ok, i'm gonna just say it. resident evil 5 isn't scary, it makes fear 2 feel like silent hill by comparison. re5 is simply a action game, a awesome action game, but a action game, the girls are hot the men are buff, and lots of things go boom. honestly i was so suprised buy just how much of a departure the game was, boss battles often are not tense at all and just involve patern recognition and mastery of quick time events. I love the action, the weapons, the upgrade system, the replayability the presentation, even if the story is predictable as can be. I played through the game on veteran difficulty, the highest available from the outset, and let me say, it is hard. I felt like gears of war 1 was a resident evil 4 clone with cover and multiplayer. well resident evil 5 feels like a gears of war 2 clone without a decent cover system. on the higher difficulty that i played through on, there are several instances where you can't win you just run, that is about the only time the game is almost scary. The upgrade system combined with coop and the fact that items carry over from play through to play through has given me quite a few resons to play on, and on. right about here is when i promise a review, but i'm so many reviews behind i can't promise anything till i fix my desktop shinanigans. happy st. patty's day.