Sorry for being so late with this one guys. RE8 seemed to come out right when I was in the middle of finishing the last RE Clone video. I've always been a fan of the mantra "better late than never" though. So here's hoping it was worth the wait. Thanks for being so awesome!!

Personally, I dig RE8Village a lot. My one major gripe is how fast some sections are. A lot of the villains could have easily had longer, more interesting sections. I felt like I'd killed off every villain just as they were getting interesting.

Hmmm I am fairly certain Miranda was alive since WWI. One of the notes you find in her lab mentions that her daughter died from the Spanish Flu.

I genuinely thought the twist was going to be: Chris was captured and injected with the virus that turns him into a Lycan and is being used by the main bad guy. I mainly thought this as on the cover of the game Chris's head is linked with a Lycans'.

There's a document in 7 that explains the restorative properties of the health fluid and how Ethan's hand was reattached. Also If you're caught in the garage by Jack, he cuts your leg off and you reattach out with the fluid alone. The item description in RE7 describes "spontaneous cellular regeneration".

The map changing colors to indicate a room is picked clean isn't new: the gamecube remake of RE1 had that feature.

8:41 Avalanche in a nutshell! _I'm about to criticize something I've already admitted to enjoying but hear me out_

RE Village felt like it was a mix of RE4 & RE7, while being set in a gothic, Hammer horror film.

About the mold plot twist, I truly thought it was obvious in 7 when one of the first things you do in the game is reattach your foot, when Jack was basically training you about the changes after he "welcomed you into the family", what obviously was Ethan getting infected. Ok, maybe the whole body being mold is a little unexpected, but Ethan getting perks like reattaching limbs from the mold was not even a slight doubt.

Jared has too much fun saying "Retrospective!" now.

Brightness levels jumping up and down depending if you are looking in a bright place or a dark place is something that literally happens with our human eyes in the real world, so i never thought this to be something bad in any game.

"the sound it makes will haunt your dreams" *literally just a crying baby* yep

I started on Hardcore mode and I’m glad I did. After passing the first lycan hoard I found this difficulty to be the perfect challenge

I know this is a bit older but I recently replayed 7 and right after you read the document about "seeing visions of Evelyn after being infected" - Ethan starts having visions of Evelyn so I do think they had it planned out that he was infected throughout RE7.

First playthrough is horror-action Second playthrough is Doom Eternal.

For being a "purist old man", you're easily the most open RE channel I've seen. Seriously, your ability to evaluate every game by itself instead of always comparing it to the predecessors is impressive. Huge props, every video reminds me why you're my favorite channel in this area.

I'm waiting for the battle ROSE vs Nataliya\Alexa

I freaking loved this adorable smile Chris gave to Ethan

Mother Miranda's role here really mirrors evie's role from the last game. They mostly stayed in the shadows for most of the game while occasionally scare you by appearing as an old lady throughout the game.

re fans: i want restricted camera angles re devs: gotchu fam "ok lets lock the fov too low and make guns massive"

I’m glad they explained Ethan’s ability to heal and it was exactly what I’ve always assumed minus the whole dead part. I always said it was cause he was infected which made the most sense considering how the Bakers worked

If you think the Lycan attack on Hardcore is painful, Village of Shadows will make you rethink your life choices XD

13:38 re 7 gives info about how mold affects people in the end, they get crazy regeneration in the beginning and start seeing Evelynn after some time, the same thing happened to Ethan. Maybe the part about him actually dying in Bakers house wasn't from the beginning in their plans, but even without it, he showed symptoms of being infected with mold. Even Jack after chopping off Ethans leg with a shovel says that he has crazy regeneration.

I feel like the gallery in the bonus content is not getting enough recognition. It's not only a huge collection of gorgeous artwork from the game, but it also explains each of the pieces, talking about development, changed ideas like Mia in a wheelchair, characters, lore and expanding the story of the game. The 3D character gallery and bonus videos from development are awesome too. This kind of stuff, and unlocking different costumes and bonus weapons has always been one of my favourite things from RE and Dino Crisis, so I'm really grateful for it. I really want Capcom to keep doing this kind of bonus content that would normally be exclusive to some overpriced collector's edition, so I think it's something that we should talk about when reviewing the games and not take it for granted.

I’m thinking they might do a dlc campaign with Chris and his team confronting bsaa Europe. Maybe a 3-4 hour deal. Could be fun. Cus i have a feeling 9 will be an all new story

I particularly like that they had Chris wear the same outfit he had at the end of RE6, it’s a nice touch that acknowledges that game

The fairytale book intro actually makes a lot of sense, every character in it is a character from the game's story. The bats are the Dimitrescus, the fish is Moreau etc...

The Blue/Red Map rooms has been a mechanic in RE for forever. Were you thinking it's new to RE8?

The opening shot of Heisenberg's factory gives major Rupture Farms vibes from Odd World 22:32

To me the repeating of 7's formula felt less like "doing what works again" and more like it's meant to rhyme with 7 as a true sequel to that game specifically, rather than just being a next numbered entry in a long running series. 7 and 8 tell the story of the father, they're both first person and feature similar elements outside of the rest of the series like using chem fluid and health drinks instead of herb mixes, so the sequel sort of repeats the previous game as a way to book end the story. Ethan begins his adventure alone in the Baker house, then ends his adventure going through a very similar situation, but much less flatfooted. By retreading the same ground it's able to show Ethan's growth, he can take on much faster enemies in much larger quantities, he can take down much bigger and smarter and lucid foes than the insane Bakers. It's a package that's meant to symbolically end how it began, with the next game bringing us something new as the next generation tends to do. We can see with RE2R and 3R that they don't intend to keep telling this same story formula because it works as they both came out in between this, and 3R greatly changed up this story proving they could have done it if they wanted to. That being said, I type all this out fully knowing that this could all be reading into nothing and just an accident on Capcom's fault as they just plugged new things into the previous adlib that worked.

One aspect I dig is how the castle feels like the Spencer mansion, Beneviento's like the guardhouse(plants!), Moreau's like the water tank, and then Heisenberg's like part of the lab or RE3's factory.

I liked village more than 7 but not by a huge margin or anything, took me about 9 hours on regular, will def be doing another playthrough soon!

The story at the start of the game is actually just a really ham-handed but quite beautifully animated analogy for the events of the game itself. Each creature that the girl comes across is representative of one of the main bosses as can be seen in their theme and crest. Miranda the bat, Beneviento the spider, Moreau the fish and Heisenberg the mechanical horse, with Miranda as the witch. The girl is representative of Rose, who 'meets' all the forest creatures and is 'lost' in the forest, the forest being the village. And of course, the father burning the forest and staying behind to do so to protect the girl is Ethan sacrificing himself to get a recovered Rose back to Mia, the mother, and out of the village. Personally, I think it's out of place, but somehow fitting with how it parallels the game.

I'd have to disagree on Lady Dimitrescu being an "improvement" on Mr. X, but probably not for the reason you expect. Lady D shares some superficial similarities with Mr. X, but she's far closer mechanically to Jack Baker in that her patrol area is very much confined to specific rooms and corridors of the castle at a given time. When Jack was chasing you around the west wing of the first floor of the Baker House, he would disappear once you escaped that area (or rather, once you found the passage to sneak into the save room). When Jack reappeared on the second floor he would follow you until you solved the one puzzle which you'd already picked up the item for and then he would disappear again, but if he lost you before that he would generally give up actively "seeking" you and just patrol. The area on the east wing of the house was a complete no-go zone for him because they didn't want Jack and the regular Molded enemies being a threat at the exact same time, but consequently, the Molded would not appear in the areas Jack was allowed to patrol (until much later when you revisited the house and the roaming-enemy version of Jack was no longer a factor). Lady D's appearances are a bit less obviously scripted but she's still contained to specific "chunks" of the castle which she will never leave once she starts her patrols. It's not hard to figure out where she can and can't go, and in a natural blind playthrough her areas are generally gated off by obvious progress barriers, puzzle rooms, or mini-boss encounters with her daughters that clearly signal to the player that they don't have to immediately worry about Lady D following them anymore. It then becomes easy to recognize when you're re-entering her "range of movement" again and to plan and react accordingly. What made Mr. X interesting to deal with was that he was essentially Haunting Ground stalker: he roamed in real-time throughout an entire open-ended area and with very few exceptions he could follow you into any PART of that area. He was generally locked out of the puzzle rooms (the sole exception being the library, and to be fair, we weren't intended to move those shelves one-at-a-time, that was more an issue of it being not immediately obvious that you COULD move them all at once) but once he was active you had to creep around the place at a walk listening for his footsteps and keeping the lay of the land in mind so you knew where to flee if and when he showed up. Mr. X never stopped looking for you and never defaulted to a patrol route; if he lost you he would slow down, but he would still methodically scour the police station to find you. His tendency to "teleport" to you after you perform certain actions was an annoying bit of scripted rule-breaking that I dislike, but it was basically the only problem I had with the way he worked.

I imagine the village itself being equal to the main hall in spencer mansion or RPD, just a base that ties every other location together.

I've taken a little youtube break lately and i am extremely gladdened to come back and see the hellacious amount of work youve done in the interim. Thanks again for your bad ass work.

I absolutely love these videos, it's really great to see you put out fine quality work.

Is it a problem that I’m nearly as excited for a new RE: Retrospective as I am for a new RE game

I always thought in 7 that Ethan's exposure to the mold was the reason he could tolerate pain so well. I thought that since Eveline died in 7 Ethan was free of Eveline's control. It was nice when it was ambiguous and open to interpretation.

I’m holding off on watching this one until I’ve played the game for myself, but I’m glad it’s here waiting for me whenever that happens. Glad to see the RE retrospective going strong!

Even though I beat the game 5 times already, I was waiting for this. Always love these videos, Jared.

well i expect you to do the evil within retrospective next back in 2014 people kept saying its the return of pure survival horror while i think its still action horror like dead space

O personally loved this game but it stopped trying to be horror pretty quickly.

I think calling a review of a new release a “retrospective” is a bit silly 😄

Playing as Rose in 9 oughtta be like The Darkness, and that's hype as hell.

I'd lived in that village...without the BOWs trying to kill me.

I swear KZfaq is full of mixed reviews, some people hate this game, some people love this game. Personally imma fan of Ethan Winters story.

Bud your videos have helped me so much not only that but got me interested in re playing silent Hill and even playing the first RE for the first time. I really looked forward to this video thanks man!

Your intro is how I felt going into this game 100%.

the only issue i had with it really is that the weapons not having an exclusive final upgrade means that you really have no reason to play with the lemi or trench gun. in 4 every gun got a unique effect that meant you could totally play through again with whatever you want. that and theres only one sniper rifle, i was a little let down by that cause i avoided upgrading anything but the mag size waiting for the next one lol. handcannon pz ftw.

I just love your channel man. I've began watching your videos when the last review at the time was RE7. I love your content! You have my full support

So excited to watch this Jared! It has made my Thursday!

The wait is over. I was looking forward to this one.

I wouldn't mind a first person shooter version of Dino Crisis :(

Long have I waited for this masterpiece thank you for making my day

So glad you made the Legion of Doom reference; that's actually what I thought as well when I saw the meeting between the lords.

Honestly, when I finished this game, I thought to myself "we are heading down the path to RE6 again." This is RE5, pushing the limits JUST enough that I feel like the next game is one i will be very apprehensive about ..

I really hope we get a dlc where we play as Chris Redfield going up against the BSAA.

It’s wild seeing that this game came out two years ago. Just bought re8 again for the switch, had to come back to this video because you always talk about things I never noticed. Like always, great video buddy! 🤘

I love this channel! I always try to tune in when Avalanche does his livestreams! I told him when I get my money that I’m going to send him a big donation. He deserves it!

That was quick Edit: I too think the “werewolves in an re game??!” Gripe was mad lame. There have been giant frogs and a bat/bug/dragon boss. ‘Werewolves’ are the least odd thing to include.

Just when I thought you were done, you pull me back in!

RE8 looks like someone left a comment on one of those “the last two games you played are now combined” Facebook posts saying “Bloodborne and Resident Evil 7”

Great video and editing, keep grinding man🔥

I took a shot every time he segways using "that being said" and now I'm drunk as hell.

I played on hard-core first, and It was a pretty smart decision

I have been waiting for this video! Thank you man! You’re awesome!

A new Avalanche Reviews video in the morning is a great way to start the day.

I've mainly heard positive things about the game but the one thing I can't look past how it's looking like Ethan's daughter is just Alice but in the video games

they literally explain the limbs being re-attached thing in notes you can find in RE:7.

Love your channel just stumbled on it a few months ago and have loved it. Was never a huge survival horror fan as I tend to like action and rpgs and the first video I saw was the retrospective for RE 5. I have since gone through and watched the entire retrospective as well as the retrospectives for dino crisis and Paracite eve. This retrospective has made me an RE Fan. I started with original Trilogy then Code Veronica and I am going through RE0 now and loving it cant wait to get to Village. Thank you for the work and effort to put out this great content.

I loved this game so much I was kinda hesitant to play it but it was really enjoyable and the last quarter made me go from liking the game to loving it I loved how it all tied in to the resident evil universe and seeing Chris it was really enjoyable and was a perfect sequel to re7 like how re2 was to re1. Ive been watching ur channel forever before you even started the resident evil retrospective and I love how much you’ve grown your channel. Keep up the great work :)

“It’s everything I wanted but it is also nothing I enjoy”

As wacky and strange as this may be for an RE game, especially for an og player of the series this was the funniest game I played since RE 2 Remake. I really like 7 but im in love 8 honestly.

Really been enjoying this series, I hope at some point you also cover some of the side material in your retrospective at some point, such as the Marhawa Desire and Heavenly Island manga

Love the reviews. Appreciate all the hard work

"If they wanted to stick with realism for the 1911, they would have had it jam every 30 shots or so." Excuse you sir, it is not a Hi Point, I'll have you know my 1911 only jammed on me 5 times my first time using it... I mean, shut up baldy! Keep up the great work, man! I'm always happy to see one of your videos pop up on my feed!

Painful fov aside, Village looks like a ton of fun.

I've played every main series RE game and after I beat 8, could definitively say that this one was absolutely my favorite. And this series made me wanna play all the games. So thanks for that.

Honestly, werewolves ARE on brand with Resident Evil, same as Vampires. The problem would have been if they were magical beings, but they aren't, they are another type of infected, that's it, that is completely on-brand with Resident Evil, they are mutants created by a mutagenic pathogen. If the series can have 4 store high plant monsters and rocket launcher-wielding zombies, what's so out of place about a bunch of hairy dudes? Hell, the Hunters are infected humans mixed with reptile DNA, why is it odd to have infected humans mixed with wolf DNA?

Yeah, Nerrel calling the bell part ‘hard’ was baffling.

I literally just saw your post and I get a Notification for this video. Good timing I say

Just finished the game and I couldn't wait to hear your opinion about it. I absolutely loved it, and I'm still amazed at how gorgeous it looked on my original PS4. Capcom developers are really doing miracles with the RE Engine and as an old school Resident Evil fan I couldn't be happier with the series in the last couple years. Let's see what you think!

I don’t know, I liked the story at the beginning. To me it reflected the greed and the drive for MORE that really kicked off Resident Evil to begin with. It’s nice to know that they haven’t lost the main message of the series.

Urban Dictionary needs to add Jared's videos to the definition of 'Retrospective'.

I will say, playing this game as a father made the experience very meta and personal. But taking off that lens, I feel the game was overhyped and that's why I think others had a problem with it. I didn't have the systems to play it and so I was happy for my friends who got to play it. But I feel so humbled and lucky I got to go in blind.

Been waiting for this one. Finally.

I'm glad you mentioned the faces too. They definitely seemed like a step back compared to RE3 which were pretty much perfect

Felt like I was channeling your reviews when playing this one. Fun as hell game but never quite felt like a Resident Evil game to me. Enjoyed it tremendously all the same.

Oh thank you for making my day!

awwwww yisss i've been waiting for this! can't wait to hear your take on 8 :D I genuinely think house benevito would make one hell of a cool escape room xD

YEEEAHHHH BABY, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!

Damn, if you had a stumble going from Standard to Hardcore, I'd hate to see your whiplash if you did what I did and go from Casual to Village of Shadows... Casual: "Oh you hit me eight times? Ha, I'm still green!" VoS: "Oh you hit me? Let me pick up my entrails and panic, please."

"Feels like something cloned from another property." Yup, Frankenstein's Army (2013)

I gotta say I'm happy you found this game as a positive as you did. I can definitely understand your take on the writing and I kinda found the connection to other RE's kinda just shoved in there. The puzzles were absolutely too easy, but overall it was a very enjoyable game. Glad to hear your retrospective on this!

Been looking forward to this one for a good month now. This is personally my favorite release in the last decade. For me, the move to First Person has been a very welcome one, and I feel like they really got the mechanics down this time around. The nods to more "phycological" horror in some sections was really welcome as well.

This was a great game. One of the best looking games I’ve every played as well

I watched your full video of Resident Evil Village, I enjoyed your brutally honest review of Village Avalanche well done ✊

I'm glad you came around on hardcore! 😂 No mention of village of shadows 👀

The iron intake joke had me laughing like my dad