Resident Evil Survivor: RE Retrospective
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Well, we had to cover it eventually, so why not get it out of the way. Resident Evil Survivor has long been considered the worst game in the series, and I'm not exactly ready to challenge that on this one, but there are some things that makes this game a little more worth playing, than you might have thought. 
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RE Survivor be like :
"Resident Evil 2 graphic engine with voice acting quality of Resident Evil 1 but released after Resident Evil 3"
HAAAAAAAAA! Did you just meme Survivor??!!?!
The true triple threat.
Strangely enough, Sheena Island (RE:Survivor's setting) is name dropped in RE0's opening narration.
@TrIgGeRHaPpYTJ88 I'm pretty sure it's always been considered cannon. What makes it not if you don't mind me asking?
From what I've seen survivor, dead aim, and outbreak are all considered canon. Not necessarily what is said by individual characters but that the events happened overall. Sheena island did have an outbreak, so did the spencer rain, and all 8 main outbreak characters escaped the city but we don't know by which scenario
@@alecduquette7500 100% agree on all of those points. Hell, Survivor was the first game that actually mentioned Spencer. The notion is isn't cannon is absolutely insane to me
Story settings are canon but the game itself isn't... Or is it?
@KesselRuns
It's Canon my dude.
Somehow talked my parents in to buying a previously rented copy of this from a blockbuster. Because I was like 9-10 and the plot involved experiments on kids I was actually spooked.
WillBallForSoup right there with ya, born 1990, so these games were like candy to get a hold of.
That was legit creepy, since kids had been left alone in the Resident Evil games before that.
@@Saku19 Even creepier is that every "kid" is portrayed as a slave, and also, they are not "kids" on a file you can learn that the youngest was 16 and the oldest 20, which is even weirder considering they had them as little kids xd
Growing up I had a friend who discovered and fell in love with the RE series upon buying an original Playstation and a copy of RE Director's cut for $5 USD. From there he had to play ALL of them so I had a great chance to see all the obscure entries like this one when they were new :). It was a real treat.
That's awesome. There was something great about seeing these games, when they were new.
Ah, I have an illogical love for PSone graphics. I remember as a kid playing Final Fantasy VII, in the few areas where you could get Cloud close to the camera, I'd run him up to the screen and turn him all around to look at the 3D model
It's because we were younger then. The low poly graphics let our imaginations fill in how awesome cloud was. Nowadays, nothing is left to the imagination with 4k textures and photorealism
@@DaltonGoesSlow Funnily enough, even though I grew up on games with better graphics, I still prefer the looks of Dusk or Quake. I'm a weirdo
@@doommaker4000 they have more heart for sure
@@DaltonGoesSlow you may have explained why I couldnt understand my distaste for so many modern games
So this is where you launch the spinoff series, Dino Crisis Retrospective huh
I will definitely cover the Dino Crisis series. That's for sure!
Nice to see a level headed review of this game rather than the nitpicky fanboy whinefests that RUclips is oversaturated with.
To tell the truth, I never really understood the hate for this game. It may not be a technically great game, but it's interesting enough to warrant a quick play.
@@AvalancheReviews Because you haven't played the PC port of this game
Honestly, I remember loving this game back in 2000. I played it enough and still come back to it every once in a while. It’s not as bad as everyone claims. It’s just an excuse to kill more zombies without much of a story.
This game occupies a special place in my heart for the cover art alone lmao.
Love your videos, they take me way back! I remember choosing a little new game called Deus Ex over Survivor because i could afford to buy only one of them.
Bullet dodged.
Ha! The ps2 version of deus ex? Man I remember renting that! That brings me back.
It was the pc version, wonderful game.
Agreed
Great game pc version was way harder than the Ps2 port x
This game was so shitty that I only finished it 5 times
This is a better review, than the one I made.
The only survial going on here is the player trying to survive until the end of the game.
Now that would have sounded good in this review! HAAA
I thought it was um...ALWAYS the goal in RE for the player to survive 'til the end of the game??
...I'm just fuckin with ya lol. I know what you meant.
I find it hilarious that you say that while unironically having a profile picture of Goldeneye Rogue Agent. A game I also think is quite difficult to get through. Multiplayer is good fun though.
One thing that makes both Resident Evil Survivor and Resident Evil 7 interesting from a game design history standpoint is that, early in Resident Evil 1's development, a first-person game was what they were actually going for (as you point out in your video). The shift to a more Alone in the Dark style adventure-game format came as a concession to the hardware limitations of the PS1 as perceived at the time, though it's possible they could have brought their original vision to life if they had designed it later on in the console's lifespan--the overall quality of PlayStation 1 games and what the system could pull off as developers learned the tricks necessary to optimize better and better technological achievements for early 3D hardware, well, "leaps and bounds" hardly covers it.
And oh boy, I know exactly "not all four." Rest in peace, Dino Crisis. You died too young, you ridiculous, magnificent bastard of a series.
I loved the gun survivor series especially Resident Evil Dead Aim
I have a review for Dead Aim, that I'm working on right now actually.
Avalanche Reviews can't wait to see it (good luck 👌🤗)
It’s really true. Capcom could literally crap on a platter and serve you it, people will STILL play and buy it. Lmfao
I remember enjoying this game a lot. Probably the nostalgia effect and the fact that i was a little brat as I played this.
Alright, you better be covering outbreak!
don't worry we hit the goal to cover all resident evil. 👍
The fact that you use a nambu pistol is hilarious
It'd be easily more dangerous than any zombie
Is it that bad?
The gun jams a lot and can just randomly fire when loaded.
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That was only the type 14. From what I know the other Nambu guns weren't all that bad.
Yeah but most Nambu guns where a type 14 but it does not matter it still would be a ideal gun for shooting big ass monsters in the face. It most likely is just in the game because whoever they got the guns from in real life to model in game must have had one laying around since you know Japanese made game.
Adam Kuch I'm not saying the Nambu would be ideal under any circumstances. Just pointing out not all Nambus were catastrophically dangerous.
Everyone shits on this game but to me this is one of my favorite RE games.
I wouldn't say it's one of my favs, but it definitely doesn't deserve all the hate it gets. Some of it though.....
this is by far the worst resident evil game. no doubt. horrible graphics. shitty controls, terrible voice acting (which is truly saying something given the history of shit voice acting from the playstation era RE games). i got this game the day it released and even then as an 11 year old i knew immediately after the first 5 min that id made a huge mistake
Trust me, it's orders of magnitude better than the game that came after it.
Avalanche Reviews I complete respect your opinion and I fucking love your videos! Yeah it’s not great but the first survivor will always have a special place in my heart. Keep up good work! I’m excited for your new videos.
Avalanche Reviews -- This ass is better than veronica? :0
What the hell was that sound supposed to be at 13:02? I thought my cat was meowing
Ha!! I thought the same thing editing it last night! That's that little kid screaming help in the cutscene.
I straight up thought it was my own cat too xD
Glad I'm not the only one who thought it was one of their cats meowing.
omg still remember this game, to think that I was happy to play it back then, they really missed a chance of creating an interesting spinoff here, one of the biggest disappointments was the lack of a critical hit when you landed a headshot, no zombie head exploding no fun especially in first person, great video!
Trivia fact, because of the Columbine incident, Sega never released a light gun for the Dreamcast, reason why the only way to play House of the Dead 2 back in1999 was using a third party light gun.
Man, that just makes no sense at all.
I just found Dino Crisis, Re Survivor and MK trilogy the other day in some old stuff
Sounds like you have your self a fun weekend planned. HA
Goat games.
Hey man this videos are great, I’ve only played a few of these cuz I was to young when they were at their peak but these videos really help me get into them now, so thanks. Now I can finally talk to my older brother about them!
I could not think of a comment that makes me happier!
I enjoyed the graphics back then. The possibility to see the zombies like that amused me.
Hype train for the RE2Remaks is on full force here mate!
Congrats for the whole series
Thank you! It has led a lot of people my way.
This was my first entry into the series. It wasn't that bad. Graphics, for what the PS1 could pull, were good, keep in mind this was the first full 3D RE game. And try playing a RE game in first person perspective as a kid without having nightmares I dare you.
I played this game ALOT back in the day. Remember looking at it in the store for so long. Until one day it was on sale for basically nothing. Good times with the PS1!
I love how the main character even looks like James from Silent Hill 2. He even has the same clothes (not on the artwork though)
Yeah, he does. I never noticed that.
I thought this was supposed to be an arcade game which explains it’s limitations and format? So glad I found your RE vids! So good and fun!!!
Hey there I'm glad you decided to do the spin offs and I'm glad you decided to start popping them out so quickly man keep up the good work
I noticed a cool little detail.. With the pistol when you shoot your bullets disappear from the ammo count but with the revolver since it doesn’t eject it’s bullets after use it shows the empty shell casings instead
Never got to play this but I remember hearing about this as a kid and always wondering how it would turn out. I truly love watching this retrospective of one of my favorite game franchise and you do this so well. Great video and excited for the next one!
Fuck yeah man! This series is so close to my heart, I had to put all my feelings out there. Glad you're enjoying it!
Avalanche Reviews Hey since I wanna be prepared for your RE7 review whenever that comes up I got it on sale and I'm really enjoying it
Absolutely love your videos!!! I went back to watch these videos again!
Should have subscribed already. A retrospec of survivor reminded me how much you deserve a sub and like.
Keep up the good work. Excellent production and commentary.
Thank you man!! Much appreciated
Avalanche Reviews no really i appreciate it. Without emulators or spending cash to rebuild my old ps1 collection, this is the only way i can experience these things.
Glad to hear that, because that is exactly why I started doing this.
I played this with the Namco Gun back in the day. The trigger made you walk if you pressed it while aiming away from the screen and directions were controlled by buttons at the front of the gun. I remember it not being great, but was miles ahead when compared to a regular controller.
I'm going to have to try it one of these days. That sounds interesting as hell.
This was the first R.Evil game I ever played, I went to the store and asked for the latest RE back then. I was playing and asking myself how the hell can I save in the game, and I ended up having to complete the game to be able to save. I felt the urge to push on and survive, I think that added to the survival horror of the game. I like the zombies, the ambient and the sound in this game. Many people trash it, I think it was ok, was my first survival horror game experience.
It definitely isn't the worst game to start with. There's enough of that original feel there, so you at least got a good taste of what the series had in store for you.
Avalanche Reviews Yes it had the classic slow zombies and you get to see them closer. Played RE Outbreak after and enjoyed it also. Revelations was also good but the style changed. Re4 is my favorite but it was a different experience. I get back to it from time to time.
I'm so glad you mentioned Heaven's Night
I pointed it out at the time when Silent Hill 2 came out but no one cared >_>
I just played through it yesterday after beating RE3, honestly, it wasn't that bad.
First person perspective in this game scared the shit out of me as a kid. I found it more scary than 2 or 3 at the time.
The item menu is probably a remake of the storage box menu
It looks very similar.
This was actually the first RE game I ever played in like 2000. It's probably the game that got me loving survival horror. Definitely some parts of it are very atmospheric, others not so much. I loved going back and playing thought the different routes you could take. I still go back and play through it from time to time.
You know, considering Zero confirms this game is canon and Remake 2 is such a sucess. It be interesting to see if this game gets remade as well, 7 shows that Capcom can do first person horror really well and Survivor does have kind of an interesting story in my opinion.
The survivor series are first and foremost light gun games, you don't really need a light gun to play but could you imagine playing duck hunt or time crisis with a dpad?
The whole game is built so that you can play it with just a light gun and it's surprisingly intuitive, pointing outside of the screen and pulling the trigger to move and using A and B to turn etc
I do admit that I have sort of a soft spot for the game even though I know it has its issues, also I 100% relate to liking the look and feel of PS1 games, small and compact areas just have that certain type of charm too
How did i never heard of this channel before? This is pure quality... Instant subscribe 😁
Thanks man!
Amazing video as always, I'm surprised that in Resi 0's intro mentions Sheena Island lol xD I will be wondering how you'll play Survivor 2? Since it never game out in the US, but there's PAL version of it. I find that whole game very odd xD Nemesis really?
I got my copy of Survivor 2 from my buddy Import Gaming FTW. He snagged me a Japanese copy.
Man I genuinely loved this game, being such a RE fanatic kid back at the time. Glad it got a "not so bad" from you
It really does have its strong areas. The atmosphere is great. Sure it's clunky, but so was the main series!
@@AvalancheReviews agreed. The charm was there, and getting to be face to face with the zombies I only ever saw from a distance was a fulfilling experience to say the least. I'm glad somebody else felt that same magic i did from the original trilogy.
I always thought this game was Capcom's "response" to House of the Dead. Same short no-save storyline, branching paths, zombies (duh) and, of course, first person shooting. They probably figured that the playable movement would give them an edge over the on-rails nature of HOTD. Then they went and ruined that by removing lightgun support and not even bothering with a PC version (this game would have been infinitely more playable with a mouse).
Also, you gotta love how they took an already cliche storyline and made it even dumber. It'd be like Batman trying to infiltrate Arkham Asylum by calling himself The Joker, and not even bothering with a disguise. Even for Resident Evil this reaches peak levels of preposterousness.
Loving these retrospectives dude. Between this channel and Score PN, I'm getting the RE fix in!
This was my first import ps1 game back in the day. I got a modchip just because it wasn't out in the USA yet.
I remember my Dad bought the Namco gun specifically for this game when I was a kid. We both loved it. I had no idea it was so disliked until AVGN did an episode on it a few years ago.
I really liked this game, I remember replaying it multiple times until I had seen everypath and file. Btw, you forgot to mention that you can only save the game once you have beaten it. Good thing is short.
I really should have. No joke, I didn't even think of the fact that I never saved.
Will you be covering Dead Aim, Outbreak and the Revelation series?
I absolutely will be! I'm covering every game in the RE series.
For the American release, since they got rid of the light gun support, I wish they gave us a view of our Gun on the screen.
Most RUclips reviewers would skip over these side entries. Awesome as you are I still expected you to clump them together into one video. An entire review of Survivor? Very nice.
I actually remember liking this game a lot back in the day. Of course it's been about 14 years since I last played it. If I'm honest with myself, I may have overhyped the game in my own mind to make up for the fact that I had no way yet to play Code Veronica.
Well, I thought about making them all one review, but after playing all of them, I had too much to say about them. I was worried, that I would have to cut myself short, if I was going to fit it all. I'm glad I didn't go with that idea.
I remember playing this game as a kid. Didn't know what the hell was I doing.
Stopped everything I was doing! Been waiting for this!!!!!
Well I hope it delivered
Avalanche Reviews on every level my friend!!! I found your channel through these Resident Evil videos and they have been fantastic!
Really looking forward to seeing what you decide to do next, what I really like about this retrospective is you really looked deep to find positives about survivor, I usually hear people putting it down so it was good to hear some positives
The main character, the first time I saw him, looked exactly like James Sunderland. And surprise, surprise, he has amnesia. Then I saw Heaven's Night. Pretty sure this *was* on purpose.
Dude now that you've done one gun survivor you've got to do Dead Aim the save theme is incredible!!
Already working on it! And yes, that save theme is really damn good.
Very good video and your channel is amazing keep up the good work
Thank you! Much appreciated.
During Survivor's release, there was a small craze around light-gun like shooter was starting to pick (Dreamcast and PS2 had a decent amount of those). I can only assume Capcom trying and failing hard in that.
It does seem a bit harsh to rate the controls a D if you're only going to play it with a pad. The pad was only intended as a backup method in case you didn't have a G-con 45. I know it only had pad support in the US but as someone from the UK where it did have G-con support it seems like you're missing out. I think Survivor was the first light gun game that wasn't on rails, it deserves a bit of credit for trying something unique at least.
Still a good review but was hoping you'd try the GunCon out given the JP copy. You've got muscles, sure you can move one CRT into the house. ^_^ What kind of screen do I use, both. ;)
Idk I've heard the term CRT Evangelist thrown around but many people seem almost CRT Phobic at this point. But I digress, I got to get back to moving all my TVs around the room again like we all do every day, sure hard to own screens.
Have you seen Derek's review (The Happy Video Game Nerd) of the game? It is hilarious. Great channel, btw.
Thanks! You mean, the "is it really that bad" video? That brings back memories! I haven't watched his old stuff in years. I used to watch HVGN all the time!
My boy Avalanche back with the retrospective. Been waiting for this!
Fuck yeah! If I don't constantly put out videos on relatively ok ps1 games, who will???? HAAA!
I only know this series and the main character because of Shadow Leggy's video series under the same name that was a parody of the old Survivor series using RE characters in it. 😆
Love resident evil. Thanks for making my this! Can’t wait for remake.
My pleasure
If I'm not mistaken it said somewhere in game that Arc trained at the same police academy as Leon did!
I did think that the Mr X tyrant dude walking down that long corridor toward you was really creepy back when I played this as a kid! I hated this game though I did finish it. It was one of the only games where I just couldnt get over the slowdown.
I don't remember noticing it back in the day, but it's hard as hell to ignore nowadays
The T-103 is introduced a lot earlier, if you select to go through the hospital instead of the arcade or library. He gets a proper introduction there
Interesting. How have I never elected to go that way??
@@AvalancheReviews It was the best of the three choices to go through, IMO.
I have some suspicion that this game was originally just an on-rails light gun shooter meant for arcades, and Capcom saw the opportunity to release another home console RE game so they padded this out.
You should also had mentioned you can basically moonwalk past 90% of every enemies. The only exception being the several Mr.X and Hypnos. Hunters can't hit you while you turn your back to them but they often jump into your view on purpose
I only found out about that from a previous commenter. That would have been fun as hell to play around with.
Oh my, at 6:38 this is just Dino Crisis oO. Same textures, colors, the fence...
I remember wanting to play this for a long time. A friend of my had a PS1 and this game. He said it was scary at the time. Now, if it was made using Next Gen graphics, I think it would be amazing.
I completely agree with the charming ps2 textures. I absolutely loved them, and still do to this day
Please do Outbreak 1 and 2 soon :)
I will, I promise
Ridiculous games it doesn't deserve anything
This is the best Resident Evil analysis series on youtube you've done an awesome job!
I can watch these retrospectives over and over thanks jarred
Glad you like them so much!!
This is a surprise!
Salute to you for finishing this game in Japanese like how me, my Uncle , and my Dad did with Biohazard 2.
This game was weird, but the best part of it was the Hypnos Tyrant. For some reason I always called it the "clown tyrant". 😂
It's surprisingly not hard if you know the game's general flow. But kudos to your dad and Uncle for playing it so much(i'm assuming). Now that's actual love for games
Zayaan Nashrid
Yes they do. Biohazard 2 (on a black disc from Japan) was the very first game I ever had on my PlayStation 1 and they played THE HELL out of it! I even still have the stickers of Claire and Leon that came with the game. 😁
It took some Detective work intially (and thankfully my Father was an actual Police Detective) but we all managed. My routine as a child was: School, then Karate class, and Biohazard 2 at the end of the day. 😂😎
That actually sounds very wholesome. I hope they're doing okay and still playing and going strong
Zayaan Nashrid
They're still around. We play video games from time to time, but not as much.
My Dad has since moved up the ranks significantly and has been very busy, my Uncle has a PC that he plays a few games with at his home when he doesn't have a construction project that's keeping him busy.
As for me, I've been very busy with my Law studies and my training in Filipino Martial Arts/Arnis. I do play RE 2 on my PS3 with my girlfriend sometimes though. ☺
This game did have two interesting reveals: Nicholai survived the events of RE3 and Children were used to create Tyrants. It's interesting to note that RE0 made Survivor canon. I enjoyed the game as well. A definite curiosity in the series.
Is it just me, or do the notes and journal entries found in survivor, tell much more interesting stories then the actual game itself??
Avalanche Reviews Given how the game was made reusing prior assets and such, the files had to end up being the best way to convey the story elements. How about that RE Survivor remake, Capcom. We do it?
I just got this game this weekend! I remember seeing it on the EB Games shelves as a kid and had to pick it up for my budding PS1 collection. Every criticism you have is correct, but gosh dang, I just can't help but love it for all the wrong reasons. 20 years of nostalgia well paid off--even if it is fairly shallow and could've used a save feature haha
I believe the slow down was slightly fixed in the pal version - can't speak about the NTSC version.
And yeah, the light gun controls kinda sucked. You are better off playing with just the controller.
Really?! Man, I would love to try out the PAL version then!
I did play this with the gun con and it was pretty enjoyable.
HAHA “Heaven’s Night” hahaha ooooh boy, surprise Konami got away with that in Silent Hill 2. Didn’t know it was used before in Resident Evil Survivor as I’ve never played it.
every time I heard about Survival I always here it was bad so I never played them. But I didn't know it had four entree I was only where of the two on the PSX. I do know about the game mode in code veronica but I just left it has a add on game mode. still maybe I'll look into them. Great video Jared.
Thanks! I'm working on Gun Survivor 2 Code Veronica, right now.
As far as the pre-recorded cutscenes are concerned, I'd imagine it had something to do with avoiding loading between scene changes and perhaps these cutscenes didn't run fast enough in engine and had to be sped up in post. Just a guess...
That makes sense
Not sure if it was a difference in the N America and Japan releases but the version I have doesn't allow you to save your progress, so if you die you restart.
That's common across all versions. I looked around, but couldn't find a reason for that.
Sheena Island is the exact same shape as the Island from Megaman Legends..I think it’s supposed to be an Easter Egg
I remember this one time I was playing Lone gun Survivor they sent the alligators 🐊 after me instead of me getting the 8 foot Trolls I got alligators.
If it’s not alligators it’s the panthers or the green ugly things that look like ninja turtles or the 8 foot trolls
I had survivor and a GunCon for PSX as a kid. I freaking loved this game!!
I actually liked this game. It was fun to play.
Me too
Jared! The auto captions messed up at the opening with your name & channel name.
I actually picked the EU version of this up on a garage sale when I was 12 or 13. Really bummed out now that I got rid of it when I switched to a PS2.
6:28 - It looks like RE2 wasn't the only game Capcom took assets from to make this game. It appears they cannibalized Dino Crisis as well.
I have this game with the gun and my old tv . It`s way better to play with it than with a controller, like dino crisis gun game and now with the psvr the aim gun feels the same
You would have really dug Biohazard the real out here in Japan. I had so much fun on my first run through of that attraction.
Out of all the time I've spent in Japan, I never get a chance to visit amusement parks. I would have loved to check that out. I remember reading about a similar real life RE thing they had in like 99 or 2000. Well, I'm more than half way through my degree, so hopefully, I'll be teaching over there soon.
They stopped doing biohazard stuff out at universal but it may return. About four years ago I was actually in the Halloween Horror Nights resident evil haunt as a zombie cop. '''Twas fun!
Actually out in Joyoploius in Tokyo they had a haunt themed to biohazard 7. It was like a real version of the trailer but it was pretty awesome!
Fuck! I hit Joypolis up every trip, and I always miss out on the cool promotions.
In fairness you could tell it was temp but it was a good little experience.
I was frustrated that I couldn't figure out how to save. Surprise, you can't.
Will you be doing a retrospective on Resident Evil Survivor 2?
Yep! It'll be out next week
One more thing, who the hell names their kid Lott?
This game is a guilty pleasure for me and I loved playing it as a kid
I have a real soft spot for Survivor. It’s fun, in a weird way. I think quirky fits it well. Also, fun fact, it’s canon. It’s mentioned at the beginning of Code Veronica (I think).
Great and thorough review. Although, I would personally give it a higher rating per my own bias. A simple FPS, straight forward with no puzzles and with rail shooter elements, the maps, items, and nostalgic 32bit graphics and environments in sync with the previous titles. Not as good as the main RE series, but a great timeless novelty for hardcore RE fans.
Yeah, I still like it a lot, but I doubt most people would be willing to get past the clunkyness. I had a great time with it when it first came out, but it looks like the general public made they're minds up on it. Definitely worth experiencing.
The first RE game I completed as a child. It was pirated version with Russian dub. Yes, you read it correctly and yes, it's as janky as you imagine.