The Frightening New Era of Resident Evil
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We need to be careful, Jill. Every resident in this house is evil. This is an analysis of Resident Evil 7 and Village, from the perspective of a concerned parent. Much like Ethan Winters.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
3:51 Every Resident in this house is Evil
7:41 Where's everyone going? Bingo?
12:04 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
23:56 Resident Evil Village
38:30 Conclusion
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Ah yes the three main terms of the Resident Evil franchise:
Anxiety
Fear
*J* *I* *L* *L* *S* *A* *N* *D* *W* *H* *I* *C* *H*
Chris “Boulder-Punching” Redfield, as well
But everything changed when the “Complete global saturation” attacked
*Jibble Sandwich
Jill is so fluffy.
@Just Some Guy Without a Mustang The old re memes will never be forgotten! Jill sandwich, Boulder chris, "THE REDFIELD BLOODLINE MUST CONTINUE" will be still talked
you know he made it when my mans has a squarespace sponsorship
God TH-cam comments really can be dumb
@@JillRobertsIsmyGF case in point...
@@JillRobertsIsmyGF god TH-cam commenters can really be useless wastes of space who feel the need to call others “dumb” over a simple joke about a sponsor. JFC can you get anymore pretentious and disgusting?
From my understanding, "RE7 was too scary" was a sentiment most often held by Japanese gamers. That's why they made those Japan only "Children's Puppet Show" inspired parody promos for Village.
Also, a slight nitpick with RE Village's writing is with the Japanese dub of the game. I have to play the game in English, because the Japanese script feels weird. I am American, yeah, but it's telling when other languages have a uniform way of referring to Mother Miranda, every other language calls her "Mother Miranda" either in English or their language's word for "Mother," but the Japanese dub noticably flip-flops between calling her "Mother Miranda" with the seiyuu saying it in English, and the Japanese honorific "Miranda-Sama" seemingly at random. (Lady D uses both right after each other at one point in the phone call scene)
They would fucking die if they played an actual horror game then
Actually the puppet show was made to make fun of people who said that RE7 was too scary, by basically saying "Here, have a baby puppet show instead, is this better?" in Japanese, they even have disclaimer text at the bottom saying "Capcom is not responsible for how scary players actually find Village"
I played all the old RE games and loved them. Horror has maybe always been my favorite genre of movies and games. So, imagine my surprise when I played RE7! I was pretty fresh off an 8-year hiatus from the gaming scene, something I believe explains my absolute inability to keep playing it. I got to where Mr. Baker is stalking Ethan through the house when I ran down some stairs and hid like a total pussy, and it was there I realized how tense I was. I was so on-edge that I wasn't able to enjoy the game! I was in disbelief. This was around a year ago, but I still have it on my HD because you better believe I'm going to beat that goddamn game at some point!
Apparently, I was just one of many who were put into a state of bitch paralysis by the game. That said, I do wish Capcom wouldn't let that influence the direction they take the series in. Those of us who haven't yet beat the game still bought it, and I doubt I'm the only one with plans on overcoming it at some point. Without that intense scare factor it wouldn't stick out in my mind as an obstacle, and overcoming it wouldn't be nearly as rewarding.
@@qdude21 What would you consider an actual horror game?
Just remake RE5 and let us dual wield Chris's fist-cannons
@Just Some Guy Without a Mustang eh I wouldn’t mind one personally. It’s a very boring game playing solo, and it and 6 feel more like a product than a work of art like all the other main games do.
Might make a good sequel to re4 vr when a quest 2 pro comes out in 2022
@Just Some Guy Without a Mustang if they make it like Resident Evil 4.5, than I would be all for it. If you don't know what RE 4.5 was all about, look it up. All I will say is that the ideas were incredible, and I'm pissed that Capcom scrapped it
@Wish You The Best agreed, 5 don't need a remake. it's still fun.
meat hammer > boulder
It’s good to hear criticism that isn’t filled with 75% of hatred and spite
Thank christ it aint underthemayo.
@@NESHatKid he aint a hater
@@NESHatKid That’s childish. In his video it was clear he wasn’t simply a hater and had reasons
@@boyoboyo2272 In retrospective, yeah what I said was a bit childish and he did actually do a pretty good job (outside of some really small details that don't really mean much)
@@NESHatKid I respect you for saying that.
I haven’t seen his videos on it in a little while, I think he made at least 2 of them, but I think I agree with you. I definitely agree with most of what he said, tho.
Coincidentally, the Act Man just uploaded a new video about what makes RE 4 so good, and it articulated pretty well and somewhat describes the reasons why I’m not very fond of Resident Evil 8
Village the game itself is like a metaphor of what this video saying, a crossroad. Which section will RE go stalk horror of castle dimitrescu, disturbing horror of beneviento, gross horror of moreau, or action horror of heisenberg.
Lady D is your good old Mr. X/Nemesis goose chase.
Beneviento is the new, more psychological take on horror (stuff like Silent Hill).
Moreau is your body horror (but I think Heisenberg also counts on this one)
And finally Heisenberg (that keeps compared to Dante lol) is your good old RE4.
Honestly? Keep 'em all!
...just don't do 'em all at once! Do one or two of 'em per game. My biggest problem with Village, while I still quite like it, is that it has a bit of design ADHD. The second it starts developing a scenario it moves onto something else, whereas other well-regarded horror games are usually a bit more focused. The castle and RE7 are classic "stuck in a place with a deadly person" horror, Moreau is Dead Space body horror, Beneviento is shockingly scary well-executed Silent Hill-style psychological + body horror, and Heisenberg is amazing RE4/5 action-horror schlock. It's trying too much much to be all of these, while RE2make, Silent Hill, Dead Space, and RE4/5 have proven you can do just one and still have an amazing game.
It might be a bit of a joke phrase but I kinda believe a Resi "cinematic universe" might be the best solution - get two or three dev teams, give them each one of these to focus on and make out of in the Resi setting. Give the people who like the tension of RE7 the horror they want, give the people who like 4/5-style action schlock what they want, and hell, make some weird immersive sim, who knows!
Liam, What the hell is going on, you made this so fast.
can't stop won't stop :)
@@LiamTriforce can I have some of that energy
He's a goddamn machine.
@@LiamTriforce Resident evil is not just about fear and anxiety, it is about overcoming the fear and anxiety and that is why you have guns.
@@user-ro9zf9kz1h it's also about sandwiches
I still think the Regenerators from ReSi 4 are the scariest enemy in the series. Their music, the freaky-ass noise they make, the way they kinda slide over stuff to reach you and the stress of one being around (particularly early on in when they appear and you're not sure how to deal with them) and the ways they attack you are just... mmwuh. Byoodaful.
If you are five years old below
Scariest enemies for me are Forrest zombie and fetus monster
I had nightmares of them when I played the game at like 9 years old
They are terrifying but nobody ever talks about the Hunters, they terrify me
yeah the RE4 MUSIC is so integral to the atmosphere and tension! RE7/8 music was almost nonexistent, especially RE7, most of the time.... hugely disappointed about that aspect.
The midroll ad was a mold removal service. I was listening to this while doing chores and definitely thought it was a sketch at first.
If you are a parent the House Benivento is even more un-nerving to handle...
The lateral thinking line reminds me of that spaced episode where Simon Pegg says Resident Evil is a mix between lateral thinking and extreme violence
Honestly I'd want an action RE starring HUNK. He seems to fit the action genre the most; a living walking plot armor
a game like R6 or ready or not seems to fit hunk the most
Tactical like action horror. seems to be a pretty neat idea for an spinoff
Just follow what they did for freaking Re1 remake and Re2 remake. More so Re1 where they dont cut stuff out but instead add new things in
EXACTLY
I'm very optimistic about the future but I don't know if remaking re4 is such a good idea.....I wanted them to remake Code Veronica
Code Veronica really does make so much more sense then remaking RE4. I love CV, but I think it aged more then RE4.
I mean the voice actress of Lady Dimitrescu would be a perfect fit for Alexia Ashford.
@@skornie123 Facts Maggie robertson as Alexia Ashford would be perfect
Before re8 i wanted a re4 remake but after it i definitely don’t
i would love to see a CV remake, though i think with the re4 remake, they'll make it more scarier than the original.
I like re4 the way it is
The Tragedy of Ethan Winters has been such an awesome thing to live through, I wish things could’ve been better for him since he proved himself immensely time and time again but I can’t wait to see where things go from here.
(Also them fixing Chris was hugely important lol)
Yeah, what they did to Chris in re7 was an abomination. Looked like superman
@@rolan5948 Dude! Foreal!
Resident Evil Village is based on Transylvania with old fairy tales combined into the mix and its set in Romania. Not just because I know about it but its because I was born there and it looks perfectly identical. Its kind of heart warming how a popular gaming genre has one game that has to represent the country of where I had lived before. I might not be the biggest fan of Resident Evil but I still respect the genre even if Capcom was going in other ways to make horror action in the franchise a more suitable way for the community to enjoy a different taste of new and old. Its still amazing how Resident Evil games got back from the horror we missed and loved with a touch of new and bright coming along the way. I hope that the franchise will stay on its routes as always.
Going to disagree with your assessment of RE's place in the industry. RE has 3 things the horror games it inspires generally don't.
Polish
Budget
Content
There aren't any AAA horror games vying for its crown at the moment. And as good as dev tools have gotten there isn't any indie horror game that compares to RE in presentation or gameplay. One of the massive downfalls of indie horror (for me personally) is the pervasiveness of the runaway or you die game. Things like challenge runs and replayability is still something RE is king of in the horror space.
Now if Capcom loses their way again I agree it will difficult seeing RE go down that dark path again. But questioning it's place in the industry as it stands or assuming it continues putting out quality titles? Afraid I can't jump on that ship captain.
Great video Liam and I look forward to your next one.
Well said!
That's how I feel exactly.
100% agree
Indie Horror games can pretty much be split into 3 categories:
Creepypasta wannabes
(Insert popular franchise/mechanic) Clones
Experimental nonsense that falls flat on its face or is more style than substance
What about indie survival horror games? Project Zomboid seems to be everybody's favorite from what I can see.
Also games like NMRIH, Nightmare House, or even Cry of Fear.
@@lucaswibisono1316 I said indie horror games don’t compare to RE in terms of presentation or gameplay. None of those do. The topic of conversation being RE’s place in the industry as among the most respected and well liked horror games (again). It’s always possible RE tumbles into mediocrity, it has before. But for now? Nothing is even close. Interestingly, RE owes it current success from scaling down and looking around at indie horror for pointers especially noticeable in 7.
"Resident Evil 5 had moments of pure terror"
Such as when? I can't recall a single instance of pure terror in that entire game. And what moments of terror it could've had were completely undermined by Sheva being there at all times.
@Just Some Guy Without a Mustang the scary thing was how Sheva waste your items and bullets without remorse and especially in boss fight, she was like Leroy Jenkins
I messed myself when I realized it was African re4 with a dumb person following me. Terrifying
@@klausesteinworth126 except not nearly as fun as re4
I felt true dread when I saw what the story was like
I never understood the logic of someone being with you took the horror away. You AI character in 99% of games are straight up useless.
Chris looks like a wolf on the boxart because his team have all Wolf based names like his being Alpha. they initially planned to have his part with his team even bigger in the game, but the ended up cutting it.
the canine wolf hound dog squad is really lame tbh
Wish they had ethan implemented in the box art, especially since he's the character that dies in this game, you'd think they'd give him some attention
I never actually played resident evil and I can still watch this and say LIAM TRIFORCE IS THE BEST BEDTIME TH-camR OF ALL TIME. Your Retrospective of Majoras mask hit me so deeply, you truly brought out all the feelings that game invoked within me as a young impressionable boy playing it on the N64. I watch that video all the time when I’m in bed late at night struggling to sleep. I know you put so much work and thought into your videos man, please keep going with this for as long as it makes you happy
my fear is that village might be the last good re-game for a while. I'm scared for 4's remake and I don't wanna know how the hell they would top village's ending and also where would they even go after this. I just hope they take step forward then taking 5 steps backwards
wish i could play re 7 for the first time again.
Same so i can nearly shit my pants from the basement part
Jacks final fight was so meta for me, only because it’s a heavy grotesque mutated monster with a southern accent
I honestly loved the chainsaw fight in re7. Sure it’s not really what you’d like except from a resident evil game but the sheer awesomeness of it being a chainsaw fight combined with jacks dialogue make it probably my favorite fight in that game. And while your first encounter with him is cool especially the part where he “kills himself” it kinda fall flat when you realize you can end the fight in like 10 seconds if you just run immediately to the key and get in the car. Although to be fair they fixed that in mad house difficultly.
Also I love your vids. Your awesome. Also also please make a Shantae 5 video. K thanks.
The boat section in RE7 is complicated for me, on it's own? Pretty good, but in sequential play? Dreadful, it kills the entire momentum for me, and it feels almost like a new campaign, like, the B side to a non-existing Mia campaign, it feels like it belongs with the other two campaign DLCs for me, but it is good ON IT'S OWN for me, and I say that cause I stopped playing at the very beginning of the boat, and loaded the game after RE8 was showed and played it basically on its own, for the first time in a while.
Also I super don't get why some people complain about the more action-y ending to REs, where you have a ton of guns and ammo that you saved up, for me that's what RE is all about, after all that carefulness of saving your resources, you get to the ending where your main weapon is now the Shotgun, now you're Ash Williams, loaded up, the horrors don't scare you anymore, you know how to kill, so you kill until that sometimes metaphorical rocket launcher. All of that to say, the mines are fine, the environment sucks tho.
Heck, Mikami himself said that the ends are geared towards action as a reward to the player for making it past the horrors. You get the most powerful weapons, and its like a catharsis as you overcome your fears and destroy them. Even action heavy RE4 has this to some extent. That final room before the Lord Saddler fight, where there's a familiar panting and gasping with exactly one more Regenerator wasn't even scary anymore, it was just an "outta my way loser," moment.
@@Mendrawza24 Good point. That's why RE4 is such a masterpiece. There's a constant upping of the ante in it's set-pieces and minimal boring ass backtracking just to get items to progress. I get that puzzle solving part is part of die-hard classic old re1/2 fans and I do love the RE1 remake and RE2 remake but only for the atmosphere and vibe. The tedious item searching running across maps through confusing areas constantly looking at the map just takes me out of the atmosphere and fun. Honestly there's a reason RE4 is the best selling and one of the most iconic and influential games of all time. And one reason is doing away with all that tedious backtracking which is basically just doing nothing and boring.
I just played RE4 and I really don’t think it needs a remake. It’s fantastic as it is, even the controls hold up after a little bit of getting used to it
the controls r horrible and the graphics need an update aswell
except for the quick time events especially on pc because theyre broken so you have to exit the game, switch to 30 fps for it to work, play until the next save point, exit again, change back to 60 fps, and finnaly continue from there; if i remember corrects there are eaither 2 or 3 portions of the game that are like this plus I would really enjoy the updated graphics as long as they dont mess with the story
Dude, the Wii version feels amazing. I never played RE4 when it was first available to me (I was always at least one console generation behind because I was poor as an adolescent) but about six months ago I was able to start collecting games for the old consoles I'd kept as holdovers, and RE4 on Wii feels fucking incredible, even by modern standards.
@@jonathancarvajal6189 yeah i disagree. the graphics arent that bad and sometimes it just changes the atmosphere. like how AC2 remastered looks poor compared to the original AC2
I don't want an re4 remake. I mean if they can make a solid remaster and keep the old controls I'd buy that over a remake
Village felt like Diet RE4. Shorter, very similar beats, less time with villains, smaller scope. I liked it, but there was an emptiness to it.
You didn't really get much from Miranda, but that may be by design. Both her and Ethan are parents who love their children who would do anything for them. Ethan is a hero who will fight abominations all on his own to get Rose back. Miranda is driven mad by Eva's death to the Spanish Flu and will use not only some super bioweapon-tier fungus to bring her back, but will inflict the same pain she feels on another parent by sacrificing their child to get Eva back. This is a great aspect, but all of Miranda's lore is in the last room of the game. And I don't much care at all for Ozwell Spencer getting inspired by the emblem of the lords in the village cave.
I liked it a lot more than RE7. It had more character and enemy variety to keep me playing. And I like the direction, just with more. But I'm concerned after the severe misstep of RE3make. RE2make was amazing, even if story beats make no sense in continuity, like both characters seeing Annette die and see Birkin mutate from one form to another. RE3make chat out large parts of the original and relegated them to cutscenes (intro up to meeting Carlos, for example). The game was short, had no postgame or replayability, and was just a naked cash-in on Capcom's part, riding high on RE2make's acclaim.
I hope whatever comes next is good. But after RE3make, I'm incredibly wary of their releases. Don't just plop out half a game at full price for a quick buck if you want people to keep coming back.
Lmao no replay value? I know people who put more hours in Re 3 remake than Re 2 remake.
Re 3 OG was never a masterpiece. It was also a side game. Imagine complaining a short remake of a short game.
Lmao Re 3 remake already sold 4 million. where did it come from? Your ass?
Couldn't agree more about REmake 3. It's a soulless cash-grab. Nothing more to it.
@Just Some Guy Without a Mustang I mean if you looks at the bts videos on the game it seems like there was a lot of stuff that got scrapped due to testing and feedback so I think it had a very similar development to re4 where there were different versions of the game with different gameplay and settings which was probably why the final product feels a bit rushed
@@jackjax7921 I think the craziest thing about OG RE3 is that it likely was originally intended as a side-game while Code: Veronica was likely supposed to be the real RE3. Comparing the scope, use of assets, gameplay mechanics, etc., Veronica seems like the true mainline successor.
So I think with horror franchises there's this really difficult balance when it comes to sequels, where (IMO) if you have a main character return to the spotlight they can't be as fresh-faced, terrified and frankly incapable of dealing with the situation as they were when they had their first horrific experience. At some point it makes sense that the character will at least to some extent know how to deal with the situation better. This is why slowly shifting to action comes so natural to these franchises, I think, and why they had to introduce a new main character to soft reboot the series to go back to it's survival horror roots. In all likelyhood we'll see Rose star in the next game (that's my hope at least). This brings two ways they can go about it: One: She's deliberately shielded from the horrors of the world and gets scarred along with us in her first game, making for a more intimate horror experience or two: she's trained to deal with these situations from a young age... so on some level they can't catch her by surprise too much anymore. I do hope they'll go for the first.
the thing the bothers me the most about village is, knowing what was cut, knowing what would've happened if they left the cut content in, and just the way certain events played out. other than that its my second favorite game in the franchise, and i keep wait to see where they take it.
where can I see what was cut from village? im a huge resident evil nerd so now I really need to see all of it in detail
I still prefer the puzzle box way of the original games in comparison to the modern stuff. Oh, well, at least capcom is still doing games, while konami...
I feel like the re franchise is following in the footsteps of sonic the hedgehog now.
Except that unfortunately sonic is still DEEP in it’s confused era, RE at least has some kind of focus
@@makotoyuki345 true dat.
Yea with RE at least the games are still good.. Like 7,2 Remake and village are good games imo, only real dud was RE3 REmake which was outsourced
@Just Some Guy Without a Mustang sorry but you need to shut up
@beef business that's subjective lmao
Every time you release a new video it brightens my day tons. Happy someone finally did a deep dive in the new resident evil games
Learning about the *real* Baker family is one of the most heartbreaking twists I experienced in video games.
RE7 made me have hope in capcom once again. RE7 in my opinion is a top 3 RE game
The molded were a boring enemy type tho imo. The lycans on 8 are way better
I agree. My only huge problem with re7 is the molded were kinda boring (i at least wish they were a bit more creative with it), and i kinda disliked how chris looked in the game. Other than that it's an amazing horror game, and great RE game
@@VonSnuggles1412 honestly the molded would probably benefit with a ranged type enemy
@@Ghostman223 that would've been awesome
@@VonSnuggles1412 from the cut content they would be more creative on the molded types
including like a lady molded and even the process on how they created in full detail, by throwing someone in a bathtub putting a cutted fence ontop of the bathtub and than drowning the person in eveline's mold, yeah remember thoses bathtubs back at the basement. thats why there were so many bathtubs there
These are very well put together and I enjoy having them in the background while I’m doing chores and stuff. Keep at it 👌👌👌
I've been searching for a good long video essay abt RE for so long. This is greate
Excellent vid! I learned the difference between fear (emotional reaction to a specific, real danger) vs anxiety (excessive and unfocused fear) and I love how you also call Resident Evil "Resi"! Popped huge 💚
Just finished the intro and it felt very well put together and edited. Already liking and subbing lmao
Keep up the awesome work. Just got here from your Manhunt video.
Of all the decisions Capcom made with the recent two entries, the best one was to make it first person. It really sells the immersion, and has it feel like you're actually there, especially in VR.
VR games should be its own separate thing. I don't like how devs are making games meant to be for VR and console together. Console games especially nowadays have an integrated cinematic-movie aspect to it, which can't be done in VR which is just a set camera angle perspective of the player at all times, never showing the body language or facial expression of the main character. VR and console should be separate categories.
Controversial opinion: nowadays RE6 is overly hated. Back when it came out I can understand why people hated it so much because that’s what we’re stuck with, but now that we have RE7 and 8 it’s really fun to go back to (especially if you like seeing what the legacy characters are up to)
it’s always a good day when you upload
Liam I honestly thank you for making this from the bottom of my dry cold heart thank you for this video.
An utmost intricate and detailed analysis of the RE series, absolutely brilliant video as always Liam.
I remember everyone being excited for big mommy milkers while i was excited for creepy doll lady
Sameeeeeee
Same
Very well titled and greatly appreciated!
The question of whether or not Lucas would have ended up the way he is if Eveline hadn’t entered his life isn’t really that ambiguous. The answer is in the game itself. The mysterious group that created Eveline wanted someone on the inside once they realized they had lost control of their creation in the swamps of Louisiana, so they approached Lucas and gave him a cure that freed him from Eveline’s influence and while allowing him to retain the powers of the mold. He spied on Eveline and his family for them while fooling Eveline into thinking he was still under her control. This means that all those sick, unsolvable puzzles he created for his victims were created by him without any influence from Eveline. The mysterious group even made him their top researcher on the project. In the DLC, you can find a note by a researcher complaining about how he has to work for a “lunatic” who doesn’t care about the project and just uses it as an excuse to get test subjects to fight and kill each other and cut people up in pointless autopsies. The researcher stated that he would report Lucas’s behavior at the next meeting with HQ, but it is implied that Lucas killed him and the other researchers by feeding them to the mold monsters and making it look like an accident. He was in the process of selling his data to a third party when Chris killed him. Even without the DLC, the game strongly hints that Lucas is different from the other bakers. Rather than attack with freaky powers, he creates elaborate booby traps like IEDs and plays games with Ethan. He shows little interest in sharing Eveline’s gift, being more interested in torturing his victims until he gets bored and kills them. It’s pretty clear Lucas was a psycho without Eveline having to twist his mind.
Idk how i just found this channel these videos are terrific
outstanding video. and very fair. some of your best work here
Oooh, a new upload, and on Resident Evil too. I will happily indulge in this video!
I would love for you to analyze Myst, the music in RE7 reminds me a bit of it. One of my all time favorite games.
It seems like everyone is making RE videos and I'm so here for it.
RE7 was like an amazing return to form and one of the definitive survival horror games. RE8 was like a theme park action/horror thrill ride in the vein of RE8 incorporating some of the looping design aspects of the originals and 7 as well as offering optional exploration and paths that contribute the games economy in a way I think worked really well and was satisfying and enjoyable. 8 isn’t perfect, the bosses were a huge step down from 7, the game can be a bit too heavy with cinematic in the beginning and the sloppy narrative but for me it was a great game. I think 7 is better but I think 8 is more fun
The Beneviento section makes me feel like these devs would do an amazing job with a new Silent Hill game... provided they get a writer who knows it's a bit different from Resi.
My opinions line up pretty close to yours. I really hope we get something more in the vain of RE2 remake in the future, but it seems like the series is going a different direction
There is no RE2 remake: th-cam.com/video/QCG5UkJ1hgw/w-d-xo.html
@@giovannigiovanni.7220 Do you just reply to everyone who refers to the game as RE2 remake with that video so you can get more downvotes?
Just embrace that it will always be known as the remake. Look at Final fantasy 7 Remake. I would say that’s much more of a reimagining, but remake is right there in the title. Remake is just the more popular term and it’s purpose is only to distinguish it from the original. Remake inherently means reimagining IMO since we already have the term remaster to refer to games only getting visual/quality of life improvements.
@Wish You The Best thing is scary is subjective cuz none of the RE games were scary to me. moreso tedious sometimes
I'd say that the DLC for RE7 helped flesh it out great
Anyone else love the fact that they only jump scared you once with the zombies coming through the door as soon as you opened it?
Very good video. Your arguments are logical and well thought. I aprove.
This was really good, liked it a lot that you were more enthousiatic
i wonder how re 8 and even 7 would have been without kojimas pt
whats kojimas PT mean?
@@soulpath1 PT(aka playable Teaser) was a teaser for a silent hill reboot made by kojima and his team. It was soon taken off the PS store unfortunately
Chris: this job is hard enough without civilians getting in the way
Ethan: *defeated the entire baker family during one night and killed 3 of the lords in one day while only having 8 fingers*
And zero even basic training, bro was just an average Joe at that…
I agree, I loved 7 and 8 but I am worried that they might return to a more action focused game rather than a survival horror one, still satisfied with how these 2 turned out, I felt bad for all the villagers and most monarchs of the village because they were used by mother Miranda but still showed some human emotions and motivations, almost like Eveline used the Baker family, I feel that the most captivating aspect of these games is the tragedy, of both your enemies and yourself (Ethan Winters). Quite a nice journey I might say, hoping 9 can be better or as good as them
RE7: You are Ethan
RE8: You are Ethan, but he talks WAY more
Can I just say the final bossfight against Jack was such a twist, cause yunno
Finally a new video bro
The giant baby in house benivento literally made me scream and i normally love horror games especially RE
33:44 That was like a Cool World (or Roger Rabbit) moment.
"EHHYEA HOW YOU DOIN' I'M AN ADULT BABY, I DO WHAT I WANT! I SMOKE DEH CIGAR"
RE games, at least the main series, always come in 3s [starting w horror and become more actiony until the crescendo in the 3rd entry, followed by a "return to the roots" with the next]
Hopefully RE9 is more 3 than 6
i really do hope that's the case. just like most people in the community i think village is a solid game but the direction they're going really worries me. and i'm saying that as a person who is probably in minority in terms of really getting invested in Winters story and specially what they're gonna do with rose. but i'm really worried about the gameplay and as you said re9 becoming re6. only time will tell.
I absolutely hate that they keep trying to turn Resident Evil into action games.
Blame it on Paul W*sS Anderson, Constantin Film and Hiroyuki Kobayashi
>:(
@@mohamadafifazizizaidi5625 nah, blame it on Capcom
Well having the series as a horror-action hybrid was the point to begin with
@@nickitysplit1232 It is an action-horror series but well-balanced, especially during Raccoon City saga (originals and remakes). Post-RC, HOWEVER, starting from RE:CV and RE4, they're became less horror but more over-the-top action thriller. The RE Movies starring Alice Kung-Fu-Sue, influenced the direction so the movies are also to be blamed. Thankfully, for video games, they're recently back on track on horror roots while done something new; but the live-actions on other hand.... :(
@@mohamadafifazizizaidi5625 too bad i never felt any horror in RE
I'm super excited for the re4 remake and I really hope the next resident evil installment features Leon, his witty quips in the midst of danger fuels me.
You missed one of the neatest things about 7... that attract reel backed with the catchy aunt rhody remix and how, when you're in a tense moment you end up humming it. Neat bit of psychology that trick.
I love Resis 5 and 6 for the action schlock they are.
I honestly wish 8 kept the more horror-focus that 7 had - the gothic castle setting would've been great for that, but it's still a really damn good game.
I mostly agree, but I’d say Castle Dimitrescu is more linear, while Heisenberg’s factory is much more like a traditional RE setting with backtracking and all that
Don't get your hopes up.
At the end of the game, one of Chris' soldiers says "just like old times" before a sequence of easy, boring, tensionless fps action.
Clearly Capcom is nostalgic for a different period in Resident evil than we are.
A common complaint against RE7 in Japan was that it's "too scary", that's why RE8 has practically zero horror in it. The castle is just paying lip service to the old resident evil formula on a severely limited scale.
House Benevento is the developers saying "oh, you wanted a scary game? Here's 5 minutes of the game being scary, now go shoot some werewolves."
And now they've set Rose up to be an OP indestructible superhero.
I wouldn't be surprised if RE9 turns out to be closer to 6 than to 7.
Resident Evil died with 7. The remakes are the only thing Capcom has released in years worth touching.
I’m very worried about a re4 remake. Personal I think all Capcom should do is remaster it in the re8 engine, that would be kick ass
great video and well put together... i wonder what do you think about the RE3r ?
Even if I were to not agree with what you say in your videos (I do btw) I still watch and like because of how much effort goes into your analysis which always makes your videos be top notch stuff, love your videos bro keep doing what you are best at, articulation and giving us a great example of how to do so.
personally i love this new era. Altho i understand the worries. re8 and re2 remake are some of my favorite games and the remake of 4 looks to actually be pretty amazing. What i think this new era of resident evil gets so right compared to 5 and 6 is just the atmposhere.
No more online spinoffs. Capcom can remake RE4 and Code Veronica if they want, but i want original RE games from now on. Other than that, RE7 is an amazing game. And i'm sure RE8 and RE2R are as well.
I really LOVE the way Resident Evil 1 and 2 puts you in one giant building with hundreds of rooms likea big maze, and you find items to unlock stuff and items you remember you needed earlier and so on... Really cozy and scary feeling when there's a giant empty police station or mansion. Resident Evil 2 Remake would've been the perfect formula for the next game.
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I mean this in the best way I fucking love the newer games
Remaking RE4 after Village is not really a good idea cause they’re almost the same. And you know they’ll promote the hell out of that Remake rather than the upcoming RE spin-off.
My favorite series is resident evil but I liked because you used luigi's mansion music and I respect it. Good video
The thing I dont understand is why people confuse Resident Evil Remake with the first part? Its 2 almost different games with some similar locations, but there are plenty of differences, puzzles are different, many locations are different, dialogs are different etc etc You cannot skip the original RE if you play RE Remake. I will say more: you'd better not to play RE Remake at all, if you didnt play the original - you will miss a lot, believe me. And its not enough to play only 1 scenario of RE. RE2 wasnt the first game to introduce different scenarios - the first RE has 2 completely different scenarios - with different locations, puzzles and even bosses. So if youve completed the Jill scenario, do yourself a favor and start playing the Chris scenario - its almost a totally different game
I don't like how this series is inevitably dragged towards action-schlock formula. I'd like to see RE expand on non-linear exploration, item management and puzzle solving, all this mixed with combat encounters. Original RE formula died when free aiming got introduced. Tension in RE was never coming from aiming skills. Combat was about deciding either maneuver around enemies or spend your resources to deal with them. It was only about positioning yourself safely, rising your gun and firing. It was a tactical decision, not a test of skill.
ironically what you said in your last sentences was why they changed formula; cuz it got stale with 0 and Veronica
I got an ad right as the Segway to re6 happened and I burst out laughing
Nice video
i loved village until heisenbergs factory, after that the quality dropped in my opinion, the miranda boss fight was cool tho.
i just hate the writing from that point on, the machine that magically is made of a metal heisenberg cant control, ethan being entirely made of mold, miranda being the old lady (makes 0 sense), the lore dump at miranda's lab...
the game was great and i agree with Liam, there must have been a development shift at some point that comprimised the game..
i read online that in the original concept there was supposed to be flashbacks showing the village in the past and how everything started.
@Just Some Guy Without a Mustang since im not sure, i'll delete it from my comment
The writing from the very start is pretty shit, but apart from that, my only problem with the game is Heisenberg's boss fight and the beginning. I don't mind him being a big jelly metal monster if he had downsides. My idea would be the more he uses electricity, the more deteriorated he becomes, so we would start fighting him as a human, but as we deal damage and he uses more electricity, he becomes more and more like his game's mutant form. And about the beginning, I think you should meat with the old guy in the first cabin, kill some Lycans to get introduced to the game's mechanics and all.
There is much more I would change, like not killing the villagers in a silly way, Chris behaviors, Miranda's importance and much more, could easily made the game 20+ hours. But unfortunately there is nothing we can do, I just hope Capcom stop being lazy and take more time to develop their games
If the people who made this game had worked on it better, they would know this game isn't just about viruses and parasites. It's a story of evolution, change, growth and the pain of these proccesses. For example. The Mold was nothing but an idea. It then gave birth to a body, Miranda. Miranda then gave origin to the mind willing to use the idea of the mold, Spencer. Spencer then created a hive of minds willing to keep working on the idea the mold represents, Umbrella. And finally, Umbrella created the perfect being with both the body to carry the effects of the idea represented by the mold, and the mind to reproduce and replicate the evolution thrust upon him, Wesker. If they had properly worked on the saga, Wesker and his imperfect sister (who managed to bend the rules of evolution so that she wouldn't be left behind by Albert), Alex, would have truly been the final villains of the saga. Not only that, but some of the Bio-Weapons we've seen so far such as Eveline, Lady Dimitrescu and her daughters, Heisenberg, etc., would have remained alive, and start creating the way to ensure that they would be accepted by the world and allow the evolution thrust upon them to be properly and fairly spread around the world. With the difference being that this evolution would be slow and only those who wanted to go throught with it receive it. Because they would be the perfect form in the evolutionary pool of the Bio-Weapons, for these held the humanity the previous Bio-Weapons lacked.
I think this is the direction they should have taken with the saga, because evolution is a slow and painful proccess, but is going to come eventually. The Bio-Weapons are the proof, and instead of destroying them, the good guys should understand that they need to embrace those creatures as part of the world, but instead of controling them like the bad guys, they should seek to help the creatures be part of the world.
@@Spantzcatdog I think it would be possible for my ideas to have come true. But you point a good problem. The lack of limits. They're just interested in prolonging this saga to profit from it, instead of telling a good story with a complex perspective. Greed and lack of interest in seeking an original concept, like the one I wrote in my comment, are destroying this saga.
You forgot to mention the part where RE:0 flopped so hard that Mikami decided to switch gears, didn't happen out of no where. Or the fact that Mikami hated fixed camera as he saw it as a hardware limitation first and foremost. I get really annoyed when people blame RE4 for the decline of the series considering it literally saved the franchise. RE3 and Dino Crisis 2 were both action games, didn't start with RE4, and implying otherwise is incredibly disingenuous. The reality is, as time goes on game design evolves as well as design trends. I love the fixed camera angle games, and for the most part I liked your video but I'm so sick of people revising history to blame RE4 for "the death of horror". Chasing industry trends and Capcom trying to hit Call of Duty sales numbers is what killed the horror genre, not one game made by the series creator. As for your worries for the series' future? I'd say they're justified somewhat considering what happened in the past. Personally, I'm not too worried especially considering Capcom has seemingly acknowledged the mistakes they made with RE3make for example. Capcom is riding high right now and I foresee them trying their damnedest to keep doing so. They're constantly listening to community feedback not just for RE but all their major franchises. Maybe I'm optimistic but I foresee us coming up on Capcom's second renaissance since the PS2-era. Sorry for the essay no one will probably read, and sorry if I came off really aggressive. Liked the video, like your other videos. ;-)
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"If it ain't broke don't fix it"
But it was broke Code Veronica proved that point.
Me and my best friend got RE 6, a giant bong, and a huge bag of the devils lettuce all around the same time; and after that we spent weeks playing that game. We got so stoned throughout the play through that we didn't figure out how the healing button worked until just before our last chapter. We still love RE 6 in spite of the bad rap it gets
Weird only RE1 remake was shown but no RE2 remake or RE3 Remake and no talk about any capcom remade all 3 to put new fear in by changing things around making it more realistic
Re7 is special to me
People say Heisenberg is like Nic Cage but after noticing he is the voice actor of Nicholai in Resi 3 remake i just can't see him as Nic Cage, for me he is just less evil Nicholai
Yet another banger :)
7:56 I'd like to add some extra perspective I don't think many talk about these days. (Long post alert, TL;DR at bottom.)
It wasn't just Mikami feeling that the format was holding his team down, although that did play a part (the fixed camera angles and some other staples of the gameplay came due to hardware limitations at the time). There was also a stigma about the tank controls at the time. People who weren't fans of the series generally didn't like the tank controls and dismissed the games, and some reviewers even knocked their score of the game down due to the controls. Though the games generally received high scores, the stigma of tank controls kept many people away, and RE was seen as a sort of cult classic at the time. As the industry evolved and gamers got used to modern (at the time) control schemes, and with declining sales on subsequent releases of RE, Capcom needed to basically "get with the times" to appeal to a wider audience that wasn't going to buy a horror game with tank controls. So they made a huge shift with RE4, and it paid off. Its possibly the only game resold more times than Skyrim. I remember one interview with someone that was part of the original RE1 staff, that claimed that they originally wanted an over-the-shoulder camera system, but again, hardware limitations at the time prevented them from implementing it while still maintaining a scary atmosphere (Silent Hill fixed the problem by using a fog). Hence, fixed-camera, tank controls. So, RE4 was the original vision, apparently... for some on the team.
There was some internal struggles in development on whether to make it pure survival-horror, or action-horror. I could be wrong, but Shinji Mikami leaned more on the idea of action-horror, if I remember correctly. He wanted the game to be rewarding to the player for sticking it out through all the difficulties and horror, which is why RE games generally end with you being armed to the teeth with lots of ammo to take down they typical zombies on your path to the final boss. I believe others on the team really wanted to focus on the survival horror, so the compromise was met with the really stressful, horrifying stuff at the beginning, with the shift to action later. RE4, by comparison, gives you an action-packed adrenaline rush from start to finish, with a few scary segments in between. The opening village sequence, though stressful, is more or less a shooting gallery with all the health and ammo drops you get from enemies. It's almost like an arcade shooter at that point. Dr. Salvador, the chainsaw-man was terrifying, but when you get the shotgun, you feel like you got something to take him down, and he's not as scary. That leads into your point about some staff members feeling sad about the shift.
TL;DR: Tank controls kept ppl from buying RE games in the early 00s, Mikami changed almost everything to make RE4, and he probably wanted the series to be more action-horror in the first place.
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The doll house level definitely took notes from Silent Hill
Omg. The baby head on Chris had me dying 😂😂😂