The Ending That Ruined Resident Evil 5

I'd be a liar if I said that I enjoyed Resident Evil 5 from start to finish, because I didn't. The well documented issues with the controls, interface and atrociously annoying inventory aside, the game is actually quite a blast, especially in co-op mode with another player. These little problems with the game are merely issues that you'll deal with and and not find to be too much of a hassle.

No, these well documented complaints isn't what ruins the game for me. Resident Evil 5 is, for the most part, a brilliant game packed with powerful sequences of adrenaline pumping action intense visuals. The one and only thing that kills me about Resident Evil 5, at least for me, is its final boss fight. It is like a nasty, maggot-ridden wound on an otherwise beautiful face. Were the game a person, it would cry out for a bandage.

I could simply say that it sucks and leave it at that, without spoiling much of anything, but I have to explain what happens and why it sucks.

Throughout the game, you're given the ability to buy weapons, healing sprays and an assortment of upgrades for said weapons with spoils acquired from killing monsters, finding hidden gems or collecting various loot from chests and barrels scattered all about. This is all well and good, except for the fact that you can't buy ammunition.

You rely on ammunition by killing random monsters that may randomly drop ammunition, healing herbs or grenades. Again, it all sounds well and good until you keep getting ammo for your handgun when what you really need is ammo for your sniper rifle or automatic rifle. Once again, this isn't a big deal in 15 of the game's 16 missions because you'll always find more lying around the next corner.

Enter the game's final battle: you've probably just depleted most of your ammunition in the long cargo hold battle against a horde of infected, as well as the battle against the gigantic worm thing prior to the penultimate battle, and even more on that immortal prick Wesker in the long fight prior to the finale itself. If you've been saving up ammunition throughout the game, chances are you'll have very little left once all that is through.

At this point, you may think that you're home free, but you aren't, as you find yourself on some lava outcropping faced against a souped up version of the king of the bastards yet again after a long, and pretty awesome cinematic sequence. That's the last good impression you'll have of the game, so cherish the memory.