Everything Wrong With Resident Evil Village (Spoilers)

[@Gggmanlives]

In case it's not obvious, this review has spoilers. Lots of them.

[@h8me591]

Bruh

[@regularsizedrudy5340]

Thanks for the clarification. You'd think idiots would just read the title. Love the vids man keep it up.

[@MARKKISS-pd6wy]

i am doing my second playthrough on the hardest diff and i still get lost

[@okeechobeeblowjobs5099]

Fucking thankyou.

[@ULTIMARAGNAR0K]

Your story critique is seriously flawed. You didnt even bother reading the files..... the reason why Chris didnt tell Ethan in the first place is because he thought Ethan was compromised my Miranda and infected with the mold. Not realising Ethan is Mold......

[@Sircool1]

i'm disappointed you didn't use "BOULDER PUNCHING ASS HOLE!" line from the game as a clip, honestly.

[@DuelaDent52]

How did that even get out?...oh fudge, you don’t think Albert’s part of the Connections, do you?

[@MrFlame133]

@@DuelaDent52 shiva out here blabbing...

[@q-tip4723]

@@DuelaDent52 That'd be pretty sweet. Now that we Oswald E. Spencer was inspired by Miranda's research, it'd bring everything officially full circle.

[@drivanradosivic1357]

the implication is Heisenberg saw Chis punch a bounder when going to the Village.

[@Dendelin007]

I was looking for this comment :D thank you!

[@COOKIE-gk9oc]

Loved Chris's segment, because it just demonstrates how overpowered he and the rest of the OG charicters are compared to Ethan.

[@JorgeMartinez-dp3im]

Same. Surprised he didn't like it. It's like a playable cinematic where you get to be an OP boulder punching asshole.

[@batmangovno]

Chris also has like 10x HP of even an upgraded Ethan. You know, that guy that can reattach limbs and live without a heart?

[@Swarm312]

I also love it because it indirectly shows how dumb bioweapons as a concept are when an entire army of them are curb stomped by a handful of highly trained soldiers and a day of recon.

[@dethofgod666]

I thoroughly enjoyed it. I would have liked a separate mode that style in addition to mercenaries. It felt like a victory lap at the end of the campaign in retrospect

[@thelel6591]

i liked chris but i really wish he told ethan wat was going on i feel like ethan wouldve lived. also wish he showed up more as a mentor towards ethan. i was honestly shocked that ethan dies and not chris instead. i wanted to keep playing as ethan it was refreshing to play as an average joe. but i am starting to appreciate the ending more it shows how far a father would really go for his kid.

[@jsilva4595]

A nice touch with the reload animation with the pistol, Ethan will only do a 'tactical' reload (holding onto both mags) when you reload without emptying the mag. This is because the mag you are swapping still has ammo, so he holds onto it. If you fully empty the mag, Ethan will drop it and perform a more standard reload without bothering with the mag being swapped. No gameplay effect, but a really nice attention to detail.

[@Gruntvc]

Wish you could ADS. The lack of this mechanic, especially during Chris' section just feels off.

[@Busenlilly]

Thanks for your Call of Duty 'knowledge' of 'tactical' things.

[@jellyfishtrifle7883]

@@Gruntvc nah ADS sucks, it's a gaming trend that needs to die already, it doesn't do anything for gameplay or immersion, it's always a better option to just give us a zoomed in reticle, yes I will die on this hill...

[@mjay6245]

@@jellyfishtrifle7883 Not if you're going for a non arcade experience. You don't shoulder a rifle and take important shots/non point blank range shots from a pulled back view "from the hip" style without looking down the sights. Having characters shoot insanely tight spreads without even taking aim is weird in my book for anything not blatantly going for a more arcadey/stylized look.

[@Camoceltic]

@@mjay6245 Not to mention that ADS also blocks a fair amount of your vision, which can be a massive boost to the tone in a horror themed game

[@TheIshakuro]

During the opening, you can find a book in the study that is called like,"Firearms Training and Maintenance" and Ethan mutters, "It's not paranoia if they really are out to get you." Ethan legit has been training with guns ever since the Baker Incident.

[@dramgon]

He also said in the begining Chriss have had him attend to military training

[@adamzez]

@@dramgon lol right? You didnt need to look at book shelves to just hear that line Ethan said to Mia.

[@hubertgizinski7962]

also book was written by Joseph Kendo ,brother of Robert Kendo(dude who made samurai edge and we could see him in RE 2 and 3 remakes)

[@JMartini810]

Exactly and he seems to forget speedrunners can just begin at first typewriter saves for practice thus nullifying his comment about the beginning being too long seems he just wants to complain because it goes against the grain not knowing everyone is making a "RE8 is bad" review but nothing is perfect and everything cant be like RE4 just appreciate the games we get without bitching

[@postaldude8027]

@@JMartini810 yeah exactly I watched another review that complains a out the length of the intro like they expect the game to be made for speedruns it's not it's a horror game so obviously it has to build up to the horror it cant just let you run past it all

[@grackleboi2523]

One of my favorite parts is realizing just how "off" Mia really is in the beginning of the game on new playthroughs.

[@Error404----]

I've only watched other people play it, but Mia's weird facial expressions like scowling and giving Ethan the side-eye were the first thing that stood out to me. I just thought maybe we're not there yet, in terms of realism and some expressions aren't going to look their best, but nope, apparently that was deliberate.

[@grackleboi2523]

Ya, and one thing that kind of tracks for me is Chris not telling Ethan about Miranda at least in the beginning, because what if he told Ethan about it within earshot of her with the baby still In The room? Definitely not perfect, but I can get on board with the story.

[@CLOYO]

Weird thing is that Ethan didn't understand. Like, HELLO, YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR OWN WIFE?

[@ridhosamudro2199]

You know in hindsight, the story in the opening is the biggest red flag.

[@grackleboi2523]

@@ridhosamudro2199 and all of the local recipes she had been cooking.

[@nameless-user]

I actually liked the segment where you played as Chris. It’s a deliberate contrast to the rest of game; you’re forced to play super-carefully throughout most of the game, and then the game lets you let loose almost as an act of revenge against it.

[@teddrewflack400]

Absolutely, the core resident evil gameplay was , enjoy story , struggle , then after completing, break some ass

[@q-tip4723]

@@teddrewflack400 I was like "Finally! Time to cut lose!"

[@rodafowa1279]

That's all well and good. However, CAPCOM have encouraged people to play through their games multiple times to reach that level of OP since the very first game. If you beat the original RE in 3 hours or less on normal, you unlocked a rocket launcher with infinite ammo.

[@nameless-user]

@@rodafowa1279 Fair enough. However, that was a bonus. Here, it's more of a pacing thing, something much more deliberate for the narrative’s flow. As a large aside, I’ve noticed that Village seems to attempt to play with the emotional state of the player much more than in other RE games, a trait common in more psychological horror games. You have the entire dollhouse segment, the factory being a long and dry buildup to a stupid-awesome bossfight, Ethan’s death flowing into Chris CoD-ing the place, and even the entire endgame. They were trying to make the player _feel_ something through the story beats, not just through the moment-to-moment gameplay. It can be debated whether or not they were completely successful here, but the attempt is definitely noticeable and much more pronounced than in past games.

[@rodafowa1279]

@@nameless-user I feel the complete opposite. Village just felt like a theme park, going from ride to ride. There was no atmosphere at all, because the tone of each area is drastically different.

[@yokenstein3dgaming545]

Fun fact: Lady Dimitrescu is even taller than some elephants, as the average African elephant can be between 8.2 feet to 13 feet tall, while the Lady is 9'6"

[@yokenstein3dgaming545]

@@greenkoopa Confirmed indeed

[@movieswithgabe]

I’m just imagining her riding one like the giants in Game of Thrones

[@gasaiyuno6021]

You just said most are 8-13 feet, and she's 9 and a half. That's a HUGE discrepancy between 12 or even 11 to 9 foot. And you pointing out you said " Average " means nothing because you're still wrong as most elephants aren't short.

[@yokenstein3dgaming545]

@@gasaiyuno6021 Nice try, but the point of the fact was that "the lady is even taller than *some* Elephants". That was the focal keyword, i.e the word "some".

[@Gameprojordan]

She's taller than an Elite in Halo by 1'6"

[@karmicbacklash]

I think the idea with Chris’s section was to give you this cathartic release, just mowing down legions of the werewolves that previously terrorized you, with ease, as one of the series most powerful characters. It succeeds, briefly imo, but I was hoping for something more substantial with Chris.

[@vodkavecz]

Also shows why it's not a good idea putting military forces in zombie movies. Unless they all die in a contrived accident, they'd just go through all enemies like hot knife through butter.

[@joseluki]

The use of Chris is so they can call this game Resident Evil, that in my opinion, is not.

[@muccmaster]

Agreed, I saw all the complaints about his part and I thought it was going to be much worse than it was. I wouldn't say it was great, but it definitely wasn't bad and he's so strong that at least it's not tedious to play through.

[@channelMasterGuiGame]

@@joseluki bostejou pra caralho agr

[@zhitchcresttail3387]

I agree completely, that was one of the best parts of the game, after dealing with all the shit as Ethan to finally have a opportunity to take it out on all the Lycans was great. Plus being able to control him after not having him for like 10 years just got me pretty hype.

[@Cry1w]

the moment where ethan smashed his bit hand against the window frame i visually flinched in pain .... that man has balls of steel and a pain tollerance like nothing

[@Sumea_Saukko]

Because his body is mold, its explained in the game.

[@samburgerwithcheeze8145]

@@Sumea_Saukko Yeah but it's still hurts him

[@Sumea_Saukko]

@@samburgerwithcheeze8145 True

[@Trollensky]

@@Sumea_Saukko What a dumb thing to say lmao, he obviously still feels pain in the game, it was just an oversight.

[@Sumea_Saukko]

@@Trollensky Well, atleast i’m not as dumb as you.

[@ninives]

My favorite part of the game was Heisenberg calling Chris a "boulder punching asshole" That made me laugh out loud 🤣

[@ninives]

@Cheek Chaser Cause he was that boulder from re5

[@mattiasilva1705]

@Cheek Chaser chris probably became a living legend for both killing Wesker and punching a boulder with his bare hands. The latter is probably what made him famous around the world

[@lekuba7679]

@Cheek Chaser re 5, in 6 he killed the water skeleton B.O.W. and Piers sacrificed himself

[@chillhour6155]

How would he know about that ?

[@Zockerx96]

You actually dont need to call airstrikes on the boss fight with Chris. You can kill him regulary with your weapons.

[@GhostStorm1995]

It is not an airstrike. the guy shouts that he needs to reload if you paint the mold hill thing while it is on cool down. My guess is that it is some sort of launcher and Chris uses the laser designator to paint the target so it can be seen through all the mold that has broken out of the ground.

[@q-tip4723]

@@GhostStorm1995 Or it's some type of long range, laser-guided missile. I've seen those types of weapon systems. A laser designater allows for a weapon system to track the laser's location and the missile's computer guidance system locks in the coordinates of where the laser is being pointed. It's a very complicated system, but the general premise is for aircraft/ artillery to drop ordnance without even having to see/ be too close to the target. Again, it's a very complex and expensive weapon system.

[@GhostStorm1995]

@@q-tip4723 i could see whatever organisation that Chris Redfield works for would be using something like that.

[@zhitchcresttail3387]

@@GhostStorm1995 its Umbrella, just some new version of it. Whats more confusing is that the BSAA are apparently the bad guys now.

[@GoodmansGhost]

@@zhitchcresttail3387 Haven't they been since revelation? Or was that the other ABC group?

[@spiderjerusalem8284]

Chris needed a stand-alone campaign like "Separate ways" in RE4, not just the Village Raid section.

[@stolenname94]

Willing to bet that will happen

[@12ealDealOfficial]

If it doesn't happen, I'm willing to bet the western writers at Capcom want to dehumanize him further for RE9. Which I hope isn't the case.

[@Gruntvc]

@12ealDeal, The problem with Chris is his story was pretty much over with RE5. He and Jill reunited, Wesker and Spencer were finally dead, and the BSAA weren't twist villains from out of nowhere. I remember how a lot of people thought Chris in RE7 was a fake one or Hunk in disguise. Man I wish that was true. RE Village barely uses him and worse, makes Chris look like an idiot. Leon is the only male character left to not get dunked on at this point. Shame they wasted Barry Burton and his family in the Revelations 2 spin off.

[@DJ_Macphisto]

@@Gruntvc They still used Barry better in that game than how they treated him in Gaiden.

[@bigcade554]

It's almost certainly coming later as a DLC. Separate Ways wasn't part of RE4's base game either, it also came later.

[@hunterbrotherhood8187]

The reason Chris didn't let Ethan know the "plan" was cause he didn't know if Miranda had infected him in some sort of way.

[@kylevanilla3177]

Speaking of infected how the hell did it never crossed Chris and his crew that Ethan, an ordinary person that killed multiple monstrous creatures to save his wife, may have been infected by Eveline at the end of RE7?

[@kylixion_6359]

@@kylevanilla3177 they did say that Ethan and his wife were infected, but that they "cured" them

[@adamzez]

why would ethan and miranda be at the winters house having dinner and living the good life when they are both bad guys? If ethan was possibly infected, they would have left to romania long before to start bringing back eveline. There was no reason for Chris not to tell Ethan other than they wanted YOU the player to believe Chris may be compromised. Same reason Chris says "I see you made it this far. Would be a shame if something happened to you now." Why would he say that threatening line to Ethan as if he is saying he will kill him? And then Ethan says finish the job and Chris starts walking towards him like he is going to hurt Ethan and then gets interrupted. There is no explanation for it. Its because they wanted a twist for the player and didnt mind having issues with their story in order to play with you. And thats fine.

[@jeremyhall2727]

@@adamzez yeah I didn't like that part at all. He would have been awesome if Chris got infected & he was being controlled. Or he was thinking sometimes bad things must be done for the greater good. Like this baby will grow up & have too much power. Just by been next to it people will rage out. Hell Chris could have said, "after you'll left the hospital; it become a blood bath. You wasn't infected because you share the same DNA as the baby. But a month after contact; people become wild breast." Oh how I wish this was the game we got.

[@manuelirvingzarate]

Stop excusing bad writing.

[@VengefulJay]

Chris: *kills mia* sorry Ethan, but leon failed me, and Claire is running out of time

[@ender9090]

@Cheek Chaser It's a long running joke, search for "Chrisposting" on Google and you'll see everything about it.

[@miecraftandmoregames]

the beneviento stuff once you already know what to do isn't that bad. i'll trade a little annoyance on repeating playthroughs for a pants shitting and memorable sequence the first time.

[@Carnage7209]

Ya i appreciated the spooky house the first time around trying to find a way out. Re8 is definitely worth a couple playthroughs at most, and I'll take it.

[@thorburnjschwegler]

@@Carnage7209 🤷‍♂️ I don't play scary games but this part was not scary at all and it was slow as hell and at the end no boss fight just move to room to room find the doll and stab it 3 time SMH lamest section in the entire game

[@captainthunderbolt7541]

Stuff like that stops me from replaying. You could have had the baby monster chase without all of the scripted setup to it...

[@miecraftandmoregames]

@@captainthunderbolt7541 speedrunning through it isnt that big of a deal. If you know the route.

[@miecraftandmoregames]

@@thorburnjschwegler sucks for you i guess then.

[@IceCreamBuick]

Another weird things about Chris is that in the Not a hero RE7 DLC he aims down the sights of the gun. Which he never does in RE8 considering he literally has a red dot on both guns. Really odd.

[@TheChriskilla100]

I think its bc that dlc was outsourced

[@TheGammabomb06]

Can we all just mutually agree that RE7 chris just.....never existed?

[@oh-not-the-bees7872]

Its just the engine man.

[@MetalPhantom7]

@@TheGammabomb06 and why is that? Salty because "hE DOeSn'T lOoK liKE CHrIs"? Do you know how Chris looked like in RE1, Code Veronica and Umbrella Chronicles or that Chris "never existed" as well?

[@TheGammabomb06]

@@MetalPhantom7.... what? Bruh, calm down and take a shower. It was meant as lighthearted comment.

[@anumeon]

Heisenbergs factory, where Resident Evil meets General Deathsheads castle from Wolfenstein... (Supersoldaten anyone) :D

[@Gruntvc]

Frankenstein's Army lol.

[@jeanniemaycrawford4466]

Yes

[@whirligig_saw]

i am surprised that anyone remembers the other great game that is the new order lol , btw yes i get reallu strong deathshead factory vibes from that

[@TeryJones]

_"Oh well, at least we still got best boy Leon."_ Ignoring all the times Ada Wong played his naive love stricken ass like a fiddle and was able to get away with the bioweapon sample.

[@mjay6245]

He said best boy not smart boi ;)

[@Horatio787]

The problem with Ada Wong is that you can only reveal she's a secret asshole once in RE2, before Leon just doesn't seem to care that her actions engender the deaths of thousands.

[@ostrichlord9097]

I dunno, she helped him survive the plagas yet he still put a blade to her throat faster than you could say "simp". She only gets away cuz plot

[@TeryJones]

@@ostrichlord9097 Exactly. She is to Resident Evil what Akuma is to Street Fighter, that one *villain* character that technically always wins because _"fuck you she's a fan favorite."_ And her annoying relationship with Leon is a key component of that bs.

[@strugglesnuggledslime7040]

I will never get why the fanbase has such a hard-on for her(obvious Asia fever aside). She worked well in 2 because she was somewhat humanized but ever since 4 they have gone so ridiculously hard on the femme fatal trope that Leon´s puppyness is just annoying. Move on and keep the Redfield bloodline going you handsome dipshit.

[@officel-fpi1726]

The funniest part about this game for me Is Mourge or fish guy saying “you basterd” he just says it in a way that makes it funny

[@EnigmaSword]

"YoU bASS TARD!!!!"

[@benheaton9879]

I'm pretty sure that moreau is voiced by the guy who voices lucas in RE7

[@billsmith30]

The boss fight against Heisenberg felt like a boss fight from RE6. More specifically the one where you fight a TRex from a moving Humvee

[@q-tip4723]

I personally enjoyed RE6, but I see it more of an generic action game featuring the cast of the Resident Evil games over the years.

[@AHappyCub]

@@q-tip4723 I personally like RE6 because it made sense that after fighting BOWs for years the main characters would lean more guns blazing, especially Chris's campaign

[@q-tip4723]

@@AHappyCub which makes a lot of sense as well, as- at that point of time in their lives- they've got the "I'm getting too old for this shit" mentality.

[@lutherheggs451]

OK...Well no matter how much you constantly try to go on about how terrible RE6 is clearly 10 million people enjoyed it just fine since its the 2nd highest selling game in the franchise next to RE5

[@zhitchcresttail3387]

And it was hype as fuck and one of the highlights of this game. Resident Evil is meant to be over the top dude.

[@karenbonds264]

Ethan in his final moments: *"Killer Queen has already touched the Village."*

[@vermili0138]

With the amount of CAPCOM's shitposting in the game, I wouldn't be surprised if that was the inspiration.

[@strengthcolossal5538]

@Shiori MUDA MUDA MUDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@strengthcolossal5538]

*NewGame+* Killer Queen Bite the Dust!!!

[@jimmnotjames5235]

Imagine insulting someone because they like something you don't.

[@dopeyal4755]

@Shiori I have no idea what your problem is.

[@Playernumbernull]

I thought the reason Chris didn't tell Ethan the plan was because he couldn't be sure Ethan hadn't been compromised by Miranda.

[@theblackbaron4119]

Yeah, but isn't the twist also that Mia knew that Ethan was already nothing but mold but Chris somehow didn't. When she tells Christ that there's a thing about Ethan she kept secret.

[@Onlybadtakes2589]

Yes, that is true. He also acknowledged his mistake for not telling him sooner

[@adamzez]

if both of them were already compromised or possibly compromised, then they would have taken the baby already. Why tf would they be playing house at the Winters when they are both bad guys tryign to hurry and ressurect eveline? That explanation doesnt work unfortunately and ive seen multiple people try and use it

[@manuelirvingzarate]

Stop excusing bad writing.

[@benheaton9879]

@@adamzez I don't think miranda has been at the winterses for long. When chris rescues Mia she's wearing the exact same clothes as miranda at the start, meaning mia was grabbed by miranda the same day as everything else which happened. She could easily have arrived an hour beforehand, and Chris' team, who were tracking her, had no idea what was going on except that miranda was in the house.

[@maydius2617]

Lady Dimitrescu's early death reminds me alot of Vaas' death in farcry 3. He was the highlight of the game, and he was also used in game's promotion like a lot and he also died kinda early in the game. Can't tell much about RE village, since I've never played it like I never played RE:7, but I like the other games in the series, and damn I love FC3.

[@Gfors85]

agree, She is insanely cool and creepy and the design on her transformation was just horrible, a fucking dragon? only a 6 year old finds that scary. I think whats most creepy about her before transformation is that both she and everyone around seemed not to notice her monstrous size. Also they could have removed those claws and gave her something more mutant-like and scary weapon.

[@ch33zybreadtrellie4]

I don’t think she was supposed to be highlight of the game…. Capcom just saw how fans loved her and rolled with it. The doll in my opinion shoulda been the promotion cuz it’s different.

[@BugsyFoga]

The RE game that has monster people actually wants to be chased by.

[@lolicongang.4974]

Yeah how slow thet are lol slow af.

[@TheMurzim]

You mean the baby?

[@jonathanredacted3245]

Hey don't forget the love that mr x got

[@ostrichlord9097]

"Chase" is a bit of an overstatement. Enemies slow af and pose no threat

[@lolicongang.4974]

@@ostrichlord9097 Lol that's the point he making fun of the game, you want to ge chased by them. They aren't anything but moving loot boxes.

[@epicfilmtime2508]

It bothered me that in all the cutscenes where Ethan has his gun out, it's the starter pistol, even if you don't have it in your inventory. It'd be hard to make a bunch of different cutscenes for each weapon, but still, just something I noticed.

[@TheChriskilla100]

The funny thing is thats a really common trend with many of the resident evil games.

[@hubertgizinski7962]

even more funny is if u look how ethan hand gets easy sliced off in cutsecenes but in gameplay ur iron hands are undestructible when u guard

[@cyphermasq7870]

I actually really liked the Chris section. It felt a lot more reserved compared to the army stuff in 6 cause it is just a small team of ops guys doing doing stuff.

[@oldman2470]

Yeah same here

[@gir2859]

Plus with how you fight the enemies in the rest of the game it feels satisfying to just gun werewolves down with a machine gun

[@mrskinszszs]

Yeah I had no issues with it either

[@tomivalkonen1343]

This game had bits and pieces from all games in the series and this just felt like throwback to RE6. Just like Heisenberg battle. I liked it.

[@BarneyGoogl]

To be fair Michael Bay's Transformers was more reserved than RE6 lol

[@TheFirstVonGunther]

Heisenberg has the best line during his boss battle. "Chris Redfield! That boulder punching bitch!"

[@andrewp1653]

One day one day we wil have an re game with chris telling leon to continue the Redfield blood line

[@robbiealixsantos]

I think it was pretty funny that the game suggests that Chris was building that chainsaw missile buggy the entire time while Ethan was making his way out of the factory

[@adamzez]

and then turns out he has a air strike laser in his pocket lol. like why tf would he need that chainsaw buggy when he can call down airstrikes on hiesenberg

[@thatryanguy]

I got the impression the chainsaw missile buggy was a junked project of Heisenburg's that Chris found and completed.

[@Qlicky]

Just like how he casually mentions he's had military training. Best way to cover plot holes. Just have it mentioned somewhere along the way.

[@RosesBottom]

@@Qlicky wdym by plothole. Game takes place 3 years after RE7 doesn't it? Do you reckon after the hellish night he went through that he would think alright now that's all over. Course not ethan was reasonably traumatised by the shit he saw at the baker house so it makes sense he would take training to prepare in case he would have to face those monsters again. Especially since chris and umbrella now have them under protective care.

[@hubertgizinski7962]

@@Qlicky and where was Chris when Ethan fuked up Karl and then got "fatalited" by MM? like he was right behind Ethan

[@CanIGetANumber2]

Calling the Chris portion terrible was a bold choice. It was refreshing to go balls out for a few minutes.

[@HOLEheregonenow]

Ethan isn't saving the empty magazine, that animation happens when you reload with bullets still in the magazine so Ethan is saving the spare bullets. If you reload at empty, he drops the magazine.

[@joseywales1439]

I don't know about anyone else, but I think the prologue is one of the strongest sections of the game. It establishes a tense and downright creepy atmosphere that at least the first half of the game follows. For me it starts getting a wee bit boring in the second half and that's where I struggle replaying the most.

[@runningdecadeix4780]

I didn't expect to disagree with you so much. The beginning parts do, indeed, feel slow when playing through the whole thing again - same for House Beneviento. But in exchange, these parts get to be amazing during the first playthrough. And in my opinion, having strong, scary/creepy and memorable moments during the first playthrough is better than having a better and more streamlined NewGame+ experience. The first time playing a single player game is always the most important one, IMO. Plus, I don't think these sections are too bad on replay. I in fact got excited to try to go through the werewolf raid again with all my upgraded weapons; the way you play differs and it's nice. House Beneviento still manages to be creepy (the baby especially) and if you know what to do, it doesn't take too long. Finally, complaining that we only play as Chris for a short time doesn't even make sense to me. The game is about Ethan. Yes, Chris is in the cover, but the game is about Ethan and by the time you get to Chris's part that should already be very obviously clear to the player. I don't know how anyone would've expected the Chris section to last as long as an Ethan section. I also strongly disagree about this part being "bad". I actually thought it was amazing. You got to feel how powerful Chris Redfield is at that point, now that he has dealt with so many bioweapon incidents. And the whole section was really awesome - the music, the atmosphere, and even the quick pacing that shows us that we're really taking part in a military mission that has to be fast and effective. I think, in fact, that this game has the best "final part" of any RE game. RE games usually tend to get not-so-good endings. RE4 which is a masterpiece has a somewhat weak ending, especially the last fight. RE:Village ending was amazing IMO; the entire Chris sequence, the information, the boss battles, everything. I think RE:Village is a masterpiece that will be loved for years to come. So I disagree with you on a lot of these issues. I do agree, however, that the difficulty progression is flawed. In particular, the werewolf raid in the beginning is quite broken, especially on hardcore. The game should at least have told the player what to do, like, "survive until the end of the raid", anything. As it is, it is extremely brutal in an unfair and weird way, and is the hardest part in the game (especially on hardcore). That's a flaw.

[@jamesduncan6729]

But it's a game that seemingly is designed for multiple plays... Why blow their load on making a beginning section really slow and shit when you are going to have to do it multiple times?

[@thegamingwolf371]

@@jamesduncan6729 it's just new game+, all that's different is you keep your weapon upgrades from the 1st playthrough. This isn't Nier Automata where you restart the game and there is actually new content with another story and all that or an open world title where you can just explore the world and do side missions at your own pace like skyrim, metal Gear or even Dark Souls. It's a semi linear survival horror action game. Plus, when you play a single player title first impressions count a whole lot.

[@ulrickguiliman4810]

My only grip was the speed Chris was given other than that same as you man on the review

[@OmegaTKB]

I always play Hardcore on most RE games starting off, and It was a struggle with barely anything. Replaying the game with my new arsenal and getting back at the enemies was extremely satisfying. It makes sense how the tone of the game when playing as Chris switches to him just feeling almost omnipotent, this man, just like Leon has gone through hell and back in every way possible vs BOWs, and it really shows when in comparison to Ethan, even in the game you can tell, Ethan even trained struggles vs the Lycans when grabbed, meanwhile Chris literally right hooks the fuckers out of his face, as if it was annoyance more than a threat. Ethan turning out to be a mold and killing him off in this game when he just about got a personality is kind of sad, though. I admit. The ending is certainly better than most RE games, no obvious usual countdown, just a very emotional final fight to end the game, even the music. The emotion and tension in the fight is impressive, makes it feel like a dark souls boss.

[@zigfaust]

It's crazy cuz I played blind on hardest mode available at the start and it took me like 4 tries to figure out what to do. It seems most people just think they can shoot their way out of any game and after my first death I went searching for some kind of area flag to trigger a scene. That didnt work so I tried to survive for a longer time, saw the hammer guy, got killed and was like "progress". The final time I just avoided Hammer Guy and boom, cutscene and on to the next part.

[@GodFaThEr09877]

The entire village being completely barren during the gameplay other than at certain points (getting the Jack from the drawer and Lycans randomly just chilling on the rooftop’s waiting for you to walk back out) and the Village version of zombies spawning in after you kill the doll as you back track to village’s equivalent of Crash Bandicoot’s level select area was such a waste as they could’ve had at least different scripted encounters along the way as you went to a new area to keep you on your toes. Half the game is Ethan literally prancing to each major location

[@SOBEKCrocodileGod]

Personally I love House Beneviento, mostly because it scared the shit out of me lol and I liked Chris's section because it was a nice power fantasy....except for the part where that big bastard with the giant mace kept hitting me before I could scan him for the airstrikes

[@Gfors85]

flashbangs dude...

[@MrIdylex]

The cover art gave me an impression that Chris was going to be turning into a lycanthrope and that was going to drive the main story, to find a cure for Chris

[@colmduggan8230]

that healing fluid is amazing though it even fixes the fabric of Ethan's jacket when he gets his arm removed

[@JohnWilliams-wl9px]

Honestly the fact Chris was wearing a black jacket like Wesker, seemingly killing Ethan’s wife, and the poster showing him has half werewolf. I expected the plot twist that Chris got infected by Mother Miranda and was being mind control by her, so Ethan would have to find a way to cure him.

[@badasstasticusbadass4908]

The fact that Chris and his crew where able to take down the entire village all by themselves... kind of puts in question the efficiency of those B.O.Ws.

[@vampyr2936]

It goes to show how much of a divide there is between a regular guy with basic training and a well experienced and highly trained SOF unit

[@Qlicky]

@@vampyr2936 That part just showed you can cram anything into a game and people will defend it if they like the game enough. I was honestly just waiting for numbers to pop out of their heads, huge "TRIPPLE KILL COMBO!!!" signs on screen, and werewolves dropping 5 guns, armor and 3 grenades a pop, in different rarity colors. Oh, and Benny Hill music.

[@AGnar0k]

I felt like it was more of a love letter to RE6 considering how insane it was.

[@hubertgizinski7962]

@@vampyr2936 Ethan moves down more enemies than Chris in RE8 i mean Ethan is special and stuff but this is dumb how Ethan can get hand sliced in cutscene but in actual gameplay u can guard and ur arms are perfectly fine at heisenberg factory section even Ethan ha so much firepower that u can kill zombies and soldats super fast(especialy if u collected all treasures u could collect and u have fully pgraded guns)

[@hubertgizinski7962]

@@Qlicky i made rant how bad is RE8 and people called me dumb etc like RE8 difficculty leab beweem normal and harcore is so huge when standart fifficulty seems super easy hardcore difficulty makes enemies bullet sponges and makes then unstunable like Lycans can take bullets to to legs from pistol and dont care at all aboyt it and u need 15 shots from pistol to drop 1 lycan or 2 pointblank shots from shotgun to kill it that lycan attack in 1st act of game is giant bs comparable to loeon skirmish in RE4 like ganados were slower and u could slow them down by shoting their legs and roundhouse kicking them

[@Galactic_15]

The castle was the only good part of the game. It felt like a genuine resident evil environment

[@GFMarine]

I personally liked Chris's part, I played village on hardcore from the start and spent most of my time with just enough ammo to kill enemies with well placed shots, so being able to go nuts was pretty fun in my opinion.

[@Bizzarovid]

Like that bit in re3make was fun as hell being able to just unload

[@mrskinszszs]

@@Bizzarovid I hated that part. This was much better done

[@wildonionchase3934]

I think the main issue for me is that Chris’ section is just “walk down linear path, gun down lycans”, seemed like it was meant to be more than that and what do you know, the leak from last year stated Chris was supposed to be playable for longer and in-game concept art states the original plan was for Chris to be involved in a three-way battle between himself, Miranda’s forces, and BSAA BOWs.

[@GFMarine]

@@Bizzarovid The police station bit with Carlos in RE3R was actually great and fun but I really disliked the hospital defense part, that was pretty bad in my opinion.

[@GFMarine]

@@wildonionchase3934 Yeah, it's a bit of a shame but since Capcom potentially set up the BSAA as the antagonists for the next numbered sequel, Chris could have a bigger playable role in that game, atleast I hope so.

[@Bloodfont89]

I'm really surprised you didn't mention Heisenbergs remark about Chris. I had to pause because I was laughing that much.

[@Gggmanlives]

Boulder punching asshole?

[@Bloodfont89]

@@Gggmanlives yes, I thought it was the highlight of the fight.

[@predetor911]

Lycans & Sonny Jims let the games begin.

[@zachbailey5260]

"After replaying through the game three times, it made me question if I wanted to even replay it again." Um, if you replay a game three times of your own free will, the devs did their job lol. And like, a huge part of that *super long prologue* is made up of skippable cutscenes

[@Qwedgeonline]

Yeah I don’t get how he didn’t think to skip the cutscenes after the first playthrough.

[@Gggmanlives]

@@Qwedgeonline Bruh, I skipped the cutscenes it's still 20-30 minutes until you're in Lady D's castle though. Are you forgetting the unskippable fight against all the Lycans?

[@BishopNelson]

Why does everyone love lady D? She's in like 3 cutscenes, a boss battle, and just wanders in the main hall saying "there you are" every time you leave the fucking save room.

[@Ergeniz]

Thirst and simps

[@noelienoelie8425]

Mommy issues

[@12ealDealOfficial]

Finally, someone else says it!

[@arnox4554]

@@noelienoelie8425 You see the thing about our loved ones, right? Our FUCKING loved ones! They come and they blindside you every fucking time.

[@Qlicky]

Same reason people rub one off to cartoon characters, or worse, they fall in love.

[@tmerchead1]

I'm suprise you didn't mention how lady ds section was so short for someone who was heavly advertised and the three daughters boss fight were even shorter and bland .

[@zonyae29047]

Someone didnt watch the rest of the video 👀

[@lutherheggs451]

Weird right.....Its almost as if they only advertised the first area of the game not showing much of anything else....But then again the pathetic loser simps who were already touching themselves to a videa gaemz character, worked up her involvement in their own minds

[@The1337guy1]

@@lutherheggs451 Does evoke an even larger issue which is every character is underutilized and written like a one off, background element. Lady D and her daughters being a weak as fuck segment with an unsatisfactory conclusion is just the tip of this iceberg.

[@chillhour6155]

Ultimate bait and switch

[@tgreaux5027]

Ethan Winters turned out to be the most powerful bioweapon that ever lived and hes fighting on the side of good. I think hes such a great protagonist and I hope they keep using him.

[@mfbjo6854]

The game literally ends saying "The father's story is now done". So I guess they won't

[@Rabbit-o-witz]

I wish there was a sequence where he would have taken so much damage he started to mutate

[@zigfaust]

@@Rabbit-o-witz Nah, then they would have been stealing stuff from RE6.

[@pulkitsharma4927]

Nah, part of his charm is his tragic end. No need to over do a complete story arc.

[@Gfors85]

Ethan who? oh, you mean the random guy from RE7? yeah being a magical mold with firearms seems like a very great idea for your main character in a survival horror game. is it survival for the enemies then? For your sakes and the ones who think like you, they should make a Ethans adventure, an action packed kids game were you can go haywire and kills lots of generic zombies, vampires , werewolves and why not throw in some mummies aswell? then you got the whole bunch without even have to design or think! supercheap!

[@yusukeelric]

I understand Chris reason for not telling Ethan, it's still stupid. For me Chris is used to have anyone who goes with him die. Pierce is the most known, But Chris loses party members so often it's almost comedical. This is why he keeps his unit safe while he does the heavy lifiting, he just does't want more people to die on him, pretty much accepted his super hero boulder punching status. So he knew that if he told Ethan he would go with him wether he wanted it or not. But ... dude. Ethan slaughtered a family of BOWS to get his now wife back. He's willing to destroy an entire village if that gets him to Rose and again, his wife.. Also im pretty sure ethan wouldn't have died if Chris worked things out with him instead of keeping him in the dark, More when his wife is back in danger. I understand why chris choice was stupid, I still think it's stupid.

[@jeffryrojas4148]

I liked Chris’ section, I gave up on seeing this game as a survival horror but instead as an action game with horror elements, so the power fantasy of playing as an OP chris was pretty fun for me

[@Daniel6254]

who tf wants hard puzzles? the puzzles in resident evil zero were hell on earth. I loved them in 8 in comparison. The Chris part was a breath of fresh air, too. It felt so good to blast trough the zombies after struggling the whole time with ammunition

[@kalenics123]

Time Crisis intro. What a classic.

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

this run down movie theater by my house has Time Crisis 2 in a side room. I go once a month and play it.

[@oggimain7302]

@@tHeWasTeDYouTh with two fat model playstation 2s and two crt tvs and two guncons we could’ve been unstoppable.

[@jesseheisenberg8854]

I always love how you say "shit" on your videos, never gets old 😂

[@Vedrlaufnir]

4:57 Once you're done with it, don't forget to use the key of the embeded to release the milfanito on Drangleic Castle.

[@javanlth]

The biggest plot hole: BSAA actually missing the fact that Ethan is Molded all this while despite their PCR tests.

[@grassycrab]

blame the puzzle difficultly on streamers whose skill level is "gaming journalist"

[@hubertgizinski7962]

tbh most difficult puzles was that music box if u wanted andswer wast u could just reload game to begining at look at it xd is this game 18+ or for fortnite kids? sry for my ad english tho

[@Ravendawn-oi4yq]

This series never had that difficult puzzles except for a few, Silent Hill was the one with the cool puzzles, while RE was the one with the cool guns

[@hubertgizinski7962]

@@Ravendawn-oi4yq tbh RE 1 puzles were hard when i was 8 and didnt understand english since it is not my primary language and i hated those pictures puzzle XD

[@musikalniyfanboichik]

tbh i don't like puzzles in games at all so a welcome change

[@jonissues1914]

8:07 I love how in this part she just falls into the car that is right down there, but the game tries to make us think it is a massive fall lmao

[@arthurdurham]

Surprised you didn't like the part with Chris, it was so satisfying and cathartic to me to go from Ethan barely scraping by to just mowing down these enemies

[@andrewp1653]

It just feels like it ruins the atmosphere a bit being able to be so overpowered before you complet the game

[@nicholascauton9648]

I actually enjoyed playing as Chris Redfield after being away from the legacy cast for so long. The only thing I hated about it: IT’S TOO DAMN SHORT.

[@nonenonson5547]

Never could of predicted 90% of the Internet simping over a 7 feet tall vampire lady

[@tedeek6555]

9 feet actually

[@12ealDealOfficial]

Still surprises me. I truly don't understand it. This series has had simp fuel since the 90s and its never been ran with to quite such an extent. I blame echo-chamber forums for starting that snowball in motion.

[@OpticHamster69]

9 feet 2 inches to be precise

[@tedeek6555]

@@OpticHamster69 oh shit my bad lol

[@OpticHamster69]

@@tedeek6555 🤣🤣 all good, sick profile picture by the way

[@joshuaknox2724]

everyone talks about lady D but i want to know more about heisenberg and his magneto powers O.O his death was so stupid, he's actually more of a threat with his hammer and magnet powers instead of just turning himself into a junk monster, plot demanded a silly death

[@silentscope47]

Instant like for the Time Crisis music, right from the jump (quite literally). Great review, sonny jim.

[@TheTsukuyomiLight]

You have to remember in regard to Chris' section is that he has been fighting bioweapons for YEARS! Unlike Ethan, who is relatively new to all this, these situations are Chris' forte, so naturally his experience is going to show in the form of him mowing down everything. Word of God also says that if Ethan had died, Chris would have definitely destroyed Miranda.

[@jesusisherelookbusy]

The Time Crisis music at the beginning though. Nice touch Gman.

[@tolvfen]

Those bigger dudes in the village, looks like Krampus

[@fallouttoonlink]

The Lycans aren't like werewolves from myths. So silver bullets will hurt them as much as every other bullet

[@captainjaber5610]

Correct, RE always gives a biological explanation to its creatures.

[@dean7824]

I know a lot of people are going to disagree with me on this, but having Ethan as a protagonist as opposed to playing as the original characters was refreshing. If CAPCOM still wants to continue pushing the franchise back to it's horror roots I personally think it's best that they keep making the main protagonist be an inexperienced survivor as opposed to using the original characters, who at this point are experienced badasses that are generally unfazed by the new BOWs they encounter. Chris's section pretty much shows a more realistic outcome when one of the more experienced protagonist of the franchise decides to take action against the BOWs, he comes fully equipped with weaponry and even has an paramilitary force to back him up, it's a far-cry from RE1 when he entered the mansion with nothing more than a handgun and he was thrown into an event that was completely out of his depth. I'm not saying CAPCOM should forget about the OG characters entirely, but I do find it difficult to think about how they could achieve a horror-like atmosphere when you are playing as a well-known badass with years of experience under their belts that do impressive feats that are borderline super-human at this point.

[@12ealDealOfficial]

First, nice avatar (PoUr Me A dRiNk, BaRtEnDeR.) Second, it pains me to say this, but I agree. I just don't happen to like the character billed as the protagonist of the next game, who is supposed to be some kind of telepath/ teen superhero type. The only way I see Resident Evil becoming scary again is if it continues becoming "sim-ier." Capcom has already shown some cool attention to detail with the firearms in their games, what with the mag retention, press checks, reloading animations, and so on, but these are still games where zombie bites and wounds don't matter all that much, and ammunition is plentiful. The series should retain combat, focus more on exploration and puzzle solving, but make a smaller amount of enemy encounters matter more, with less ammo laying around, and absolutely no in-game economy. As Mikami said when directing the RE1: Remake, "Everything should be done for making the game more realistic." Maybe a bigger focus on atmospheric enemy sounds, more non-humanoid enemies (and only one or two humanoid enemies), and some even more realistic shooting mechanics (checking mag capacity manually, like in Condemned, etc).

[@konpekinogomi]

They could've just added a few lines for chris like "I'll tell it to you later" or something

[@jamezxh]

The Puzzles In RE8 Make the ones in the Uncharted series look like a Bit Coin mining Algorithm

[@zigfaust]

I legit beat it a week ago and still am trying to figure out "what puzzles" were in the game. There were some "take X to Z" shit but I clamor for the day we get Silent Hill 2/3 levels of puzzles with different difficulties.

[@SkacikPL]

I found it funny that they went to such extent to show and explain that Ethan got proper military training and then still made him do the quasi-hipfire ADS. They even contrasted that in RE7 where Chris in his DLC did proper ADS but now in RE8 he also does this weird pseudo aim.

[@fuzzypanda1684]

I dunno, I liked most of the game, although I wish they'd go back to the series' horror roots. Lady D's castle and Donna's mansion were the closest to the OG RE vibe, but I enjoyed the village, the factory, and even Fishman's area wasn't THAT bad, although it was the weakest part, especially the boss fight. Honestly, for me, the gauntlet areas were the worst parts of the game because it's not survival horror at all, it's just an endless shooting gallery until you fulfill the required steps and it depletes your resources unless you know what to do. It's not scary having endless waves of enemies attacking you, it's just annoying. Chris's section was the least RE feeling, but at least they gave you tons of ammo and resources to handle the infinite enemies.

[@Dcode117]

I found chris section super easy I dont get why people had issue, you get overpowered guns best healing and a huge supply of it

[@hubertgizinski7962]

i found whole game super easy onm standard(like only got killed by 1 hit thing like got SAwallowed by big fish or killed 1 time by baby fetus and 1 time i died becouse got killed by that heisenberg grinding machine becouse i didnt saw that corner where u had to hide and o hardcore game is super super hard like village section when u must survive lycans attack is hardest thing in game where enenmies neeed 15 pistol ammo to die and u must just run in circles like in Benny Hill oh i died maybe 2 times on MM boss fight cuz she is bullet sponge and u need lot of ammo

[@eliasmortimer9564]

I found this game to be honestly fantastic, I found the slow intro to be a great tension building sequence. Idfk I just absolutely enjoyed this game thru my time playing and I find it to be just as replayable as older entries. Yet again, just my thoughts.

[@hinatahyuga9311]

I thought Chris was going be at least the main or hidden antagonist and become a werewolf I mean at least that what looks like in the game case or poster

[@squindigglyjigglybop1300]

i'm genuinely curious what accent causes one to pronounce urinal as "ureyenal"

[@pinejungleboogie3563]

There’s a long time werewolf reference on the handgun ammo box the brand going back to resident evil 4 has been named silver wolf

[@TexasLawbringer77]

I always saw that as more of a parody of real-life brands, combining Silver Bear & Wolf in this case - not to mention the box itself being strikingly similar to SB.

[@farlonmuentes6004]

ethan felt like a powerhouse in the RE 7 especially 8. he was the focal point of the story while in 4, leon was like bruce willis in die hard 1 where the villain's mission doesn't really involve leon, it's just that he got into the mess and he needs a way to get out.

[@jtmgamer]

3:42 "More RE7 than RE8" honestly I'd call it a RE6 moment considering he'll batshit insane it is

[@teamhammerbros8466]

Inactually hated the villians. They literally had an oppoturnity to kill Ethan, not once, not twice but a few times where they verbatim capture Ethan, do not take his weapons or tie him up; just to leave the room, to complain about how their daughters keep dying. The basic Werewolf type i thought was really boring. Everything about the Pacing rang true for me on a first plsythrough. I hated this game. Inliterally popped the disc out to destroy it out of frustration. The gane crashed on me, gave me netowork failure notifications, was WAY too hand holdy and was just a miserable experience to play,

[@dud5606]

Ethan: *kills the entire baker family and a BOW superweapon Eve without military training and with some scrappy guns he found laying around. Then afterwards kills 3 powerful lords of Mother Miranda and hordes of lycans and giants all by himself* Chris: GOD DAMN CIVILIANS GETTING IN THE WAY!

[@thejeremymotley]

I felt like RE8 went from a 10/10 to a 5/10 real quick

[@Gaiot1]

Absolutely loved the game, played my first time on Hardcore, I must say, it's the best difficulty, it's incredibly balanced(aside from one little segment) I also have a sweet spot for the "Gothic" tone it has(one of the reasons I love Code Veronica). An amazing game and experience, one of the best REs so far.

[@Sumea_Saukko]

Not even close to being the best RE game

[@Gaiot1]

@@Sumea_Saukko not the best, one of the best. But hey that's on me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@Sumea_Saukko]

@@Gaiot1 Its barely even a Resident Evil game.

[@ohwell7680]

@@Sumea_Saukko actually it's very close to being a resident evil game resident evil changes it up every game and you only really got zombies in three of the entries it was time to change something secondly if you notice Capcom makes a new fan base every time they make one of these games because, they'll be some that like the third person aspect and then the first person aspect and then the old heads like the original play style . The old heads like anything that was cool in their time and that changes over time. But real resident evil fans like it either way because we've read the mangas and comics and all the movies and we understand how the universe works.

[@Trollensky]

@@Sumea_Saukko Dude just shut the fuck up and let people enjoy things.

[@alexdilley987]

Lady D: Since you have travelled so very far, be my guest and let me ENTERTAIN YOU!

[@Gggmanlives]

Underrated reference.

[@DrFelix125]

Shit, that brought back some unexpected nostalgia

[@ThisGuyAd.]

The next one better take place in Twin Peaks.

[@SylphidUndine]

i've never played RE village, yet i don't regret watching this first.

[@Timeothy]

Carlos is the voice of Chris in this game and it works so well

[@ET-Gamer]

Honestly I really liked Moreau and Donna's sections, Donna's was basically PT and Moreau's whole area felt just like the Catfish section in Metro Exodus.

[@zigfaust]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that realized her zone was PT. Once I saw "Da Baby" it was no longer a comparison, it was clear as fuck fact.

[@tylertrotter5990]

Did anyone notice Heisinberg called Chris a " Boulder punching asshole " Lol Edit: I heard it when watching H20

[@MrNegima10]

2 things. 1) i really liked the second area and boss fight after lady D. It had a very outlast vibe to it and changed the pacing which i enjoyed, but i understand why others may not like it. 2) while chris's section was flawed, i saw it more like a reward for the player. Like "hey we know you have been scrounging up and saving ammo, go nuts for 20 min with an assault rifle." I will say the biggest issue for me is the pacing. Heisenbergs area felt like a bit of an exposition dump. Like they were making the game and realized they had forgotten to keep telling the story and just crammed it all in towards the end. Still overall i loved the gameplay and the story and im looking forward to more.

[@YourPalKindred]

I liked the Chris Redfield part. It was nice to just have a fun shooting gallery and kind of "get revenge" on these enemies that had harrased me for so long

[@ostrichlord9097]

Lady D being the most memorable villain in the series? Bruh, Heisenberg had leagues more personality, having his own motivations, being persuasive with Ethan, and being more than a single-minded murderous villain. Lady D's entire character is "muh daughters " and "muh blood"

[@ally3417]

She does not even look really beautiful, like come the fuck on, people like these make me wanna go back to monke.

[@victora.1329]

To me it wasn't just about her (and her cake) but also the environment and lore crammed into her section. It really was awesome fighting and exploring a vampire castle. The elegant/creepy setting really helps to complement her as a character. That's what I think make her so memorable to a lot of people

[@laszlozsurka8991]

I agree. Heisenberg is definitely the best lord.

[@Loinenn]

Tuning down the gore from re2make was a mistake. It felt like my shots did no damage at all at some points

[@Gruntvc]

RE3 Remake made this giant mistake too. RE Village doesn't even have gore as good as RE4. Really don't like how those zombies heads don't pop like the werewolves.

[@VandergriftMoefies]

Same with the physics. All the deaths are just pre-baked animations. And they are constantly sliding around and clipping trough walls when they're dogging around you. Not really ''next gen'' imo.

[@moonraven6145]

Lady D may have died early on in Village, but her legacy will live on in Memes.. and our hearts.

[@Hanfgurkenhasser]

More like in all the tissues.

[@moonraven6145]

@@Hanfgurkenhasser Heh, yeah.

[@thesyndrome43]

finished the game last night, and I think this is pretty spot on for most things, especially in regards to the pacing (and the weird as fuck Chris shooting section right near the end, complete with enemies that will respawn forever unless you cross a certain trigger location)). it IS a good game, but it's got some serious flaws that stop it from being truly amazing

[@Tero133]

This RE is one of the best to speed run, with the 2nd remake probably being the best. You can literally skip the entire villagers cutscene and it takes all of 30 seconds to get through. You can get into the castle in the first 15 minutes or less.

[@GhostStorm1995]

The chris section has laser designator for one of his squad mates and the guy shouts at you about having to reload if you try to designate the location too soon. it's not an air strike. That being said the chris section is still weird to me. BSAA are using bio weapons and chris is full on working with Blue Umbrella. I know in "not a hero" he joins up with Blue Umbrella as a BSAA member to hunt down Lucas Baker. There is dialog where Chris says he doesn't trust blue umbrella and wants to know what they're up to. But it feels like they either forgot or straight up drop that plot line for RE Village. I feel like "IF" they do make dlc for Village they need to do some explaining what the hell Chris is doing. Because at this point i'm not sure this is the same Chris Redfield from the previous RE games.

[@12ealDealOfficial]

Apparently this is the same Chris that was in RE5, judging from the Africa comment while he's with the squad. One other thing to remember is who the writers are. I think the lead writer is the Spec Ops: The Line guy; that game had some mind altering shenanigans in it. It was a huge red flag when Chris's healing items in the inventory are Umbrella labelled syringes closer to narcotics than, say, a first aid spray, a bottle of alcohol, or an herb. I think Chris will be a super soldier clone or brainwashed. The brainwashing thing would make sense given the note in RE2:R where Claire mentions that Chris is acting/ behaving nothing like her brother in that message he left for STARS.

[@GhostStorm1995]

I think there was a story in another media some time in the early 2000's (it is kinda fuzzy for me but i think it was a comic book) Right after the events of RE 1 Chris leaves a note for Claire to not get her involved, while he hunts down other umbrella sites to collect evidence and take them down for good. They would have to had done the clone/brainwashing after the events of 6 or 7. But i'm not sure if they consider the comic canon tho. The whole story line for RE games is spaghetti to me. I'm gonna have to do some fact checking after this. Edit: i checked the wiki for the letter and Chris and pretty much what i said minus the whole comic book thing... (i don't know why i remember there being a comic book)

[@Gruntvc]

@12ealDeal, Different Western writer for RE Village. That writer did Dead Space 1 dude... I do like that this Chris actually looks like RE5 Chris, but man do I miss Roger Craig Smith. Hoping for the clone or brain wash twist lol. This isn't RE5 Chris, even if they make boulder punching jokes.

[@AliG200]

I mean, it seemed to me that he's not really working for anyone in RE8. He basically takes control of the BSAA's Hound Wolf squad, and goes rogue with them. Whether he does that solely just to hunt down Miranda, or whether it was due to him losing faith in the BSAA, or even something entirely different. We just don't know yet. I'm personally intrigued by the whole BSAA using BOWs are soldiers, since they've mostly been portrayed as a good organization prior to RE8, so seeing them go as far as to use their own BOWs to fight other BOWs, well, I sure want to see why.

[@12ealDealOfficial]

@@AliG200 His stuff being Umbrella branded is a big red flag that the writer's have something planned for him. They made that font extra big on his healing items.

[@tiphmiller_sacred_ink]

I loved the Chris part ….was super atmospheric and going through the village your familiar with but in a different way…..I’ve competed the game on village of shadows difficulty and I would not say this part was a breeze at all ! I also beat the boss for this with out realising you could do the bomb locator thing until I got to VOS level 😅😅👍🏽👍🏽any way I lived this part and it’s the only time you see the village by night !

[@thekillersandvich1150]

18:06 actually, you can defeat him without using the airstrike in fact, it is required for the knives out achievement

[@OpticHamster69]

Such a God awful trophy to get

[@dblundz]

I loved playing as Chris. Loved all the new lore. Liked how the game set up the future. Love Chris’s new rouge unit etc. Up and downs in intensity. I loved this game as whole. Solid experience for me.

[@TheJaymky]

I’ve never heard urinal said that way 😂😂

[@theblackbaron4119]

He's from down under. ,

[@johnny1334]

Straya

[@DonutSwordsman]

Bro these thumbnails are gold, one of the best analysis channels on youtubr