Resident Evil 8: Village - Phelous

[@MmaSmarty87]

Heisenberg: "Want to be friends?" Ethan: "I dont know I think we should be enemies"

[@Mate397]

"Certainly"

[@Horatio787]

It's pretty subtle, but I think Ethan just doesn't trust Heisenberg. Heisenberg is more reasonable and has a good motivation, but he's just a little too far gone into crazy territory to be trusted. Although, Ethan's reactions to everything else make him seem dumb as a rock so I might be reading too much into it.

[@SyberiaWinx]

What if...what if we redubbed the whole game with audio from those films?

[@Mate397]

@@SyberiaWinx Sounds like it has potential.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

"Your mother Miranda the bioweapon is your mother!"

[@wstine79]

Poor Barry Phelous. He gets captured by Lady "Beauty" Dimitrescu and "Wabuu" Heisenberg. But instead of Lycans and zombies, he's hunted down by the characters from Dingo Pictures, Goodtimes, and Golden Films.

[@TheDataByteChannel]

That’s a game I would play in a heartbeat!

[@mas8705]

Heisenberg: Mother Miranda’s children are soooooooo stupid. *bops head* He he he he.

[@markcobuzzi826]

And as a time limit, Phelous must complete his objectives before his loneliness meter runs out.

[@Chrisjbennett89]

*good times beauty gasp*

[@TheDataByteChannel]

Now I’m just wondering who would Miranda & Donna be? Obviously the hunchback dude would be one of the hunchback’s(hopefully Dingo’s) he’s way better than “The Handsome of Notre Dame”.🤦‍♂️

[@mattnorth643]

I'm a little surprised he didn't talk about Heisenberg calling Chris a boulder punching ass hole

[@sharosudo]

Lmao I forgot about that

[@SuperMurray2009]

Omg when!??? I dont remember this part!

[@mattnorth643]

@@SuperMurray2009 it's like right during that conversation with um....heinsberg right before the first time you encounter helicopter guy. People please tell me if I'm wrong? Been while since I played it.

[@captcardinal7082]

@@mattnorth643 I believe it was actually during the tank battle after Chris blows up his factory.

[@ronanjager3829]

And how does that surprise you? Not everything is important.

[@mantisgreen]

"Vampire Witch Waifu" lmao. Legit made me laugh.

[@skornie123]

I think Henry from Silent Hill 4 moved out from his old haunted apartment and changed his name to Ethan Winters.

[@golgothavirus]

Well to be honest the whole ethan has healing powers because of the mold infection was heavily implied throughout documents found in 7

[@nailsin4416]

Its extremely annoying that the result of feedback from the last game was to change it up to be more accessible. Player: "That game scared the shit out of me" Capcom: "Oh yeah, sorry, that's our bad. We'll tone it down." Player: "No, no, wait, I mean I love it! don't tone i-" Capcom: "Its just too scary and too tense for people to play, that hurts to hear, we'll do action again. We'll let the player have guns, lots of guns, it'll be great fun for everyone." Like Capcom should've just taken the "Feedback" as a compliment and go all out for the scares, this could have been something unique, even with keeping the four bosses, it could have gone to some great places as a full fledged survival horror. Such a disappointment.

[@Bezaliel13]

Well, with RE 4X2 covered, maybe RE9 will go back to horror. Hopefully, RE9 will not be RE 5+4.

[@geostar1610]

I don't know what in the hell people are talking about with the toning down the scares. There only thing scary about resident evil 7 is the lack of anything remotely scary. Fighting the same members of some hillbilly family is yawn inducing, mutated or not. Toned down the scares my ass.

[@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes]

I think only like the first hour of RE 7 could be considered remotely scary. RE 8 has multiple moments that make me feel more terror than I did at any point in RE 7.

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@geostar1610 Okay hipster

[@rogue7723]

I guess they assumed adding a 9-and-a-half ft. tall, seductive, curvaceous mutant vampiress would make it better.

[@Dreadjaws]

I didn't dislike Ethan (I kinda liked how he progressed from desperate and not knowing what to do to cocky and fearless), but Capcom's insistence in never showing his face was ridiculous to the point of hilarity. At this point you have to believe it's all some kind of in-joke between the developers. Just like every game now needs to have bolt cutters at some point (or a valve handle in the old ones).

[@TevyaSmolka]

same here

[@magita1991]

We should have seen his face at the end given how it all ends.

[@HiperPivociarz]

Ethan is the Griff of Resident Evil. "I'M ETHAN!"

[@ZackExplorer28]

the who?

[@TheKpa11]

Barry gets I HAVE THIS! Chris gets YOU CAN’T KILL ME!/WES-KER! Claire gets WHATEVER! Jill gets BARRY! Leon gets MIKE!

[@thatDAAARNcat]

I love how not only does the Healing Juice heal Ethan's severed hand but it also mends his shirt sleeve.

[@thatonea-hole]

Gotta love those magical healing juices that can even fix clothes!

[@EternalGuardian07]

Bugged me through the whole game lol

[@williamlee9103]

My thinking is that they kept the sleeve intact simply because it would look goofy to have the sleeve cut off partially.

[@Anastasia2048]

What if the fibers got infused with his flesh? I would have at least pulled my sleeve up before putting the juice on my stump haha.

[@Dreadjaws]

For all we know, his clothes are part of his body. It's probably a similar case to The Sixth Sense. When the guy doesn't realize he's dead he will outright ignore everything that wouldn't make sense if he was alive.

[@genyfear]

I’m actually surprised you didn’t comment on Moreau’s “IM THE BEST” yell during the crank retrieval part. You and Allison saying ‘he’s/she’s/they’re the best’ in your older videos was the first thing I thought of when he yelled that. 😂 I loved the game, but unlocking the art concepts and reading some early ideas kind of bummed me out as a lot of the scrapped ideas sounded more in tune with RE than what they went with. Especially the concepts involving Heisenberg, but I’m a bit bias as he was my favorite character.

[@Xeronoia]

What was the concepts involving heisenberg?

[@masterzombie161]

Hey Geny I didn’t know you were a fan of phelous. I give this game a 5 out of 10 because it’s just wasted potential. It’s ironic that the only reason Resident 7 existed is because of silent hills. Now they throw away all the interesting psychological horror in favor of a plot twist that doesn’t make sense the more you think about it. For god sakes there’s a multiplayer mode that’s included and it still doesn’t even work. This game is not worth 60 to 70 bucks.

[@genyfear]

@@Xeronoia I didn’t get a notification for this comment, so sorry for the late reply. The earlier concepts had Heisenberg’s family running the farm/factory. A mother, father, twin boys and Heisenberg. The helicopter engine monster (stern, I think his name is) was going to be what remained of Heisenberg’s father after he was experimented on by Heisenberg. Another version was his father was the main antagonist, not Heisenberg and the first half of the boss fight was in a barn (not unlike RE4). If you unlock the concept art in the game, there’s little blurbs from the creators you can read about the picture. I unlocked all of Heisenberg’s stuff first since he’s my favorite character and wanted to learn more about him.

[@genyfear]

@@masterzombie161heyyy Master Zombie! Fancy seeing you here! Haha. I honestly loved this game, but I’m really drawn to ‘eclectic’ style horror. I don’t know what it is, but horror movies and games that really don’t seem to know what it wants to be is something I really enjoy and RE8 felt like it was trying to be everything. My only complaint is similar to Phelan’s where we didn’t get to walk around the village at night as Ethan…and the werewolf was stupid looking. Maybe we’ll get some DLC down the line..

[@Xeronoia]

@@genyfear That actually sounds way more interesting.

[@hiddenflare6169]

“And I suppose a baby chasing you around is pretty scary, just not the horror I want from Resident Evil.” Now this is a sentence XD.

[@HeilRay]

Maybe if the baby wet itself

[@JoeChillton]

Did he actually say that?

[@hiddenflare6169]

@@JoeChillton 10:52 here ya go.

[@JoeChillton]

@@hiddenflare6169 oh my god 😂

[@pompousproductions]

It’s why I loved that sequence, it was basically pissing on Silent Hill’s grave

[@richardgadberry8398]

You know, for all the faults this game has, we can all take solace in one thing: No Alice Marysue.

[@latayesha]

I rather have Alice

[@cinemastan6375]

I KNEW that Lady D was going to have a boring 'boss transformation', but I was still so disappointed when it happened. It completely takes away all the things that made her design so unique and interesting. When the fight was over, I said 'That sucked' out loud right before the achievement popped - and it was actually called 'That Sucked!', so I guess even the game agrees with me.

[@Santoryu90]

@Joseph Hitler Cause she was hot simple as that

[@alexanderrichards239]

Boring ugly hag transformed into a decent-ish dragon thing. I see that as nothing but an improvement. The fight itself wasn't so great.

[@cinemastan6375]

@Chandler Burse Even just in the context of the game, completely ignoring the unexpected fandom hype, going from very tall vampire lady to 'generic screaming big boss monster' is a big downgrade

[@cinemastan6375]

​@Chandler Burse Yeah, it is a trademark of the series - that's why it's boring and I wish they stop doing it for pretty much every boss. When she turned into a big monster, I immediately lost interest because I went 'oh, right, it's time for one of these'. It felt familiar and that makes it much harder to be engaged or scared. Ditto for stuff like 'shoot the big yellow weak points'. I think Moreau should have been the only boss fight with a transformation like that.

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@alexanderrichards239 She's not ugly. She's certainly more interesting than the usual Resi bosses

[@Keyboardeater1]

Ethan was also OK with finding out that Mia was working for a BOW producer, apparently. Mia feels like the more fleshed out of the two characters, to be fair.

[@SyberiaWinx]

DID Ethan actually learn all that, though?

[@tlc1432]

The Heisenberg part should have a branching path, Because most people believe that Ethan should have teamed with him.

[@phelous]

Yeah if they gave you the choice it would have been interesting, especially if it let you change a bit more than the Zoe or Mia choice in 7.

[@Majinhero]

Heisenberg killed hundreds and modified corpses and was the first one to atempt to murder ethan of the crew, why would he ever agree of letting him "use" rose?

[@phelous]

Because he was under the control of Miranda and it would seem like the most likely way Ethan was going to get Rose back. If Heisenberg suggested anything like mutilating or modifying Rose than Ethan's objection would make more sense but again I think letting him believe you are teamed up until you get her back either way would be a good plan.

[@mas8705]

Honestly, this would have been a good choice to consider. At least we could have done a thing where right as Miranda is about to go down, either have Winters turn his back to Heisenberg because he knew he would try something the moment their alliance was done and over with, or make it where right as Heisenberg attempts to stab Ethan in the back, Chris and company swoops in, gets Rose and a fight suddenly occurs between Chris and Heisenberg (where the fight would be even more chaotic than what is in the game, but balance it with Chris being Chris with his upgraded tools of destruction). Yeah, Heisenberg isn’t exactly a good person, but that was kind of an “enemy of my enemy” moment. A shaky partnership that would likely implode the moment the bigger threat was dealt with, but that could add some interesting tension to the overall situation.

[@thacobell4700]

A lot of people are stupid then. Creepy Nicholas Cage Magneto not only has a violent and unpredictable temper, but also gleefully talks about how he, "Wants to use Rose." There is a million percent of nope there.

[@thacobell4700]

RE8 is wonderful homage and play off of the classic Universal monster movies. The variety is what keeps the game fresh all throughout. Also, Heisenberg never once said Ethan would get Rose back. He just talks about "Using Rose" and looking at his experiments, its pretty clear what he had in mind for Rose. Not to mention that Heisenberg is CLEARLY unhinged. Ethan doesn't seem like the brightest RE protag, but he's at least above the, "Trust creepy van to actually have the candy it promises" territory.

[@manat31790]

Ethan falls for Moreau's trap because he keeps bantering with him. The guy is not very bright when it comes to dealing with villains. Then again, neither was Harry Mason from Silent Hill, since he was played by a crazy old woman for the entire game. Both Ethan's and Harry's appeal as the main characters come from their genuine parental love and determination rather than their intelligence.

[@giulizpaviz6381]

I still think that he should have teamed up with Heisenberg, and maybe THEN Heisenberg showed his true colours by trying to steal Rose

[@gravier2512]

I guess Ethan is so forgettable they forgot to check him over after the incident or even administer him with a cure like Mia and zoe.

[@mikekz4489]

Ethan looks so bland that he could be the male lead in a Hallmark Channel Christmas movie.

[@WikiSorcerer]

I'm ashamed to admit that I didn't realize they were going for a "Frankenstein" analogue with Heisenberg until a while after the game came out.

[@koichidignitythief7429]

Honestly I like how this game was lowkey referencing the Universal monsters. Dracula with Dimitrescu. Frankenstein with Heisenberg. Wolfman with the Lycans. Moreau and Donna fit more with the Gothic literature angle.

[@KOTEBANAROT]

@@koichidignitythief7429 moreau is taking after The island of doctor Moreau

[@koichidignitythief7429]

@@KOTEBANAROT was the Moreau movie from Universal?

[@livingcorpse5664]

Resident Evil was always going back and forth between more horror focused/more action focused. Original RE2 is more actionized than RE1, people just don't realize it cause it managed to stay scary.

[@phelous]

It managed to keep the creepy tone cause it was still balanced well. There's a huge difference between a bit more action like in RE2 and then what RE5 did.

[@livingcorpse5664]

@@phelous Not disagreeing.

[@williamlee9103]

The Duke actually seems more interesting to me because of the gripes that you've had about him. The fact that he seems like he shouldn't be able to get around and get to these places, the fact that he makes it to these improbable locations, the fact that he knows so much and says so little, his inhuman size, and the fact that nobody seems to really know about the Duke besides you and someone who wrote a note in Castle Demitrescu, points to the Duke being kind of a secret major player in everything that's happening. Tldr. The Duke is clearly not a regular human, him being able to do all of these things just to sell you basic goods on your journey makes him seem like he's actually really powerful and important. That was my take anyway, to each their own on how things land for sure.

[@humanconvertile]

When I see those Dimitrescu daughters and how silly they act, they make me think of those ridiculous vampire brides from Helsing. The ones that go "DO YOU LIKE TO FLY? HAAAAAAA!!"

[@rogue7723]

I’ve never played this game but I got that vibe from the cutscenes.

[@schlamuffenimperator9460]

Admit it. You are disappointed Moreau didn't grew a set of wings in his final form.

[@schlamuffenimperator9460]

@Simple Weirdo "Mother Esme.. Melod... Miranda! Look at me!"

[@markcobuzzi826]

Moreau: *flies into the sun and burns* Ethan: “We will avenge you, my friend.” *spin jumps into the sun*

[@schlamuffenimperator9460]

@@markcobuzzi826 A Samcă appears out of fat air, plays a jazz song and cast firework

[@MarioBario]

A fish with wings? Ok...

[@spaghetnoodle6441]

*old man enters Castle dimitrescu* old man: looks like I was expected eeeeeeeeeeee! dimitrescu: who are you... Old man: oh a delicious vampire *eats her*

[@thatonea-hole]

Old man: mmmmm, mommy milkers

[@talkinghoorse6936]

"Moreau has gotten all wet, he's completely useless now..."

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

What kind of eats? I’m terrified now

[@Caarajack]

Resident Evil 7 felt that it was like as a spin-off in the series without a (playable) returning main character but with a new gameplay style like Resident Evil Survivor, albeit RE7 at least is a good game and has a reminiscent feeling of RE1’s one big isolated location. With Resident Evil 8 Capcom threw together parts from RE7 and RE4 which managed to create an entertaining shooter set in a RE-styled location which is more like a shooter with suspenseful elements than survival horror. I agree that Ethan felt like a blank slate to the point that he could’ve been just a mute protagonist like in many other first-person shooters that play to strengths of other characters such as Half-Life 2. It remains to be seen if Capcom continues with the “isolated view” or will they return to the more familiar over the shoulder style. Meantime they could remake Code: Veronica in the style of RE2/RE3 remakes.

[@Gruntvc]

I utterly despise Ethan and the Winters in general lol. Rumor is RE4 Remake is likely next. But it's not going smooth at all. Supposedly Shinji Mikami is consulting with it. So, might be better than RE3 Remake at least. Code Veronica and RE0 desperately need remakes more. Their considered the black sheep of the franchise. Honestly, RE7, RE6 l, and RE8 should've been made into new franchises. Remember when Capcom actually created new franchises like Devil May Cry, Onimusha, Dino Crisis, etc? They didn't just milk RE and Monster Hunter. AAA gaming sucks.

[@renamon5658]

@@Gruntvc a fanmade code Veronica x is being made

[@Gruntvc]

@Renamon 565, Capcom loves to shut down fan remakes. The Dino Crisis one looked neat.

[@dubuyajay9964]

@@Gruntvc Don't forget cruddy Capcom Vs Sequels that don't give you the characters you want due to DLC and legal bs.

[@jlev1028]

I can imagine that if Capcom does remake Code Veronica, they will remove the Ashford siblings' hamminess in order to make the plot be taken more seriously. All that will do is take away the lovable cheese factor that game is known for.

[@bigcat5348]

Apparently Elena was originally meant to have a bigger role (which makes sense since I kind of thought she would have a larger role and I was surprised she didn't).

[@TECH097]

Maybe we'll get DLC that highlights the villagers before Rose.

[@MrXemnas1992]

I won't lie, I adored this game...loved the story, loved how the four lords paid homage to various horror tropes, love the Duke, etc.

[@possiblepuzzles8137]

Maybe it's because I'm not completely dedicated to the full continuity, but I also had a blast (except for the upper tier mercenaries... Most painful platinum in my library...)

[@Vonniesistah]

I loved the game too

[@whyequalswhat]

You don't need to lie. This is an amazing game.

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

I liked it more then 7. There I said it!

[@pengwin_]

i also loved the homages to the universal movie monsters, but i wish the boss fights were better made.

[@RockerMicke1]

I call this the “winters era” since where going to see this family for quite a while

[@jlev1028]

I think this might be the last game of that "era". Mia isn't as interesting of a character to play as and she lacks Ethan's healing prowess. And playing as Rose would take away all the horror and tension since she basically has the same powers as Eveline.

[@renamon5658]

@@jlev1028 re7, re8 and re9 will be a trilogy so in re9 we will get to play as either Mia or rose. If it ends up as rose i hope they nerf her where she only uses her powers in cutscenes and not in gameplay

[@aleisterdupont4971]

Brace yourself. Winters are staying.

[@Fyrmer]

I wonder what the "spring era" is gonna be like...

[@FRockall]

This guy is criminally underrated for his content.

[@viperv6768]

See, I like the Duke and the fact that he just teleports around. No explanation, no reason, just a supernatural being who goes where there is money to be made. Now...do I think characters like the Duke work better in pure fantasy? I do, but I'm still cool with it here. All of everything being said though, I'm too much of a fantasy nerd not to like this more than 7, although I liked 7 a lot. Honestly, my biggest problem with this game is the factory and the Heisenberg boss fight. You're right, they went on way too long. That being said, I felt the exact same way about 7 and its ship/ mines levels. Both games kinda fall apart and turn into a boring, industrial looking shooter after getting rid of the 3rd family member.

[@rogue7723]

The Duke's my _2nd favorite_ character in this game (though I've never played it), he's very underrated and saves you from having to travel all over the place to buy items. I kinda just wish the developers/programmers/designers gave him darker hair or a beard or something, he looks a little too baby-faced for his size height and voice, but that's just a nitpick.

[@limalepakko6074]

I was waiting for the root beer music during the elevator lift and wasn't disappointed

[@genyfear]

Ha! Is that song called root beer? I’ve always wondered where the hell Phelan found that.

[@BagOfMagicFood]

​@@genyfear It was in A&W commercials in the 1970s, when the Root Bear showed up as their mascot. I haven't looked up when, where, or why the music was released as a full single, though.

[@genyfear]

@@BagOfMagicFood that’s fascinating, no wonder I never heard it before Phelan’s youtube. Maybe people were clambering for a root beer single to compliment Pac-Man fever? 😂

[@AkumetsuLord]

Honestly, i wish the game gave all characters more personality. The few villagers you see in the beginning, they could be around and if need be, could die later (you know...like RE Luis or the cop in RE2 Remake) it just happens so quick to care so eh. The four lords as much as people say they have alot, they kinda don't, Heisenburg and Lady Dimitri have the most since their sections last a good while. Moreau has some, wanting to be loved and useful, and Donna has none which is sad cuz like her concept, could have been much cooler. People will give you some crap for not loving "THE BEST VIDEOGAME EVERYONE'S PLAYING! EVER" but I'm happy to see this review, just like how everyone found our their Tall Vampire Mosquito lady is only in the game for hour (i could less about her) its an alright game, not the best of the series.

[@yoursonisold8743]

I dont think anybody considers RE8 the best game ever, where the hell are you getting this from? It gets critisized a lot actually. In fact I think a lot of old-school fans are overhating it.

[@AkumetsuLord]

@@yoursonisold8743 No, theres a good amount who do think that but of course i heard many criticisms. Maybe i would less think that if i dont see people getting mad that it doesn't get positive praise. You are right, i don't doubt old-school fans would hate on it but it has issues and don't have to hate it to point them out.

[@Bezaliel13]

@@AkumetsuLord Weird that people criticize Donna so commonly when Angie was honestly the character.

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@Chandler Burse If anything morons were saying TLoU2 was the worst game ever because the buff lady killed Joel

[@wstine79]

I will say that the biggest thing this game has created is the many fan fiction and deviantart pictures of Lady Dimitrescu.

[@randalgraves6979]

And cosplay

[@TanukiOkiyo]

And the mods

[@Akatsukileader9]

Which is in itself kinda weird, almost a self aware meme. Maybe it's a taste thing, but I do not find her attractive at all, and after playing the game, she doesn't even act even remotely sexual like one would assume a "vampire" would act, and what I assumed people found hot about her. Not saying she has to act sexual in the slightest, but if her looks didn't do it for me I figured there was something else I missed. Her daughters act more like stereotypical vampires and they're bug ladies. Also she's in the game for far less than what I expected, and she's the first to go too.

[@Deadgod91]

@@Akatsukileader9 Ditto. Fandom hyped her up as the hottest bombshell to ever grace any video game but I simply didn't find her sexy. She's not bad but I found her to be the least attractive woman in the game. Her daughters acted more sexual. In fact, I found Mia, Donna and Mother Miranda and to be more good looking. I guess fandom was more obsessed with her big breasts.

[@jamesbounds]

I've been waiting for your take on this game. Your reviews of these games are always great.

[@TemmiePlays]

THIS is the review I've been waiting for. Your opinion on RE series is one I hold in high regard. You're porbably themost devout fan, and you know your stuff. Thanks Phelan

[@DexDexter0]

You're still everywhere

[@TemmiePlays]

@@DexDexter0 indeed

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

ETHAN the greatest Resident Evil character! Siro: Aw wha?

[@PaperVivianTTYD]

Siro: *Crush paper* That's It😡!

[@duncananderson2113]

Ethan WAY BETTER THAN ALICE

[@colingznetworkplus4618]

But Ethan isn’t as delightfully snarky and cheesy as Leon

[@duncananderson2113]

@@colingznetworkplus4618 true

[@BulletTooth504]

Miranda as Mia, the UUUUUHHHHHest Resident Evil character!

[@doctorfrosty3546]

Ethan’s reactions are natural, not boring. No one is gonna be overdramatic about a lot of things.

[@bearerofbadnews1375]

27:45 I’m also sad Ethan didn’t form a temporary alliance with Heisenberg the guy seem to know a lot. He even knows that Chris punched a boulder in Re 5, which that in of itself raises so many questions to how and why does Heisenberg know that.

[@DaGlassMan4797]

Next thing you know, Super Baby becomes ALICE.

[@TheKpa11]

So is Mia not made of mold? And are we not gonna talk about how she was working in shady business in 7? Wasn’t she part of a group who was trying to sell the mold?

[@Dragonskull1057]

You do use the cure on her in RE7 so I just went with the idea that she is no longer infected while Ethan never took the cure and for whatever reason never seemed to think that he might be infected.

[@TheKpa11]

@@Dragonskull1057 I was under the impression that even with the cure, traces of the mold were simply permanent allowing for the regeneration ability Ethan has. I could accept that honestly, I even liked the concept potential of Ethan growing more by the mold giving him such an immunity to perhaps other viruses giving him powers (Though that would be veering in the direction of the RE movies, if not just making him like Albert Wesker)

[@Dragonskull1057]

@@TheKpa11 Well, I know they went that route in the past with Sherry still having the healing factors from the G-Virus from her cured infection however they never really established it for Mia. I assume she has some form of it in her blood since they did capture her to experiment on her in 8 but maybe it's been nullified so it has no effect on her now or something.

[@LaNoLaCola]

We get to see Phelan take on an Ethan Sandwich

[@B.-T.]

Mushrooms in a sandwich? Ick.

[@KaoticReach1999]

Best part of this game was remembering Chris is a smoker, if only he was playing the Japanese RE song along with 'I GOT A SHOTGUN' in the jeep It'd be perfect

[@SalusFuturistics]

Oh Boi, time to binge the whole Resident Evil Review Series again! EDIT: Come to think of it, glad they didnt call her ALICE.

[@thatonea-hole]

*I GOT A SHOTGUN* intensifies

[@bleakautomaton4808]

I'd almost of liked a return of Zoe than Chris 'punch boulders' Redfield.

[@cremilar]

I've been waiting so long for this video! :D

[@thatonea-hole]

Same

[@omegaPSI2006]

I felt Ethan's first reaction to his daughter was fine. I also feel that - given what everyone has done to use other people as weapons - it was more sensible to deny the team up with Heisenberg. What if in order to "use" Rose Heisenberg permanently fucked her up?

[@librahoshino6752]

I was only thinking earlier today, "I wonder if Phelous will do a review of Resident Evil Village." Day totally made ❤

[@grandadmiralzaarin4962]

Welcome back Resident Phelous. Can't wait for your reviews of the new live action Resident Evil films coming out later this year.

[@GlobalsoftPirka]

19:48 you have no idea how happy I am to hear the return of this music.

[@jacobtheorangeyoshi8710]

I think it would be cool to have an alternate ending where you team up with Heisenberg and possibly fight a new final boss. It would probably lead to a bad ending though but it would be interesting to see.

[@artboy598]

I think the logic behind not siding with Heisenberg was that there’s no guarantee he’d give Rose back either, and since he knows a lot more about this stuff than Ethan, he could just be as bad as Miranda except not being AS crazy. I think he’d just continue his human experimentation after Miranda died and experiment with ppl (including Ethan) too. He just didn’t want to have to answer to anyone. I mean Ethan is still bland, but that’s how I interpreted not teaming up with Heisenberg. His power was pretty broken though. He could have just magnet fielded the bullets away so they never hit him like Fortune from MGS2. Then you would have needed bullets made out of stuff he couldn’t manipulate.

[@grantmoore8228]

Plus the last time Ethan interacted with a laughing mad jack-ass with an obsession with technology and enhancing common enemies, he was forced to wander around a barn stuffed with trip-mines and a birthday themed escape room.

[@spengebabswagpants6768]

People call Ethan dumb, but then want him to team up with the guy who’s clearly gonna stab you in the back.

[@CharlesXavier]

16:45 No Shang Tsung joke about Miranda, Phelous? I can't believe...

[@joeedwards8863]

7 made me very scared! 8 was a test run for the 4make...but the experiments over,Cupcam....make us a REAL RE9!

[@ToonGrin]

It's strange, a producer on the game openly said in an interview that "Some of the feedback we received regarding [RE7 was] that it was too scary to play". So they watered down the horror elements to "create something that anybody can feel comfortable playing” and it just resulted in a mostly unscary environment. I personally felt that narratively not enough of this game adds up to be satisfying. Too many elements felt haphazardly handled. - Ethan doesn’t know he died let alone became mold? This idea is interesting that he is mold but the execution is weak. How did he not know? Furthermore, this felt like how fans joked about the amount of abuse he sustains so they felt the need to narratively explain it in (again) a haphazard way. What's a drag is I liked Ethan the dad saving his kid angle I dig, very Taken, but he feels like we went from a normal average civi in this situation that needed to become an action hero to just some mutant that is void of personality. Like it felt we were going somewhere then the rug got pulled out from under us and then we took a swan dive down a stairwell. - Mia knew so she fornicated with a mold corpse to have a baby? That's creepy right? Also, why is there so much love for Mia when she worked for the Connection (the villains behind Eveline's creation) and Mia actively part took in the research, experimentation, and distribution of children as BioWeapons. Where is exactly the sympathy of her character? Is it because she wants a family? Even though she'd make bioweapons that'd lead to the death of more people (including families). - Mother Miranda waited a century. Also what happens if Ethan and Mia were never relocated to Europe for protection? Would she just...wait? Miranda comes off like an idiot and lacks personality compared to Lady D who has the whole aristocrat vibe and Karl who is like a sort of Nick Cage Cowboy. Even Moreau has the sympathy of being a tragic mutation that goes unloved. It's a bit basic but still. Miranda and Donna really are rivals to see who are the most uninteresting characters along with Ethan. If Miranda needed a clone didn’t Spencer master cloning in one of the other titles? Coulda swore that was a plot in one of them. This goes to show the series might be saddled with too much canon that even the people telling stories in this universe don't know it. Hence why a reboot like 7 was a benefit to the franchise to make it much more easily penetrable. - Tying everything in 7 and 8 back to Spencer felt like a coward's move. Like the writers got feedback that folks didn't like the new direction so they folded like laundry to include the stuff that fans were familiar with to appease them. Biohazard felt like a soft reboot which I felt was need to be more accessible for new folk like me (who tried to understand this universe lore but it's just so thick) but now it just feels like a jumbled mess again. The village really does feel like a "You can't have your cake and eat it" where the producers wanted to go new but also wanted to satiate the fan backlash and instead we get to just middle of the road rehashing. I've seen a remarkable amount of reviews where folks say some variant of "...honestly if you were going to do this just remake Resident Evil 4. I at least like Leon." Now I see folks just dislike all the new IPs made for the franchise and just demand the old stuff and that's a bummer. - Rose is special but the game never explains WHY she is special. This bothered me quite a bit only because at the start I was enjoying the story (before revelations occurred later on) and I speculated playing as Rose could be interesting at being a heroic version of a bioweapon could be an interesting change for the series. But after this storytelling, I lost interest entirely. - The best thing about this game for me is the marketing with the puppets. My gosh, those were delightful.

[@jlev1028]

I'm wondering why Mother Miranda couldn't track down Eveline and sacrifice her? Why wait for some mold baby, who's father is a mold slayer, to be born?

[@rinnekaoru]

The puppet show commercial makes more sense now

[@MJFERMEZLA]

It's almost like Capcom just do Action game since the fourth game, and their only idea to change their habbits for 7 was just to copy paste the cancelled Silent Hills game, and when the game have success and they have to do a sequel of that... they have nothing else, so just make a action game again.

[@whyequalswhat]

Considering we know literally nothing about Silent Hills, other than PT which was confirmed to not be what the game was actually going to be like anyway, how in the hell can you say RE7 was anything like it?

[@MJFERMEZLA]

@@whyequalswhat ... Everyone know it, even Phelous mentionned it in his review of RE7 that it was really a copy paste of the Playable Teaser of Silent Hills.

[@whyequalswhat]

@@MJFERMEZLA except it wasn't. RE7 was in development before PT.

[@MJFERMEZLA]

@@whyequalswhat proof ?

[@mokinokaro]

From my understanding, the Japanese gaming press and community heavily criticised RE7 for going TOO hard into horror causing the overcorrection the other way with 8.

[@BugsyFoga]

The review we've all been waiting for.

[@wstine79]

This and the Mortal Kombat 2021 movie.

[@thatonea-hole]

@@wstine79 Truly

[@CreepyNess1234]

THANK YOU for mentioning how he could have handled the potential team up better. Like I get that he didn’t want his daughter to be considered a weapon and he didn’t want to trust him. BUT he could have talked with him and discussed it more! Just seems like it was a lack of communication that got them fighting... yeah the dude is evil too but they could have given a better reason for Ethan’s refusal.

[@endplanets]

You can't shit on *THE* Ethan Winters. They really broke the mould with him and he is a fun guy.

[@SyberiaWinx]

I don’t know. He really blew it at the end.

[@samcortez420]

Mia Gumbo just isn't as satisfying as a Jill Sandwich, I tell you what

[@bunkerzero]

Barry: what? What is this? Ethan: what... Why? Also elevator ride Person A: So anyone seen any movies lately? Person B:I saw army of the dead A: oh was it any good? B: no Still riding the elevator

[@artofmore7197]

19:40 Knowing you, Phelous, I knew you were going to use that track.

[@geardog24]

Strange how everyone wants Lady Dimitrescu, but no one wants her three hot daughters.

[@TECH097]

Probably a height thing lol

[@jlev1028]

Probably because their faces are caked in bugs and blood, which makes them not look so attractive.

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

Listen it’s not about sexuality, it’s about power

[@Mintylight]

I think it's because lady D represents many things that are very rarely put into mainstream media. Her daughters are not that special in that regards, you've seen the likes of them a million times before. Lady Ds are rare!

[@SyberiaWinx]

Something about them just bugged me.

[@markcobuzzi826]

Regarding the question of why it took so long for Mother Miranda to complete her work, I think this could have helped explain it. They could have added a file or two, clarifying that the Megamycete’s abilities were initially less potent. For example, the naturally-occurring Mold’s abilities could be limited to cataloguing people’s memories, extending one’s lifespan, and controlling creatures of lower intelligence. But when Ozwell E. Spencer acquired the Progenitor Virus and his Umbrella scientists took the research further, Mother Miranda was able to use both the G-Virus and Veronica Virus as templates for a more advanced Mold strain. That way, it more explicitly paints Miranda and Spencer as two mad scientists who helped each other’s endeavors, and explains why Miranda’s Mold only became so advanced in recent decades.

[@jakenhsman]

It seemed like a lot of thought and detail went into the designs and story of Duke and Miranda's family, which i thought was a neat touch. And while yeah, it doesn't make sense that Duke can move around everywhere like that, I thought it was an intentional bit of mystery about the character. Don't think any of your criticism is necesarily wrong, but while I agree that the horror moments were more effective, I thought the tonal differences in the levels made the game as a whole quite interesting.

[@neowonderproductionsnaught1518]

YES, Replay the I GOT A SHOTGUN!

[@pentelegomenon1175]

Ethan is similar to Alex Mercer. Also some Castlevania 2 in there; you're going around getting body parts to resurrect someone, there's a creepy but helpful guy who later takes you to the final battle, the hero has some kind of curse inflicted on him from the previous game which causes his life to slowly drain, the bosses are like a weird varied family of monsters who live in fortresses surrounded by scared villagers, and the game ends with a shot of the hero's grave implying that he removed some evil from inside the Earth and that he will have a great descendant.

[@mathieuleader8601]

Imagine if Lady Dimitrescu was Beauty's mum

[@dubuyajay9964]

"I don't know how to human because of mummy.'

[@attilavarga1152]

Well, one of her daughter called Bela, which means Beauty, so, I guess. (I heard stuff she was named after Lugosi, but Béla is the most masculine Hungarian boomer male name EVER, so masculine there are no words for it)

[@livingcorpse5664]

I find it weird that people and the games seem to ignore the fact Mia is or was technically one of the bad guys. She helped create the mold B.O.W. we know as Evelina. They could have explored that more, like did she know from the beginning they were making a weapon or did the company she work for lie and not tell her the truth till she was in too deep to get out, did they threaten to kill Ethan if she became a whistleblower?

[@timothyhowe1384]

My daughter is not a weapon. She is a overly complicated puzzle key.

[@dfilthy9104]

I beat the game 14 times already, but I'm excited about this review.

[@clairetaylor8929]

Ok so I’m legit the worlds worst video gamer and I’ve been stuck on the mother Miranda fight. Do I need the magnum ?

[@dfilthy9104]

​@@clairetaylor8929 Sorry, It took a year to respond. The magnum definitely helps.

[@takanuinuva]

No mention of the line about Chris' boulder punching?

[@trevingrayek1671]

Honestly, I hope they stick with characterized monster villains going forward. That’s some good stuff. Definitely felt like they were having more fun with this entry than any before, and I can’t wait to see where the series goes from here.

[@rasengdori13]

There’s documentation that Ethan had a good chance of being under Mother Miranda’s influence, that’s why Chris didn’t tell him. He couldn’t risk the mission being compromised. I’m sure the initial plan was to take Ethan to a facility and _then_ explain everything to him.

[@phelous]

Chris should have said that then instead of saying "Yeah, I probably should have told him..." Also they act like Chris didn't know about Ethan's moldiness until Mia tells him later.

[@rasengdori13]

@@phelous I think it’s more of a hindsight thing when he says that. Also I think Chris only knew that Ethan was infected with the mold, and not that Ethan has been pretty much an immortal mold zombie this whole time, as the mold itself seems to be _extremely_ unpredictable and just gives people whatever powers it feels like lol.

[@anthonyhudak9363]

An obvious but fun thing to notice is how the lords represent different classic monsters. Lady D is obviously the vampire, Heisenberg gives off Frankenstein vibes, Donna is the classic ghost/spirit, Moreau is a mix of the Gillman and Deep Ones from Lovecraft, and the lycans are obviously werewolves

[@TATERplaysGAMES]

"Let's work together, Ethan! Together, we can kill Mirander!" "...ehhh... Sorry, I'm incapable of performing a complex betrayal, and I don't trust you, so I think I'll just tell you Im not going to cooperate while you have me by the balls and hope you present me a situation that fleeing and shooting can solve..."

[@chakatBombshell]

I assumed Mother Miranda didn't go with the Evie plan because she was highly deranged and suffered from severely short lifespan seeing as how she is already at a like 80-90 year old body after only a few years. From playing 8 Miranda actually seemed not to have world domination plans for her daughter and just wanted her kid back and for it not to be a crazy person, which is why the 4 lords where all rejected.

[@TevyaSmolka]

Plus the doll house stuff actually reminded me of silent hill and hey capcom since Konami won’t give us another silent hill game can you give us another silent hill game instead

[@TevyaSmolka]

I personally love your resident evil reviews they are tons of fun

[@rockybalboa6433]

I think the baby boss is pretty effective and scary. Great sound design with it's voice. Bit of a weird, unspecific critique in this review.

[@SilentPrayerCG]

I think those lifts actually loads something while you ride them. I don't remember such long times on PC with NVME ssd.

[@KaoticReach1999]

YESSS I was looking forward to this just as much as the game xD This is the best humor 😄

[@shinkaiatsuya950]

Rose: Dad did you ever drop me as a baby? Ethan: Yes, but actually no.

[@UnclePhil73]

Capcom’s hope? “Haha tall big tittied vampire lady goes brrrrr.”

[@U014B]

4:27 Good to see Mr. Girthmore finally got to expand into a franchise like he wanted, but what happened to Jeepers?

[@GabrielPhillipsAeroSkyStar]

Phelous saying 'Waifu' isnt something I knew I needed in my life until now.

[@godusopp9401]

Gotta say this is the best most level headed review of village I've seen so far. Seen too many people praising this game to high heaven while just overlooking its many flaws and others shitting on it while not giving it credit for what it gets right. Great job as always Phelous

[@mastermarkus5307]

My favourite part of the game was the "Four Lords" characters, so it really sucks that they don't actually get to show up a lot or expand their personalities much. Hell, we only see them interact with each other once at the beginning. I want to compare them to villains in Far Cry 3 and later, but even those games tend to give you a sort of "arc" rather than a singular "level" each...

[@livingcorpse5664]

I'm surprised people are even surprised Ethan is a mutant. I mean I just assumed he was infected in RE7 back when the game was new when Mia cut his hand off and Zoe staple's his hand back on, or Jack can cut your leg off and then gives you medicine to speed up the healing/reattachment.

[@xRocketzFighterx]

Phelan, constantly saying baby and super baby is giving me some Metroid Other M flashbacks of Samus saying "The Baby" over and over again.

[@slxxpyhollow]

Finally someone who doesn't just spew nothing but positives about this game. Great review, super informative, good job Phelous!

[@renamon5658]

The donna benavinito section is a reference to the re4 beta where Leon got attack by dolls. It seems that the 4 lords sections are trying to make every re fan happy like what re6 tried to do. lady dimitrescu is survival horror, donna benavinito is puzzle solving, moreau is running away and puzzle solving and karl is all action. I was really hoping that the entire game would be like the alcina dimitrescu section. The raccoon charm made this game a bit better without it this game would of been sooooo stupid

[@OrochiFlamez]

Been waiting for this one

[@SyncSeiryuu]

I'm glad you explained this game, there were so many things I just didn't get. I thought I was missing something, or going crazy, but it turns out it just doesn't make sense.

[@Crawlc]

theres another thing that makes heisenberg less evil than the other members of the family, his the only one that used dead coprses for his eperiments while Dimitrescu used living maids for blood draining and moreau used villagers according to his report note

[@TECH097]

Oooh interesting...although he DID have no qualms putting Ethan through the wringer in the beginning, arguing the best thing to do would be to 'have fun' with him rather than let him be used as food or another member of the family.

[@thacobell4700]

The thing about corpses is that they used to be alive. Don't pretend like no one got hurt to further Heisenberg's experiments. And the sheer NUMBER of murdered people we see dwarfs all the other houses' known body counts combined.

[@Crawlc]

@@thacobell4700 killed by the lycans which miranda is in control, which heisenberg wants to repel with an army of these corpses, geez

[@mastermarkus5307]

I liked Moreau as a character, but IMO his area should've been larger and had him working like a "stalker" character instead of just following a predetermined path because as-is it felt like there was a substantial part of his level that was trying to be tense, but wasn't because you could pretty easily determine the safe spots.

[@phelous]

His area along with Heisenberg's I felt needed some more visual interest too. It just kinda blended together which is also partly why I didn't care for those sections that much.

[@mastermarkus5307]

​@@phelous I definitely agree. From the footage in your review I was like "I can't really tell where in the level he is" when you showed those places...

[@fynnthefox9078]

The best part of RE: Village is definitely the Duke.

[@kobaltsteel6418]

1:20 Aw man, that scene ALWAYS gives me the shivers! Because... um... uhhhh... I fear heights, of course!

[@antheathetiefling8581]

What got me was the not one, but 2 fake out deaths. Oh noes! Chirs "boulder puncher" Redfield killed mia!...wait..she's fine?..oook Oh noes! Ethan is dead!...wait...he is technically dead but is somehow alive and survived without his heart long enough to kill Miranda and bomb the village? It would have been better if Mia was actually killed in the beginning. Say the Chris that shot her was Miranda. "Chris" shoots her kidnaps Rose with the intent of doing the ritual. The wreck Ethan survives was a result from the Real Chris trying to resuce Ethan and kill Chriandra. It will explain why Chris didn't tell Ethan about Miranda, still give a shocking opening and keep things somewhat grounded.

[@bigcat5348]

Ethan is a far better character in this game than he is in 7. He at least emotes to some degree whereas in 7 he had barely any reaction to anything at all. I would also add that his JP voice actor is a lot better, so maybe the English VA found the dialogue hard to work with. And I'm actually someone who liked the story and even got a bit teary at the ending. EDIT: wow yeah rewatching the scene where he learns Rose is chopped into pieces, the Japanese voice actor does a way better job. I think this game needed a more liberal translation or rewrite so the dialogue worked better in English.