A kicker to this game has to be just how rare it is for a husband and father to feature as the protagonist of a story, rather than some inept and/or malicious figure. It won major points with me for that alone.
@@SammaclauseGamgeeyeah, I was actually sad when the credits rolled, Ethan on his knees “dying” and it fades to black saying “Ethan story has ended” or something like that. Only two games, & he’s one of my favorites after Leon & Jill.
@@dvdbox360 You reply as if those titles aren't decades old at this point. The entire idea here is that modern, current AAA games don't portray a father/husband very positively nowadays with VERY few exceptions. SH is also a bit of a dodgy choice, given character baggage.
@@adaptivegamer9905 He did technically get more of a hurrah in Shadow of Rose. You really don't get to be more of a super dad than from reaching beyond DEATH to help your child. And I tend to think he didn't just pass his "power" to Rose, either. The post-credits scene where she's leaving his grave, the figure walking on the side of the road, is Ethan. It wasn't said outright, but I tend to think that means he's with her after that. If/when the series goes long enough that Rose appears as an adult, it would not be beyond the pale for Ethan to "appear" again in the form of giving advice or spurring Rose to go on when things get tough. Especially if she carries on wearing his jacket and all, and being told she's a lot like him. The little things with them were so great. She was tucked into his jacket when he stayed behind, she wore it once old enough. The way she goes from incredulous and awkward about doing something in a dangerous situation to being determined and fighting through it like he did. It's tough to pick out anything she got from Mia, really. It's a shame a chunk of the fanbase got so huffy about being tired of The Winters' story. A lot of these same people were probably the same ones that kept saying RE needed something new after 6, and now they're like "all right, job done let's have the old guard back"
@@The_Lucent_Archangelthat’s more Silent Hill 2. The father in Silent Hill was a good guy. Also, how the original, given how difficult it is to just find, hasn’t gotten some kind of remake is beyond me. Apparently they lost the original masters, so a remaster was apparently a no-go. I have a PS1 copy, but it’s kinda a pain just to set up the console for that. RE style remakes of the first three games would be great. I think they are doing one for 2 at the moment.
@@Rhbrehaut The Russians occupied Romania for 10 years after WW2 and stole everything. And the puppet communist regime they left behind until we could finally do a revolution at the end of 1989 didn't do shit for the country like any other communist regime
The funny thing is the Japanese actually nailed the look of a basic Balkans village where RE8 takes place ( Romania ofc Vampires and Warewolves and that ). Im from the Balkans, thats how many of our villages look like even today haha. They really did their homework on this one.
Despite everything I liked the segment playing as Chris. After the whole game being abused and chased by these Lycans it was quite cathartic having the upper hand and moving through them. Also shows the progression, Chris have been fighting these biomutants for over 20 years now, he knows what he's doing and has the specialized equipment to do so. (and also shows why a zombie invasion could never happen, as long as there's a standing army in the country) Also RIP Lady Dimitrescu, you've gone too soon.
Exactly! After having my fingers bitten off and hand cut off, being stabbed, mauled by varcolac, strung up by hooks, and drudging through the factory, Chris’s section just felt right. It’s similar to the salt mine in RE7; folks hate on it, but I EARNED an action level. I will always defend this game because it’s what got me hooked on the RE franchise!
Fun fact, some of the performers from the remake of RE3 stuck around to play roles in RE8/Village too. Nicole Tompkins for example, who was Jill Valentine in RE3, was Elena Lupu and Daniela Dimitrescu.
I already watched all of these videos... and played all of the games (yeah... I'm that old, too... 43, to be exact). But I'm always happy to hear you talk about this series! "CHRIIIIIIISSSS!" -Albert Wesker, R.E. 5
12:50 I don't get the complaints about Sniper Rifle. It came in handy when Lady D flew far away and you could snipe her from distance. Lycans set a multitude of ambush points around the Village that you can spot from distance and do a pre-emptive strike with Sniper Rifle. Even ignoring the distance, Sniper Rifle is a powerful weapon in and of itself; if you need to kill a tough enemy or a boss, Sniper Rifle is your friend. It's slightly unwieldy at close distance, but it still does its job. How could you not find a use for it?
Yeah the rifle is very useful. It's strong and accurate and unlike the magnum you get plenty of ammo . Plus it can hit multiple enemies so if you line them up in a choke point you can be really efficient with your ammo.
Not just that, but the ammunition is plentiful, making it extremely useful in boss encounters where you will likely not have enough magnum or shotgun ammunition left. Even taking out ambush enemies here and there, I had an assload of that ammunition at the end of my first playthrough.
Also, it is worth mentioning that the castle, as beautiful as it is, is nothing but a straight line going from A to B. No checking the grounds freely is involved at all there.
I still think that the castle is one of the better parts of the game honestly. Just in terms of feeling, because you are basically hunted throughout the part of the game. It is also between beautiful and disgusting when you discover what is going on or was going on in it. House Beneviento is the only area that I actually like more for its atmosphere.
@@Rakshiir I absolutely love the castle. But in regards to RE-style gameplay, it is utterly pathetic. I cannot say whether such gameplay will ever be implemented again. Maybe another RE 1 remake.
@@DocOck First time what? Playing one of the lame and modern ones? No, I know them all. And, absolutely no: Resident Evil 1, 2, 3, Code Veronica and 0 are absolutely not liniear (as in the games that followed the old principle). You have not played any of them have you?
@@LamiNalchor I don't think you understand the terms Linear and Non-Linear. Non-Linear is something like Breath of the Wild where, after the tutorial section, you can go anywhere do anything and fight whatever boss in any order you want, including the final boss. Linear is something like RE1 where in order to complete the game you have to complete the same puzzles in the same order in the same sequence no matter what. Backtracking =/= Non-Linear. That's not a nock against RE. All Horror games at the time and even most now are very Linear. It's just the nature of the game. It allows for the devs to have complete control over every aspect of the user experience to more easily facilitate the horror. It's weird you mention 0 as that game starts you on a train and there's only two ways to go; forward and back. As for my credentials as an RE fan; The original RE3 is Code Veronica. Nemesis' Original subtitle was Last Escape. And for something more modern; Laon A/Claire B is the canon story for Remake 2.
And to think that this is game is in the same continuity as the one with, as Heisenberg mentioned, that "boulder punching a**hole". As much as I loved this game, there are definitely things I dislike, the most egregious of which was how Spencer was both saved and inspired by Miranda, ultimately leading to the events of the Resident Evil series. I'm curious if the Capcom writers plan on doing anything to the Revelations games since, you know, another Wesker is still out there possibly biding their time.
If I had to justify Chris not telling Ethan about Miranda being his wife in disguise, I would chalk it up to Chris either knowing or heavily suspecting that Ethan is one of the Mold now. And given how Eveline was able to corrupt and mind control the Bakers in the previous game, Chris thinks that something similar might be going on here. As for Chris not roping in Ethan later on in the village, I’d either move Ethan’s encounter with Chris to a bit later in the game, with it being much briefer, Chris and company having only just arrived and are playing catch up with what’s happening since they last spied on Miranda. And them as a whole being somewhat suspicious that Miranda is using Ethan to kill off the Lords, because Miranda doesn’t want to share power and that she, even in canon, only ever viewed the Lords as pawns. I do agree that Miranda as a character was kind of flat and didn’t get enough screen time to really flesh her out. Honestly, I would have combined her with elements of Lady-D’s personality, in order to give her both charisma and more of a larger than life personally to make her more memorable. Though maybe borrow Lady-D’s dragon form for the later stage of Miranda’s boss fight- as given the links to Umbrella and Miranda’s more angelic motif, the dragon helps hammer home the more satanic elements of her character as a corrupter and all around evil person, who’s love for her long-dead daughter felt more selfish then actually loving.
I never considered the fact that Chris may have been privy to Ethan’s “moldification,” but his biggest sin was executing “Mia” right in front of Ethan with no warning. Certainly he could’ve caught her while Ethan was at work and dealt with Ethan in private later. The main reason Capcom did Chris dirty was to shock the player and create intrigue for the story, but I’d hate for this to be a player’s first encounter with the legendary GOOD GUY Chris Redfield.
@@reykaisertv I don't know about intrigue. I think they were trying to craft a Wesker-like aesthetic around him. The high collar, all black, suppressed pistol is the exact getup Wesker used to use when he was running around undermining Umbrella for his own gain prior to just becoming another throwaway crazy villain. Chris was also operating outside the lines here. He wasn't technically working directly under BSAA orders, which is why his team was keen on engaging the BSAA when they arrived. He probably IS some sort of rogue actor, likely considered a renegade by at least some of the major players. If anything, I think it retroactively creates interest to new people, because they'll inevitably learn Chris is a longtime character and will want to see how he changed over the course of the series.
@@blakehansen5434has to be since at the start of the video he states "coming out later in the year." Reviewing this game 3 years after it came out would be quite late to the party as well 😅.
Played this game as many times as I have RE4...so something about it is good enough for me to come back multiple times. Silly but fun. Great gameplay as well.
I LOVE this game. The first time I saw Castle Dimitrescu from the hilltop I just stood there for like two minutes taking in how gorgeous the game was. My only gripe is that it plays its two best cards (Castle Dimitrescu and House Beneviento) too early.
I actually liked 5 a lot, espcially playing with someone else. 6 is also worth playing if you can get it cheap on one of those frequent RE sales on Steam. It's ridiculous, over-the-top, and QTE-heavy, but also co-op and I liked the new characters they introduced to the roster of protags--again, over-the-top and ridiculous, but I kind of expect that sort of thing from the series (and Japanese games, in general 😂 ). Unfortunately haven't seen any of them reappear again, but they might.
Village on PSVR2 is how I played it and I'm so happy I waited. 7 and 8 in VR is the sort of quality I wish VR had regularly 😂. Great video as always Critical. Though I gotta say, I felt Ethan was actually pretty fleshed out through his like 20 lines of dialogue. No joke. Edit: The biggest issue with Miranda is that all of her backstory is in missable notebooks 🙃
The early resident evils, I loved how they didn't give you enough bullets to kill everything, which led to tense hand to hand moments and even times where the best option was to run.
I want you to know MrDrinker sir.... I back out of the video only to reopen it and force a 30 second unskippable ad.. I hope my sacrifice is seen and heard. Anyways... Love the channel!
I view 7 & 8 as general love letters to horror- so 7 is all tcm, evil dead, saw, the thing. 8 goes a bit more classical with it's own take on Dracula, the wolfman, Frankenstein etc. I didn't expect to enjoy 8 & held off getting it until I could pick it up cheaply but was surprised how much I enjoyed it.
I think one of the ways they could have fixed the story, even if it was so minor, is that Chris should go ahead and tell Ethan right there at the beginning this is not your wife this is Miranda, then Ethan goes with Chris to try to protect Rose, then the ambush happens where the cars get knocked over and Rose goes missing, Ethan is the first to wake up he tries to wake up Chris, but then realizes Rose is missing so he runs off by himself to try to save her because it is his daughter. While through this whole thing wondering what happened to Mia. I think they could have kept Chris his less of a dick attitude in this story while also really removing why Chris had to act so mysterious through this. There really was no point in him trying to be mysterious. If anything do I thought Ethan was getting training from Chris so if anything Chris would tell Ethan about what's happening.
RE is my favourite game series. There were some big lows, but the highs are so high, they overpower the lows. I mean, my top 10 of all times has both RE4 and the Remake, the Remake of the original 1996 classic and RE2. 40% of the list.
RE is one of my favorite franchises. Loved the remakes of 2-4. I’ve played most of the mainline entries (and Code Veronica) and the their remakes, aside from 5 and 6.
Village was the first RE game I ever played, I really enjoyed it, After beating the game I want back and played the entirety of RE7 for the first time in VR using the VR mod by praydog on my Valve Index, it was an incredible experience!
This one was a dud to me, mainly for the criticisms you mentioned. I didn't find the majority of the game challenging (especially with the puzzles) outside of the Foundry and Miranda. I really wanted to like the castle because of its polish, but it was so linear and challenge-free. I believe this was a direct response to people saying 7 was too difficult, which is a demographic of people that should be ignored.
I like that Capcom has given us a variety of titles since 7. Personally, I like the art design in village much better; 7 was nasty and decaying in every section of the game. You need beauty to contradict the filth, which makes the horror that much more potent. If they made a game that played like 7, with the art design of 8, it might be the best RE yet!
@ajarmetta I'm cautiously optimistic. 4R was a great return to form, and I hope they continue down the path of keeping it challenging and survival horror based. I also prefer they don't phone in the last 3rd of the game like in Village and 7
Your part about Miranda made me miss Wesker again 😂 Also, its been a theory of mine that Chris was the one that was supposed to be killed, especially since he's getting up there in years, but that someone chickened out and insisted they couldnt kill Chris Redfield. (Especially in a game that didnt have Wesker in it, imo) Depending on how they did it, it couldve been so intense.
I subscribed in hopes you do more videos like this. I don't like to watch people play games or streamer type videos. This content is what I'm on TH-cam for.
I was 18 when I played the first Resident Evil on PS1 and I've been a fan of the franchise ever since. I really liked the remakes, and since I also like wolves and gothic, I found Village really cool. Too bad there are such scary parts though.
You REALLY need to play the VR version of this. I avoided all spoilers, then got to play through using PSVR2 without knowing anything (other than there was a rather curvy vampire eventually :P ) Try it, you won't be disappointed !
I haven't played the first person RE games. Maybe I will give them a shot. I loved the original RE4 and the 2 revelation games. I even enjoyed playing RE3 remake and the RE2 remake until I hit a bug that kept me from finishing it. I've played the original RE1 and code veronica but never finished them. Couldn't get used to the tank controls. Waiting for the RE1 remake if that ever happens. Thanks for the review.
Not sure about the sniper rifle comment. I found it plenty usefull in the many medium range encouters in the game as well as a high damage dealer against bosse's weakspots.
Drinker... That double door that bugged you at the end of Resident Evil 1 on the original Playstation - You mentioned it in a previous review that you always wanted to go through it/wondered what was on the other side/thought it was odd it was there but not accessible. Well, it turns out you CAN go through it, but only if you get the bad ending (i.e. play as Jill, Barry dies in the caves and you only fight the Tyrant once in the lab). After the lab fight with the Tyrant, you pick up a key from Weskers body and exit via THAT door (from the other side though - Its the room with a ladder, typewriter and box). You exit via that door because with the bad ending there is no second Tyrant fight on the helipad and the mansion does NOT explode - Instead you get a scene of the Tyrant watching you fly away with ominous music playing. I've completed the game a million times back at the time of release, modern day, and even I only just got that ending a couple years ago and I was like wtf how come i've never seen this 😲 I only got the ending because I Fecked up in the caves... I had paused it to do something right at the point Barry ran off, then I un-paused and didn't realise where he ran to and I retardedly ran the opposite direction causing him to die by hunter - As Barry would say "I was careless". There is also an "ultimate cut" which is a modded directors cut but it has the "good music" re-inserted, together with uncut/colour and higher quality FMV. Can download online, burn to disc/run on original hardware or play via emulator. Anyway, hope you see this post as there is nothing more satisfying than a mystery solved and greetings from sunny East Ayrshire.
That was the first ending I got back when it released on the PS1. Was great learning that I could do it a different way and save Barry. I played that game sooo much. And screw the Directors Cut. Just want anywhere near as good.
@@peterc3262 Awww poor you getting the bad ending right off the bat and more so, poor Barry haha. I am in the same camp on RE, directors cut is questionable on content. I had the original back in the day then bought DC expecting uncut FMV's and was sorely disappointed as we all know. Honestly though, the RE Ultimate Directors Cut is the happy medium, keeps original item placement (with option to do DC rejiggered) and keeps the original/good music. The PC has the best port nowadays though with an AI upscale, implements quick turn etc and just runs more friendly on modern systems. Out of curiosity, back in the day were you PAL or NTSC? I played on PAL 50hz back in the day (didn't know any better/wasn't much choice) and with some games I run nowadays I notice the 60hz (20%) difference in game speed and I lean back to the PAL slower speed because its what I was used to. I don't think so much with RE as i've become accustomed to that speed playing all the different versions but some games my timing is definitely off.
I've always played games just once but for some reason I played this one multiple times, the first game I ever speed ran. I like it because it feels like what if Universal Monsters were filtered through Resident Evil.
I actually enjoyed village quite a bit, sure the beginning was exposition-heavy, but that lycant attack was a great intro, obviously a homage to 4, and I enjoyed the variety in level-design: The Castle has puzzles, and more standard enemies, House Benavento is almost all puzzle and has no weapons, the wolf segment on the way to the dam has players running from cover to cover, then the more action-heavy lab and Chris segments, has plenty of side quests and unlockable content as well. Played it again in VR mode and holy crap, had family members quit playing it because of how scary it was (VR hits different).
was thinking of picking up the game for a while, realised you were an RE expert and saw this video, what have i been doing with my life the past few years???
The rifle is extremely useful because it is powerful and the ammunition is plentiful. Not only is it relatively cheap to craft, but it's lying around everywhere on the map. I think I found more rifle ammunition in the game than shotgun ammunition. Not to mention you can very quickly swap between your rifle and shotgun for insane dps.
It was cool seeing game reviews. You can tell you was sitting on his vocals being recorded. "The game came out this year." It's been out since 2021. 😂😂
I really enjoyed this game. Challenging puzzles, interesting characters, dark and ominous settings, Enjoyable combat and realistic weapons. Probably my favorite RE after RE 2 and RE 2 Remake. Can’t wait for Code: Veronica Remake!
I'd have to disagree with Ethan not being much of a character, I actually do love Ethan. I do agree that he goes back and forth between a civilian to an agent. In 7, they kinda make him seem like a civilian but the reveal was that he knew Chris and the other agents. Also regarding the inventory management, I can understand people wanting limited space like the legacy games but that definitely needed to be modernized, especially since Village used Resident 4 as a basis for its game design. It was definitely an 8.5/10 for me, my favorite after RE4.
8 has the best inventlry system, crafting and key items are on their own, unlike in RE4R but that has the weapon box which made my inventory management far better.
"I can understand people wanting limited space like the legacy games but that definitely needed to be modernized, especially since Village used resident 4 as a basis for its game design." Nope. In RE4, you're ALWAYS managing your inventory, even after you've completely maxed out the size of it. In village, you never need to manage it. You can conquer the whole game without doing it. I like Village. It's fun and enjoyable, but it's very flawed. For a game that's inspired by RE4, it completely misses the point of it and holds your hand. It's NOT a challenging game. The "puzzles" aren't puzzles, and the amount of scripted segments (House Beneviento, specifically) is a massive turn off. Heisenberg's factory is best section of the game because it's the only area where you can easily get lost and have to figure out where to go--a fundamental element of the classic games, 7, and the remakes of 2 and 4.
3:51 They were inspired by Wednesday in "Addams Family Values." A nanny asks the children, "Where did you hide that baby?" and Wednesday replies, "What piece?"
Resident Evil Village is Capcom telling Darkstalkers fans “here, play this instead”. Yeah, it’s ridiculous that they didn’t see that Lady D and her daughters were the most engaging part of the game. Even outside of the attraction to the characters, they are the most intriguing. Mother Miranda is an absolute joke, plus her plan of “splitting the baby apart, giving each piece to the boss, then taking them back” is such a forced video game concept. Just ridiculous.o
Once games began getting too long for reviewers to finish before submitting some 'hype', developers simply began putting the best in the beginning. The first 10-20 hours tops in most every game today is the best part of the experience with either the story falling apart or disappearing , or the grind begins as artificial speed bumps to slow your progress to finish. BTW - I'm sick of STAMINA being the new difficulty gate as developers use it to control everything about a player today.
I finished this on psvr2 last month. Amazing and memorable experience despite the flaws of this game. Oh and the factory boss battle and doll house are absurd in vr
Being from eastern europe, its exactly like this. Many countryside villages have the exact same houses, architecture, lomoted technology and old traditional people.
I think RE4 did a great job balancing the RE formula while exploring some medieval/fantasy-religious influences. That's something that RE8 couldn't do. There was too much Tim Burton and "Twilight" than there was RE. RE4 had motivation from the bad guys even though they were a religious cult out of the way from the original zombie outbreak but it showed that other places were infected and there was a cult who wanted to control it and use it for power. RE8 kinda comes off random in a lot of ways but is still enjoyable.
Since recently the S.T.A.L.K.E.R trilogy was released on consoles I wanted to ask what your opinion is on Andrei Tarkovsky's STALKER movie and his movies in general. You think his stuff is worth a watch? Also what do you think of the games and the book Roadside picnic its all based on? You gonna play them? If you even saw/played any of that of course
The factory settings and enemies were really cool, and felt inline with an Umbrella facility. I really liked the enemy design. Minus the mechs I would have preferred a game with more of that aesthetic.
7 was dull and felt like a railshooter game. 8 was off-the-walls nonsensical and raised more questions than it answered. 9 is gonna be "interesting" to say the least... ending in a 💥GIANT EXPLOSION💥
One thing I like about the village is the main boss has actively made the whole village into a sort of cult for her and her design is clearly inspired by angels from the bible. She made herself a figure to be worshipped and she kept the people isolated and stuck in the past. Also the wolfsbane revolver that gun was beautiful, powerful and the ammo was rare so when you use it you really needed it
Man there are so many story heavy RPGs I'd love to hear your take on. Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Baldur's Gate etc. Just don't know if they're your cup of tea (shot of whiskey?) given your apparent favoring of games like Resident Evil and Tomb Raider series. Also a look at the story/lore of the Halo games vs. the travesty is that is the TV show would be a fun watch.
Ive just found this channel and love it. I also said that re7 to me felt like a mix of texas chainsaw massacre and the game granny. And my opinion on 8 was that it didnt feel like an re game at all to me. Vampires and werewolves just dont give out the creep factor anymore since hollywood has romanticised them. And not even gomna mention the robot heisenberg
I had never played any of the RE games before Village, and really, I only got it because I was curious about the vampire dommy mommy everyone was simping over. I thought the game was ok, but I really didn't expect to spend so much time solving puzzles and running back and forth. I wanted more action. I guess I should have played 6 instead.
I loved this game, I think the key was kicking the difficulty up. For the combat at least. I’ve found most games are best played on hard these days. Critiques were all legit tho.
I dont ever remember hearing anyone think Lady D was gonna be the big bad. The trailers didnt really portray her that way either. I thought she would have a bigger role at least, not the first major boss you beat
RE8's inventory management seemed like Ethan had learned from RE7 on how to manage his gear. The same is true for the reload animation - in RE7 he would toss the empty (or half empty) magazines, but in RE8 he holds onto them.
i was hoping that re8 would refine what re7 was going for but I get the sense personally that they got cold feet and looked back at RE4. Pre release i disliked how much attention people were giving lady d but after playing the game her section of the game was the best. I liked the doll house but the boss fight was weak for an otherwise great area.
Yeah I'm old too I remember original. I remember I dropped my controller when that first dog crashed through windows in the hallway... Drinker did you drop your controller too?
RE4 and 5 got crap for not having actual zombies. I remember a serious backlash about it. RE8 has vampires and werewolves and everyone thought it was genius.
Me: "Watching / listening to the Drinker give detailed analysis of character and villain development along with the overall tone and setting of a classic game series." Also me: "I remember Pac-Man."
I swear lady dimitrescu is the vaas of resident evil, she is charistmatic, mysterious and a geniune threat not to mention everybody agrees she should've been the main villain
In my opinion Code Veronica is the most difficult and frustrating Res Evil game in the whole franchise. Not only do you have to start again from scratch if you don't have enough powerful ammo to fight the tyrant boss on the plane, but if you get all the way to Antarctica and you left your fire extinguisher in the metal detector on the island (like I did) you also can't proceed any further because you need to use it again, and you don't get another. You should play Res Evil 4 remake. It's fantastic, but unfortunately I have to go to my sister's to play it because she has a PS5.
A kicker to this game has to be just how rare it is for a husband and father to feature as the protagonist of a story, rather than some inept and/or malicious figure. It won major points with me for that alone.
For that reason, Ethan is also one of my favorite RE characters
@@SammaclauseGamgeeyeah, I was actually sad when the credits rolled, Ethan on his knees “dying” and it fades to black saying “Ethan story has ended” or something like that. Only two games, & he’s one of my favorites after Leon & Jill.
@@dvdbox360 You reply as if those titles aren't decades old at this point. The entire idea here is that modern, current AAA games don't portray a father/husband very positively nowadays with VERY few exceptions. SH is also a bit of a dodgy choice, given character baggage.
@@adaptivegamer9905 He did technically get more of a hurrah in Shadow of Rose. You really don't get to be more of a super dad than from reaching beyond DEATH to help your child. And I tend to think he didn't just pass his "power" to Rose, either. The post-credits scene where she's leaving his grave, the figure walking on the side of the road, is Ethan.
It wasn't said outright, but I tend to think that means he's with her after that. If/when the series goes long enough that Rose appears as an adult, it would not be beyond the pale for Ethan to "appear" again in the form of giving advice or spurring Rose to go on when things get tough. Especially if she carries on wearing his jacket and all, and being told she's a lot like him.
The little things with them were so great. She was tucked into his jacket when he stayed behind, she wore it once old enough. The way she goes from incredulous and awkward about doing something in a dangerous situation to being determined and fighting through it like he did. It's tough to pick out anything she got from Mia, really.
It's a shame a chunk of the fanbase got so huffy about being tired of The Winters' story. A lot of these same people were probably the same ones that kept saying RE needed something new after 6, and now they're like "all right, job done let's have the old guard back"
@@The_Lucent_Archangelthat’s more Silent Hill 2. The father in Silent Hill was a good guy. Also, how the original, given how difficult it is to just find, hasn’t gotten some kind of remake is beyond me. Apparently they lost the original masters, so a remaster was apparently a no-go. I have a PS1 copy, but it’s kinda a pain just to set up the console for that. RE style remakes of the first three games would be great. I think they are doing one for 2 at the moment.
As a Romanian I can confirm we still all live in villages like that
Well yeah you guys kinda got factory reset in both world wars.
@@Rhbrehaut The Russians occupied Romania for 10 years after WW2 and stole everything. And the puppet communist regime they left behind until we could finally do a revolution at the end of 1989 didn't do shit for the country like any other communist regime
Where everyone speaks American English? Surprised
You are from Craiova village, am I right? You guys love to cultivate leek.
Bruh where do you live?😂😂 But awesome game loved the recepeits names
Man, I'm consuming Drinker content more than he consumes alcohol. 😂😂
Can't blame ya 😂
Does that make us Drinkerholics?
+1
That is because he is a fake, when it comes to real drinking.
Trust me, I know🥴
Hagahahahaha I thought I was alone 😂😂😂
The funny thing is the Japanese actually nailed the look of a basic Balkans village where RE8 takes place ( Romania ofc Vampires and Warewolves and that ). Im from the Balkans, thats how many of our villages look like even today haha. They really did their homework on this one.
I’m pretty sure they sent a team to Romania so they can draw inspirations for the village
Do you also have 9 ft dominant curvy ladies there?
Man you live in a cozy place if that’s how it looks. Minus the horror.
Not on the accents though
I would move to the Balkans in a heartbeat if you guys have 8 foot tall vampire mommies with huge milkies lurking in every castle.
Despite everything I liked the segment playing as Chris. After the whole game being abused and chased by these Lycans it was quite cathartic having the upper hand and moving through them. Also shows the progression, Chris have been fighting these biomutants for over 20 years now, he knows what he's doing and has the specialized equipment to do so. (and also shows why a zombie invasion could never happen, as long as there's a standing army in the country)
Also RIP Lady Dimitrescu, you've gone too soon.
Exactly! After having my fingers bitten off and hand cut off, being stabbed, mauled by varcolac, strung up by hooks, and drudging through the factory, Chris’s section just felt right. It’s similar to the salt mine in RE7; folks hate on it, but I EARNED an action level.
I will always defend this game because it’s what got me hooked on the RE franchise!
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Fun fact, some of the performers from the remake of RE3 stuck around to play roles in RE8/Village too. Nicole Tompkins for example, who was Jill Valentine in RE3, was Elena Lupu and Daniela Dimitrescu.
Neil Newbon as Nicholai/Nemesis/Heisenberg
@@mother7219 And Jeff Schine as Carlos in RE3 and Chris Redfield in Village.
Daniel Day Lewis plays the helicopter
@@mother7219woah REALLY?! He’s got some RANGE then!
I already watched all of these videos... and played all of the games (yeah... I'm that old, too... 43, to be exact). But I'm always happy to hear you talk about this series!
"CHRIIIIIIISSSS!"
-Albert Wesker, R.E. 5
12:50 I don't get the complaints about Sniper Rifle. It came in handy when Lady D flew far away and you could snipe her from distance. Lycans set a multitude of ambush points around the Village that you can spot from distance and do a pre-emptive strike with Sniper Rifle. Even ignoring the distance, Sniper Rifle is a powerful weapon in and of itself; if you need to kill a tough enemy or a boss, Sniper Rifle is your friend. It's slightly unwieldy at close distance, but it still does its job. How could you not find a use for it?
Yeah the rifle is very useful. It's strong and accurate and unlike the magnum you get plenty of ammo .
Plus it can hit multiple enemies so if you line them up in a choke point you can be really efficient with your ammo.
It was my first Maxed Out Gun 😅. It's awesome. However I did play in VR.
When fully upgraded, it is the strongest, most available high DPS weapon. It was my go-to weapon for boss fights / elites.
Not just that, but the ammunition is plentiful, making it extremely useful in boss encounters where you will likely not have enough magnum or shotgun ammunition left. Even taking out ambush enemies here and there, I had an assload of that ammunition at the end of my first playthrough.
Oh boy. The channel we didn't know we needed. This is perfection!
I absolutely loved RE Village. Was so much fun.
The Chris Redfield cracks got me good.
Also, it is worth mentioning that the castle, as beautiful as it is, is nothing but a straight line going from A to B. No checking the grounds freely is involved at all there.
I still think that the castle is one of the better parts of the game honestly. Just in terms of feeling, because you are basically hunted throughout the part of the game. It is also between beautiful and disgusting when you discover what is going on or was going on in it.
House Beneviento is the only area that I actually like more for its atmosphere.
@@Rakshiir I absolutely love the castle. But in regards to RE-style gameplay, it is utterly pathetic. I cannot say whether such gameplay will ever be implemented again. Maybe another RE 1 remake.
Yeah all Resident Evil games are extremely linear.
First time?
@@DocOck First time what? Playing one of the lame and modern ones? No, I know them all. And, absolutely no: Resident Evil 1, 2, 3, Code Veronica and 0 are absolutely not liniear (as in the games that followed the old principle). You have not played any of them have you?
@@LamiNalchor I don't think you understand the terms Linear and Non-Linear.
Non-Linear is something like Breath of the Wild where, after the tutorial section, you can go anywhere do anything and fight whatever boss in any order you want, including the final boss.
Linear is something like RE1 where in order to complete the game you have to complete the same puzzles in the same order in the same sequence no matter what. Backtracking =/= Non-Linear.
That's not a nock against RE. All Horror games at the time and even most now are very Linear. It's just the nature of the game. It allows for the devs to have complete control over every aspect of the user experience to more easily facilitate the horror.
It's weird you mention 0 as that game starts you on a train and there's only two ways to go; forward and back.
As for my credentials as an RE fan;
The original RE3 is Code Veronica.
Nemesis' Original subtitle was Last Escape.
And for something more modern;
Laon A/Claire B is the canon story for Remake 2.
And to think that this is game is in the same continuity as the one with, as Heisenberg mentioned, that "boulder punching a**hole".
As much as I loved this game, there are definitely things I dislike, the most egregious of which was how Spencer was both saved and inspired by Miranda, ultimately leading to the events of the Resident Evil series.
I'm curious if the Capcom writers plan on doing anything to the Revelations games since, you know, another Wesker is still out there possibly biding their time.
Alright.... I'm a little disturbed with how casually you uttered the phrase: "Find the four pieces of your daughter..."😂
If I had to justify Chris not telling Ethan about Miranda being his wife in disguise, I would chalk it up to Chris either knowing or heavily suspecting that Ethan is one of the Mold now. And given how Eveline was able to corrupt and mind control the Bakers in the previous game, Chris thinks that something similar might be going on here.
As for Chris not roping in Ethan later on in the village, I’d either move Ethan’s encounter with Chris to a bit later in the game, with it being much briefer, Chris and company having only just arrived and are playing catch up with what’s happening since they last spied on Miranda. And them as a whole being somewhat suspicious that Miranda is using Ethan to kill off the Lords, because Miranda doesn’t want to share power and that she, even in canon, only ever viewed the Lords as pawns.
I do agree that Miranda as a character was kind of flat and didn’t get enough screen time to really flesh her out. Honestly, I would have combined her with elements of Lady-D’s personality, in order to give her both charisma and more of a larger than life personally to make her more memorable. Though maybe borrow Lady-D’s dragon form for the later stage of Miranda’s boss fight- as given the links to Umbrella and Miranda’s more angelic motif, the dragon helps hammer home the more satanic elements of her character as a corrupter and all around evil person, who’s love for her long-dead daughter felt more selfish then actually loving.
I never considered the fact that Chris may have been privy to Ethan’s “moldification,” but his biggest sin was executing “Mia” right in front of Ethan with no warning. Certainly he could’ve caught her while Ethan was at work and dealt with Ethan in private later.
The main reason Capcom did Chris dirty was to shock the player and create intrigue for the story, but I’d hate for this to be a player’s first encounter with the legendary GOOD GUY Chris Redfield.
@@reykaisertv I don't know about intrigue. I think they were trying to craft a Wesker-like aesthetic around him. The high collar, all black, suppressed pistol is the exact getup Wesker used to use when he was running around undermining Umbrella for his own gain prior to just becoming another throwaway crazy villain.
Chris was also operating outside the lines here. He wasn't technically working directly under BSAA orders, which is why his team was keen on engaging the BSAA when they arrived. He probably IS some sort of rogue actor, likely considered a renegade by at least some of the major players.
If anything, I think it retroactively creates interest to new people, because they'll inevitably learn Chris is a longtime character and will want to see how he changed over the course of the series.
RE8: Village is definitely not a bad game, but really feels like 5 different RE expansions stitched together.
i really hope the critical gamer gets as big as drinker
Well, all these videos were already on his side channel, befoe
Yeah are these all re uploads?
@@blakehansen5434yeah
@@blakehansen5434has to be since at the start of the video he states "coming out later in the year." Reviewing this game 3 years after it came out would be quite late to the party as well 😅.
Played this game as many times as I have RE4...so something about it is good enough for me to come back multiple times. Silly but fun. Great gameplay as well.
Honestly didn’t think I’d enjoy this channel but man, I’m loving it! What a fool I was!!!
Stop meat riding
I LOVE this game. The first time I saw Castle Dimitrescu from the hilltop I just stood there for like two minutes taking in how gorgeous the game was. My only gripe is that it plays its two best cards (Castle Dimitrescu and House Beneviento) too early.
I recently realized that Heisenberg, the metal magic guy is voiced by Neil Newbon, Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3
Neil also voiced Nicholai for RE3 remake. I think the character might have been modelled after him as well but I'm not 100% certain on that part.
Bought it cheap couple weeks ago and couldn't stop playing it!
That scream has been so familiar to me and yesterday I watched Event Horizon again after years hahaha
Really enjoy your movie reviews and insights into the modern state of movies.
And now your doing game reviews too?! This is awesome. What a legend
'Yeah, I'm that fuckin old.' Hit way too hard! Great video!
Hope we get more game reviews from you mate 👍 good stuff
This game along with RE4 on psvr 2 is only way to play these games. Incredible stuff.
I recently played RE5 with a friend of mine and we had a great time, it's a fantastic co-op game
I actually liked 5 a lot, espcially playing with someone else. 6 is also worth playing if you can get it cheap on one of those frequent RE sales on Steam. It's ridiculous, over-the-top, and QTE-heavy, but also co-op and I liked the new characters they introduced to the roster of protags--again, over-the-top and ridiculous, but I kind of expect that sort of thing from the series (and Japanese games, in general 😂 ). Unfortunately haven't seen any of them reappear again, but they might.
We need another co-op RE. Either another action-adventure like 5 & 6, or maybe even a limited-resources survival horror like RE2 remakE
Revelations 2 is co-op, but the other character's combat is utter shite.
Village on PSVR2 is how I played it and I'm so happy I waited. 7 and 8 in VR is the sort of quality I wish VR had regularly 😂.
Great video as always Critical. Though I gotta say, I felt Ethan was actually pretty fleshed out through his like 20 lines of dialogue. No joke.
Edit: The biggest issue with Miranda is that all of her backstory is in missable notebooks 🙃
The early resident evils, I loved how they didn't give you enough bullets to kill everything, which led to tense hand to hand moments and even times where the best option was to run.
I want you to know MrDrinker sir.... I back out of the video only to reopen it and force a 30 second unskippable ad.. I hope my sacrifice is seen and heard. Anyways... Love the channel!
I view 7 & 8 as general love letters to horror- so 7 is all tcm, evil dead, saw, the thing. 8 goes a bit more classical with it's own take on Dracula, the wolfman, Frankenstein etc. I didn't expect to enjoy 8 & held off getting it until I could pick it up cheaply but was surprised how much I enjoyed it.
I think one of the ways they could have fixed the story, even if it was so minor, is that Chris should go ahead and tell Ethan right there at the beginning this is not your wife this is Miranda, then Ethan goes with Chris to try to protect Rose, then the ambush happens where the cars get knocked over and Rose goes missing, Ethan is the first to wake up he tries to wake up Chris, but then realizes Rose is missing so he runs off by himself to try to save her because it is his daughter. While through this whole thing wondering what happened to Mia. I think they could have kept Chris his less of a dick attitude in this story while also really removing why Chris had to act so mysterious through this. There really was no point in him trying to be mysterious. If anything do I thought Ethan was getting training from Chris so if anything Chris would tell Ethan about what's happening.
What a great day! Great Drinker Content! I feel blessed that I have found his channel.
RE is my favourite game series. There were some big lows, but the highs are so high, they overpower the lows. I mean, my top 10 of all times has both RE4 and the Remake, the Remake of the original 1996 classic and RE2. 40% of the list.
My favs are both versions of 4 and all remakes so far, 7, 8 Revelations 2. Rev1 is just okay and kinda messy and awkward with a good start.
My favs are both versions of 4 and all remakes so far, 7, 8 Revelations 2. Rev1 is just okay and kinda messy and awkward with a good start.
RE is one of my favorite franchises. Loved the remakes of 2-4. I’ve played most of the mainline entries (and Code Veronica) and the their remakes, aside from 5 and 6.
First resident evil I ever played, and it made me buy and play 2 4 and 7. Enjoyed them all
So many were FOOLED by Lady D....
RE7>>RE8(Village)
Village was the first RE game I ever played, I really enjoyed it, After beating the game I want back and played the entirety of RE7 for the first time in VR using the VR mod by praydog on my Valve Index, it was an incredible experience!
It had its moments. Overall, good game. House Beneviento was so good!!
This one was a dud to me, mainly for the criticisms you mentioned. I didn't find the majority of the game challenging (especially with the puzzles) outside of the Foundry and Miranda. I really wanted to like the castle because of its polish, but it was so linear and challenge-free. I believe this was a direct response to people saying 7 was too difficult, which is a demographic of people that should be ignored.
I like that Capcom has given us a variety of titles since 7. Personally, I like the art design in village much better; 7 was nasty and decaying in every section of the game. You need beauty to contradict the filth, which makes the horror that much more potent. If they made a game that played like 7, with the art design of 8, it might be the best RE yet!
@@reykaisertv I like the design of the village and the castle, and even the idea of werewolf enemy types. It's just the game play that's my gripe
@@mrskinszszsim looking forward to RE9 longest dev time in franchise history and apparently gonna be set in the appalation mountains playing as chris
@ajarmetta I'm cautiously optimistic. 4R was a great return to form, and I hope they continue down the path of keeping it challenging and survival horror based. I also prefer they don't phone in the last 3rd of the game like in Village and 7
7 was too difficult? I thought 7 was a bit too easy, especially compared to the classics and even the RE2 Remake.
Your part about Miranda made me miss Wesker again 😂
Also, its been a theory of mine that Chris was the one that was supposed to be killed, especially since he's getting up there in years, but that someone chickened out and insisted they couldnt kill Chris Redfield. (Especially in a game that didnt have Wesker in it, imo)
Depending on how they did it, it couldve been so intense.
Mate your format is so good you could be reviewing vacuum cleaners and I'd still watch it.
You will love Remnant 2 Drinker, I also hope that you will also review Warframe. You have real talent for this!
I subscribed in hopes you do more videos like this. I don't like to watch people play games or streamer type videos. This content is what I'm on TH-cam for.
I was 18 when I played the first Resident Evil on PS1 and I've been a fan of the franchise ever since.
I really liked the remakes, and since I also like wolves and gothic, I found Village really cool.
Too bad there are such scary parts though.
You REALLY need to play the VR version of this. I avoided all spoilers, then got to play through using PSVR2 without knowing anything (other than there was a rather curvy vampire eventually :P ) Try it, you won't be disappointed !
I haven't played the first person RE games. Maybe I will give them a shot. I loved the original RE4 and the 2 revelation games. I even enjoyed playing RE3 remake and the RE2 remake until I hit a bug that kept me from finishing it. I've played the original RE1 and code veronica but never finished them. Couldn't get used to the tank controls. Waiting for the RE1 remake if that ever happens. Thanks for the review.
Not sure about the sniper rifle comment. I found it plenty usefull in the many medium range encouters in the game as well as a high damage dealer against bosse's weakspots.
Drinker... That double door that bugged you at the end of Resident Evil 1 on the original Playstation - You mentioned it in a previous review that you always wanted to go through it/wondered what was on the other side/thought it was odd it was there but not accessible. Well, it turns out you CAN go through it, but only if you get the bad ending (i.e. play as Jill, Barry dies in the caves and you only fight the Tyrant once in the lab). After the lab fight with the Tyrant, you pick up a key from Weskers body and exit via THAT door (from the other side though - Its the room with a ladder, typewriter and box).
You exit via that door because with the bad ending there is no second Tyrant fight on the helipad and the mansion does NOT explode - Instead you get a scene of the Tyrant watching you fly away with ominous music playing.
I've completed the game a million times back at the time of release, modern day, and even I only just got that ending a couple years ago and I was like wtf how come i've never seen this 😲 I only got the ending because I Fecked up in the caves... I had paused it to do something right at the point Barry ran off, then I un-paused and didn't realise where he ran to and I retardedly ran the opposite direction causing him to die by hunter - As Barry would say "I was careless".
There is also an "ultimate cut" which is a modded directors cut but it has the "good music" re-inserted, together with uncut/colour and higher quality FMV. Can download online, burn to disc/run on original hardware or play via emulator.
Anyway, hope you see this post as there is nothing more satisfying than a mystery solved and greetings from sunny East Ayrshire.
That was the first ending I got back when it released on the PS1. Was great learning that I could do it a different way and save Barry. I played that game sooo much. And screw the Directors Cut. Just want anywhere near as good.
@@peterc3262 Awww poor you getting the bad ending right off the bat and more so, poor Barry haha.
I am in the same camp on RE, directors cut is questionable on content. I had the original back in the day then bought DC expecting uncut FMV's and was sorely disappointed as we all know.
Honestly though, the RE Ultimate Directors Cut is the happy medium, keeps original item placement (with option to do DC rejiggered) and keeps the original/good music. The PC has the best port nowadays though with an AI upscale, implements quick turn etc and just runs more friendly on modern systems.
Out of curiosity, back in the day were you PAL or NTSC? I played on PAL 50hz back in the day (didn't know any better/wasn't much choice) and with some games I run nowadays I notice the 60hz (20%) difference in game speed and I lean back to the PAL slower speed because its what I was used to.
I don't think so much with RE as i've become accustomed to that speed playing all the different versions but some games my timing is definitely off.
I've always played games just once but for some reason I played this one multiple times, the first game I ever speed ran.
I like it because it feels like what if Universal Monsters were filtered through Resident Evil.
I actually enjoyed village quite a bit, sure the beginning was exposition-heavy, but that lycant attack was a great intro, obviously a homage to 4, and I enjoyed the variety in level-design: The Castle has puzzles, and more standard enemies, House Benavento is almost all puzzle and has no weapons, the wolf segment on the way to the dam has players running from cover to cover, then the more action-heavy lab and Chris segments, has plenty of side quests and unlockable content as well. Played it again in VR mode and holy crap, had family members quit playing it because of how scary it was (VR hits different).
It's nice to see these reviews again 😁
The whole time I was playing this game, I had to keep reminding myself that I was playing RE and not Castlevania.
was thinking of picking up the game for a while, realised you were an RE expert and saw this video, what have i been doing with my life the past few years???
The rifle is extremely useful because it is powerful and the ammunition is plentiful. Not only is it relatively cheap to craft, but it's lying around everywhere on the map. I think I found more rifle ammunition in the game than shotgun ammunition. Not to mention you can very quickly swap between your rifle and shotgun for insane dps.
It was cool seeing game reviews.
You can tell you was sitting on his vocals being recorded. "The game came out this year." It's been out since 2021. 😂😂
This is an old review just re-uploaded
@@Terminal_Apotos Oh, now I just look like a dumby. 🤣🤣
I really enjoyed this game. Challenging puzzles, interesting characters, dark and ominous settings, Enjoyable combat and realistic weapons. Probably my favorite RE after RE 2 and RE 2 Remake. Can’t wait for Code: Veronica Remake!
I'd have to disagree with Ethan not being much of a character, I actually do love Ethan. I do agree that he goes back and forth between a civilian to an agent. In 7, they kinda make him seem like a civilian but the reveal was that he knew Chris and the other agents.
Also regarding the inventory management, I can understand people wanting limited space like the legacy games but that definitely needed to be modernized, especially since Village used Resident 4 as a basis for its game design. It was definitely an 8.5/10 for me, my favorite after RE4.
He didn't know them. They met after RE7 and the agents trained Ethan.
@@4400seriesFAN “I’m Redfield”
8 has the best inventlry system, crafting and key items are on their own, unlike in RE4R but that has the weapon box which made my inventory management far better.
@@JoakimOtamaa plus you can collect all of the weapons in 4R
"I can understand people wanting limited space like the legacy games but that definitely needed to be modernized, especially since Village used resident 4 as a basis for its game design."
Nope. In RE4, you're ALWAYS managing your inventory, even after you've completely maxed out the size of it. In village, you never need to manage it. You can conquer the whole game without doing it. I like Village. It's fun and enjoyable, but it's very flawed. For a game that's inspired by RE4, it completely misses the point of it and holds your hand. It's NOT a challenging game. The "puzzles" aren't puzzles, and the amount of scripted segments (House Beneviento, specifically) is a massive turn off.
Heisenberg's factory is best section of the game because it's the only area where you can easily get lost and have to figure out where to go--a fundamental element of the classic games, 7, and the remakes of 2 and 4.
I absolutely loved Village.
Yes!!! I’ve followed his movie reviews for years, and I’m super excited that he has a game review site! Yay!!
3:51 They were inspired by Wednesday in "Addams Family Values." A nanny asks the children, "Where did you hide that baby?" and Wednesday replies, "What piece?"
Resident Evil Village is Capcom telling Darkstalkers fans “here, play this instead”.
Yeah, it’s ridiculous that they didn’t see that Lady D and her daughters were the most engaging part of the game. Even outside of the attraction to the characters, they are the most intriguing. Mother Miranda is an absolute joke, plus her plan of “splitting the baby apart, giving each piece to the boss, then taking them back” is such a forced video game concept. Just ridiculous.o
Once games began getting too long for reviewers to finish before submitting some 'hype', developers simply began putting the best in the beginning. The first 10-20 hours tops in most every game today is the best part of the experience with either the story falling apart or disappearing , or the grind begins as artificial speed bumps to slow your progress to finish. BTW - I'm sick of STAMINA being the new difficulty gate as developers use it to control everything about a player today.
I finished this on psvr2 last month. Amazing and memorable experience despite the flaws of this game. Oh and the factory boss battle and doll house are absurd in vr
Being from eastern europe, its exactly like this. Many countryside villages have the exact same houses, architecture, lomoted technology and old traditional people.
I think RE4 did a great job balancing the RE formula while exploring some medieval/fantasy-religious influences. That's something that RE8 couldn't do. There was too much Tim Burton and "Twilight" than there was RE. RE4 had motivation from the bad guys even though they were a religious cult out of the way from the original zombie outbreak but it showed that other places were infected and there was a cult who wanted to control it and use it for power. RE8 kinda comes off random in a lot of ways but is still enjoyable.
He can't be stopped!
Since recently the S.T.A.L.K.E.R trilogy was released on consoles I wanted to ask what your opinion is on Andrei Tarkovsky's STALKER movie and his movies in general.
You think his stuff is worth a watch?
Also what do you think of the games and the book Roadside picnic its all based on?
You gonna play them?
If you even saw/played any of that of course
The factory settings and enemies were really cool, and felt inline with an Umbrella facility. I really liked the enemy design. Minus the mechs I would have preferred a game with more of that aesthetic.
7 was dull and felt like a railshooter game.
8 was off-the-walls nonsensical and raised more questions than it answered.
9 is gonna be "interesting" to say the least... ending in a 💥GIANT EXPLOSION💥
As a Romanian I confirm that Lady Dumitrescu is my lost lost aunt thank you for finding her !
its a real surname for sure 😂
"Yeah I'm that fucking old"
My hubby and I explained laser disks to a Best Buy employee the other day. I feel ya 😆
One thing I like about the village is the main boss has actively made the whole village into a sort of cult for her and her design is clearly inspired by angels from the bible. She made herself a figure to be worshipped and she kept the people isolated and stuck in the past.
Also the wolfsbane revolver that gun was beautiful, powerful and the ammo was rare so when you use it you really needed it
Man there are so many story heavy RPGs I'd love to hear your take on. Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Baldur's Gate etc. Just don't know if they're your cup of tea (shot of whiskey?) given your apparent favoring of games like Resident Evil and Tomb Raider series. Also a look at the story/lore of the Halo games vs. the travesty is that is the TV show would be a fun watch.
Don't be so harsh of Aberdeen Drinker. I've been there a few times and it's a pretty nice place for people with low expectations!
That fucking giant baby shat me up no end.
I even knew it was coming and I still shat a brick.
Same
I played through this in the psvr2 version, such a brilliant experience
Ive just found this channel and love it. I also said that re7 to me felt like a mix of texas chainsaw massacre and the game granny. And my opinion on 8 was that it didnt feel like an re game at all to me. Vampires and werewolves just dont give out the creep factor anymore since hollywood has romanticised them. And not even gomna mention the robot heisenberg
Loving this content!!! F ing hilarious well done sir
I had never played any of the RE games before Village, and really, I only got it because I was curious about the vampire dommy mommy everyone was simping over. I thought the game was ok, but I really didn't expect to spend so much time solving puzzles and running back and forth. I wanted more action. I guess I should have played 6 instead.
I loved this game, I think the key was kicking the difficulty up. For the combat at least. I’ve found most games are best played on hard these days.
Critiques were all legit tho.
I enjoyed this. Review RE5 next? But make sure to give it lots of love 😅😊❤ it’s my fav 😉
The sniper is good for bosses and what i like is somewhat faster movement and collision is tonned down
I dont ever remember hearing anyone think Lady D was gonna be the big bad. The trailers didnt really portray her that way either. I thought she would have a bigger role at least, not the first major boss you beat
RE8's inventory management seemed like Ethan had learned from RE7 on how to manage his gear. The same is true for the reload animation - in RE7 he would toss the empty (or half empty) magazines, but in RE8 he holds onto them.
With it's DLC, I like this game even more. I prefer my games, especially RE, with an over the shoulder camera.
Drinker gamer, something no one asked for but needed! Any excuse to watch more drinker content 👌👌
Why are his resi reviews not as viewed as should be. Keep up the great content drinker! Love your reviews.
i was hoping that re8 would refine what re7 was going for but I get the sense personally that they got cold feet and looked back at RE4. Pre release i disliked how much attention people were giving lady d but after playing the game her section of the game was the best. I liked the doll house but the boss fight was weak for an otherwise great area.
I'm curious if Drinker has played the two Resident Evil Outbreak games from PS2. Those are two underrated gems.
I got the second one as a gift, haven't played it.
Apparently they can still be played online to this day.
Yeah I'm old too I remember original. I remember I dropped my controller when that first dog crashed through windows in the hallway... Drinker did you drop your controller too?
I loved village!!! The giant lady is the best!
This is ridiculous, so many uploads at once. I'm hearing so much Drinker I've started speaking Scottish
RE4 and 5 got crap for not having actual zombies. I remember a serious backlash about it. RE8 has vampires and werewolves and everyone thought it was genius.
Me: "Watching / listening to the Drinker give detailed analysis of character and villain development along with the overall tone and setting of a classic game series."
Also me: "I remember Pac-Man."
I swear lady dimitrescu is the vaas of resident evil, she is charistmatic, mysterious and a geniune threat not to mention everybody agrees she should've been the main villain
Should have tried it in VR. One of the best gaming experiences I’ve ever had.
In my opinion Code Veronica is the most difficult and frustrating Res Evil game in the whole franchise. Not only do you have to start again from scratch if you don't have enough powerful ammo to fight the tyrant boss on the plane, but if you get all the way to Antarctica and you left your fire extinguisher in the metal detector on the island (like I did) you also can't proceed any further because you need to use it again, and you don't get another. You should play Res Evil 4 remake. It's fantastic, but unfortunately I have to go to my sister's to play it because she has a PS5.
As my first Resident Evil game. I loved it.