he overcame his fear!

There's actually a hidden cutscene in RE5 explicitly hinting that it's actually the same Boulder from RE1.

@@ProjectTony I need to see this

@@ProjectTony ...seriously

Wish it would’ve came full circle with Leon too

And the actors ham it up as well.

Yeah, Wesker is...I know he's...a 12 year old's idea of The Most Awesome Bad Guy, but at least he is that, as opposed to NO ONE'S idea of The Most Awesome Bad Guy. CoughDerekSimmonsCough.

4 was campy horror goodness. There was no camp in this just meme worthy moments that were supposed to be taken seriously. As a co op game it was fun but it was nothing but an irritating chore solo.

@@williamcorey4700 Yeah, RE5 takes itself way too seriously, even if you have characters like Irving and Wesker hamming it up. 4 was the one that was clearly being somewhat self-aware and making fun of itself. The further focus on action at cost of horror and survival and the lost of most of the campiness of RE 4 made RE5 the beginning of the slump RE suffered for like 7 years. Because people were starting to get sick of overblown bullshit with each RE game just getting more and action oriented with tons of explosions and trying too hard to be a movie.

@@williamcorey4700 4 campy was so corny saddler literally let leon go multiple times not only that re was always known to take it self seriously

I feel the same way. I think with me is that Resident Evil 5 should’ve been the final game of the series. If it started with Wesker, then it should’ve ended with Wesker

@@okagron Idk. I think 5 still has enough "levity" and campiness to still be unironically enjoyable, even if 4 was much more obviously nonchalant and self aware. I think 6 is the one that definitely went too far and took itself too seriously and didn't seem to realise how ridiculous it was

I especially like the "NO!" Chris screams before catching Sheva on the bomber plane.

@@DinoDave150 for sure. And simply the choice of actors were awesome. Especially Wesker. Legendary.

@@jatekforditok "5 minutes..."

@@Spit1990 complete....global....saturationnnnn

“Ya just in time for the firework show! BOOOMMMMM HAHAHAHA”

Indeed, reminds me of a recent retrospective on the original Planet of the Apes and how it had a primer (of sorts) in the form of skilled actors to make the far flung material far more digestible: “Filmmakers wisely knew that what was essential in pulling this off was for the apes to look realistic. Luckily John Chambers was on board and instead of putting the actors in tacky gorilla suits, used prosthetics that made the apes look much more realistic. But it was also the presence of A-list actors underneath the makeup that carried it over. Rather than follow the Hollywood tradition of using poverty-row actors like Lon Chaney Jr. (Chaney specialized in werewolf and Frankenstein parts), the filmmakers used acclaimed actors… But ultimately the 1968 classic has never been surpassed because, as Rinzler’s book shows, it was the product of literate and talented people.” In this, it makes me wonder if video games are different enough that having more skilled actors/more authentic performers would not have automatically further elevated a game as superlative as RE4. Especially in recent years with the reality of “crunch” showing that favoring the cutting of corners isn’t an artistic decision… I think I’ll leave the source unsaid, as who they are kind of belies any attempt at the respectability they seek to heap on Apes…

@CYB3R2K30 They have their virtues, and to me, mainly that the movies connect a hell of a lot better than the first one with Beneath the Planet (def a cash grab). To the point that I avoided the superior Escape from the Planet for decades because I assumed it would be average at best; where the humans are actually quite sinister (Hasslein). The biggest flaw with Dawn of the Planet (2014) is that the name should have been interchanged with War in 2017?

I am not aware who voiced "The Majini" in RE5 though all of the enemy names like in RE4, are in Swahili. Learned this only somewhat recently (2 years ago or so) but most of the enemies and such have very interesting names if you find out the Swahili translation. Majini is "water (flowing)" or "a current" seems like Swahili is just bit different but my understanding is it can mean just "water" or "flow of water" or so on, or, that is added by the "ni" after maji. The spider like enemies are called just Spiderheads and over all, I would think I think personally about realities in africa more because of RE5, not less. Be it very campy, the story underlines themes of exploitation in Africa, especially from western capitalist sources, while most of the surroundings in beginning speak of the poverty people are in instead of being lifted up. While they can be seen as racially insensitive, the parts with tribes people speaks how Africa still has their remote and more tribalist tribes, even today, which can be weird but is also culturally rich and diverse thing that has beautiful and unique art and structures. Sheva underlines her wish to help her people and friends throughout the game. It is simple, it is campy, it does not try to be deep, because these are not that deep of themes, but just things we do not think about most of the time. The game certainly lacks the misguided Japanese views of pre 90's or so where they saw Africa as uncivilized continent that needed other people to civilize and teach them better and "evolve up" to the same level with rest of the world, and RE5 instead reminds that we are not saving Africa as hard as we'd wish, that Africa has troubles and multi cultural aspects of it's own and is also a uniquely beautiful place that has no other on this earth.

I don't think they even use latino dubs, you can hear the spanish "s" a lot of times in there, but it doesn't sound Spanish either. It's like a weird mix of a lot of Spanish variants that just ends up sounding funny

Do the Ganados sound foreign or odd to spaniards? because I just can't put my finger on what the hell their accent is supposed to be. it feels like a mix of Mexican and European Spanish, with both accents awkwardly blending into one another.

Yeah, but because the enemies are black it's considered racist. lol It's dumb as fuck.

@@richardfitzwell4618 nobody said the game is racist just because the enemies happen to be black. It's true that the game isn't explicitly racist. It clearly has anti-colonial themes in its story, but it does feed into the "dark continent" and white savior trope, which are racist. yes, its depiction of Africa is as fictional as the Spaniards in RE4 (although considering how Africa as a continent is portrayed in media it wouldn't surprise me if there are people who didn't know this), but I don't think comparing Spanish cultist/druids to the 'Tribal African' stereotype is fair. It could have been handled better IMO.

Finally, somebody that doesn't pander to the "we have to protect the black folk" identity politics. You can make whites as stereotypical as possible, but if you don't make black people actual Mary Sue's, you're a racist. I hate this century's current focus on race.

@@panterxbeats as far as i know, there still some tribes in Africa who live like this. With no civilization at all. So i woudnt call that a stereotype .

@@panterxbeats Pretty sure the white savior trope here is just because they wanted to bring back Chris, and they weren't about to change his skin color just to avoid a trope. If it were a new guy though, then I might agree there.

People still hate this game. But I think its their expectations that gets the best of them.

It was certainly the most polarizing game of that year. I knew many series veterans and newcomers that loved it, and I knew many that despised it, with very little in-between. Looking back, it was kind of the Halo 5 of its time: committing to a new gameplay direction set up by the previous game, while dividing the fan base in the process.

Really? I didn't get that from the general reaction the first time I've played it in 2009. All I've heard is it's either fun or just okay, but wasn't as good as RE4, but started taking a piss at it when RE6 came out. But, I do remember the non-controversy about the ''racism'' crap even before it was released.

@@Dacho_Shaki oh yeaah RE6 was really getting shit on

Really? I remember most people loving this game... RE6 on the other hand...

Pp

Alot of Johnny's old reviews were like that yeah. He's come a long way. xD

Mine was Resident Evil 0, unfortunately. I never beat it though.

Not my first but this game has always stuck around like glue. I've done everything multiple times with multiple friends. As much that's wrong with it, it's a really good kick back game with a little tension

Yeah, i've always wanted that... why did it never happen? They've done RE4, and considering John's history with RE5, I can't imagine why it never did.

@@Xenoforge78 because covid killed the channel sooner then intended. I think they said they might attempt some of the planned lps in post over discord

@@squirtkipfan0136 The RE4 playthrough was in 2017 my dude. That's not really an excuse.

How would you? Go be stupid somewhere else.

@@lordeowstheking Bruh.

@@lordeowstheking it’s a joke he did a Kirby marathon swapping between it and resident evil

@@JetblackJay I didn’t get it until you explained. Of course I wouldn’t have attacked you though 😂

Nah. We do that when the titleular "return to dreamland" marathon starts. (Yes I'm not sorry for the pun)

I know that *technically* the parasite can still control a body without a head sometimes, so the enemy falling over a second late isn't too unreasonable... but holy shit is it hilarious watching an enemy just mosey around with no head.

If he gets to Arceus it will be a treat

I've got a bad feeling he's gonna retire before doing them.

That's an awesome memory to hold on to 👍

You think Johnny would actually research this? He's gotta show his virtue signaling good boy points

@@NeverSaySandwich1 lol he's not that bad the guy makes mistakes , but he still does enjoyable videos

@@InternetNinja100 I like him too, it's just so eye rolling at times. Like when he says to wear a mask when you go outside, WHAT 😂😂😂

@@NeverSaySandwich1 yea its cringe

Was gonna say, i didn't think the tribal people regressed as a result of the virus from what i remembered of the game. They were an isolated tribe in the lore

"but...." "just do it johnny"

You weren't supposed to question Johnny while he's virtue signaling!!!

I can support that claim. It's weird for people who have no issue mowing down European people to suddenly have an issue when it's someone else

There were some people who were unhappy with the way Spain was depicted and you can find examples of this in Spanish gaming media (Hobby Consolas, etc) but it was nothing in comparison to the RE5 racism allegations.

This game is cake. You can beat it in less than 10 hours. Should have been a dlc

According to the village boy notes, they got medical treatment (infected) and gradually became worse. It's a newer version of the deteriorating scientist in the first game.

Absolutely.

Yes, I didn't understand Johnny's "yike" comments tbh

@@playerone6995 at the end of every video for a long while now, he's been a big pharm guy shill. It aint outta place for him, sadly

@@mfspectacular 🤡🤡🤡

@@panterxbeats 🐑🐑🐑

@@playerone6995 There's a common trope in Hollywood of "Africa = Tribal and Violent", and also, there's a concerning history of racism against Africa present in many Asian countries as well (China notably censors Marvel movie posters to cover black people's faces). It's something that people draw conclusions of racism from due to context more than what it actually is.

It's going to obviously be the original FF7, right?

That means that Capcom is in on the meme of boulder punching Chris

@@ssj4jason737 Hell, they were in on the mania surround Lady Dimitrescu during the build up to Village! In fact they revealed her height and shoe size when she started getting attention.

Also, it means that should they ever make a 5 remake, they CAN'T remove that. They wrote themselves into having to use it should they ever remake 5.

It’s still a super awkward section if the game either way though imo. While I don’t think this game was hateful at all, I do think it was kinda clumsy.

Real life African tribes don't wear grass skirts or evil looking masks. That's a racist caricature perpetrated by colonialists.

@@jlev1028 It's not racist, this is African culture. It's no different than Scandinavians fighting like Vikings or Americans reverting back to cowboys.

Probably too much for the game. With more AIs in the game, the worse of performance it will have. Plus you will have to dumb down the AI. Halo Reach had this problem where they made the AI worse than previous games just to have a more enemies.

@@wofuljac actually reach and 3 have the same ai and it wasn’t till 4 where there was a downgrade

@@rexthewolf3149 Reach decided to have Cannon fodder (grunts and jackets) everywhere for performance in order to feel like a war. And Elites just run around aggressively and annoying fast and have op melees. Tough but not Halo 1 - 3 smart.

@@wofuljac that’s just changes to level design and enemy placement. The actual ai is the the same between the game’s.