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Best Worst Final Boss of 2009: Albert Wesker, Resident Evil 5

Pshades-s
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

For a series dominated by zombies, mutants and wild animals, Resident Evil has actually had an imposing human antagonist in Albert Wesker. He betrayed his fellow officers in the original game (14 year old spoiler alert) and has been a nuisance ever since. Resident Evil 5 should have been a cathartic experience, one where gamers finally got to knock the smug bastard down a few pegs. The coolness factor of watching him dodge bullets and punch through walls increased the stakes as the game progressed. Yet the finale was marred by an extended quicktime event sequence which led to a final battle against a less-than-human incarnation of the man. Albert (Mister Wesker if you’re nasty) deserved better.

 
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January 19, 2010
This would have bothered me too. Then I realized; Weskers don't die. They're just reborn as Robo Wesker/tyrants. With laser eyes. Get on that Capcom!
Pshades-s
January 19, 2010
Yeah, there's a very good chance he'll live on despite the dire straits he was in at the end of RE5, but that doesn't change my disappointment with the QTE-hell I went through to get to him. And the fights where he was a superhuman were far more exciting than the finale where he was a lumbering mess.
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January 19, 2010
@Daniel .... So you enjoyed Star Wars Force Unleashed better then this one?
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January 19, 2010
I blame Uroborous. And the plot revelation that he was engineered in a lab in the first place. I liked the bullshit they came up with for Wesker's Report way better, that he planned for Tyrant to impale him in RE1 the whole time, and mutated himself shortly before. Or did I like that better? Wait a minute. It was ALL bullshit! The end boss for Resident Evil 5 should have been N'Gai Croal. Heh. ;)
Pshades-s
January 24, 2010
Toby, I never played Force Unleashed. The demo was boring and I heard very little positives regarding the full game. Dana, that N'Gai remark had me laughing for hours. Thank you.

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