Yes, it is a shame that Resident Evil 5 does not live up to Resident Evil 4 epicness. Probably due to less scary monsters and less horror suspense in this game. The real merits in this game are real time menu, instant changing weapons, lots of new weapons, and of course, the battle against Wesker.
Nevertheless, the game is still awesome.
I think it would be better if Chris went solo in the game and has more scary monsters like Lickers, Reapers and new violent mosters. That should make the game as good as RE4, or even better due to good graphics. Having two characters on screen makes the horror experience dampened, so not many players felt horror as in RE4.
Who do you think should star in the next Resident Evil game? I would be really happy if Leon will star in the game again, as he is one of the coolest RE character.