Resident Evil Village Review and Story Discussion | Sacred Symbols+ Episode 100
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2021
- Eastern Europe has never been explored in Resident Evil, that is until the launch of RE Village, known colloquially as RE8. In a direct sequel to 2017's Resident Evil 7, players once again find themselves in the role of the mysterious Ethan Winters, this time as he chases an undead mystery many thousands of miles from Louisiana. What he finds on the other end of his voyage is a small, seemingly-abandoned town run by a Christian Orthodox-like cult-of-personality, and... well... the zombie slaughter-fest ensues. We hope you enjoy our chat, and remember: Spoilers linger everywhere within.
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I don't understand the hate for Heisenburg. He was the only one of the 4 houses that was angry about being taken and turned into a monster. He didn't want to fight, he wanted help. It added a complexity to the fight (for me personally) knowing he had no intentions of fighting you. That being said, I didn't care for the mech boss battle. It was so different from the rest of the game that it was jarring. Pulled me out of the horror game mindset and it was difficult to go back there afterwards.
I feel the same way. He added a different dimension to the game. It’s funny because a lot of comments I see is that people wished Heisenberg wasn’t killed off and stuck around to be the main antagonist in future games.
The fact that he had Magneto-like powers was dumb and didn't fit RE at all. His enemies felt more like BioShock than Resident Evil also.
The first half of RE Village is one of the best horror experiences I’ve had in recent memory. Specifically the entirety of the house with the fetus and dolls. Another good game that had amazing atmosphere was Little Nightmares 2.
Loved the game. I also REALLY appreciated the changes made to the inventory system so that I wasn’t constantly playing the storage box game the whole time. Really nice that ingredients didn’t take up space either. Allowed me to focus on having fun with the game.
So hyped for this. This is the first time I've actually been able to watch one of these spoiler cast because it's a game that isn't a PlayStation exclusive
Wow I guess I am the only one that liked thw factory... I loved the desigm with elevator allowing you to access old points and idea of buildung keys with iron molds. Loved it.
Honestly I don’t like labs or factories but I thought this was one was excellent, quite evil withinish. And propellor boss was my favourite fight
Watching 2+ years later after I finally played it, so not sure if anything will read this...but I didn't really find the doll house that scary....creepy for sure...but the fact that they take your weapons away told me nothing was really going to happen combat-wise. And when I saw the "Press X to hide" before the baby showed I knew that meant that it would show up as soon as I walked down the hall...
P.S. these guys look so young looking back now lol.
resident evil village was absolutely gorgeous
*edit* congrats on the 100th episode guys
The castle just feels like it's meant to be the final destination. It's kind of a thing in video games...
The duke stole the show in my opinion best character in the game
The Mercenaries trophy almost broke me too. Fuck that mode
I think it was kind of neat to go to the Castle first, because the Castle is always last in games.
When we left there, it was like... 'well, where the hell do we go from here'
But the boss of its story ending as soon as it did was a bummer.
28:00 Colin looks like he has a battle scar over his eye, consider doing it Colin! Makes you look badass. No pool guys will fuck you around then!
The houses should of been in this order:
Doll house, Factory, Fishland, Lady D. But tbh the best option would have been to let players decide and it changes the dialogue options.
The Reservoir area had to have been my least favorite location. RE Village was overall a lot of fun. I plan on replaying soon. The part with Chris also felt shoe horned in.
I don't think it felt that shoe horned in, the game for the most part is action horror anyways so why not give the fans a big blow out close to the end as the series oldest protagonist just mowing down lycans, good shit imo.
Colin I get my hair cut at home & it costs exactly the same as getting it done at a hairdressers.
I am currently playing Shadows of Rose DLC and they found a way to make the doll house even scarier! Best horror experience I had in a while.
My body is ready.
I wish the factory and the Moreau parts were cut and Alcina Dimitrescu, Mother Miranda and Beneviento parts were extended. The Dimitrescu segment should've been the ending portion and Alcina should've become the main villain of the game or maybe even change sides.
I think this game was mishandled story and pace wise. Still the atmosphere and presentation is really good.
I know you don't have much time for scallywags but where is your spoilercast for Final Fantasy VII Remake?
*checks bank account*
You know what , Dustin. You’re right. FUCK NUMBERS.
47:40 I actually DID like Ethan!
I hated him so much in Resi7 that I wanted to make a video on why he sucks.
After beating Resi8, I ended up making a video on why he's actually pretty great! Lol
Anyone know when the final fantasy VII remake review will go live?
Did he even beat it? I feel like he never beats things except for random shit like cooking mama and returnal lol
@@DOC_951 Colin’s trophies show that he beat it back in December
Scarf?
It's interesting to see so many people hate the factory or dislike it for what it does to pacing. From a pacing perspective, I would absolutely agree. After Lady D, you're hit with two progressively shorter sections than you're hit with a section that is as long as Lady D. However, RE4 has that same problem, most of the games have that same problem. That being said, what I like about the Factory and why it didn't piss me off when I replayed the game, was the way the game was able to keep up the scares and the gameplay in this section. I will say, that my sentiments were similar to those when I first played the game, but on repeat playthroughs, I actually look forward to it because it's the only other RE-like section in the game and that holds up.
I can see why people don't like Heisenberg, but his B-Movie dialogue and acting is par for the course of old-school Resident Evil and so I appreciated that. As for Mother Miranda, I think a braver and even more interesting story, would have seen Heisenberg and Ethan joining together in an uneasy alliance to defeat Mother Miranda and then have Heisenberg and Ethan fight each other.
As to what is going on? Plot-wise? It's never been truly confusing really. What's happening at the moment is convoluted, but each game it's always just a new virus, a new outbreak, and let's take it out. The villains may have their own motivations, but they hardly carry over from game to game, with Eveline and Wesker being the sole ones to do so. Beyond that, there's nothing truly hard to understand about it really. It's like a Mission Impossible, James Bond movie. There's not this huge overarching story arc like there is with Game of Thrones or LOTR or even Harry Potter, it's always just a new mission and you may learn a thing or two more about the characters, but not much. Once the current mission is over you get a few name drops in the next game if your lucky, but on the whole, they are vastly unconnected from one another. 7, 8, and I assume 9 are highly connected, but there you got a trilogy of games and a trilogy is not too bad (confusion-wise).
I get what they were saying about the castle and dollhouse locations being more memorable, with the other locations feeling like a letdown in comparison, but I actually feel this is true with all Resident Evil games. When I think of RE 1, I think of the iconic mansion. When I think of RE 2, I think of the police station. The police station is only a fraction of the game, but it still sticks out far more than the sewers or lab. Village carried on the tradition of the first big location you see being the one that sticks with you the most.
The village section in RE4 is by far the strongest section of that game as well
I really enjoyed RE7, it was the reason I went back to the saga, but the gameplay and the graphics is so much better on this one, the ending was really hard but it was consistent and fun, Ethan is a bit raw but he have way more emotion than 7, the actor did a great job.
There is a third person update coming and if they change the perspective to show Ethan's face it will make it even better (but I doubt it)
No face confirmed
For me, the factory was better then the doll house. I ofc thought the fetus was scary asf and really enjoyed the spookiness to it. But a factory underground that was filled with these patients, drill-hand “zombies”, that whole industrial place was just such a scary location to me.
Regardless, every location had its high moments, not once was I upset with a part of the game. Probably my favourite RE game.
Also, its a weird one where 10 hrs felt perfect, vs if we got that in a game like Last of Us, I feel everyone would lose it.
I don't understand how anyone can play re8 and not understand the plot. I've seen so much conversation about how no one understands the plot and I honestly don't get it. The game is very upfront about the plot and lore, it's not dark souls. I only have two plot questions. First one is how did Chris and Blue Umbrella not know Ethan was a mold man when it says they ran a million tests on both him and Mia? Also, how did Mother Miranda know Ethan was a mold man and his daughter was the chosen one? If it's because of mold powers okay but then why did Chris have the Winters placed so close to the mold village? Did he not know? Was it by chance?
How about Wuhan as a location
Didn't 6 do this?
I enjoyed the game but boy do I not like 1st person perspective for this series. I hope it goes back to 3rd person over the shoulder for 9.
Wow. You guys waited a million years for Chris to finish the game. Unless in the end, he didn't finish it, I didn't catch that part, lol.
Am i the only one who didn't think all that highly of the dollhouse? It was fine but other then the surprise of the baby it wasn't scary to me at all. Better them the factory but that's it imo.
Thought it was boring as hell haha
I thought it played like nearly every indie horror game for the past ten years. Creepy noises, chased by monsters and a bit of gore. I don't know why people went crazy over it.
Onimusha: Outbreak
Resident Evil 9 should go to Australia because there’s a 90% chance you’ll die to the wildlife if you go there even without an outbreak.
Anyone else think RE8 borrowed A LOT from Outlast 2? The setting, antagonist, baby plot, etc.
The factory is a million times better than the waves-combat sections of the Giant's Chalice. I hated that section.
The factory is awful. This games second half of last third maybe, is awful.
You guys should've talked about how stupid the story was and how poorly they handled Chris' presence? The exposition dump room was atrocious it felt all the lore stuff was an afterthought. This game was originally conceived as another revelations spin off so it's no wonder the core game lore feels so ham fisted.
Heisenberg boss fight was resident evil 6 levels of bad
Remake bloodborne, change the lovecraftian lore for Castlevania and there you have a 3d castlevania that could work
Factory part is the best part of the game, ya’ll tripping.
Capcom knows whats the best aspects of RE, imo its the mansion, village , castle settings that are its strongest. But I bet whomever has been responsible for the lesser aspects has a deciding vote and will always hold RE back from its best form.
I know the RE games have never been very realistic what with the zombies and monsters and all, but I do miss the semi-grounded nature of the older games specifically the first one. I'm not quite sure how to explain what I miss from those old games. The story is so wacky now and I couldn't give two shits about Ethan and his family haha. It's just not as interesting to me as the STARS vs Umbrella arc. The survival horror angle is almost non-existent in RE Village, I never felt like I was scrounging for ammo or money even when playing on the hardest difficulty and the only truly horror section was the doll house which was essentially a walking simulator section. It turned into a straight up action game and that was a big turn off for me. The old games had me hoarding bullets, running from certain encounters, and I think they took the horror more seriously which is what was the biggest selling point of the first game when it came out. It was scary as shit back in the day. I would love to see another true survival-horror game from Capcom, even if it's a new IP.
I feel ya. I did like the horror in 7 a lot but I’m also craving a scarier experience. I loved 8 for what it was though and it’s one of my top 3 in the franchise. I just looked at it like a horror fairy tale roller coaster ride.
If I could have one game from Capcom right now though it would be a Dino Crisis remake with the gorgeous graphics of the RE engine. I want it so bad.
Not really. The selling point of RE is action horror. Look at the sales of Re 1 remake. 5 million in what ? 20 years? LMAO
@@jackjax7921 I agree that's the selling point now, but it wasn't for the originals. They were slow paced and scary with a story that was actually interesting, that's the RE I miss.
I was playing with some friends in party chat. When we got to the final couple hours we were just laughing and annoyed at how dumb the ending / final boss was.
Honestly, pretty weak discussion. As an enormous RE dweeb, I wish I were there to add to the conversation and correct the record during any of the confusion.
Heisenburg was by far my favorite RE villain after Wesker. I really don't understand the hate. Gonna have to hit em with that dislike.
The factory felt more like Wolfenstein than Resident Evil
sad how short the game was
Spoiler alert
This game is 8/9 out of 10 up until the foundry. 6ish from there on. Ending was going good but I think they could have kept it shorter. I didn’t need to see rose grown up
Anyone want a live service racoon city game or like a destiny/the division game in the resident evil universe?
Hell no.
I thought RE8 was a very good game but a very bad Resident Evil.
It’s a good game, I enjoyed it but was a disappointment as a fan of the series.
I kinda look at it as if the Ethan storyline is a separate thing from the mainline story. When you let it be it’s own thing it’s much better imo
I agree. It didn't feel like Resident Evil at all apart from some of the gameplay mechanics.
RESIDENT EVIL 9: Culdesac
No reboot until we see Jill again. She needs a return after what happened to her in 5.
you no play revelations?
I feel like casual fans liked this game but hardcore fans hate it
These guys are the definition of undeserved pretentiousness. . .i think you should all 3 look deep within yourselves and realize that you're not as smart as you think you really are. Especially Collin and the guy at the bottom that gives me slingblade vibes.
40:45 Just one example . . ."i don't know if you remember this. . . but im sure you might" This is an example of someone trying to create a sentence that they think fits their spectrum of intelligence but in actuality sounds completely stupid without him realizing it because of his hubris. "I'm sure you might. . ." - Brilliance
51:00 "people talk to peoples graves" . .this genius literally doesn't understand that they are speaking directly to the person that died.. not talking to the damn dirt. . .how broken is this guy that he's that closed minded.
@@gamedrop3262 I don't know if you're trolling or not but everything they said made sense. Even so they podcast for hours, you're bound to stumble here and there
God isn't the freedom of choice awesome. Cuz u dont have to watch. An sling blade is a cool ass dude if ya listen to more then 1 show