Skip to content
Resident Evil 5 cover

Video game

Resident Evil 5

March 5, 2009
Action Shooter Metacritic 86

About

Resident Evil 5 (also known as Biohazard 5 in Japan) is the third-person shooter with elements of a survivor-horror game. This is the fifth main installment in Capcom’s acclaimed franchise Resident Evil. The story follows Chris Redfield, the protagonist of the original Resident Evil, and his partner Sheva Alomar. As the members of the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance, they are tasked to intercept an illegal bioweapon trade in Kijuju, Africa. Upon arrival, they find out that Kijuju is infected by Las Plagas, parasites that turn its carriers into zombie-like creatures. The game is notable for being a departure from the series survival horror roots towards more action-oriented gameplay style. The other significant innovation in the series brought with Resident Evil 5 is cooperative multiplayer for two players. There are many situations during the game that requires two players cooperation therefore if in singleplayer the second characters is controlled by AI.

System requirements

387 benchmark observations (estimated)

Minimum requirements

Processor
Intel Core™ 2 Quad 2
Graphics
512 MB VRAM, NVIDIA® GeForce 9800 series or better, ATI Radeon HD 7770 or better Display: Minimum 800 x 600 pixel resolution Sound: DirectSound Compatible (DirectX 9
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
15 GB
OS
Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core™ 2 Quad 2

Recommended requirements

Processor
Intel Core™ i5-3570 or better, AMD Phenom™ II x4 3
Graphics
512 MB VRAM, NVIDIA(R) GeForce® GTX 650 or better, ATI Radeon HD 7770 or better Display: Minimum 1280 x 720 pixel resolution Sound: DirectSound Compatible (DirectX 9
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
15 GB
OS
Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core™ i5-3570 or better, AMD Phenom™ II x4 3

Related games