the control system it has now. It worked for 4, it'll work for 5 as well.

*ducks*
CelicaCrazed's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 19:48
CelicaCrazed
So...can you shoot while moving?? What about shoot and jumping?? Shooting with any form of body motion at all?? I need answers here!!
pascuz46's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 19:51
pascuz46
Well I'm downloading the demo now so I'm gonna see what all the fuss is aboot! A ps3 control layout would be nice but that's ok nick, neglect us :(

jk
Miller's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 19:56
Miller
@Christiangamer
While I agree with you gamers suck sometimes I tend to think that the controls can seriously impact whether or not the game is fun for the user.
fetusmilk's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 19:58
fetusmilk
why capcom, why?
nukka jdav's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 20:04
nukka jdav
RE5 will still be good for me and thats really all I give a shit about.
grafkhun's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 20:06
grafkhun
Shooting while doing backflips in RE5 confirmed.
Sharmsie's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 20:07
Sharmsie
Im with Garison. It was fine in resident evil 4, the series has never exactly had the greatest control scheme. I still have high hopes for 5
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 20:11
brainderailment
I would hardly call Gears Run&Gun, you can walk and gun, stop and pop, but not run and gun. I just want to stumble backwards and gun, also walk and reload, thanks.

@Celica: You can aim while shooting, shoot while aiming.
MightyVince's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 20:13
MightyVince
Oh no, I wanted a game where I could run like a sprinter, jump through windows and shoot hordes of zombies at the same time!

While eating strawberry pie of course.

Joke apart, it's a good thing because it's making it more stressful. This feud looks like this "can't hold flashlight and a gun at the same time" whining from Doom3 players : it feels constraining at first but in the end, it adds to the tense atmosphere and makes it more immersive.
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 20:15
pedrovay2003
I honestly don't understand why so many people think this is such a horrible thing. How did you play RE4 if run-and-gun is so mandatory?
InfraredChimera's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 20:15
InfraredChimera
I don't know why the hell everyone is making a big deal out this issue!! Seriously, if you want shooting while walking either play MGS, Gears, DMC, or Dead Space. Just deal with it and if you can't then don't play it, its just that freakin simple.
CWal37's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 20:33
CWal37
I feel like with this game's imminent release on the 360 it hit some new huge market of idiots. Mostly people who didn't play RE4.
JynxShot's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 20:50
JynxShot
I played GoW back in the day when it came out and thought, "Jesus I hated RE4, but I'm glad Epic was influenced by it. The close camera and chainsaw and tight controls work perfectly for a dual-analog shooter."

Years later I check out the RE5 demo.
5 minutes in had me thinking, "This sucks. I'm gonna go play Gears."

Sorry Capcom, your shitty controls cost you one sale. It doesn't matter to you because you're massive and RE5 will sell, and I still like DMC. :<
Cowboy TTop's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 20:59
Cowboy TTop
To expect the controls of another game to influence RE5, is pushing it. Capcom will learn but the RE4 template works and is still young. If it ain't broke, don't fix, just tweak.

I think its also a case, that the japanese don't study the kinds of western games we make much, to influence their work.
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 21:16
pedrovay2003
I'm gonna go with CWal on this one. Most 360 games are still shooters, in which you can move and fire at the same time. This isn't a shooter. People need to see the difference.
ZekeThePlumber's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 21:16
ZekeThePlumber
Capcom's mistake was saying that there was going to be a "new control scheme" when what they really meant was "you'll be able to swap the button commands."
KaL YoshiKa's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 21:30
KaL YoshiKa
You bitch about Tank controllers so they give you guys a compromise then you bitch about the compromise...DAMN IT YOU BASTARDS KILLED SURVIVAL HORROR...go play your damn Gears and let those of us who like these games continue to enjoy them.

Resident Evil 4 onwards would have no fear whatsoever if you were given perfect controls. Besides it plays better then Alone in the Dark.
Cowboy TTop's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 21:30
Cowboy TTop
Indeed, I love a good shooter on my 360, but RE isn't and never will be that type of game, just because that's what most people play on 360/PS3/PC. Sure, the controls aren't perfect, but deal with it or don't buy it.

Plenty of other good games you can buy instead of RE5.
ender_x's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 21:35
ender_x
wtf? since when did RE4 have shitty controls? did I miss that meeting or something?
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 21:49
vexed alex
Standards change. Resident Evil isn't survival horror anymore. It's an action game. The controls are clunky and just aren't fun at all. The entire game is like a bastard hybrid video game that doesn't know what it wants to do and falls flat on both.

If you're ever scared during Resident Evil 5, you've got some problems.

I mean, the whole point of being slow and clunky is to artificially cause tension. It's lazy, and with the way the game is now, even its crap controls can't scare me like the PSOne games did.

Maybe next time they'll change the controls up so that they're not hopelessly frustrating and actually make the fucking game itself creep you out. You know, actually evolve the god damn genre like JRPGs have to some extent.
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 21:50
vexed alex
Also, I love demos. Now I know I won't be picking this game up.
Shin Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 21:56
Shin Oni
i'm just gonna say this:

RE4 and 5 are not survival horror but action.

you could NEVER RUN and SHOOT in RE unless it was Code Veronica (which sucked) or any of the horribly done RE arcade games (which were just rail shooters anyway.)

if you have time to bitch about controls, you have time to stfu and find another game that allows you to run and shoot. It's not hard.

The game is already easy enough now. Running AND shooting takes the fear (or whats left) out of what used to be scary from the start. take this away and the game is pointless.
Shin Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 22:01
Shin Oni
also funny you show a GoW pic...seeing it was based off the RE4 contorls to begin with.

I like being a hybrid or something...cause apparently I can play something like Gears AND RE5 and not have a problem with controls in the end.
nukka jdav's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 22:13
nukka jdav
I don't agree when folks say it is used for artificial tension as if its the only thing that would cause it.

Yeah there are crazed foreigners coming at you from all sides and some have bags over their heads with chainsaws.

That = tension regardless of control.
rice cracker's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 22:15
rice cracker
My complaint is not so much about the "horrible controls" but believability. You are playing as a trained professional right? Shouldn't he be able to at least walk and aim, maybe strafe? Surely this is acceptable in a survival horror without being accused of turning into an action game. We have reached a point where games have the ability to put you in the experience. A silly detail like this is enough to take reasonably intelligent people out of that experience and take away some of the fun. Maybe I just think too much.
Magnalon's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 22:30
Magnalon
With all this complaining from fans who never liked any Resident Evil in the first place, Capcom had BETTER change it in 6.

Oh wait.....
InfraredChimera's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 22:35
InfraredChimera
Whatever happened to LEARNING HOW TO PLAY THE GAME? Back in the day when every game wasn't the same game with a different look to it, we had learn how the on screen characters moved, what gun did what and the bullet archs of some of them so they could be most effective, how high and far you character jumped and other things.
So if someone bitches about how they want RE5 to play like Gears, then go play Gears. Its kinda like someone bitching about a Metal Gear Solid and complaining that it has too many cutscenes.
dollrapist's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 22:45
dollrapist
Nick Chester? You are an embarrassment to the videogame industry.

RESIDENT EVIL has a certain play control. RESIDENT EVIL is RESIDENT EVIL. If they don't want you to "run and gun", then you won't be running and gunning. It never would cross my mind in a million years to even complain about it. I'm sick of this community that complains about the game itself, thinking that everything needs to be Gears of War control. Fucking lame. totally fucking lame. You people suck major ass.
ender_x's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 22:45
ender_x
fanboys are whiney.
KaL YoshiKa's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 22:55
KaL YoshiKa
InfraredChimera has the right idea...The controls are how they are because that's how the game is INTENDED TO BE PLAYED. Some of you people are probably the types that jump on Civilisation forums and complain about how it should be played in real time because it's stupid how you have to take turns.
KaL YoshiKa's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 22:56
KaL YoshiKa
InfraredChimera has the right idea...The controls are how they are because that's how the game is INTENDED TO BE PLAYED. Some of you people are probably the types that jump on Civilisation forums and complain about how it should be played in real time because it's stupid how you have to take turns.
Endstiem's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 23:04
Endstiem
@ dollrapist

That time of the month, eh?
dollrapist's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 23:08
dollrapist
@Endstiem

Wow, that's fucking hilarious!

Sorry you don't know how to play games the way they were designed, tard.
Nick Chester's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 23:13
Nick Chester
Uh, why is anyone raging on me? I never said this was good or bad, so calm the hell down.
flabzilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 23:44
flabzilla
I thought the Gear of War picture with "Not Resident Evil 5" sort of ment you were on the side that thinks RE5 is fine the way it is?
Dr Milkdad's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2009 23:49
Dr Milkdad
I don't ever remember being able to run and shoot in a RE game.....
ninjikiran's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/03/2009 00:20
ninjikiran
Which is kind of a shame, the past resident evils have been a lot slower, more methodical. The controls worked well with the gameplay.

After playing the demo for resident evil 5 though I was more frustrated than I had fun. Its a much faster paced game with controls that feel horribly misplaced. I didn't play RE4 so I can't comment on it.
dollrapist's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/03/2009 00:39
dollrapist
@Chester

Uh huh. That's why you're making fun of the CAPCOM guy, and that's why the title of the post is "Seriously, there's no run and gun in RE 5......"
and that is why you took the time to show all 4 control schemes and then mention that NOT ONE OF THEM lets you feel like your playing gears of war.

OH NO!

SInce when was RE "run and gun". Perhaps the only game you're good at is Gears or something? Seriously. What is wrong with the gaming culture?

It's this type of snark and complaining that makes me all the happier I don't rely on multiplayer for enjoyment. OMG I'd hate to hear idiots on a headset whining about every little thing in every game. Its so fucking old.

Games should be enjoyed. Gamers adapt TO THE GAME, not the other way around. I guess only those that have been around since the beginning can understand that simple fact.

EGM, Destructoid, 1UP..ect ect, they all have this newbie attitude with newbie complaints about every game. Its fanboyism and its sarcasm rampant in the gaming media. It's disgusting. This post is a perfect example of the juvenile attitude towards a wonderful gaming experience, a work of art and years of talented dedication to a craft.....all so some jack-off can whine that it doesn't have a control scheme that fits with his limited skills at anything outside of Gears of War.

HA. Lame.
Redzie's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/03/2009 00:48
Redzie
@dollrapist

Nick wasnt making fun of anyone. They're clearing up the rumor that went around the internets earlier today. Reading everything from above I never got the idea or saw anything of the such. Go back to elementary school and learn reading comprehension.
saxiums's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/03/2009 01:02
saxiums
why is b always partner action, that just isn't sense making
on an unrelated note, not matter what it's better then mass effect
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/03/2009 01:11
Kyousuke Nanbu
Controls are shitty and outdated, RE4 wasn't scary AT ALL because you had so much ordinance at your disposal, RE5 will follow that trend, making the controls crappy, clunky and slow as a "design choice" is just lazy.

And less we forget how stupid the ganados are "HOLY SHIT THEY'RE RUNNING AT ME, wait why are they slowing down? Now they're backing off, ok now they're swinging their weapon at me"

Yea, SO GODDAMN SCARY, I'M QUAKING.

And Sheeva is a goddamn retard, if you want me to do co-op, don't hinder with a moronic A.I simply because I want to play by myself.

People will defend it, its just how things are but that doesn't stop the control scheme from being shit, RE4's controls where fine, 4 years ago...

Its evolved since then, the entire demo reeks of laziness honestly, even the ganados move in the exact same way course this is Capcom, they built themselves up by releasing sequels with minimal improvements.
nukka jdav's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/03/2009 01:13
nukka jdav
*throws doll rapist some old, raw meat*
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/03/2009 01:15
Kyousuke Nanbu
Oh and the toned down death animations, I mean seriously?

Even with something as simple as killing off your character, Capcom shows behind the times it is.
Magnalon's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/03/2009 01:27
Magnalon
@Nick Chester

My comment was totally NOT directed at you. I actually got the article.
Emrah's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/03/2009 01:55
Emrah
You should have been able to move and shoot, albeit with extremely lowered accuracy, so that it would only sometimes get you out of sticky situations, but definitely not always.
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/03/2009 03:26
pedrovay2003
@Kyousuke

RE4 and 5 aren't supposed to be scary. They're not horror anymore, they're going more for gameplay and storyline.
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/03/2009 03:30
pedrovay2003
@dollrapist

Nick never once said this was a good or bad thing. He was simply reporting on something that has been a hot topic as of late.

Read the article before commenting on it so you don't look like an asshole next time.
Mr Wrighty 987's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/03/2009 04:27
Mr Wrighty 987
if it did have a run and gun mode i wouldnt use it because that not was RE about.
shrikedoa's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/03/2009 06:51
shrikedoa
Downloaded the PS3 demo, played through, deleted it. I found the control scheme frustrating, killing any interest I had in the game.
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