Gametrailers Resident Evil Retrospective (Episode 6 up now)

REmake was my first Resi.

And I loved it.

Hexx wrote:REmake was my first Resi.

And I loved it.

Its also the best.

REmake
Resi 2
Resi 4
Code: Veronica
Resi 3
Resi Zero

And the rest... har!

TheTurnipKing wrote:

Cal wrote:

TheTurnipKing wrote:It was just called "Resident Evil" colloquially known as REmake.

Thanks, fella. Just have to track down a copy now... I know I have RE4 for GC and I think one or two others including Zero (or that could be on PS2). Amazingly, I have never played my copy of RE4 (too scared).

Zero was. I think, a Gamecube exclusive, though there was a Wii version released in Japan, was it?

Yeah, GC only. Zero is good, in that it plays well, and runs on the same tech as REmake. Other than that though you can see it is an N64 game design wise. REmake however was a brand new game that expanded so much on the original 1996 effort.

REmake really was staggeringly good looking.

Makes RE5 Chris look like an utter twat as well.

I still think it looks better than RE4 and actually plays better than RE4 on the GC, it also had quite a nice plot and I really like the fixed camera angle business, brilliant, brilliant game.

I wonder why I never got round to picking up RE0, wish it would come out on Euro Wiis

If you were to up REmake to 720p, run it next to RE5 & then ask random people which one was supposed to be the Next Gen version, I bet they'd say the first.

Cal wrote:

KKLEIN wrote:Graphically the GC version is quite something.

So this was a remake for GC of RE1? How the f*ckity-f*ckwits did I miss that..? Does anyone have the exact title it was released under - I don't think they gave it in the GT movie.

I know I wheel this pic out every time anyone mentions REmake...but what the hell. This is just how damn good it looked...

Can Capcom please just release Resident Evil 2 in HD?

Please.

Hexx wrote:REmake was my first Resi.

And I loved it.

Same here, it was a great game. I was disappointed with RE0 at first, but I started the game again a couple of months ago and I liked it a lot.

Neo Cortex wrote:REmake
Resi 2
Resi 4
Code: Veronica
Resi 3
Resi Zero...

No.

RE0
REMake
RE2
RE:CV
RE3

You can put RE4 wherever you like on that list.

mic wrote:

Neo Cortex wrote:REmake
Resi 2
Resi 4
Code: Veronica
Resi 3
Resi Zero...

No.

RE0
REMake
RE2
RE:CV
RE3

You can put RE4 wherever you like on that list.

NO.

RE2
RE:CV
RE3
REMake
RE4

Haven't played Zero.

Wow, they went really in-depth there. I'm looking forward to the next one.

You mean you actually want an analysis, Jaxley?

I've never watched one of these retrospectives before and considering my love for Resi, thought I'd give this a look. I don't know what I was expecting, but thought maybe there'd be some info in there which I didn't already know - it felt like they were spouting facts from a book and forgot how to entertain viewers while they were at it.

I know, I know, I'm being overly picky. They were talking about my favourite game in the series (the original, not the REmake, despite it being fantastic) and I was actually bored. That ain't right!

mic wrote:You mean you actually want an analysis, Jaxley?

They're doing 2 and 3 in the next one. Those are the ones i've played. But only when i was young - so it's nice to get to know it all again.

Agent47 wrote:I've never watched one of these retrospectives before and considering my love for Resi, thought I'd give this a look. I don't know what I was expecting, but thought maybe there'd be some info in there which I didn't already know - it felt like they were spouting facts from a book and forgot how to entertain viewers while they were at it.

I know, I know, I'm being overly picky. They were talking about my favourite game in the series (the original, not the REmake, despite it being fantastic) and I was actually bored. That ain't right!

Dead inside.

See what I did there?

RE4 > RE2 > RE3 > RE1

Who cares about the other games.

Ok, a more in depth analysis from my own perpective... *Ahem*

Resident Evil.

My first 'experience' of Resident Evil-if you can call it that, was actually a video of the Sega Saturn version, that was bundled with the console. Needless to say I watched it over and over, somewhat enthralled.

The first proper version of this I played was actually the directors cut, complete with the sexy Resident Evil 2 demo. I remember noticing all the little differences from the demo and the final version I still have the haunting corridor music etched into my brain, coupled with moans and the sounds of shuffling feet. The game may be horrifically dated now, but at the time the visuals and haunting sound effects were simply awe inspiring, the soundtrack at least still stands out today, even if not much else does.

I must have lost a lot of time to the original Resident Evil, albeit on the somewhat girly 'training' difficulty, yes at that tender age I wasnt quite butch enough to tackle the normal difficulty. That said, even now I still find this entry in the series bastard hard, not quite Code: Veronica levels of difficulty though. I still remember the haunting trip back from the guardhouse after defeating the hideous Plant 42, touching the cold door handle, and seeing that FMV, of the hunter following your footsteps through the garden. Possibly the scariest introduction of a monster in a game yet. At the time it was real crap your pants territory, especially if you had no ammo left aside from a few herbs and a rusty combat knife! Even now the hunters in the original Resident Evil are things to be feared...

The Directors cut itself also added an 'advanced' mode, which upped the difficulty, but also added new camera angles and enemy/item placements. If you look closely enough you may even get to shoot a zombie Forrest... A feature later retained for the Gamecube remake

The Gamecube 'REmake' brought a whole new dimension to the game, completely revitalising a game that at the time was not even all that old. The graphics, even now in the HD era are still astounding, and probably impress me than anything on the current crop of consoles- Resi 5 included. The lighting effects if you ask me are some of the best ever seen, casting realtime shadows over every surface with the flicker of a candle, or the flash of the raging storm outside. Those of us who considered ourselves reasonably familliar with the Spencer mansion were also catered for, with new areas, and vastly superior puzzles. It wasn't just that though, Capcom had added something far more sinister...

I bet you thought that first zombie you killed remaining on the floor long after you left was just some fancy graphcial effect right? I bet you sure never expected it to get up again did you? Enter the crimson heads, which did for zombies what viagra did for the impotent. Crimson heads made zombies terrifying again, they were bigger than you, stronger than you, and most importantly faster than you. One wrong move and they would claw your face off. After that you can be sure even RE veterans now made sure not to leave a room without at least setting fire to most of the inhabitants.

I have to admit I was never all that keen on Deadly Silence, while I did admire the technical briilaince of cramming an old game onto the DS, and removing all load times (YAY!). I never really got on all that well with the new 'touch' puzzles, and that bizarre random occurence where you dropped all your weapons to slash at a group of enemies with your old trusty.....combat knife. Gah. That said though, I still loved having a good portable Resi in my pocket. I did also have a brief flirtation with Sega Saturn Resident Evil, which was nigh on identical to the Playstation original, save for a few extra costumes and the battle mode-which if you have played either The 4th Survivor, or Mercenaries you have played many times before, albeit better.

Ahh...now if you will excuse me, I have a giant snake to kill, and emblem to collect, and some evil corporations to defeat. Ciao!

mic wrote:RE0
REMake
RE2
RE:CV
RE3

I think you may be the only person on this earth who's favourite Resi is Zero.

If Melatonin saw that post he'd die right on the spot.

chalkitdown wrote:...I think you may be the only person on this earth who's favourite Resi is Zero.

If Melatonin saw that post he'd die right on the spot.

Then let us hope that the lovely Melatonin never sees it...

Anyway, balls to him - I can PROVE that RE0 is the best in the series! I think I'll wait though, 'til the game gets its own retrospective.

mic wrote:

chalkitdown wrote:...I think you may be the only person on this earth who's favourite Resi is Zero.

If Melatonin saw that post he'd die right on the spot.

Then let us hope that the lovely Melatonin never sees it...

Anyway, balls to him - I can PROVE that RE0 is the best in the series! I think I'll wait though, 'til the game gets its own retrospective.

sw26, please post the next one in this thread.