History VideoGame / ResidentEvil5

* TheBattleDidntCount: The game tells you to hide during the first Wesker fight and run out the seven minutes he's sparing for you. The ''Lost in Nightmares'' fight functions similarly, with you having to wait him out. A skilled player can [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOYMtYqxXP0 beat the shit out of Wesker using nothing but a knife]] and end the fight early, but [[ForegoneConclusion it will change nothing in the DLC's final cutscene]] and the main game's story will act like you hid from him. [[DeveloperForesight You get an achievement and a gem for your effort, though.]] During the second fight in the main game, while you have to directly fight him to proceed, it's with the goal of [[spoiler:restraining and injecting him in order to ''weaken'' him as opposed to beating him in a straight fight]]. Trying to do the latter will have it eventually be made clear that Wesker is immortal during that phase of the fight and will not die.

** On Professional, ''one hit'' from most attacks is enough to put you into the Dying state, which lasts a grand total of ''two seconds''. With how long some animations last, certain attacks can kill you outright and your partner won't be able to help. Since it takes time for your partner to pull out their first aid to heal you, where you can quickly die in the process unless they use it ''immediately'', it can actually be beneficial to ''not'' pick up health items. This is because resuscitating instantly stops your health from draining and puts you right back into the fight.

* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Starting with this title, each character as a dedicated melee attack/downed finisher on a Majini that's lying face up or face down on the ground. Chris stomps them in the chest or head, and Sheva will stab them with her knife or use a double-knee drop depending on how the enemy is lying on the ground. All of the characters you can select in the Mercenaries Mode, have their own dedicated melee attacks and finishers as well.

* {{Superboss}}: The Red Executioner fought in the final Mercenaries map. It's larger, tougher, faster, and hits harder than the regular one, and also carries a flaming axe.

* BonusBoss: The Red Executioner fought in the final Mercenaries map. It's larger, tougher, faster, and hits harder than the regular one, and also carries a flaming axe.

''Resident Evil 5'' is the [[SequelNumberSnarl seventh]] main game in Creator/{{Capcom}}'s ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' franchise, released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/Xbox360 and [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] in 2009 and for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in 2019. Initially announced in 2005, a few months after the release of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', ''[=RE5=]'' was notably the first ''Resident Evil'' game in the main series produced after Creator/ShinjiMikami left Capcom.

** What definitely didn't help was the beginning of Chapter 3, which shifted the setting from modern-day urban Africa to a much more rural enemies, and changed the enemies from a variety of races in casual contemporary clothing to very dark-skinned Africans wearing loincloths and war paint, charging out of their mud huts wielding primitive spears and screaming war cries. {{Hand Wave}}d (if only just) if you read the diary of a kid from the village, where he points out that in general the adults don't usually wear the tribal stuff, and actually regressed due to becoming infected.

* DaylightHorror: Many levels are set during the day.

* RatedMForManly: Chris, this time around.

** In 2023, yes ''fourteen years'' after its initial release, Capcom finally patched to the game to give players the option of completely removing cutscene [=QTEs=].

* FanDisservice: [[spoiler:Jill's battle suit during the "Desperate Escape" scenario is unzipped to the point where it shows off a little bit of her cleavage, but she's still got a horrible injury on her chest from where the P99 implant used to be]].
* FanDisservice: Wesker takes in Uroboros out of desperation during the last phase of the final battle, turning his shirtless torso into a tentacled monstrosity with an exposed heart and elongated right arm infused with plane debris. After taking enough damage, his left arm turns into a mass of tentacles.

* ContinuityNod: Chris mentions Leon's report about the Ganados from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''.

* FanDisservice: [[spoiler:Jill's battle suit during the "Desperate Escape" scenario is unzipped to the point where it shows off a little bit of her cleavage, but she's still got a horrible injury on her chest from where the P99 implant used to be.]]

* KillItWithFire: Uroboros, a virus that turns those infected with it into a writhing mass of infinitely-regenerating black oozing tentacles. Fortunately for every Uroboros fight, there is a source of fire nearby. At least one of these is properly justified, too; it's in a test lab, and they had better be packing flamethrowers to take care of any out-of-control experiments.

* TookAThirdOption: In the final battle against Wesker Chris can grab him and Sheva is faced with either letting Wesker kill him or shoot both of them. What does she do? *stab* *stab stab* *stabby stabby stabby* [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer *stabby stabby stabby stabby* *stab stab stab stab stab*]]

''Resident Evil 5'' is the [[SequelNumberSnarl seventh]] main game in Creator/{{Capcom}}'s ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' franchise, released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/Xbox360 and [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] in 2009 and for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in 2019. Initially announced in 2005, a few months after the release of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', ''[=RE5=]'' was notably the first ''Resident Evil'' game in the main series produced after Creator/ShinjiMikami left Capcom. In an effort to reach a wider userbase, Capcom developed ''[=RE5=]'' as a {{multiplatform}} release from the get-go rather than targeting a specific console as was the case with previous numbered installments. Featuring the same play mechanics and interface introduced in ''[=RE4=]'', ''[=RE5=]'' added an online co-op system that allowed the main story to be experienced by up to two players simultaneously. The developers also addressed criticism of ''[=RE4=]'''s loose ties to previous games by writing a storyline for ''[=RE5=]'' focusing on the longtime rivalry between Chris Redfield and his arch-nemesis Albert Wesker 10 years after the events of ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]''. It went on to become Capcom's best-selling game of all time by a significant margin, only being beaten out by ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld'' in 2018.

* SawedOffShotgun: This game introduces the Hydra, an unlockable triple-barrelled shotgun with the barrel sawed off as shrot as possible. It only holds 10 rounds at maximum and has a long reload time, but makes up for it with tremendous up-close firepower. Chris and Wesker can even fire the thing one-handed (though Sheva still needs to steady it with both hands.)

* CarChaseShootOut: After Doug saves them from some Majini, Chris and Sheeva board a jeep to go meet up with some of the BSAA forces in another village to chase after Irving. However some of the Majini give chase in their own jeeps and motorcycles, forcing the pair to defend their ride as they make their way across the Savannah.