Chris: What is your problem with me!? Wesker: You just had to laugh at me! Couldn't have just heard me out about the ultimate weapon but no no no, you just had to make fun of me! Chris: Let that go. It's not like it'll have any future ramifications. Weskee: Like your family bloodline?😎 Chris: You sonuva...! You promised you wouldn't bring that up!
Im so glad you actually praised the controls. Every review starts out "NOW GUYS I KNOW THESE CONTROLS HAVENT AGED WELL". Like no, these controls are prefect for this game and make total sense after 5 mins
"NOW GUYS I KNOW THESE CONTROLS HAVENT AGED WELL" I hate hearing that, too. Cause it's not true. One gets the impression that those who say this have only played the game for 2 minutes.
There's so much history to this first game in the franchise. I tend to find the acting charming as it is hilarious. Apparently, the voice actors were just given the lines to deliver in a booth, with no context. It was also Shinji Mikami's first time directing anything, so we ended up with this hilarious acting. Can't help but love the cheese.
This was the first game I can recall having a "cinema" FMV and voice dialog for all the characters. I was impressed by it at 12, but my sister's older friends laughed and I was confused why.
@@MaxHarden I was 8 and remember laughing my ass off with the rest of my family at the horrible acting. I also remember that initial zombie reveal being pants-shittingly terrifying and I found it uncomfortable to watch for several years after, it was just so detailed and alien looking compared to just about any other "spooky" video game stuff at the time. Nowadays it's almost as funny as the voice acting but a tiny part of me still remembers that fear. Didn't stop me from beating the game, though! My whole family loves the series to this day.
Having been a teenager when this game originally released, its always somewhat surreal to hear someone who’s never played it dissect it amongst the current gaming climate. S/N :Chris does have more health than Jill. He also can get free heals from Rebecca when she’s in the safe rooms that are well stocked. Great video.
Chris also has to use the sword key. Jill can unlock all sword key doors with her lockpick. Also in the Director's Cut version Chris has better aiming than Jill and will make more headshots with the pistol
I mean I hear similar things when people play the original Tomb Raider and talk to me about it. To me the controls are fine, but to someone who didn't grow up with them, I can see their point to degree.
You firing off that rocket before death had me dying with laughter. It's something about the slight load in between the rocket firing and the cutscene that is so funny to me!
We had opposite reactions to the hunter's intro cinema. I got nervous in a hurry as I realized that this creature was retracing my steps, able to open doors with its inhuman hands, and fast approaching my current location.
A bit of trivia here about the duel shock director's cut. The altered OST was composed by an artist who claimed to be deaf. 15 years later, it was revealed that not only was that not true, he had a ghost writer who composed the score. He was taking credit for someone else's score. I still prefer the original OST over directors cut.
Fun Fact the game that started Resident Evil was Sweet Home a Adaptation of a book called sweet home turned into a Rpg with survival horror elements of Resident evil but without the same gameplay for combat the series would compete in a tournament taking first place against another popular horror series in japan called corpse party
Tokuro Fujiwara, director of Sweet Home (1989. NES), was the producer of Resident Evil (Biohazard). And that time, he directed the game more that Mikami declares. Young Mikami took orders from him cause Fujiwara was older. That was the old way. Remake 1 is the real Mikami's vision. 96 is different (funner, speeder, and better imo).
The voice acting is the best in this game. I like it actually because it’s funny, but one thing no one ever says is how really kind Chris and Rebecca sound. I just like how wholesome they sound and everything.
I've played this game more times than I can count since 1996 and I've seen a ton of videos similar to this one. Still, it's always nice to see what others have to say about a game that means so much to me. That's especially true when the person isn't as familiar with this game or the franchise. Thanks for the video, it was entertaining.
This game will always have a special place in my heart. Game came out when I was 13, almost 14. One of my best friends at the time had a PS1 and had the longbox version. Although by today's standards this game is pretty tame and doesn't have a whole lot of horror going on, for a kid in the mid 90s, when survival horror wasn't really a recognized genre yet, it was pretty scary. Eventually I got the dual shock directors cut on physical disc, purchased a digital copy I don't even know how many times, and then the Nintendo DS version. I actually like all the extra stuff in the DS version. Can't wait for you to cover the REmake. I believe it's the best "Classic RE" game of it's kind, and a true exemplar of remakes done right. Not to mention that even 20 years after it's original release, the REmake still manages to scare me at times (as does the RE2make, but I haven't put that many hours into yet).
Correction: the Saturn version runs at the same exact resolution as the original. The backgrounds don't use a lossy compression, but they use just 248 colors compared to full 16 bits on PSX.
Idk if this sounds weird but I really love it when you go back to franchises you may not be familiar with and try it for the first time. For me I watch a lot of re videos and most of them have been with the series for a long time and are very connected to it so for me it’s nice to see someone who got into the series fairly recently and is just trying the old games for the first time.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SURVIVAL HORROR J'S!!!!!!!! Been lookin forward to this ;DD There was something soooo wholesome and cathartic about that entire section of you talking about the exploration x') I relate to all that sooo hard
This was a really great video, well worth the wait. I’m glad you got the hang of the tank controls and didn’t complain about them like a lot of people playing it for the first time these days. Can’t wait for RE2 (my favorite of the classics)
You played it for first time? Now I am jealous. RE is the first game I purchased together with my PS1 console. Playing it at 11pm until 1am in 1998 while I was still a teenager was one of my great memory.
A lot of people seem to think that Barry "accidentally" dropping the rope means he intended to trap Jill underground, but if you wait there for a while he promtply returns with a new one just as he promised, so Jill can climb out with it. There are three ways to interpret this: a) he genuinely made a mistake, b) he intended to slow Jill down a bit or c) he might have been trying to protect Jill from Wesker.
It is so weird to see you grow, J. I remembered when you made an a Crack in Time review (one where you tore into the game in fantastic fashion) and helped me pinpoint exactly what put me off about it and where to work with myself into accpeting it and learning to like it. For Resident Evil 1, I love it. The voice acting is so bad I look forward to every single cutscene for the laughs, I even _missed_ the bad voice acting in the remake. There is such a sense of horror with the camera angles. Very fun and replayable too. I agree with you, RE1 is a very good game
I'm so rejoiced you're enjoying the classics I grew up with. I can't wait for the next retrospectives. I would like you to see how different the original Resident Evil 3 is and share your thoughts. And Yes, I agree REmake deserves its own video. Keep it up J!
I am so happy that you explained what the tank controls and fixed camera angles are and how they are a good thing. So many people here on RUclips and on Reddit seem to believe that fixed camera gameplay is outdated crap that nobody wants anymore. Either they believe that or they can tolerate it but believe that that type of gameplay should never be returned to ever again. Also, a comment on clearing rooms of enemies. Do people really have a problem with that? I thought the whole point of survival horror was to "survive", which includes clearing rooms to make safe zones so that you get out of the scenario with your life. I mean, if I were trapped in a mansion full of BOWs, I know I wouldn't purposely leave some enemies living just to make the experience more threatening. Also, the bad voice acting is part of the experience. Resident Evil was made as a tribute to B horror movies. This along with over the top moments of action and horror have always been a huge part of the series. This is why I never understood the criticisms of RE5 and RE6 being too action oriented. Action has always been here from the start. You need it in order to fight the enemies.
Re1s bad acting was entirely an accident. We know this from behind the scenes interviews that it was not meant to turn out like that. It's not a coincidence that REmake, made by the same director with the explicit purpose of making the game he had wanted re1 to be, absolutely was trying to go for a more serious vibe. The series becoming a tribute to B movies only started being intentional from re4 onwards, though your point about it always being action oriented is correct.
@@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502 It doesn't matter if that wasn't what it was intended to be originally. That is still how it ended up. It had the presentation of a B-movie and that's what me and other players fell in love with. Even though the latter classic style games had better voice acting quality and more coherent scripts, it still retained that B-movie atmosphere.
It's been a blast watching you play through the classics for the first time. I was there at the beginning. Played resi 1 when I was 14 and have been a fan ever since. You are the only reviewer who has captured your genuine feeling without going down the 'It's old so it's shit' route.
Actually, Chris does have some perks that counteract his weaknesses. I believe he can take more punishment and he definitely raises weapons much faster and fires at least the handgun faster. He may run slightly faster but I never tested it.
As a kid this game felt like solving Scooby-Doo mystery. At first I thought it was a haunted house with supernatural monsters but finding out the truth blow my little mind.
I don't really have much to say other than I sincerely look forward to your videos and I couldn't be more excited for your Resident Evil retrospective. I wish you all the best of luck on these up coming videos and also in the rest of the year to come. I know that you put a lot of work in to your videos and I just want to acknowledge the efforts and say thank you for doing what you do and providing all of us with so much great quality entertainment. You're awesome!!
Excited to see you tackle resident evil! Also, I want to point out I figured the controls out as a kid just fine and it took about 10 or so minutes for me 8 year old to figure them out as well.
Having only played the Gamecube version while watching this made me realise how much they've actually added to the gameplay, so might be worth doing a comparison video of as well!
9:39 exactly at the age of 10, when I was playing the game for the first time (in the summer of 1997) I was shaking in the boots, and was playing only in the daytime. the game still holds the quality, atmosphere, and particularly music.
I remember a friend bringing this game over to show me. I was instantly hooked. I'd even say that without that experience I wouldn't be the gamer I at today.
Resident Evil: Deadly Silence is definitely my favorite way to play the game now, besides the remaster of the remake. You didn't mention that on DS the top screen always displays the map! Such a time saver!
Re1 came out on ps1 when I was 11 and I was instantly hooked. Me and my younger brother usually do a marathon of the first 4 games once every couple of years which doesn’t actually take that long since the critical path to all of them is embedded in my dna….except code Veronica we still get confused a little with that one
there are no words to explain how much RE was breathtaking back then, it was the scariest experience kids ever had in their life, i was 10 back then and after trying to play it i was so scared it took me years before i could find the courage to play again (around 15years olds) as time went on i found out everyone i met of the same generation as me had the exact same experience, so scary they couldnt even play until years later. 90% of that was due to the music.
Some of my favourite voice lines that don't get mentioned often are Enrico's death as Jill, and Wesker just casually shooting Rebecca after saying "yeah, like this."
I used to (and still do) love how you kill zombies, dogs, giant mutant monsters and the only thing keeping you "trapped" in the mansion is a dog at the front door! 😂
It's been a longtime. Another difference with the DUAL SHOCK Version is not only the Analog Stick Controls nor the change in music, but the game also supports Vibration. Thus why these Analog Controllers are called DUAL SHOCK and the game has DUAL SHOCK Version on the Title.
I first played the original Resident Evil on the DS and I think that's a perfect little port of that game I even love the name Resident Evil deadly silence, they didn't have to call it that that incorporated the DS name into the title which is great. Sadly with the hike in game prices recently especially retro games it's become insanely expensive to get that version but it'll always hold a special place in my heart and I might bite the bullet and buy it again one day.
I was 12 or 13 when this game came out. Before playing this game I was playing super Mario world and street fighter on the snes. So playing this the first time was actually scary. For me it was the music and atmosphere. As a kid I kept getting lost in the house. I had nightmares about this game but loved it. It also awoke an interest in zombie movies for me
I never had a problem with these controls. People who nag about it clearly weren't meant for Raccoon City. Looking forward to your one on nemesis - the real OG adventure.
I'd like to add to the puzzle solving not being frustrating point, because I watched your footage and realised that the solution for he door to the V-Jolt room was to look at the balls on the pool table. But because of the lights on the panel, I never thought to look anywhere else and managed to open the door through 'brute-forcing' it. Which is clever!
The first time I played the first resident evil was resident evil DS for the Nintendo DS they added some really cool touch screen functions that actually added to the game, like new puzzles, rail shooter segments with your knife and not detract from the game I highly recommend it to anyone who's a re fan.
Was in my mid twenties in 96 when I played this..grew up on arcades, Atari a little nes but holy sniz when that first zombie munching away turns around I was freaked!
Glad to see someone actually give a good review for the original resident evil. Personally, I've only ever played the remastered version of the game, which in my opinion is probably the more terrifying version. While the controls have been improved, they introduced the crimson heads, which make the zombies a bigger threat (basically you kill them, but if you don't destroy the head when you 'kill' them or you don't burn the body with the lighter and canteen of gas, they'll come back faster and stronger)
id say RE1 is by far the most reasonable game from a story perspective and game mechanics. All the puzzles seem out of place when in the other settings, but they make way more sense in a mansion purposely built to hide stuff in. It still has a b movie, campy tone, but it works so well in this one.
Excellent video! I think that your comments about RE1's level design is a good encapsulation of what makes the game, and the other PS1 RE games, so fun. They are somewhat like Metroidvanias, in that the items that you find keep unlocking more areas to explore. Even though this is a video about the original RE1, I think that the RE2 Remake also captures this feeling, especially in the RPD section. There is something important that I would like to make note of about the original RE1, that I am not sure if you were aware of: there are multiple routes, and endings, to the game. Depending on the order that you explore the rooms in the mansion, you can encounter different cut scenes, and these different cut scenes can result in you receiving a different ending. Also, regarding the different endings and routes, I would like to make note that you don't *have* to save Chris or Jill in the laboratory at the end.
I've been playing the series since I was 11 and it's always fun to hear the new thoughts of someone who didn't grow up with it. Glad you're having a blast, and can't wait to see more of your takes! ^.^
These vids keep popping up in may recommended, and It's been fun rewatching them. We don't always agree, but I always value your opinion. Weather It's Sonic. RE, etc.
is easy to say in 2022 that this game has "bad voice acting" but believe me, when this game came out nobody was listening to it., it was very mysterious and very scary., also the way the lines are acted is to make clear to the player stuff., for example when Barry says "have this lockpick, you are the master of unlocking", or "this weapon is for monsters" sounds stupid when analyzing the game but when you play it for the first time the tension is so big but those sentence break through the tension and makes you remember that with the lockpick you can actually unlock stuff and with the weapon you can kill the big monsters, is kinda a "didactic" way of speaking for any type of player could get it., you also must know that the Japanes Devs knew the american public had a hard time understanding complex gameplay
@@Goomyx1492 Yes that magazine said that, but gamers didn´t., not many might have even read that magazine., that mood and ambience of re1 was very strong in 1996., the information was not available everywhere on how to play the game or walkthroughs., so the game was very criptic and mysterious too.., the tension it evokes made nobody listen to the dialogue., that came years later when in forums on the internet people were dissecting the game by that time it was ultra beated
The tank controls are one of the biggest controversies of the game series and I think once you get used to it its as natural as any other scheme. Therre is something about dodging through a hallway of zombies without taking any damage that is not re created anywhere else. The "horror" is multidimensional as well. The gore and few jump scares can only carry you so far. The anticipation and the anxiety induced by not having ammo or not knowing if there are any more health items etc are just as good as the jump scares and visceral images.And then there is the contrast of when you are in the save rooms compared to the rest of the environments. Really breaks up the tension only to throw you back into it as its the only place to go. Definitely can carry into the later play throughs.
I haven't played the remake of RE2 but I love original RE2 played for the first time last year and IMO the pre rendered backgrounds and OST shine in that game a lot really enhances the atmosphere and give that game a unique feel Hope you enjoy it
Yeah dude, agreed. As silly as the Resident Evil voice acting can sometimes be (including consideration of it's age), the lore is still incredibly interesting. I think Resident Evil depicts the whole zombie genre extremely well. It was actually my first introduction to "zombies" as a kid altogether. It made me incredibly scared of zombies because I was so young at the time that I couldn't figure out how to equip the handgun, thus led to me being eaten alive over and over again... that being said, it's what intrigued me about it altogether and ultimately made me driven to conquer my fear of zombies (which I did)! I love Resident Evil. Such a freaking classic!
I was 13 years old in 2012 when i finally saw this game in action. My two older brothers had always talked about re1 and re2 growing up but i had never seen them being played until 12 years ago. Admittedly even at that age, 16 years after the games release i was creeped out by the game. The dogs jumping through the window scared tf outta me
In the old resident evil the characters were very fast and you sprint as fast as a dog unlike the modern where the characters just jog and dogs outrun you...Fast paced despite the tank controls lol
Me and my friends were making fun ofnit at school in the playground. We would just walk around pretending to be Barry pointing and flailing our arms saying 'What iiiisss it!'. We used to laugh about the carnage of them having a dinner party and all the glasses and cutlery getting launches across the table due to the arm flailing.
I guess the Hunter opening the door normally was intended to show they were more intelligent, and thus far deadlier, than other enemies in the game. But yeah, its hilarious. Like, I can picture in my mind the Hunter rushing madly trying to find you, only to magically pop up a top hat and a mustache while opening the door, just to revert back to swinging it claws all over the place while roaring bloody murder.
An easy fix would be to just not have the hunter move so fast. Have it start a little closer to the mansion, moving slowly towards it, and then open the door
The thing with the horror genre is that it always loses its value once you know what to expect. That's why any competent horror movie or game needs to have more to it than just being scary. Action, lore, platforming, etc. For Resident Evil, the ranking system actively encourages replaying it with speed in mind. The devs knew that the game would be less scary the more you play it, but turned that weakness into a selling point by rewarding the player for replaying the game and getting better.
I give you props for playing this for the first time as an adult and still liking it and respecting its influence, Respect!. So many people nowadays disregard it as "obsolete" while it's still so freaking good. I originally played RE2 and 3 as a kid and loved them. I didn't play RE1 until my late teens but somehow it has become my favorite. I think there's something about the mansion that just clicks with me. As you said, despite the awful voice acting the story and the lore is just captivating. I can't decide between this one and the remake for my N1 RE game. The remake is better in many ways but the original has this different feel with the old graphics, like everything feels so artificial and unnatural that it somehow adds to the creepiness. The REmake feels a bit TOO beautiful, like a painting in many places. It's still an amazing game in many ways so that's why I consider both versions my N1. Also ,THANK YOU for saying that about the Director's cut OST! People love to say it's shit and use the example of the kitchen track, which is admittedly awful, but the OST is generally pretty good and creepy. I've listened to it on its own while reading horror comics and it fits great.
however the original ost is still ideal for this game and one of the best in horror genre. I still don't understand what was the point in changing it for the dualshock edition, the budget could be spent more rationally.
@@TihomirSikorsky I like them both. I may be a bit more inclined towards the DC OST just cause I've played that version more but I'll still defend it as an overall solid horror OST. My biggest criticism of the DC Dual shock is the stupid mistake with the censored intro and the lack of an RE2 demo but they're just nitpicks.
@@cloudtx you meant director's cut dualshock edition under DC OST in your first sentence? because original 1996 version and director's cut (without dual shock) share the same ost.
@@TihomirSikorsky Correct, that's what I meant. Saying "Director's Cut Dual Shock" is a bit of a mouthful haha. How many versions do you own? Personally I just own the DC Dual Shock version but I'd like to get the original longbox version someday just cause they look so cool and maybe the DC with the RE2 demo just for novelty sake.
@@cloudtx I own only director's cut digital version bought in psstore (meant to be played on psp and ps3 as in store description, but I played on psvita). + I owned some bootleg editions for ps1 in 90s (which were the major source of introduction with re universe for me), but now they are gone. Except for that, it's all that I got; ye, would love to have some day an original box for ps1.
For Resident Evil 2. I highly recommend playing both scenarios. I had no idea until much later on, but you can play the game backwards and get a whole new experience. (Also "Claire A, Leon B". is considered canon to the plot.)
The infamous basement music actually fits for me. It sounds like something that would have been included on Are You afraid of the dark. So to kid me back then, it didn't feel out of place in a horror game.
I like how for the two characters they hold different strengths for example in built stats-wise chris is better being more tanky and a better shot(as i recall he locks on quicker and has a higher chance for crits) where jill is much better at exploration with the mentioned lockpick and inventory space
I think one of the contributing issues with the voice acting is that random American actors were picked in Japan and given absolutely no context as to what they were recording for. The original VA for Wesker has recently been found and has done a couple of interview.
I love how personally hurt Wesker sounds, when Chris is laughing at his reveal of the tyrant.
You can't help but love that dialog
the start of their multi-decade long beef
where's captain Wesker?
well, he's sleeping with the *u l t i m a t e* failure
Chris: What is your problem with me!?
Wesker: You just had to laugh at me! Couldn't have just heard me out about the ultimate weapon but no no no, you just had to make fun of me!
Chris: Let that go. It's not like it'll have any future ramifications.
Weskee: Like your family bloodline?😎
Chris: You sonuva...! You promised you wouldn't bring that up!
@@Mephiles343 he's like "Chriiiiis... Stop it"
Im so glad you actually praised the controls. Every review starts out "NOW GUYS I KNOW THESE CONTROLS HAVENT AGED WELL". Like no, these controls are prefect for this game and make total sense after 5 mins
"NOW GUYS I KNOW THESE CONTROLS HAVENT AGED WELL" I hate hearing that, too. Cause it's not true. One gets the impression that those who say this have only played the game for 2 minutes.
Also I don't see much praise for the story either. Which I'm glad J spoke of positively.
@@Darkjack-FR yea or theyre just trying to appeal to a swath of comments that might be made by people who never actually play the game
Back in the early 2000s, I would have hated the controls. Now I love them. If anything they've aged to nostalgic perfection.
Maybe for you, was never a fan of tank controls and found them silly with how it makes the characters have to move in many situations.
There's so much history to this first game in the franchise. I tend to find the acting charming as it is hilarious. Apparently, the voice actors were just given the lines to deliver in a booth, with no context. It was also Shinji Mikami's first time directing anything, so we ended up with this hilarious acting. Can't help but love the cheese.
This was the first game I can recall having a "cinema" FMV and voice dialog for all the characters. I was impressed by it at 12, but my sister's older friends laughed and I was confused why.
@@MaxHarden I was 8 and remember laughing my ass off with the rest of my family at the horrible acting. I also remember that initial zombie reveal being pants-shittingly terrifying and I found it uncomfortable to watch for several years after, it was just so detailed and alien looking compared to just about any other "spooky" video game stuff at the time. Nowadays it's almost as funny as the voice acting but a tiny part of me still remembers that fear. Didn't stop me from beating the game, though! My whole family loves the series to this day.
Fixed camera angle grew on me. I love how the devs behind it said they made it like that so it would feel like a "movie" which is neat
Yeah I've always really liked that about classic REs. I wish they still made games like this.
Fixed camera can actually be pretty cool, RE is a good example of that.
It doesn't take too long to get used to it.
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Until Dawn is another good (and modern) example.
Having been a teenager when this game originally released, its always somewhat surreal to hear someone who’s never played it dissect it amongst the current gaming climate.
S/N :Chris does have more health than Jill. He also can get free heals from Rebecca when she’s in the safe rooms that are well stocked.
Great video.
Agreed. I love how respectful and insightful he is though! Also, the free heals are a must for me whenever I play the game again.
Chris also has to use the sword key. Jill can unlock all sword key doors with her lockpick.
Also in the Director's Cut version Chris has better aiming than Jill and will make more headshots with the pistol
It's so refreshing to hear a competent analysis on this that doesn't just boil down to "haha controls bad".
I like the tank controls. I'm pretty old though
I mean I hear similar things when people play the original Tomb Raider and talk to me about it. To me the controls are fine, but to someone who didn't grow up with them, I can see their point to degree.
@@utopua4all you can grow up to like garbage games, that doesn't mean they're good.
@@pafoneto1275 Apparently nothing is more garbage than your taste if you think those are bad lmao
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So, 90% of people have bad taste? Because most of the people thinks these controls are bad.
You firing off that rocket before death had me dying with laughter. It's something about the slight load in between the rocket firing and the cutscene that is so funny to me!
We had opposite reactions to the hunter's intro cinema. I got nervous in a hurry as I realized that this creature was retracing my steps, able to open doors with its inhuman hands, and fast approaching my current location.
A bit of trivia here about the duel shock director's cut. The altered OST was composed by an artist who claimed to be deaf. 15 years later, it was revealed that not only was that not true, he had a ghost writer who composed the score. He was taking credit for someone else's score. I still prefer the original OST over directors cut.
I learned about this from ink ribbon
@@arseneholmes6266 whang also did a video on it
Fun Fact the game that started Resident Evil was Sweet Home a Adaptation of a book called sweet home turned into a Rpg with survival horror elements of Resident evil but without the same gameplay for combat the series would compete in a tournament taking first place against another popular horror series in japan called corpse party
Good to know more people are more informed 👍
Sweet home was also a movie and the sweet home game is based on the film
Are people actually listening to this bullshit lmao, you are soooo wrong it's concerning
Tokuro Fujiwara, director of Sweet Home (1989. NES), was the producer of Resident Evil (Biohazard). And that time, he directed the game more that Mikami declares. Young Mikami took orders from him cause Fujiwara was older. That was the old way.
Remake 1 is the real Mikami's vision. 96 is different (funner, speeder, and better imo).
Thanks for the facts guys, this is really cool to learn
The voice acting is the best in this game. I like it actually because it’s funny, but one thing no one ever says is how really kind Chris and Rebecca sound. I just like how wholesome they sound and everything.
That was about as good of a review of one of my all time favorites as I could have hoped for. Good job on this one.
I've played this game more times than I can count since 1996 and I've seen a ton of videos similar to this one. Still, it's always nice to see what others have to say about a game that means so much to me. That's especially true when the person isn't as familiar with this game or the franchise. Thanks for the video, it was entertaining.
This game will always have a special place in my heart. Game came out when I was 13, almost 14. One of my best friends at the time had a PS1 and had the longbox version. Although by today's standards this game is pretty tame and doesn't have a whole lot of horror going on, for a kid in the mid 90s, when survival horror wasn't really a recognized genre yet, it was pretty scary. Eventually I got the dual shock directors cut on physical disc, purchased a digital copy I don't even know how many times, and then the Nintendo DS version. I actually like all the extra stuff in the DS version.
Can't wait for you to cover the REmake. I believe it's the best "Classic RE" game of it's kind, and a true exemplar of remakes done right. Not to mention that even 20 years after it's original release, the REmake still manages to scare me at times (as does the RE2make, but I haven't put that many hours into yet).
Shit, the first time Jill got eated by Yawn? Kept me up a couple nights.
Correction: the Saturn version runs at the same exact resolution as the original. The backgrounds don't use a lossy compression, but they use just 248 colors compared to full 16 bits on PSX.
Shame Sega didnt last. Never had a Saturn but Genesis and Dreamcast were and are awesome.
Idk if this sounds weird but I really love it when you go back to franchises you may not be familiar with and try it for the first time. For me I watch a lot of re videos and most of them have been with the series for a long time and are very connected to it so for me it’s nice to see someone who got into the series fairly recently and is just trying the old games for the first time.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SURVIVAL HORROR J'S!!!!!!!! Been lookin forward to this ;DD There was something soooo wholesome and cathartic about that entire section of you talking about the exploration x') I relate to all that sooo hard
This was a really great video, well worth the wait. I’m glad you got the hang of the tank controls and didn’t complain about them like a lot of people playing it for the first time these days. Can’t wait for RE2 (my favorite of the classics)
Oh heck yes! I got into Resident Evil last year and love this series. Can't wait to hear your perspective on these games J!
You played it for first time? Now I am jealous. RE is the first game I purchased together with my PS1 console. Playing it at 11pm until 1am in 1998 while I was still a teenager was one of my great memory.
A lot of people seem to think that Barry "accidentally" dropping the rope means he intended to trap Jill underground, but if you wait there for a while he promtply returns with a new one just as he promised, so Jill can climb out with it. There are three ways to interpret this: a) he genuinely made a mistake, b) he intended to slow Jill down a bit or c) he might have been trying to protect Jill from Wesker.
You have no idea how happy I was to see this! Can’t wait for more RE reviews!!!😁
At last… the series I’ve been anxiously waiting for a retrospective! Thanks for reviewing J!
It is so weird to see you grow, J. I remembered when you made an a Crack in Time review (one where you tore into the game in fantastic fashion) and helped me pinpoint exactly what put me off about it and where to work with myself into accpeting it and learning to like it.
For Resident Evil 1, I love it. The voice acting is so bad I look forward to every single cutscene for the laughs, I even _missed_ the bad voice acting in the remake. There is such a sense of horror with the camera angles. Very fun and replayable too. I agree with you, RE1 is a very good game
RE1 was SO good! Nothing was like it at the time. One of the best ever.
That cutscene when the hunters appear for the first time and open a door 😔👌
The hunter acting was wonderful 🤣 Enjoyed the video. Seeing new experiences seem like fun. Have a nice day everyone!
I'm so rejoiced you're enjoying the classics I grew up with. I can't wait for the next retrospectives. I would like you to see how different the original Resident Evil 3 is and share your thoughts. And Yes, I agree REmake deserves its own video. Keep it up J!
I am so happy that you explained what the tank controls and fixed camera angles are and how they are a good thing. So many people here on RUclips and on Reddit seem to believe that fixed camera gameplay is outdated crap that nobody wants anymore. Either they believe that or they can tolerate it but believe that that type of gameplay should never be returned to ever again.
Also, a comment on clearing rooms of enemies. Do people really have a problem with that? I thought the whole point of survival horror was to "survive", which includes clearing rooms to make safe zones so that you get out of the scenario with your life. I mean, if I were trapped in a mansion full of BOWs, I know I wouldn't purposely leave some enemies living just to make the experience more threatening.
Also, the bad voice acting is part of the experience. Resident Evil was made as a tribute to B horror movies. This along with over the top moments of action and horror have always been a huge part of the series. This is why I never understood the criticisms of RE5 and RE6 being too action oriented. Action has always been here from the start. You need it in order to fight the enemies.
Re1s bad acting was entirely an accident. We know this from behind the scenes interviews that it was not meant to turn out like that. It's not a coincidence that REmake, made by the same director with the explicit purpose of making the game he had wanted re1 to be, absolutely was trying to go for a more serious vibe.
The series becoming a tribute to B movies only started being intentional from re4 onwards, though your point about it always being action oriented is correct.
@@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502 It doesn't matter if that wasn't what it was intended to be originally. That is still how it ended up. It had the presentation of a B-movie and that's what me and other players fell in love with. Even though the latter classic style games had better voice acting quality and more coherent scripts, it still retained that B-movie atmosphere.
It's been a blast watching you play through the classics for the first time. I was there at the beginning. Played resi 1 when I was 14 and have been a fan ever since. You are the only reviewer who has captured your genuine feeling without going down the 'It's old so it's shit' route.
Actually, Chris does have some perks that counteract his weaknesses. I believe he can take more punishment and he definitely raises weapons much faster and fires at least the handgun faster. He may run slightly faster but I never tested it.
You're right, that makes speedruns sometimes easier actually.
Wow, imagine not talking shit about tank controls. You have my respect, even more now.
As a kid this game felt like solving Scooby-Doo mystery. At first I thought it was a haunted house with supernatural monsters but finding out the truth blow my little mind.
Them bad actors was too funny 😂 hahahahaha. Bro the venom voice effect 😂. This is too funny ahahahahahahah.
I don't really have much to say other than I sincerely look forward to your videos and I couldn't be more excited for your Resident Evil retrospective. I wish you all the best of luck on these up coming videos and also in the rest of the year to come. I know that you put a lot of work in to your videos and I just want to acknowledge the efforts and say thank you for doing what you do and providing all of us with so much great quality entertainment. You're awesome!!
Excited to see you tackle resident evil! Also, I want to point out I figured the controls out as a kid just fine and it took about 10 or so minutes for me 8 year old to figure them out as well.
The "specially against living things" line actually makes sense. It hurts Hunters more than it hurts zombies.
Chris has strengths to counter balance his weakness: he has a better stamina and can get more hits and is also faster to shoot.
Having only played the Gamecube version while watching this made me realise how much they've actually added to the gameplay, so might be worth doing a comparison video of as well!
The GC remake still holds up today and looks even better on Series X.
In the original Japanese game Biohazard, the character select screen shows Jill's game as "easy" difficulty and chris as "hard" difficulty.
9:39 exactly at the age of 10, when I was playing the game for the first time (in the summer of 1997) I was shaking in the boots, and was playing only in the daytime. the game still holds the quality, atmosphere, and particularly music.
11:45 a little note about the jill sandwich, you can accidently stop barry from saving you if you find forest before getting the gun
I remember a friend bringing this game over to show me. I was instantly hooked. I'd even say that without that experience I wouldn't be the gamer I at today.
Resident Evil: Deadly Silence is definitely my favorite way to play the game now, besides the remaster of the remake. You didn't mention that on DS the top screen always displays the map! Such a time saver!
Re1 came out on ps1 when I was 11 and I was instantly hooked. Me and my younger brother usually do a marathon of the first 4 games once every couple of years which doesn’t actually take that long since the critical path to all of them is embedded in my dna….except code Veronica we still get confused a little with that one
there are no words to explain how much RE was breathtaking back then, it was the scariest experience kids ever had in their life, i was 10 back then and after trying to play it i was so scared it took me years before i could find the courage to play again (around 15years olds) as time went on i found out everyone i met of the same generation as me had the exact same experience, so scary they couldnt even play until years later. 90% of that was due to the music.
Never played re, interested to see what you think of it
Some of my favourite voice lines that don't get mentioned often are Enrico's death as Jill, and Wesker just casually shooting Rebecca after saying "yeah, like this."
I used to (and still do) love how you kill zombies, dogs, giant mutant monsters and the only thing keeping you "trapped" in the mansion is a dog at the front door! 😂
It's been a longtime. Another difference with the DUAL SHOCK Version is not only the Analog Stick Controls nor the change in music, but the game also supports Vibration. Thus why these Analog Controllers are called DUAL SHOCK and the game has DUAL SHOCK Version on the Title.
I'd like to hear what the person in charge was thinking when that basement music played and they gave it the ok 🤣
I first played the original Resident Evil on the DS and I think that's a perfect little port of that game I even love the name Resident Evil deadly silence, they didn't have to call it that that incorporated the DS name into the title which is great. Sadly with the hike in game prices recently especially retro games it's become insanely expensive to get that version but it'll always hold a special place in my heart and I might bite the bullet and buy it again one day.
I was 12 or 13 when this game came out. Before playing this game I was playing super Mario world and street fighter on the snes. So playing this the first time was actually scary. For me it was the music and atmosphere. As a kid I kept getting lost in the house. I had nightmares about this game but loved it. It also awoke an interest in zombie movies for me
I never had a problem with these controls. People who nag about it clearly weren't meant for Raccoon City.
Looking forward to your one on nemesis - the real OG adventure.
I'd like to add to the puzzle solving not being frustrating point, because I watched your footage and realised that the solution for he door to the V-Jolt room was to look at the balls on the pool table. But because of the lights on the panel, I never thought to look anywhere else and managed to open the door through 'brute-forcing' it. Which is clever!
The first time I played the first resident evil was resident evil DS for the Nintendo DS they added some really cool touch screen functions that actually added to the game, like new puzzles, rail shooter segments with your knife and not detract from the game I highly recommend it to anyone who's a re fan.
Tank controls is WAY better and intuitive than most says.
Was in my mid twenties in 96 when I played this..grew up on arcades, Atari a little nes but holy sniz when that first zombie munching away turns around I was freaked!
Glad to see someone actually give a good review for the original resident evil. Personally, I've only ever played the remastered version of the game, which in my opinion is probably the more terrifying version. While the controls have been improved, they introduced the crimson heads, which make the zombies a bigger threat (basically you kill them, but if you don't destroy the head when you 'kill' them or you don't burn the body with the lighter and canteen of gas, they'll come back faster and stronger)
id say RE1 is by far the most reasonable game from a story perspective and game mechanics. All the puzzles seem out of place when in the other settings, but they make way more sense in a mansion purposely built to hide stuff in. It still has a b movie, campy tone, but it works so well in this one.
Excellent video! I think that your comments about RE1's level design is a good encapsulation of what makes the game, and the other PS1 RE games, so fun. They are somewhat like Metroidvanias, in that the items that you find keep unlocking more areas to explore. Even though this is a video about the original RE1, I think that the RE2 Remake also captures this feeling, especially in the RPD section.
There is something important that I would like to make note of about the original RE1, that I am not sure if you were aware of: there are multiple routes, and endings, to the game. Depending on the order that you explore the rooms in the mansion, you can encounter different cut scenes, and these different cut scenes can result in you receiving a different ending. Also, regarding the different endings and routes, I would like to make note that you don't *have* to save Chris or Jill in the laboratory at the end.
I've been playing the series since I was 11 and it's always fun to hear the new thoughts of someone who didn't grow up with it. Glad you're having a blast, and can't wait to see more of your takes! ^.^
Still a great game I first played it on DS and have loved it ever since.
These vids keep popping up in may recommended, and It's been fun rewatching them. We don't always agree, but I always value your opinion. Weather It's Sonic. RE, etc.
is easy to say in 2022 that this game has "bad voice acting" but believe me, when this game came out nobody was listening to it., it was very mysterious and very scary., also the way the lines are acted is to make clear to the player stuff., for example when Barry says "have this lockpick, you are the master of unlocking", or "this weapon is for monsters" sounds stupid when analyzing the game but when you play it for the first time the tension is so big but those sentence break through the tension and makes you remember that with the lockpick you can actually unlock stuff and with the weapon you can kill the big monsters, is kinda a "didactic" way of speaking for any type of player could get it., you also must know that the Japanes Devs knew the american public had a hard time understanding complex gameplay
But as he pointed out in the video, even back in the day, critics were critical of the bad voice acting.
@@Goomyx1492 Yes that magazine said that, but gamers didn´t., not many might have even read that magazine., that mood and ambience of re1 was very strong in 1996., the information was not available everywhere on how to play the game or walkthroughs., so the game was very criptic and mysterious too.., the tension it evokes made nobody listen to the dialogue., that came years later when in forums on the internet people were dissecting the game by that time it was ultra beated
2 things i enjoy are TMNT and Resident Evil and will so enjoy watching these videos as your previous videos
The tank controls are one of the biggest controversies of the game series and I think once you get used to it its as natural as any other scheme. Therre is something about dodging through a hallway of zombies without taking any damage that is not re created anywhere else. The "horror" is multidimensional as well. The gore and few jump scares can only carry you so far. The anticipation and the anxiety induced by not having ammo or not knowing if there are any more health items etc are just as good as the jump scares and visceral images.And then there is the contrast of when you are in the save rooms compared to the rest of the environments. Really breaks up the tension only to throw you back into it as its the only place to go. Definitely can carry into the later play throughs.
Awesome video . Glad ur doing this retrospective can't wait till u get to 4 5 and 6 should be very interesting
dude you are killing it! keep up the great work!
I haven't played the remake of RE2 but I love original RE2 played for the first time last year and IMO the pre rendered backgrounds and OST shine in that game a lot really enhances the atmosphere and give that game a unique feel
Hope you enjoy it
awesome review j. really like your retrospectives.
Chris definitely has strengths in balance to his detriments. Higher health pool and faster RoF with most weapons
Never played the RE games even when village was pretty mainstream at one point
I really need to give this series a go down the road
The original trilogy is one of the best things the 90s ever gave us.
Yeah dude, agreed. As silly as the Resident Evil voice acting can sometimes be (including consideration of it's age), the lore is still incredibly interesting. I think Resident Evil depicts the whole zombie genre extremely well. It was actually my first introduction to "zombies" as a kid altogether. It made me incredibly scared of zombies because I was so young at the time that I couldn't figure out how to equip the handgun, thus led to me being eaten alive over and over again... that being said, it's what intrigued me about it altogether and ultimately made me driven to conquer my fear of zombies (which I did)! I love Resident Evil. Such a freaking classic!
Thank you for not mindlessly bashing the controls. Tank controls really aren't that bad if you take the time to learn them.
I was 13 years old in 2012 when i finally saw this game in action. My two older brothers had always talked about re1 and re2 growing up but i had never seen them being played until 12 years ago. Admittedly even at that age, 16 years after the games release i was creeped out by the game. The dogs jumping through the window scared tf outta me
Jay just dropped another straight banger time to drop in all my friends inboxes
Chris definitely tanks more hits 🔥🤘🏻😎
In the old resident evil the characters were very fast and you sprint as fast as a dog unlike the modern where the characters just jog and dogs outrun you...Fast paced despite the tank controls lol
Great review as always, one thing missing though is the origin of the resident evil which is the game sweet home that came out years before RE.
The master of reviewing is back!!
Me and my friends were making fun ofnit at school in the playground. We would just walk around pretending to be Barry pointing and flailing our arms saying 'What iiiisss it!'. We used to laugh about the carnage of them having a dinner party and all the glasses and cutlery getting launches across the table due to the arm flailing.
I guess the Hunter opening the door normally was intended to show they were more intelligent, and thus far deadlier, than other enemies in the game. But yeah, its hilarious. Like, I can picture in my mind the Hunter rushing madly trying to find you, only to magically pop up a top hat and a mustache while opening the door, just to revert back to swinging it claws all over the place while roaring bloody murder.
An easy fix would be to just not have the hunter move so fast. Have it start a little closer to the mansion, moving slowly towards it, and then open the door
Excellent review. Only correction is that technically it didn’t birth survival horror when Alone in the Dark existed :)
The thing with the horror genre is that it always loses its value once you know what to expect. That's why any competent horror movie or game needs to have more to it than just being scary. Action, lore, platforming, etc. For Resident Evil, the ranking system actively encourages replaying it with speed in mind. The devs knew that the game would be less scary the more you play it, but turned that weakness into a selling point by rewarding the player for replaying the game and getting better.
Chris can actually take a bit more damage than Jill. He's definitely still the hard mode of the game for sure.
I give you props for playing this for the first time as an adult and still liking it and respecting its influence, Respect!. So many people nowadays disregard it as "obsolete" while it's still so freaking good. I originally played RE2 and 3 as a kid and loved them. I didn't play RE1 until my late teens but somehow it has become my favorite. I think there's something about the mansion that just clicks with me. As you said, despite the awful voice acting the story and the lore is just captivating.
I can't decide between this one and the remake for my N1 RE game. The remake is better in many ways but the original has this different feel with the old graphics, like everything feels so artificial and unnatural that it somehow adds to the creepiness. The REmake feels a bit TOO beautiful, like a painting in many places. It's still an amazing game in many ways so that's why I consider both versions my N1.
Also ,THANK YOU for saying that about the Director's cut OST! People love to say it's shit and use the example of the kitchen track, which is admittedly awful, but the OST is generally pretty good and creepy. I've listened to it on its own while reading horror comics and it fits great.
however the original ost is still ideal for this game and one of the best in horror genre. I still don't understand what was the point in changing it for the dualshock edition, the budget could be spent more rationally.
@@TihomirSikorsky I like them both. I may be a bit more inclined towards the DC OST just cause I've played that version more but I'll still defend it as an overall solid horror OST.
My biggest criticism of the DC Dual shock is the stupid mistake with the censored intro and the lack of an RE2 demo but they're just nitpicks.
@@cloudtx you meant director's cut dualshock edition under DC OST in your first sentence? because original 1996 version and director's cut (without dual shock) share the same ost.
@@TihomirSikorsky Correct, that's what I meant. Saying "Director's Cut Dual Shock" is a bit of a mouthful haha.
How many versions do you own? Personally I just own the DC Dual Shock version but I'd like to get the original longbox version someday just cause they look so cool and maybe the DC with the RE2 demo just for novelty sake.
@@cloudtx I own only director's cut digital version bought in psstore (meant to be played on psp and ps3 as in store description, but I played on psvita). + I owned some bootleg editions for ps1 in 90s (which were the major source of introduction with re universe for me), but now they are gone. Except for that, it's all that I got; ye, would love to have some day an original box for ps1.
Wooooo this series is gonna be awesome!!
For Resident Evil 2. I highly recommend playing both scenarios. I had no idea until much later on, but you can play the game backwards and get a whole new experience. (Also "Claire A, Leon B". is considered canon to the plot.)
RE: Director's Cut that's not the Dual Shock release is the best version of the original game...that's the one I recommend be played.
The infamous basement music actually fits for me. It sounds like something that would have been included on Are You afraid of the dark. So to kid me back then, it didn't feel out of place in a horror game.
Didn’t know about the ds version. Always wanted to try this so I’ll give it a go
Originally bought res 2 on launch, 8 hours later I'd done it, couldn't wait to dive back in,the game is the perfect sequel.
Love your Batman TAS perspective review.
I like how for the two characters they hold different strengths for example in built stats-wise chris is better being more tanky and a better shot(as i recall he locks on quicker and has a higher chance for crits) where jill is much better at exploration with the mentioned lockpick and inventory space
14:15 I love how wesker sounds annoyed at chris for laughing
Resident evil is my favorite series I love the games so much looking forward to more in the future
Acting was perfect
I think one of the contributing issues with the voice acting is that random American actors were picked in Japan and given absolutely no context as to what they were recording for. The original VA for Wesker has recently been found and has done a couple of interview.
My favorite game of all time I absolutely love it