This is the RE game where Steve actually didn't piss me off as much.

3:04 - Dat booty. Darkside Chronicles had a HUUUUUUUUUUGE budget. You can tell the improvements right away

You know, the one thing I most certainly appreciate from a story-telling standpoint with Darkside Chronicles, is that they actually made Steve Burnside likable, which I thought was impossible.

I only realise this now that Capcom put jiggle physics on the zombies. [Insert necrophilia joke here]

In case no one said it yet: The non-japanese Darkside Chronicles PS3 version has all the gore the Wii version has, but still retains the slight delay when using the PS Move controllers.

Aside from the camera wobble, this game was gorgeous, fun, and engaging. It even had some sort of bump mapping to the surfaces

"Without Alyson Court, there can be no Claire Redfield." That foreshadowing for the eventual Revelations 2 video lol

This game got a special place in my heart because as you said it was the closest thing to a remake of "Resident Evil 2", also it was the reason that encouraged me to play "RE: Code Veronica X". The dialogues inside the game are very natural and you can feel the intensity of the character (Leon vs "Trenchy", Steve vs Zombies aka Antonio or Chris about the Spencer Mansion "Deja Vu") instead of the ones from Umbrella Chronicles where the VA were just reading emotionless lines from a script. For me the "shaky camera" wasn't a big deal because was used to create immersion with the characters, but I gotta agree that something can be in a pain in the ass to aim in a specific weak point (the tentacles during Alexa Type-B fight). This game is totally recommended for "Resident Evil" fans, especially if you like to revive the classics but with a different perspective, also the "Krauser Episodes" were very interesting to hear his inner thoughts about Leon and understand why he became a monster in "RE4". A solid 8/10 and a MUST play game. I'll be waiting for Outbreak, Operation Racoon City and Revelations reviews respectively.

Personally I love Umbrella Chronicles, I've beat every story in that game at least 10 times. I can't say the same for Darkside, which is strange because Claire and Leon are my most favorite RE characters so you would think I would play it more. I can't really tell you what I didn't like about it other than the shakey cam. I used to be able to get headshot after headshot in UC but not DC. It's sad how one little mechanic can make or break a game for people.

“And believe me, it’s not unusual for me to get a cramp when playing with my Wii.” There, hows that for a masturbation joke?

You forgot the best part, killer tofu mode

Alyson Court was my first love because of her portrayal of Claire

Darkside is indeed a much better game than UC, and there's a huge assortment of much-needed upgrades to the formula. I also appreciate that it's closer to the source material, and gives us an entirely new story, despite the number of stories going down by 1. I agree, the camera wobble is a huge downside. Camera wobble and on-rails first person shooters are a very bad combo, and I have a feeling this is just another example of executive meddling in what otherwise would've been a near-perfect rail shooter game. I can deal with the wobble, but we all wish it wasn't there. I'm gonna go play Darkside now and work on maxing out that pistol.

lol @ the jiggle physics @ 11:38 - 11:40

I love that you could unlock the linear launcher, costumes, and full models for the enemies and characters

The only thing I didn't like about this one was having Alexia murder Alfred, which is really out of character considering their implied relationship in the game. Also I miss Alfred's original actor Peter Oldring, who played it really campy, but Richard Cansino still does a good job. Fun fact: Richard Cansino is Rita Hayworth's nephew.

I don't know why but i still prefer umbrella chronicles mostly because of that shaky camera

DC is pretty enjoyable, tbh. Oh, and Steve knows what's up at 3 minutes in. DATA.MP4

When I borrowed this game from my friend back it the day, I didn't give it back for almost three months because I couldn't get enough of it. I earned the energy gun as a permanent weapon and used it to help me get all of the remain hidden goodies. The pistol was incredibly overpowered in this game once you fully upgraded it.

My dude you need more subscribers. I appreciate you keeping up with the quality content. Thanks for the video!

Try Sin & Punishment: Star Successor, Dead Space: Extraction and The House of the Dead: Overkill to find out if rail shooters are really not for you. Those are about as good as the genre got. I really didn´t care for how this game handled the Ashcroft, as they went from creepy and weirdly well fleshed to one dimensional clowns who are just evil. Seeing the RE4 version of Leon in 2´s scenario never bothered me btw, yet at least reddit hates that part of the game. I wonder if the cliffhanger here and in Revelations 2 will ever be followed up on. Wesker´s secret army now have DiCaprio´s highly infested corpse (among other viruses). Them and sleeper agent Alexis would make for good villains if they team up.

It's a pleasant surprise to see someone like Darkside Chronicles and going in depth as to why, a lot of folks give it a hard time imo. Glad you had fun with it. That being said damn that camera to hell though.

I really do hate the fact Alyson Court won't be in the Resident Evil 2 remake, but then again, she is in a union, which contributed to Capcom changing their minds when they originally asked her.

I still remember how mad fans were when Capcom announced this game, they remade Raccoon City just for a rail shooter, but not for a proper remake... Anyway, this is a great game, and it puts Umbrella Chronicles in shame...it actually makes it look like that was just a rushed product they released as a quick cash grab. "without Alyson Court there is no Claire" :'(

I'm seriously enjoying these retrospective videos.

4:17 "as we all know, without Alyson Court, there can't be no Claire Redfield." You got my like and subscribe right there!

I remember I had both of those games on the PS3 those were Good times, and watching your awesome retrospective it gave me back awesome memories. Thanks for that jared, and both games need to come to the Switch & PS4

I grew up on Re4 and remember being so giddy to find out a new game with Leon was coming out. Loved the game on my wii

I always wondered why if one scenario is Leon telling Krauser about RE2's events is he saying things that didn't happen like Claire meeting Ada and him meeting Irons.

Always a pleasure seeing a new retrospective episode! Keep up the good work my man, looking forward to your opinion on RE7

We had the exact same experiences with Umbrell and Darkside Chronicles it seems. Umbrella is almost a low-budget shovelware game, while Darkside is a genuinely good light gun shooter.

I liked this more than Umbrella Chronicles. I liked seeing a visually updated RE2 and CV, along with operation Javier and Hunks/Adas escape

Capcom did reuse some areas from Outbreak and Code Veronica. Particularly the RPD. Most of Code Veronica was ripped and cleaned up verbatim

Once again a wonderful review, listened to this on my lunch break. Awesome job, looking forward to the next one and since your running down the RE game list prety fast, when are you doing the movies, haha. Next paycheck I intend to become a paytron keep it up man.

0:42 Was that intentional? the image, and game text fits quite perfect. :P

Thank you for making this retrospective on the resident evil games. Before watching you videos, the only ones i played and actually finished were resident evil 4, 5,6 and 7, 4 is on my top 10 favorite games ever. I have resident evil remake on the gamecube, and in the 13 years i've owned the game i never played more than 1 or 2 hours, but after watching you videos i decided to actually start over, and man, this time i got hooked and actually finished the game for the first time and loved all the time i spent with it. What a great game. So thank you for making me want to play it.

I loved this game so much! me and my friend would play co op through the RE2 timeline every weekend for hours.

Finally! Been waiting for the video since you announced it on Twitter...and I wasn't disappointed!!!

Everything a sequel should be. Taking the original idea and improving the hell out of it. It’s easy to see how much more work went into Darkside Chronicles. Another video well done!

most RE and survival horror games in general are usually games you play alone and get intensely immersed into the story, characters and suspense, like reading a book. I feel like you have to look at the Chronicles rail-shooter series that RE fans can play with our friends and briefly revisit the games we've loved and played over the past decade. I think if you try to measure it up as an installment into the series, you won't appreciate or understand it.

I absolutely loved playing the Umbrella Chronicles with my sister, I’m really sad I didn’t even hear about Darkside until now, it would have been great to know it fixed our problems with it.

A good, even very good rail shooter for the Wii and one of my rare good experience with the Nintendo console. I had just bought it for the campaign of RE2 which is certainly one of the best, all with a good zapper (I had the one in the form of a shotgun a kind of SPAS 12).

Ah, Paul Mercier's last hurrah as Leon.

Again, I enjoy blasting through the series in a quick way when not having time for the originals, and you do get use to the camera wobble while trying to aim... Felt like a pro after mastering that. And as for the new story with Krauser, it made his character much better than he was in RE4.

I really like the RE 2 sections of this game, especially the cut-scenes, it was like the closest thing to a remake before the actual remake. Also found it interesting to see what happened to Leon after Raccoon City, and his work with Krauser. Oh, and Ada surviving, and escaping the city too :)

One of the best games visually on the Wii and one hell of a fun experience that did justice to RE2 and Code Veronica justice; two of my top 5 RE games. Wouldn't mind revisiting it again.

Hey man, thanks for being so consistent with the uploads. :)

The soundtracks of this game are so great that I still listen to them to this day.

Can't wait for your take on RE7. :D Always a pleasure.

if I remember dc also allowed unlocking mutiple costumes in the game so you can play chapters with outfits like re4 leon or cowgirl claire and theyd show up on the cameras theres also tofu mode where the zombies are a bunch of tofu

I know a million people have said it, but you definitely can be the voice of Toonami. Toonami! Maybe the grey sequel to The Umbrella Chronicles and I appreciate your entire retrospective and everything you do for the Resident Evils fans thank you! Can't wait for the next video and I'm so excited because it is a huge series to me and obviously historical genre to video games and the medium as a whole thank you!

2:14 I swear I was taken aback over how much better I liked Steve's voice here as oppose to the OG CVX.

Very surprised you didn't mention the fantastic scores in this game. Takeshi Miura really hit the ball out of the park with the boss themes.

great video can’t wait to hear your take on re7

Amazing video! I am so glad you enjoyed this one. My only problems with this game were the shaky cam and how they changed Alexia, but I got used to those lol. This game was really an improvement and you're right, Umbrella Chronicles looks really bad compared to Darkside Chronicles, even the music remixes they used on this sequel were a lot cooler. I wish they had actually re-created RE3 in UC like they did here with 2 and Code Veronica :(

The moment has finally arrived!

Great videos, nice to see all the entry's in the series leading to Res evil 2 remake

my brother and I played this game a bunch back when it came pit... Really enjoyed it!

Yknow, I think the only way for camera swaying to work in on rail shooters is for it to be one of those arcade cabinets you can sit in. Like that walking dead arcade shooter or the Jurassic park one. Or this one horror game at Dave and busters. On a console game, it’s just irritating. At least I would imagine.

Awesome! Thank U! Great job on both Umbrella games! Cant wait for more RE reviews from u!

I actually enjoyed this. I played it through with a friend and it was a blast. I wish more cooperative games existed.

Great review, the game looks really good for its time and a lot of fun.

One thing that is kindda sad is that... Darkside Chronicles, a railshooter is more accurate to the source material than the actual remake of Resident Evil 2.

Anybody else instantly noticed that the suv at Kendo’s gun shop wasn’t correct?

Do outbreak next

Really love this game....definitely in my top Resi games just because it's so fun Good luck with the Resi7 review

Thanks for the great videos and content matey f'ing brilliant and always retìrn all the best from the north east of England

Solid vid. I wanna see kendos gun shop do a video of krausers knife

Two things that really frustrated me in Co-Op is that far too often the game would make one of the characters show up on screen for cinematic value, which in Co-Op means one of the players is barred from playing for a time, and that the Shotgun took ages to reload, and you couldn't interrupt the reload to shoot an already loaded round at an incoming projectile or enemy, which caused many game overs in me and my brother's play session

Honestly when Darkside Chronicles came out I loved it! It was an Re2 Remake and a Code Veronica Remake rolled into one (plus an original story), and it was an Re2/CV remake I could play splitscreen with my dad and brother. They're not the best RE Games, but I have so many good memories of playing the Chronicles games

One day we need a revival of the Chronicle games with a retelling of RE4. Heck, maybe Ashley is the second character helping Leon fight.

Resident Evil Rail Shooters are like a contestant on American Idol who makes a fool of themselves season after season, then gets vocal lessons and makes it to top 24.

The nostalgic areas alone are enough to check this out! :D also it is a shame capcom never mentioned Manuela in future games. like in RE6 had all the bios and stuff. wasted opportunity.

Great video again dude :)

I had a lot of fun playing Umbrella Chronicles so I'll definitely give this one a buy sometime soon.

0:43 That's got to be on purpose right? Perfect timing! XD

Great video

Darkside Chronicles was the closest we ever got to a REmake of RE2 and seeing those locations in the same graphical style was a wet dream. Now that a full blow remake of 2 is about to be released, it shows for how long we are waiting for it.

In some ways, the Resident Evil 2 segment in DC was the remake I was hoping we'd get.

I never had a problem on the Wii controls on either of the Chronicles games or Resident Evil 4, but to each their own.

Definitely one of the best on-rail shooters i've ever played. Combat was oddly satisfying

I remember getting this game as a kid thinking it was going to play like RE4 and was disappointed that you couldnt even control the characters movement, but I ended up kind of liking the game at the time.

I love darkside it was a big improvement. the only thing I wonder is what happens when you play coop. I always wonder about that since you can sometimes see player two once in a while show up on your screen. I really did like that thought. it gave me a feel that your not alone in a zombie infested environment.

Also, the CERO ratings board in Japan has had a huge negative impact in gaming, and it's kinda ruined games in general coming out of Japan. I miss the days of blood and nudity in Japanese games.

I love Rail Shooters and DC is one of the best, also a good zapper accesory with wii motion include controller and all shooters play really smoothly

My favourite Wii game and still have it

another stellar review and enrty as always jared

I just so happened to get a PS Move for free recently. Gonna check out Darkside Chronicles today. I played the Wii version several years ago.

That fight against Alexia made my hair fall out. Must've tried that more times i'd like to admit.

Will you do retrospectives on the revelations RE games? Really enjoy this series being a RE fan myself. Thanks!

Great Job!

That puke part is funny lol

I agree with you completely. This game was amazing. Id love to see it back

Don’t care for the gameplay but the cutscenes are nice, I like how they expand on the lore, particularly the operation Javier section.

Been waiting for this review. I never played it myself but I was interested in it Hope these games come out on pc.

Since I played Umbrella Chronicles for one of my Extra Life streams 2 years ago, I might have to give Darkside Chronicles a try this year during my 24 Hour Marathron, or hell might just stream it for fun before that lol I do agree this is a pretty damn good looking game for the Wii, which is a rarity on the system for sure. Makes me wonder if other games could've pulled off a similar look, but if the framerate shifts so consistently it probably would be the same if any other game had tried.

Darkside chronicles I always felt was a really solid game. I never bothered with UC and it didn’t look like I was missing much , so I don’t think it’s a huge loss.

Nice review. I am glad you enjoyed darkside chronicles. Actually, this was among the first games on the wii I played, I played Darkside before umbrella, which is weird, but Leon and Claire are among my most favorite characters in RE and I enjoyed this fully. So RE7 is next huh? Can't wait for that, although I am wondering, why skip revelations 1 and 2? Not that I don't mind, I am just wondering.

I really do hate the fact that Alyson Court isn't the RE2 remake...ugh

Just imagine if we got this game on the Switch!