Resident Evil 1.5/2 - What Happened?

[@MattMcMuscles]

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[@KevinG3699]

Hey are you ok? Your energy seems different than usual in this video. Still great video you just don't seem the same. You got a cold?

[@DarthLego46]

Hey, just wondering if the currently posted LPs on this channel are remaining here or are they going to migrate to the new channel? Thanks!

[@mekman4]

Fantastic Stuff, as always! Experimentation makes for great everything!

[@backspacer92]

@@DarthLego46 The old content stays on the channel.

[@futureDreamer4]

Nightmare Creatures was a good horror game for the ps1

[@NiffisWorld]

So a bad game was saved by the people responsible to control the quality and thanks to corporate making the right decisions? And it ended up even being good for the developers? Thats something really rare on this channel (and in big companies sadly).

[@tcrpgfan]

That's because the game was an equally rare instance of NOBODY being satisfied with development and everyone agreeing that changes need to be made. What also helped the game was that outside of Capcom, Playstation was hitting its best regarded era of games (FFVII came out the year before, MGS would come out later on in 1998, and RE1 along with Crash Bandicoot kickstarted that period.)

[@Cloud92390]

Seems like this series has so many dev issues but because the company and the developers believe in it it really shows their passion in the final product. RE2 is still my favorite and in my opinion the pinnacle of the pre-RE4 games.

[@lakitudude7577]

@Eduardo Mendez it literally happened again with metroid prime 4

[@jeffreybokhari6772]

I Still Want To Play Resident Evil 1.5 That Was Supposed To Be Released In May Of 1997 And I Can See Is The Game Is Scarier Than The Final Version Like The Zombies They Move Faster In 1.5 And They Take More Bullets And Are Deformed Looking And There We’re Zombie Ape Gorilla Witch Acted A lot Like The Hunters Do In Resident Evil 1 And They Was The Man Spider That Was Replaced By The Lickers In The Final Build Of Resident Evil 2 And There Was The Tyrant Inferior And I Think Mr. X Replaced The Tyrant Interfior The Original Boss For Resident Evil 2 Was Known As Golgatha Was The Said To Be A Plant Zombie Like Creature And It Was Said To Have Was Head At The End Of It’s Tail In Another Resident Evil Game Called Resident Evil Dash But William Birkin Ended Up Replacing It In Resident Evil 1.5 And The Resident Evil Dash Was Scrapped Was Because It Would Slow Down Development Of Resident Evil 2 And Delay It’s Release Resident Evil Would See The Return Of Chris Redfield And Jill Valentine And It Would Lead Them Back To The One Place Want To Back To The Spencer Mansion At Least What Was Left Of It Some Locations Brought Back Including Some New Discovered Locations And There Be A Battle With Gold Tyrant

[@lowlifeEK]

@@jeffreybokhari6772 PUNCTUATION

[@Aaron-ky4sz]

Can we talk about how this thing even “leaked” though? Apparently a group of RE fans pooled together an insane amount of money (thousands) and bought it from a collector. They form a team together, with the goal of finishing the game and releasing a “complete” build to the public But someone on the team became frustrated, defected, and threatened to leak the build they bought. To counter this, the team released their own modified build (called MZD) to the public in 2013 The Capcom build (vanilla build) eventually leaked anyway though. The build Matt plays here is a heavily patched version of the MZD build that was done by my buddy MartinBiohazard

[@diegorosario2040]

Did the collector sold the source code ?

[@Aaron-ky4sz]

@@diegorosario2040 The build was sold to the team, yes. The collector wanted over $7,000. There was also a rumor that the collector was ‘PlayStation Museum’ here on KZbin but I can’t confirm this

[@diegorosario2040]

@@Aaron-ky4sz was the source code released or only compiled Versions of the game?

[@viola0livido]

​@@Aaron-ky4sz how do you know such things?

[@AndrewCoyte]

There was no source code, it was a compiled demo build on an old cd and cost $8000 to get.

[@Invisiblekatana]

Resident Evil is the most "We got it! Nah, this shit, start over." franchise ever, and it always produces magic.

[@Faction.Paradox]

Not only that, but if you can watch even half a dozen videos about hit Capcom PS games before the phrase "this was originally a Resident Evil game" is said it's a miracle.

[@Invisiblekatana]

@@Faction.Paradox Yet another reason Resident Evil is the best, life wouldn't be the same with no Devil May Cry.

[@MoonSarito]

Agreed

[@valentds]

@@Faction.Paradox capcom is a truly weird company. makes a lot of mistakes, but half the times correct those beautifully. the others... we know well

[@tcrpgfan]

@@valentds It's because they're willing to course correct and actually make improvements instead of denying hard. Especially since Resident Evil 6, despite selling really well, is considered to be one of Capcom's biggest financial failures period. The RE6 video on this very channel does a good job of going behind the scenes to explain why.

[@GenerationWest]

"Fix this, I'll even give you a year, fix this." Ended becoming the crown jewel of the genre, and kick started a franchise legacy, that peaked and valleys, but is having the straight banger success to this day.

[@ironmaster6496]

yeaaah it's so weird hearing that, especially from Crapcom

[@robhova]

Without a question my favorite video game franchise is Resident Evil. This series didn't need to wait to get me hooked on the sequels RE1 already had me hooked. May not have played anything to completion since RE5 but I do enjoy watching silent play-throughs of them. Code Veronica is my favorite one but that is probably my Dreamcast bias talking because I had the most fun playing 5 with my little brother on the 360.

[@tcrpgfan]

@@robhova Dude, the revelations games and the Post RE6 games are worth the buy. They stoke that same fire the classic games have while not being completely derivative and act as how Resident Evil would approach modern Survival Horror games rather than being Modern Survival Horror games wearing a Resident Evil skin.

[@stephenramos2824]

@@tcrpgfan i disagree with revelations 2, that game was a drag. Rev1 was good.

[@amspook]

@@stephenramos2824 Another side of perspective, I like Rev 2, and dislike Rev 1. I had my fun playing both but Rev 1 pacing is all over the places to the point that it's dragging the story. Rev 2 is very visceral in nature, Claire side is very unnerving, Barry side reminds me of RE4.

[@rohankishibeandpinkdarkboy8853]

That one year gamble really paid off for them. Playing RE2 as a kid was mindblowing at the time.

[@menhirmike]

What's really impressive isn't just that they made a game with a great and cohesive story in the end, but that they did manage to put in 4 different scenarios. After throwing away most of the story, I would have expected a linear, compromised game instead of the masterpiece that we did get.

[@X_Leonhart]

Not even with the 2 Remake, with more time and resources, Capcom was able to replicate that feature. Kudos to the original RE2 team.

[@etinarcadiaego7424]

@@Mankey619 Agreed. The REMake2 was godly but the Nemesis remake was a huge disappointment which is a shame since Re3 is my favorite game in the series..

[@Squeaky245]

@@etinarcadiaego7424 So "godly" it cut half the enemies and turned the B scenario into a copy-paste with no zapping feature.

[@dntremad8290]

@@Squeaky245 That does not take away from the fact that it's a godly game, like at all. It takes away from it being a perfect game which RE2 remake easily would have been had it done the scenarios and all enemy types justice but still it's easily a 9/10 as it stands. Apart from that however RE2remake succeded in literally the most important role: it revived and redefined survival-horror. Of course RE7 came before it but RE7 wasn't as impactful in the horror genre it was more of a stepping stone for the series in particular, a step in the right direction after the disaster known as RE6. And while there were some horror games even before RE7 they were mostly indie titles and pretty unoriginal titles too as almost everyone and their mother tried to copy and paste kojima's cancelled P.T. leaving Outlast as the only impactful horror game for years to come further cementing that survival-horror was done for. RE2 remake however is THE GAME that changed that , THE GAME that you should look at and take notes from if you want to make a AAA survival-horror game and that alone easily makes it a god of a game and more importantly a worthy game of the title Resident Evil 2 as it managed to do in 2019 everything the OG did back in 1998. Bring success for the series, redefine survival-horror and make every horror game developer take notes

[@Squeaky245]

@@dntremad8290 I think you're overblowing it a fair bit. And that's coming from someone who played it enough to get all the records and do a no-save Hardcore S+ run of all four scenarios. It's a good game, but the issues I've sighted put it well aside of 'godly' considering a big part of the expectation _for me_ was that we'd be getting a remake like the first one, which we very much didn't.

[@brebeaa]

Matt, I think you could definitely keep doing accidental success stories. They’re just as interesting, and still fit the monicker of ‘Wha Happun’?

[@spiralgodking9877]

We got that with Metroid Prime.👍👍👍

[@misirtere9836]

Remember, Wha Happun is not about shoddy end products. It's about production nightmares. If the nightmare manages to turn into a dream by the end, the nightmare still happened, and that's what Wha Happun is all about.

[@hussainqureshi9933]

@@misirtere9836 Exactly; L.A. Noire was an interesting episode to watch since I had no idea the development of the game (which I'm pretty sure most who played it said it was okay) was so horribly troubled. Honestly baffled how the game even came out in a playable state.

[@GuntanksInSpace]

Doom 2016 episode had the same energy as this one lol. Would love more of this style too for sure.

[@DarthLego46]

It feels like you could make a whole video about RE Director’s Cut’s soundtrack by itself. That story goes places.

[@princeapoopoo5787]

the mansion basement "music" lives in my head rent free ....

[@RufusM]

@@princeapoopoo5787 Same

[@thechampion8355]

Clowns farting in basement

[@themoocow7718]

Looked into that story the other day. It’s nuts.

[@slusheewolf2143]

The reason why the marriage postponement thing doesn't surprise me is literally because as much as I love Japanese games, the developers are literally horses being whipped into direction. One year, I attended Final Fantasy Distant Worlds in Chicago and Uematsu-san wasn't there because he was literally in the hospital for overworking himself. Japanese people have really toxic work ethics and I wish the culture over there treated them so much better, especially in the video game industry.

[@Faction.Paradox]

Japan's work ethic/culture is so bad it actually makes America's seem pretty reasonable.

[@dikballistik]

@@Faction.Paradox Yeah like at least we DISCUSS shitty work conditions. In Japan it's generally seen as the mark of a good employee to dig your own grave as long as it benefits the company.

[@etinarcadiaego7424]

It's the same with mangaka. Miura basically died from the strain and Oda has been hospitalized from overworking.

[@Disco4ia]

for real like with Silent Hill... Takayoshi Sato originally wasn't going to be given credit for his cg work in the game and all because of his spot on the totem pole. The compromise was in order for him to be credited he would have to make ALL the cg himself. The poor guy literally lived at Konami for 2 and a half years, sleeping under his desk, just to get his name in the end credits. So goddamn wild

[@redacted2275]

@@dikballistik It's not a conscious thing or a mere social etiquette, don't say it like it is: old Japanese families were created to feel an excessive amount of gratitude or guilt surrounding many topics. You're talking about a country that hikikomori is a thing, a bunch of young people retracted in their apartments as the ultimate form of escapism, like living life was a burden and they have no idea why nor have someone to explain. A country that you can literally live in a Internet Cafe and has the infamous book called "The Complete Manual of S*****e" selling one million copies since 93. In fact, a good book to understand a little the pressure of living in Japan. Pressure from the outside but mostly from inside out.

[@zanethezaniest274]

At this rate Matt’s gonna hit us with the ‘10 Hours of Capcom’s video game failures’ by the end of this year.

[@thomasderosso5625]

I want it.

[@regidio5083]

I concur. I would want this too.

[@julien_o_67]

Just wait for Street Fighter VI 😁

[@Yeahhhhthisisgood]

I'm for it

[@josiahbahuaud2294]

We can only hope.

[@sabo-vf3xj]

I think it would interesting if you covered the whole Director's Cut Dual Shock soundtrack fiasco some day. Turns out the soundtrack was actually ghostwritten by the orchestra arranger (Takashi Niigaki) with help from his family and friends (who, supposedly, had no musical training at all) and the "composer" (Mamoru Samuragouchi) who was famous for being a deaf composer, wasn't deaf and didn't even composed his own music. It's bonkers, because the guy now is a youtuber who posts music (apparently) made by himself.

[@SorcererLance]

I guess this video also subtly explains how Capcom's devs "miraculously" squeezed in two whole disks worth of game onto a puny N64 cartridge... they compressed the everliving hell out of not only the texture resolution and the video quality, but also the voice/sound quality

[@PaperMario]

Angel Studios (now rockstar studios san deigo) ported RE 2 onto the N64 not anyone at Capcom.

[@LittleBigHamm]

I fully expect the inevitable Wha Happen episode on Resident Evil 4 to be over an hour long given what I already know about that games development.

[@worldofthought8352]

Just stopping at 5:26 I think that's a neat idea, if any future 'what happend?' episodes have clips of a early demo or beta that is still playable, using own footage gathered, along with showing how the demo went as a full gameplay experience on the 'flophouse plays' is a prety good combination in my opinion.

[@officernealy]

Oddly enough, Resident Evil is full of stories of Capcom gambling and it shockingly pays off. Resident Evil 4 is probably the most well known due to it being considered one of the greatest games ever with a scrapped build becoming a new beloved IP, Devil May Cry, but Resident Evil VII: Biohazard was another such gamble. Despite reception, Resident Evil 6 made a lot of money and they could have continued that direction, but instead they went out of their way to make a more intimate project to appease fans and the results of that ushered in a new golden age for both Resident Evil as a series and Capcom at large.

[@Lastofthescofflaws]

The original Resident Evil 2 is still my favorite RE game ever. Thanks for this educational breakdown

[@tcrpgfan]

I wanted to say that CarcingenSDA's runthrough of RE2 with director commentary from Kamiya himself is also a great source of info on the game's development as he actually gets asked some interesting questions and provides a look into developing for Capcom at that time. The one most notable thing is he talks about making the game rather fondly as if they were cherished memories despite the struggle to make the game in his 20s. The funny part is that he actually mentions he forgot a lot about what went into the game because he mentions that encountering something he felt was original in the 2019 remake turned out to be from the original game.

[@TLW4118]

Yesss! I’ve been waiting for you to cover this! RE 1.5 has such an interesting development history and it’s so cool we have almost a fully playable build to play for ourselves

[@ratchetxtreme6591]

Fascinating what to see what RE 2 was like prior to its release.

[@MateusDrake]

A What Happun? with a *GOOD* ending? Not surprising because we all know RE2 did great, but it's always interesting to see that it was no walk in the park to get there.

[@earlyriser03]

My Saturday morning isn’t complete until I get my fix of WH! Thank you, Matt!!! ❤️

[@Harukurochan]

You know, while it’s tough hearing about the struggles that can people face when making a piece of art, its also really rewarding to hear that people learned from their mistakes and made something better in the end. Granted, struggling to achieve ones creative vision should *not* be the standard, but learning to see faults and deciding “OK, how can I make this better?” is something that should be encouraged. I’m glad this was a, mostly, positive story this time around. Speaking of troubled productions that eventually paid off, I feel like “Pokémon Red & Green” would fit the bill, considering their long years of development and the numerous issues that Game Freak encountered in getting the games made.

[@forresthunter1483]

Great timing. RE 1.5 is legendary.

[@meansofintrigue2269]

Really great video. Quite the fan of how you'd use clips from the game to illustrate your narration in light hearted ways. (Leon limping through the RPD underpass as you talked about Kamiya taking criticism to heart was a particular piece of gold.) The production history of RE:2 always yields some interesting tidbits. It's somewhat sobering to learn that both Mikami and Kamiya didn't have backgrounds in the horror genre. Yet they are both credited with producing some of - if not THE - most iconic video game horror of all time. I've also got to thank you for detailing Okamoto's role in the production of RE:1 and 2. I thought Kamiya was the sole force behind the decision to to a full redesign. Wow, if not for Okamoto's gut instinct and industry insight we'd be without the profound gaming experiences we have today. (Though I do question his view on RE 2 - as it existed then - suffering because of its lack of narrative connection with RE1. Sequels without overt connection to the originals aren't exactly frowned on, especially not these days. But then again, I'm a sucker for Classic RE legend. And such a legend requires the presence and influence of the characters made infamous by the originals.) I like to think there's something of a moral in the story of how RE2 came to be; your video very much affirms that. The attitude of perfectionism is not inherently a bad thing, it's worth the time dedication in order to yield greater things. The DNA of the core idea for RE2 remained, it's just that the superstructure needed an overhaul.

[@OrangeShanker]

the timing of this is great. Just started playing 1.5 a couple days ago

[@Kite403]

RE2 was my favorite game on N64. It's crazy to think the first iteration of it was so different. I'd still try that build out, though

[@Kinoksis]

I would've sworn you had already done a Wha Happun for Resi 4, I guess that's another game to the pile of potential episodes. Though it's troubled development is widely known by most gamers, it would still be interesting to see your version of the story.

[@DalDal-ze7ps]

I am so glad they got a credible writer to fix 1.5. The story, characters, atmosphere and different scenarios blew my mind when I first played it. RE2 is still my favourite game ever! Flagship logo!! Didnt know what it was even though I kept seeing it in the credits of games, so from now on I will take it as a mark of quality :)

[@thesegaguy6279]

Leon: "I'm not at the beach, this is a bathtub!" Dude, almost spat out my drink. Lol

[@LouDominquez21]

same! 😂

[@guisouzadias]

same here

[@avalogna]

I thought that the RE1 basement song did a perfect job of setting the atmosphere, of a room filled with rotting food from the failed refrigeration. The room was no doubt unpleasant to be in.

[@emilysong2000]

I figured that it was only a matter of time that you would begin the process of making enough Capcom-based What Happened episodes so that we might one day see a ten-hour version of your recent Capcom Mega Compilation...XD!

[@Penncentral-vr6mg]

Literally beat Leon B scenario last night. One of the coolest stories in gaming. Really makes me wanna try the Capcom 80 percent build to the end.

[@_Paul_N]

There are a lot of areas from the 1.5 alpha that ended up being blended into the RE2 remake. Capcom didn’t fully scrap the project and I’m glad they didn’t lol. Also Elza’s racing suit ended up being a DLC costume for Claire who looks amazing in it from behind 😂

[@fahriakalin5936]

i love that this build of the game made its way into the light, hope and pray we get to see the N64 proto of REØ one day

[@rich213sal]

Pray for world peace or ending hunger, dont b wasting gods time on a weak prayer 😂 jk

[@basurerodej8501]

We almost got a RE0 proto, it was written over a Mega Man 64 prototype

[@TheLandofObscusion]

The ironic thing about Noboru Sugimura is that he not only was the man who helped define so much of the Resident Evil universe starting with RE2, including making Umbrella into the true big bad it was for years, his final RE game before passing in early 2005 was 2003's RE: Dead Aim, the spin-off which wound up explaining why Umbrella eventually died out before RE4 (in short, the events of Dead Aim made Umbrella unable to continue paying off its various legal defenses, so it went bankrupt). In essence, Sugimura died alongside the villain he originally defined in RE2. Also, Dead Aim is legit a really fun game (especially with a controller/GunCon combination), & easily the highlight of the Gun Survivor sub-series.

[@claytonrios1]

Even in Capcoms successes it seems that they have a lot of tales of development hell.

[@spiralgodking9877]

Videogames are crazy, huh?

[@jordanbisasky4586]

A positive back then when a few dozen people can make a game. Versus the hundreds (thousands?) of people and $50 million budget today for a AAA game

[@pedroportillo1585]

All these problems, and it still came out before Duke Nukem Forever!

[@maxzavalaiii2866]

Awesome video. My first glimpse of Resident Evil 1.5 was in 1996. A friend of mine who owned a playstation still had the box it came in. On the back of the box it had screenshots of upcoming titles and Resident Evil 2 was on there. The screengrab looked like an early copy of the game but after a little research, found out that it was from RE 1.5. I love the mystery behind the game and love that it has been documented as well as this. Good job!

[@costby1105]

Fun fact the midi for the director's cut was screwed up and that's how we go the spooky trumpets.

[@BBoy2015]

As a Drag Race fan, hearing Matt say the immortal words at 7:08 definitely made my day.

[@hismajestycorintheus]

I was hoping someone else would mention this! As a gaymer, the Janet Jackson and Drag Race reference was giving me life. Combining it with my favorite horror series? Perfection 🌈

[@thedonofthsht76-58]

I was super young when the original RE and RE2 came out. I want to buy a ps1 just to play the originals. Always love hearing the stories behind the games!

[@SAPProd]

Been waiting for this episode for a long time! My literal first PlayStation game bought alongside my PS1 in college. The RE2 development woes is as famous as the game itself, especially the decision to start over from scratch (nearly), and proves that success is not always easy, but the proper guidance and talent can see it through. Also, excellent job teasing a future episode at the end!

[@TLW4118]

It’s such a bummer that we don’t have any way to play the original RE2 on PS, Xbox, or Switch. I just want a simple port of the original trilogy on modern consoles. Why is Capcom leaving so much money on the table?

[@bern9642]

Probably got their hands full with monster hunter and countless RE remakes

[@albertsautter4077]

In all fairness, the initial, non dual-shock release of Director’s Cut was really good. The one exception being that the uncut cinematics were still left out for some reason.

[@LonelySpaceDetective]

Thankfully nowadays, there's a hack to correct both the music and censored FMVs issues.

[@dylives7667]

Suddenly, the Resident Evil 2 Prototype is the talk of the town.

[@MrReese]

It's crazy when you look at how big Capcom was during SNES times. btw, I watched a video about RE 1.5 on a different channel and did not get 10 % of the info I get in this one, so props to you for making such a great video that gives all the relevant details. However, according to that video the enemy diversity in RE 1.5 was actually bigger than in RE 2. For example, there were female zombies in RE 1.5 which apparently are not in RE 2.

[@MattMcMuscles]

That's incorrect. There are female zombies in RE2.

[@RetroRanter]

Always had a fascination with 1.5, I know there's a kind of playable version out there now and I wish we could get a truly finished version. Just for the curiosity.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

Is everyone excited for the RE 4 remake? CAPCOM, please don't ruin it like the Resident Evil 3 remake. :(

[@stanleysmooth]

This was a great choice for an episode. I'd still love to see a finished version of Resi 1.5

[@pikamario99]

Having only played the remake it's weird seeing rooms I recognize in their original appearance

[@kbop]

One of the best additions to the series Matt 👍

[@MrTechpara]

Thank you for another fantastic RE video! Can't recommend the Itchy, Tasty book enough if you're a fan of the series, BTW. I hope this means we will finally get an episode for RE: Welcome to Raccoon City, as it seems like so much happened (and didn't happen) during each and every stage of production, and we could have gotten something very different from the final product... Kind of like RE 1.5! As always, thanks Matt!

[@DeviousX13X]

Nice, more McMuscles gameplay in the future, new channel subbed! As for new What Happened subject material, PS1's Vagrant Story might be interesting. Hope you are well!

[@HighPriestFuneral]

Vagrant Story, eh? Wasn't that game a critical darling, but received a cold reception by the public? A cult favorite (And for good reason!) but largely ignored in its own time?

[@DeviousX13X]

@@HighPriestFuneral All true, and if I recall correctly there was also something interesting about it's development. It was supposed to be a different game or something along those lines, from what little i remember. Hope you are well!

[@HighHeelKnight]

"Mr Kennedy if you're nasty." 😂👏👏👏

[@shotgunmasterQL]

After just hearing the description about mr Tokuro Fujiwara, I was like "wait, was this the guy who left Capcom and created Tomba?" Yup, what a legend. A crime that his indie/solo endeavors under Whoopee Camp didn't lead to success, because the two games that they managed to make in those few years are some of the god-damned best games I have played.

[@ashhawkins3641]

Yes finally another episode!!!

[@TheHalloweenSpirit]

Now we need the What Happened of RE 3.5/4 👀

[@WickedLC21]

Glad that Claire made it better.

12:46 Oh, I remember this! Little Raphael looking at a magazine and saying "Fuck, look at it! Can't wait to rent" 😂😂😂

[@carloszagal1934]

YO I NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD COVER THIS!

[@dallinferguson994]

Oh fuck yeah. Just watched most of your Retrospectives recently. Love seeing that upload notification

[@Globalastral5]

7:07 Someone has been watching Drag Race

[@James-gj8rn]

The Resident Evil 2 Remake was phenomenal, i'll have to play the original somehow :)

[@DieHardjagged]

If you beat both Scenarios from the Nintendo 64 Build, you will unlock an Ammunition Randomizer.

[@Spawnwick_Boseman82820]

@@DieHardjagged I had the dreamcast version

[@randomguyontheinternet8345]

This was one of the most interesting game development storys. Thanks for the awesome video👍

[@yukarinclips]

AYO AFTER RE4 REMAKE ANNOUNCEMENT?? NICE

[@nemesis3587]

Yoshiki Okamoto's involvement really changed the fate of RE. Wish somebody like him stopped RE6 disaster. Noboru Sugimura is another key figure deserve credit for creating lore of Resident Evil. He is writer of first Devil May Cry as well. Truelly a great talent RIP. While RE1.5 looks interesting, Okamoto and Sugimura's critisisms are solid. It looks shallow and kinda boring. Claire is my second favorite after Jill and I'm happy with change. RE2's story is still best in the series and I'm not fan of RE2 Remakes unnecessary changes. Some things I found in interesting from RE1.5 are good chief Irons and extended roles of Kendo and Marvin. The things I wish they kept are Birkin's consciousness (he was calling Sherry in RE1.5) and zombie Gorillas (I wish RE 2 Remake made them, a missed opportunity).

[@kretesWMV]

I'm surprised you haven't covered the story of FF Versus XIII's development and how it became FF XV. I reckon it'd fit right in with the rest of games you featured.

[@GamingintheAM0801]

The entire FFXIII pantheon would be great for this show, to be honest. Square really counted their chickens on that whole debacle.

[@viola0livido]

hey Matt this is the video we're waiting for

[@DubReno]

It's always nice when What Happened has a good ending

[@Jun123]

*"HOLD YOUR FIRE, I'M A HUMAN!"*

[@sylasgrey1376]

"I'm not at the beach, this is a bathtub!"

[@mmichaelson]

FOOD FIGHT

[@Wezzeth]

17:53... I feel a bit churlish for clowning on this, but I'm going to find it hard not to refer to the franchise as "Resinent Evil" from now. My own idiocy aside, I guess I now understand why people keep sharing links to these videos; what a lovely, thoroughly well-executed concept. Also, big kudos for the Alex Aniel shout-out, that book rules.

[@silverflight01]

If it weren't for that thumbs down and the 1 year extension, RE2 (and quite certainly the franchise onward) would've taken quite a different direction.

[@junkszy912]

Somehow you find more capcom game to this show. Truly amazing.

[@bearerofbadnews1375]

Capcom attempted a kingdom hearts 1.5 before kingdom hearts 1.5 nice.

[@theworstisover1323]

This is crazy!! Earlier this week I picked up the resident evil 2 + 3 remakes and finally got around to playing them. I have 2 young children so the circumstances didn't exactly line up for me to play them until now. Now on top of that I have a resident evil 4 remake trailer and now a resident evil wha happun. This is the best week of my life!

[@chasetheswift]

Man seeing those live action cutscenes is a hoot. I'm so glad my buddy is shooting new film with the OG actors.

[@rockerblast819]

Oh wow! That's surprising to hear...what film are they working on?

[@Gelgoog]

Speaking of RE, seen the demo of the demake of RE 1 for the Sega Genesis? They turned it into an isometric top down shooter.

[@finalcheckpoint1039]

Staff members of countdown vampires latter went on to capcom actually. If I remember correctly they were on board for RE5/6

[@mountaindewdruggie]

Do a video on The Culling by Xaviant. It was literally one of the first battle royale games that kickstarted the genre.

[@FrancesBedoya89]

LOVE your RuPaul's Drag Race reference at 7:07, "good luck and don't f*ck it up!" 🤣😍❤

[@littlerelief]

AhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHH NEW MATT MCMUSCLES AND IT'S ABOUT RE?? Must be my unbirthday...

[@retired2068]

imo elza is one of the coolest looking characters in the series, i wish we got to see her in the real game.

[@shuboy05]

If I recall Claire can unlock her outfit (or was it DLC?) in the remake. It looks even nicer in the new graphics.

[@OnDavidsBrain]

And if you all want to know why Sugimura jumped ship from Toei to Capcom well, ask for a What Happened of Choriki Sentai Ohranger because HO BOY is that a story!

[@nemesis3587]

Yeah it was. But despite all that problems, Bara Revenger episode is incredible.

[@undone14]

A what happened episode of Resident Evil 3.5 would be awesome!

[@FletcherReedsRandomness]

With Final Fantasy XVI finally getting a new trailer, a What Happened on FFXV would be great, since that has one of the longest and most tumultuous development cycles I’ve ever heard of, and no one can decide on whether it was worth it.

[@TheJadedJames]

And what is weird is now that Dawn of the Future was canceled, FF15 basically will never be technically finished

[@elzer0181]

Great video, got to be said, even after all these years I still want to play the re1.5, I really wish they would do the last bits and release it

[@mikadomly]

I would love to see a "what happened" to that ps2 voice game called lifeline iirc, I remembered it from a ps2 demo disc for playstation magazine

[@RetroKidReviews]

Wait someone from the og re 2 dev team was a writer for Kamen rider and super sentai yo let’s goooo!!! Yeah I really got nothing else to say great job as always Matt can not wait for the re 4 remake

[@jeffreybokhari6772]

I Still Want To Play Resident Evil 1.5 It Looks Scarier Than The Final Build

[@gimpscam9976]

I want you to know Matt, everytime I think of your shows titled I think of that one Mickey Mouse short where he runs to Mickey and goes “wha happuh”. It’s perfect

[@JohnSmith-se7pp]

Yes I did spill mustard. Yes it did get all over the new rug

[@jameswalt1]

Great video. Side note: I don’t know how anyone can play original RE’s with high res polygon models contrasted against the low res rendered backgrounds - it looks so so bad. The original res PS1/DC versions arguably look far better than high res emulation or High res Pc ports.

[@Chernobog2]

With the remake having just been announced, an episode on RE4 would be quite appropriate

[@alistairblaire6001]

Man Sugimura sounds like a brilliant writer

[@Schraiber]

Absolutely crazy to think of how different gaming would be if things had gone differently, like say they release the disappointing RE 1.5. Presumably then Kamiya wouldn't be trusted as a director again, depriving us of DMC and basically the entire character action genre. Maybe Mikami would have been seen as a one hit wonder. Maybe we'd not have the huge, fantastic franchise that's changed gaming multiple times

[@ekd1852]

Hey Matt, if you want another capcom what happened, how about a underrated crossover thats NEVER COMING BACK, Tatsunoko vs Capcom. As for movies or tv, there's 3 i can list for you. Treasure Planet Osmosis Jones Loonatics Unleashed