Resident Evil Village is Disappointing
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- You read the title. Just hear me out.
Spoilers ahead.
It's not a bad game, but it's not a great game.
Chapters
0:00 - Intro and Spoiler Warning
0:59 - The Story and Linearity
9:55 - Gameplay
16:22 - Bosses
20:24 - Characters
25:29 - Design Work
27:01 - Final Words
28:57 - Credits
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"That leads to my next point"
*Healthcare ad plays*
Yea Ethan needs some of that.
@@Mangakamen He needs snake oil?
I don't think he needs that
HE NEEDS SOME MILK!
Lady Dimitrescu: *Dies really early on*
Me: Oh no! She got Joel’d!
Hahaha no while I get where you're coming from because both trailers lead you to believe they're going to be main characters throughout the story Lady D was not an established character like Joel was with a previous history She was always going to be just another boss battle She was never going to be that important.
Used her to hide the true waifu of the game.
Heisenburger
This is so accurate LOL
@@maxanderson3733 Not really. The first person to reply said exactly why it isn't.
@@DarthTalon5 agree to disagree
I beat village and all I remember from my time with it is that it introduces villains then like 30 mins later you kill em. Then at the end of the game it plot dumps there back story. I also remember complaining to a friend that you should have been able to pick where to go from the start instead of being forced to do lady Dimitrescu 1st. She was used as the selling point and she's gone after a fucking hour.
I wish they had gone the mgr route with the villians. Introduce them out of the blue but keep their backstories concise enough to fit into a cutscene. Then add in additional information on them (like the codec conversations with everyone during the boss fight) while going up to fight the boss.
The bosses looked really good but sadly aren't very memorable.
Imagine doing heisnberg first and see why that doesn't work
@@danialyousaf6456 Soooo you mean the MGS approach? That's pretty much how pretty much how every MGS before MGR did it anyways lmao. (In a much better way too)
@@evrimenustun9548 ok. Didn't know it was a staple of the series since I only ever played mgr (wasn't super interested in the series before that). Personally other than Mistral, the rest of the bosses were super memorable.
@@danialyousaf6456 I recommend at least playing the first 3 MGS games. MGR's cast of villains is pretty good but MGS' is on a whole other level.
Those long walking sections where you run forward and do nothing are actually a way for the next part of the game to load, its a loading screen in disguise, same with the long elevators and stair climbing
I don't think I'd have a problem with a loading screen.
and gow4 portals
Why was the Winter's family relocated to a location that is literally in Mother Miranda's neighborhood? Of all the places in the world they're moved there?
That title... I had a feeling someone would say it omg. Prepare to fight the horde
Can’t say I blame em. This felt less like a RE game and more like fan fiction for some reason
@@Mangakamen Probably should've thought of that before putting "Not Good" on the title because that's just painting a target on your back at this day and age.
The story reminded me of a low-budget film with its hilariously bad dialogue, the protagonist being a total dumbass with the amount of times he asks about what is happening and mixed results with the voice acting, but I still enjoyed it.
So very much like the first RE?
@@trpdrspider8372 Exactly like the first Resident Evil
@@trpdrspider8372 pretty much yeah. Just no Jill sandwiches this time.
@@trpdrspider8372 REmake kinda had some dark moments tho. Remember that whole kidnapped family subplot? Or the letter of a bitten man slowly turning? That shit was kinda dark.
Most of the bad dialogue came from Ethan himself ngl, Capcom tried to make him into a badass and it just did not work in the slightest. It sounds like some dork *trying* to sound cool, thinking he’s hot shit.
Heisenberg and Dimitrescu’s voices were top tier though. Both of em should have had their own games where they’re the main villains in their respective ones.
I’m not a fan of the RE franchise but I still enjoy your videos and this was no exception. Even if I was a fan, I can say that your opinions so far are very sound. One thing I appreciate is that 90% of the time your points always come off as genuine, regardless if I agree or disagree. It’s a shame not everyone understands that.
Well at least you’re going into the puzzles and linearity, because what classifies as a Resident Evil game changes every couple of games.
The puzzles in RE Village are an absolute joke. Most of them are on baby difficulty, especially the piano, locker combinations, and the dam one.
The music box and film one are probably the only decent ones.
Don't even get me started on the 5 bells puzzle in the Castle. It's easy, but the hint they give ya flat out lies to you lol.
@@Gruntvc have you by chance seen under the mayo's review of re8
@Darian Panton, I did, but I completed my 1st RE Village run before he posted it.
That review was spot on, as was Worth A Buy's. I actually thought Worth A Buy was joking when he showed that you solve one of the locker combination puzzles by reading a picture that said to look out the window. I actually did lmao when it happened while I played.
@@Gruntvc Yeah, I think the puzzles are only there so the game can at least resemble Resident Evil to the casual observer. Village has little interest in requiring thought from the player, or even skill for that matter.
I thought the music box one was alright
Well I thought it was a really great game, like 9/10 in terms of personal enjoyment, but I understand and respect the points you make.
Relatable
I hear this alot, sometimes I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. The game does nothing to challenge the player, even the puzzles have no fail states. Take the piano puzzle for example, if you miss the 3rd key no biggie, try again. You can just go down the line and hit every key until you hit the right note for each one. The game tries to be like 4 but never makes the combat as challenging as 4. It's an M rated game that treats its players like 6 year olds.
@@snakeplissken7194 Well, I mostly disagree with that, the piano puzzle is there, sure, but it's not like the game is never challenging, and it's also not like it really needs to be? I mostly just liked the game because it was fun to play through and get 100% completion and I never felt frustrated nor bored with it. I'm also a biased Romanian. That's why I'd give it a 9/10 in terms of personal enjoyment, objectively the game is closer to a 7/10, and I understand why, the game just has a special place in my heart.
@@loloo4350 I get that, I'm biased too. I grew up on RE 1,2, and 3. To me 8 has more in common with COD than any of those. The horror and puzzles are basically gone and replaced with action and the very lose story connections are absurd. Seriously, 7 and 8 were obviously supposed to be something else and they decided to slap some lose ties to Resident Evil because the name recognition would sell. I would respect it more if they had just made it a new IP. But it's not, they slap the RE name on it so I'm going to judge it as an RE game. It's an awful RE game, just as bad as 5 and 6 in my eyes.
@@snakeplissken7194 I could honestly understand this assessment if you played on Standard or the like, but after finishing my playthroughs on Hardcore (NG) and Village of Shadows (NG+), hearing that the game never challenges the player just sounds like bullshit to me, at least when it comes to the combat encounters. People keep saying that the game is tensionless or whatever because of your relatively huge arsenal but on higher difficulties this mostly means jackshit because you tend to run out of ammo relatively quick, making you conserve your resources, genuinely think about which items to craft and maybe avoid entire encounters to survive another day. Village definitely isn't as well designed as RE4, but it still has strong moments that come close, like the Stronghold, where the game actively gives you freedom to either kill all enemies and get their drops or run your way through to avoid the risk of getting ripped apart through using stun grenades (the absolute GOAT) and the explosive barrels around the arena.
I may be projecting a bit here, but I feel like most people who give the game so much shit played it once on Standard and left it like that, even though that is the most lukewarm way of playing it. I was actively sweating my ass off during the last third of the game due to the possibility of getting killed lurking around every corner, which is already much more praise I could give the game than I ever would for 5 and 6. Also, why do we keep pretending that RE ever had brainbusting puzzles? Aside from 1/REmake, these puzzles were almost always brainlet tier compared to series like Silent Hill. The piano one in Village is awful but everything else is pretty much in line with the rest of the games.
I agree with the part about lady demi. If your going to feature someone ore something in the ad campaign, don't get rid of it at the start of the game. In a way its false advertising.
Yep besides the fact that she only have one way to be harmed is kind of ridiculous. Like even if she can't be harmed in any means aside from a special dagger that can only be used once during cutscene only at least give us a way to stall her longer like make her get wounded enough that she won't be able to chase you for a few minutes. Plus at least give us the satisfaction to finally be able to harm her with that dagger during gameplay.
lol the internet made her way bigger then was intended. It's pretty normal in a trailer to only show bits of a game. Like in RE7 you only really encounter Jack Baker in the beginning of the game and it's the only time your are actually stalked + a short later bossfight out of nowhere. But the game advertised him as the main threat and the stalking mechanic too. Yet no one complained about that.
But of course thirsty idiots are now mad that big vampire mommy isn't in the game the entire time.
2:44 The "Chris didn't tell Ethan the truth because Ethan might've been infected with the mold" rebuttal falls the fuck apart when you remember that Chris and his team _actually thought Miranda was dead_ after they put a few bullets in her (Which is an additional problem with Chris&co being dense as fuck and apparently not remembering just how resilient the infected can be).
Who cares if Miranda infected Ethan if you genuinely believe you've just killed Miranda?
I mean if Miranda *had* infected Ethan, that’d still be pretty bad since it’d mean Ethan would still turn into a monster and potentially spread the virus to others, whether Miranda was dead or not. :P
@@amirgarcia547 Well, yes, but how does that prevent Chris from telling Ethan "that wasn't Mia, that was a mold-creature, she kidnapped your wife and might've infected you so we're taking you to safety now" instead of treating him like a dog? :D
Guess Chris was just being a stubborn a-hole since his squad calls him out on it later and he has no real response.
@@Volthoom give info to the now super monster that could very well spread a deadly mold, yes
They could've had Ethan grab a gun, maybe from one of the soldiers and point it at Chris, and they then knock him out before he can shoot and before Chris could explain.
Just something off the top of my head, these guys are professional writers, they should be able to properly flesh out the opening of their multi-million-dollar title.
I like this game in the same way I like Kingdom Hearts 3. I enjoyed it, but as a major installment in a series I love, it's disappointing. Heavily flawed, but I don't regret playing it.
I personally thought KHIII wasn't disappointing but I respectfully disageee
Yeah after KH3 I realized I dont even care about the plot anymore 😅
I wish that was how I could feel about it. Much like KH3 for me, not only do I think the two games are awful within the confines of their own series, I think they fail immensely on their own merits alone. Incoherant, terrible storytelling that breaks continuity and can't even hope to compare to what came before them, and alone they just have empty, awful unique stories that aren't interesting on their own. Then with gameplay the had so many different fun and unique variations of the gameplay before them and just changed it and removed what made the playstyle interesting and unique. On their own they have boring combat that doesn't excite or make the game fun, just boring and tedious, and in both games the master of one thing (KH3 - Magic, and RE8 - The One OP Gun I Can't Remember The Name Of) made the game just a fest of using that one thing to beat the game.
Dante interacting with Dimitrescu and Heisenberg would be fun.
@RobertChu How tf does any DMC character fit into the RE universe at all Lmao
Maybe if Resident Evil Village is a game where Ethan and Mia tried to live in a village while farming to pay rent to landlady Miranda a landlady with iron fist payment policy. We can use Lady D and other bosses as debt collector Ethan has to dealt with one by one while farming and exploring to gather money and resources to buy stuff at Duke's store. We can also have the lycant tried to steal the crops and Ethan has to defend his farm as minigame. Basically a harvest moon with resident evil element mixed together.
That sounds better than the game we actually got. Nice. 👍
Capcom get on it.
might make a decent DLC mode actually they've made sillier things in the past so it isn't that out there, I'd totally play it at least and I don't even like farming sims.
@@Gruntvc no
Fair amount of criticism. At times it did feel somewhat underwhelming, especially with Ethan's narrow characterization, and sometimes, lack of thinking. Take the Heisenberg scene for example; where they discuss teaming up. Ethan only thinks that her daughter will die if she becomes weaponized, although we never know what this will *actually* do to Rose, and the one time we see Rose again, her "weaponization" seemed to already have happened. What I mean by this is that weakening Miranda didn't even kill Rose. If I were Ethan in this situation, instead of being bloodhungry to have Heisenberg's head on a platter, I would actually ask what he means by weaponizing; I mean this is MOTHER MIRANDA: THE GOD OF THE VILLAGE AND THE STRONGEST OF THE FOUR we're talking about. I think it should have spiced up the story to have a kickass ending where Ethan never finds out about Chris's motivations until the climax, and instead of the Call of Duty section with the hordes of enemies, we have the choice of that, or instead ride Heisenberg's Cadou form and shoot down the enemies. "Oh but then we won't get to deal with the factory level and it'll be shorter" well... yeah, that's a problem, but I'm sure the writers can implement something to make it so we still have to go through with the level.
I think in terms of story, I can see the shock value and the attempts, but I disagree on it not being a good RE game. Village is actually one of the first RE games I took interest in; probably because it tries to be an RE game for everyone. The gameplay itself kinda feels like a Metroid Prime esque stage of progression; where you get cooler weapons and skills the more you progress. Maybe its my bad taste of games, but I never really found much problems on the mediocre puzzles. But then again I don't play stiff tank control survival horror games. It always thought of a means to pass through the next area.
Seriously, though, this is a much better gunplay game that I; a guy that REALLY HATES THE OVERSATURATION OF 3D STORY GAMES, can appreciate. I guess its the change of pace from a triple A title that I wanted to see, and I'm glad the game gave me that experience to watch and actually enjoy a Resident Evil game. Now there's a chance I'll look into the games that came before it and experience the franchise other than seeing it in a cameo for UMVC3
ok, with the heiz thing, if you read his notes, you realize he wanted ethan to experiment on to make a super soldier, at least that's what I got from it
Tbh tho personally fps RE is already felt off for me. To me it felt nothing like RE at all.
Resident Evil VII was "too scary"? What!? It's a horror game! That's the god-damned point! You don't make the next game LESS scary when you get that feedback, you figure out what made it so scary and YOU TRIPLE DOWN on those aspects! Does Capcom not understand why people liked Resident Evil VII!? If that line about their "feedback" is true then the next Resident Evil game will be like RE6 all over again!
They do understand what made re7 good, but they want to appeal to a bigger audience, which is what went wrong with 5 and 6. Maybe if re8 was actually scary, I wouldn't be bothered by how boring it is
This the Capcom syndrome, they always do this with most of their franchises, except maybe monster hunter, other than that they are destined to follow the same pattern. Just look for the pattern with their RE and street fighter games in the last few years or decade.
With RE7 they wanted to bring the RE1 horror to newer generations. With RE8 they wanted to bring RE4 to a newer generation. Basically it's them repeating their "biggest hits"
@@JackOfen difference is, re7 was successfully made as a repeat of an already good game, re8 was terribly made as a repeat of an already good game
@@TheDisturbingPanda I wouldn't call RE8 terrible. Aside from lame puzzles it's really good.
The daughters also ate my frames lmao. No matter what quality you have it on, seems to still happen. Must've been a bug with the game engine itself that needed fixing
As a lifelong musician I felt the piano puzzle was extremely disappointing if the game devs want to challenge me give me an instrument challenge involving a fluba a sarrusophone or even a bimbonifono things that are way out of the ordinary
The game is popular for a reason. It's easy, doesn't require you to think much. What happens when you make games for everyone. They become bland and generic.
"iT's ToO sCaRy" lol 😂
True it was a survival horror now it's just run here shoot that watch a cut scene prince and repeat.
@@bazookajoe8524 Soooo, like RE4?
Not easy if you play it on hardcore
@@christianalexander579 If you put anything on the hardest difficulty, it will be a challenge.
Good video! I politely disagree though I personally think that RE is one of those franchises that changes a lot and this is no exception that’s why the remakes for the older games are being made to give fans of classic RE what they want and the newer titles are experimental pieces. Personally I loved RE8 but your right in some areas. Also why hasn’t anyone been talking about Heisinburg best character in the game!
RE 1 remake was perfect
RE 2 remake was good.
RE 3 remake was painfully bad.
The good hunters Akira: So what are going to do once capcom runs out of supposedly remaking resident evil video games? They mostly got two or three left to supposedly remake, Resident Evil 4 Resident evil Code Veronica and probably Resident Evil Outbreak.
But that's not really going anywhere for the franchise video games series futher along the line, in a long turn sense, It's just revisiting old past resident evil games likely with same similar stagnated gameplay design formula mainly for nostalgia reasons.
The resident evil franchise video game series is slowly destroying itself as well as in a Dying state, also stuck in a rut. Resident Evil Village and it's prequel would be an prime example. With it's aburds story narrative/plot heavily relying on other horror related source, through horror movies, video games, psychological horror, mythology folklore tales/creatures which is pitiful, likely because there's hardly no were to go for the resident evil video game series to suitable go. All the first main-line resident evil characters are now both experience professional bioweapon experts, as well as eventually growing old unless they pass the torch on to one of their children, so the games would most likely end up like an action horror shooter survival horror video game instead of the traditional resident evil gameplay design which would basically eventually become jaded overtime. It may be time to put the resident evil video game series to rest.
Do you see what I'm saying? Do get were I'm coming from?
@Xeno 77, Code Veronica and RE0 definitely need remakes, not RE4. RE4 is fine the way it is except for graphics. Both CV and RE0 made mistakes that could be fixed, but not if they get lazy and rush them like they did RE3 Remake.
Honestly, the franchise should've ended with RE5. RE6 onwards should've been their own new franchise. Or they could've fully rebooted RE instead of the half arsed soft reboot that RE7 did.
Village in particular to me represents everything wrong with RE, well, besides RE3 Remake. Remove the name and Village is not even a great FPS on its own. It's best bits are taken from better RE games and those were vastly superior to Village.
I don't know if RE should be put down. But Capcom definitely needs to slow down and let the franchise breath. Their milking this franchise bone dry by trying to compete with other soulless corporate AAA companies.
Capcom has got plenty of neglected non RE game franchises. Stuff like: Dino Crisis, Onimusha, Bionic Commando, Lost Planet, etc. How about something new from one of them and stop the yearly RE milking?
@@Gruntvc Yeah I Agree with you on nearly everything you said. Capcom could maybe give resident evil some years vacation break, while on vacation break like you said they could probably try their other IP video games franchise.
It's nice to know you realize what resident evil village state also status is as well as the entire resident evi video game franchise series Dying state, instead of blindly omitting/ignoring the situation or having a resident evil blindfold on while careless supporting it because it has the resident evil name.
@@xeno7798 it was dying after re6's blunder then re7 saved it and they purposefully fucked with the horror to reach a broader audience. Well congrats its still a weak game.
This is said about every RE game after 4 so I’m pretty sure this is gonna become the general consensus.
4 included. RE 4 got a lot of criticism from RE fans when it came out. And to this day I will say that RE4 is only good in the beginning in the village and then gets progressively worse.
Don’t fuck with us resident evil fans, we only like two resident evil games.
@@JackOfen I actually really enjoyed the castle but once you get to the island base it's all downhill from there save for the Regenerators.
For real, this is iterally what's been said since RE4.
@@JackOfen Bad taste is bad lol. RE4 is easily the best in franchise objectively.
Just so you know, this thumbnail is 800x better than the other one. Very niceu.
I like the game but I think 7 was a much more tightly crafted experience. I think it’s odd that RE Village gives you the items of an action focused game (loads of ammo and items) but the enemy count of a slow paced survival horror, fighting like 6 enemies at a time, if I’m leaving every single combat encounter and I don’t feel even remotely worried about my ammo count for the next fight, then the game has both simultaneously failed as an action game and as a horror game. It tried to be both at the same time and fails miserably at it. That being said, I don’t hate it, I enjoyed my time with it but I think they either need to lessen the amount of resources you have or up the enemy count because as it is now it’s severely imbalanced in your favor, which for a survival horror game isn’t a good thing. And yeah I could probably play hardcore or village of shadows but I’m not exactly masochistic, RE7s Standard difficulty still had me worried about every shot I fired, In RE8 I was never once worried. It’s a game that also disappointed me and yet I still did like it. But RE7 did it better.
I really like the coffe check. Most people answered that they want dark coffe but that is because dark coffe is seen as cool/fancy at the time when the question was posed. So while they said "Coffe, black" They ordered a regular coffe.
So asking, "what do you want?" might not always be a good idea.
I think starting with 7, capcom wanted Resident Evil to be a lot less "Resident Evil". Prioritizing horror over pretty much everything else, both 7 and 8 really don't feel like RE games. But that definitely doesn't make them bad, but it makes it feel like they used the RE name for marketing more than an actual return to the series' roots
Prioritizing horror? I don’t understand.
Horror?? What?!... 😐
Re7 alongside re2 were the best ones I've played. But re7 was special to me since it was the first re game I discovered. I loved the exploration in re7, but re8 made exploration while forcing it to you. You don't find the items, the game GIVES THEM TO YOU. Re8 lost what made 7 good, and it was disappointing
@@TheDisturbingPanda and the RE4 like aspect is not really helping like RE4 is a legend for doing the right thing and one of them is the hidden mechanic where the better you played the less items that they will give you. Plus they know well how to make it at least tensed up in certain area like the sewer and basement of the castle. And god don't remind me of the regenerators cause I can't imagine how terrifying they are in newer graphics.
@@gaming1zanagi-1999. yeah, re8 didn't have what made re4's gameplay good, they just had them to to market the game more. The fact that re8 is a soulless recreation of the other successful games is obvious. Mercenaries mode - not as good as re4, exploration - not as good as re7, village of shadows - not as good as madhouse mode. But the merchant was done very well
Tbh for me Resident Evil has done so much insane shit even from the start that at this point the only thing that can make a Resident Evil Game "Not a Resident Evil Game" is going into space or having pure fantasy and pure science fiction bs.
Agree. Also it spawned DMC into existance and that franchise is as far removed from survival horror as it can be. I totally see REsi going into different directions.
Pure fantasy? You mean like ghosts and werewolves that spread via clawing?
@@TheDapperDragon
No I mean like elves, orcs, dwarves, gods, goddesses, the whole fantasy shebang.
I think it makes a FUN Silent hill game.
I always liked the original silent hill but re8 had some more psychological horror in some parts for sure
Wish it was Silent Hill or a new franchise.
All this supernatural baloney is Silent Hill's thing. Not REs.
Can you elaborate besides the baby part that I get
@@Gruntvc Everything in RE8 has a scientific reason behind it, so there’s no “supernatural baloney” to speak of.
Lol no
The hair in that thumbnail drawing though👌.
Tbh, RE Village is really out there in terms of RE storylines. There’s so many inconsistencies in Chris’s character and it’s idiotic. I wanted more Dimitrescu, but she was only there for an hour and I honestly hated that. I wanted to seductively run away from her for a few more hours on end.
And, in general, the only area I really liked was under Donna’s mansion with that huge as deformed baby monster. And, again, it’s too bad that it only lasted less than half an hour. You could see the Silent Hills PT inspiration.
Also, I agree that the lack of being able to skip every cutscene is kind of annoying when replaying the game. As well as how linear it is. I hate how hyped REV was because, for me it didn’t live up to the hype.
All in all… I didn’t enjoy it as much. Gunplay was fun, the unlockable guns I also kinda liked but I did get bored. Like, very bored.
I haven’t watch the video because spoilers. But I want to know where do you rank resident evil 8 out of all the mainline resident evil games(no spinoffs).
I hope they give more DLC for more depth in characters
Like origin backstories and what happened during/right after the game? That would be interesting. Like in RE7 with some of the "Deleted Scenes" tapes.
@@okami-chan9772 yeah something like that
Or they could’ve just given us character depth in the initial $60 product...
What characters lmao
@@yummymarik9274 maybe Heisenberg. He was pretty cool.
Not gonna lie, I actually had to physically pause the video when you noted the "player feedback" in regards to RE7 being ""too scary"".
*Like, gee it's almost as if it's a survival horror game, and it's SUPPOSED to be scary and unsettling, or something.*
Were these, legit, actually the same players who talked with Capcom Vancouver in regards to Dead Rising 4?
Small side note: I appreciate the usage of that Xiaolin Showdown clip. That takes me back.
Well the ppl that are plying are babies apparently
Which is tragic, because RE7 was fucking awful, and not even the least bit scary. It was just nother jump-scare fest in the vein of Outlast. No dread or actual fear at all.
Resident Evil 7 was supposed to be scary?! That was like babys first horror game. There's Earth Defense Force levels that are scarier than Resident Evil 7 and that's a third person shootemup game.
I think they are lying about that in an attempt to obfuscate the fact that they made it less scary just so they could market it to a bigger audience. Or maybe I'm paranoid. LOL. It was the publisher who said that it was player feedback right? oh well.
What classifies as a resident evil game really is shaky the series is always always reinventing its self, most of the games are tonally inconsistent and the gameplay has gone from top down, to third person and now to first person. What I'm saying is that what classifies a resident game as resident evil is really just the title and some mentions of bioweapons
I've always found people saying it's not RE to be a very dumb criticism. Hell, people said that about 7 even though there were clear callbacks in that game. You can say it doesn't feel like Resident Evil, but fans don't get to dictate whether or not it is an RE game.
I don't like the criticism "Its a bad (series) game" in general. For 1, i think it shouldn't even matter. It should be more important on if its a good game or not. Doesn't matter what series its a part of, if its a good game, then its a good (series) game. If not, then its a bad one. It seems rather silly to me to say something can be a good game but a bad series one. And you only ever hear this complaint one way, you never hear it the other way. That a bad game is a good (series) game. Because most people can all agree that its bad on its own right and its part of a series so its considered a bad game of whatever series its in.
secondly i don't like it because it says that a series or franchise can only ever be one thing or entertain a strict list of ideas. That it can't venture too far off to try something different or reinvent itself or go in ways that its predecessors didn't. and i disagree with that. I think a series can do all that with their games. And then determine weather or not its a good game or not in its own right regardless of what series its a part of.
People literally say this every time a new resident evil game comes out. Just be happy your getting games at all. Try being a silent hill fan
@@derbear3403 Yeah, if the franchise just stayed the same, it would have grown stale. I'm not saying that the changes are always good, and some aren't necessary, but changes are needed for a franchise to stay fresh.
@@TeamFriendship8600 True, the main reason why Shinji Mikami wanted to make RE4 more action-oriented and have an over-the-shoulder camera was he felt the fixed camera and tank control gameplay of the previous RE games was beginning to grow a bit old.
You know, I’d be interested in a Resident Evil beach volleyball game at the very least
It's just dead or alive extreme, but with shirtless men instead of ladies 😆
@@noahjester8471 Why not both? Resident Evil actually has a pretty even split of playable characters across both sexes.
22:30 I believe (and that’s what I got from the story and from reading stuff online) Ethan was created from mold and Mia just got infected by it. But again I can be completely wrong and this brings even more questions that answers...
Yeah, you are right in that aspect. Ethan was basically a copy of the real Ethan created by the Mold, whereas Mia was just infected by Eveline like the Baker family was. Jack also comes back from death more times than I can count, so I don’t really see how it’d be far-fetched for Mia to do the same as well.
I feel like they should have used Miranda more
Especially Heisenberg and dimitrescu
They teased her at the beginning making me think she was gonna be a terrifying presence, but instead she was just a final boss fight that looked like a MILF
You know,this game doesn't remind me of RE of the past. It kind of....reminds me of Bioshock 1 but with a talking protag. It's kind of scary at the start,you can fight back slowly more and more power being granted to you until you become the (or revealed to be) part of the problem you were fighting against. While a seemingly inconspicuous character betrays you and tries to stop your heart from beating. And almost everything gave you stuff for killing them...you get it by now
yea i think my biggest story problem is Chris's actions at the very beginning of the game.
He doesn't even just say "That's not Mia!" and then Ethan gets violent or something bc they are taking Rose, and so Ethan gets knocked out before Chris could explain what was going on. Instead he just. Doesn't say anything at all, just telling Ethan "no" which of course isn't going to help Ethan be cooperative and just get in the truck with his kid.
It's just that the writing fix for this is so easy?? I don't understand this :))))
On top of that, WHY is Ethan knocked out by the guys??? Why not when the truck is attacked, he gets bonked in the crash. Then he sees someone take Rose, so he actually has a reason to leave the truck and go look for her in the village besides simply being cold.
How dare you, sir!
You have 30 minutes to explain the meaning of this!🙃
@@Mangakamen Hmmm, you've done great videos with less. I'll take it 😉
I'm gonna get the funeral music ready let's see... oooo my way by Frank Sinatra
Ok, that Jack Spicer clip cought me off guard. XD
Nice to see someone still remembering Xiaolin Showdown in 2021.
I'll say, I enjoy like 85% of this game. The intro really hurts replay value, I 100% agree with that, the segment of walking all the way to the village every time you start a new game is such a slog. I enjoy the Castle segment, even the bosses for the most part. I generally dislike the whole baby segment (It literally just devolved into me yelling "Dababy lessgooo"). I disliked Moroeu's segment of the game, because it is really just too short and was really lacking. Most of that section is just the boss fight, and I despise that fight. I've had multiple cases where his acid attacks just go through walls. I liked everything about Heisenberg. I liked the character, I like his factory, I even like his boss fight. Only thing I didn't like was having to kill him. I liked the ending for the most part, and I was a fan of the way that they linked the mold to the rest of the series (not so much the fact that its implied that Umbrella wouldn't exist without the Village but that's whatever). I actually liked that they were bold enough to actually kill off Ethan (at least for now).
Same goes for RE7, redoing that beginning part where you have to slowly follow mia through the guest house and not being able to skip cutscenes hurt replayability. I hope Capcom learns from that
Thank you so much for you’re opinion, because I do see and understand your viewpoints on RE8, and also the other resident evil titles. Now, I will say that I personally liked the deception part of Chris redfield, (for the most part), but that’s probably because I played mostly every resident evil games.
Yet to me, I do agree that they aren’t THAT GOOD of horror games, because I believe that title goes to the original Silent Hill games. Now you can argue on my opinion, since I am interested on what other people think about it. Nevertheless, great video, and keep up the good work friend!
Hey, when are you gonna do the next part of your RWBY Vs. Kamen Rider Gaim video?
I would say the same thing about Resident Evil 6.
It is some of the most fun that I have had in a co-op game, but it is a multiplayer monster mash like Left 4 Dead or even Monster Hunter rather than proper Survival Horror.
Maybe they should have just called it Resident Evil: Crossroads since there is so much focus on intersecting storylines.
Interesting. You and Under The Mayo make the same points too. Great minds think alike.
@@Mangakamen he did talk more about the combat though
19:46 it’s a horror game. It’s supposed to be scary, why would any game developer take hearing criticism about something being too scary......in a horror game, and then tone it down in the sequel?
That’s like complaining there’s too much fighting in Street fighter 2.
So there sequel isn’t a fighting game, it’s a walking simulator, that talks about the nature of Fighting and it’s effect on society.
or complaining about the RPG elements of the Fallout series and then those elements getti ... (Fallout 76 pops in) bad example
Its called catering to the "broader audience." Or better said non RE fans, casuals, and game journalists.
What a hilarious about that devs' statement? Both RE7 and RE2 Remake are now the highest selling RE games.
Some have even claimed RE Village dumbed itself down so much cause Japanese players didn't like RE7. And yet, RE Village had one of the worst RE sales launches in Japan.
@@Gruntvc “catering to a broader audience”
Is usually the kiss of death for most game franchises.
If you want to game to fit a specific demographic, you make a game based off of that demographic.
It’s a simple as that.
Some games can get away with having multiple things in it to appeal to different demographics but that’s only if the game is geared towards that in the very beginning.
@Nazo- kage, Yup, I've already seen many a franchise I liked go down this route and ruin everything that made them special and fun to appeal to non fans.
See how well this worked out for Disney Star Wars and comic books.
I'm still hoping Capcom won't become yet another soulless corporate AAA company like most Western ones now. But I dunno anymore lol.
@@Gruntvc casuals always find a way to ruin the things you
I don't want to write a whole paragraph but whatever. I understand your stance on the game, I just don't really agree. This reminds me of how people felt about RE4 and RE7. In a few years, I'm sure we're all going to mellow out about this. I think that RE really has to change for the times, as much as we don't want it and It manages to do that well. The game has to manage to satisfy the fans and newcomers too and at the core, I think it's done well. I don't think a RE game is Resident Evil because of the title, or the characters in it, or the story. It's the spirit. A cheesy, horror spirit that despite all the years, RE can hold onto. I don't really fault sequels for not playing the same at others, especially when they're from a different field of view and movement options. I don't think this is the greatest game ever but IMO, I believe this is a good continuation of a series that from the beginning wanted to be like a movie or TV show. this game also managed to keep someone who sucks at FPS's completely invested, so I gotta give it points for that
Too bad this is REALLY detached from the rest of the series.
@@ChiefMedicPururu RE4 was similar, other than Leon, Ada, and Wesker, who is only in Seperate Ways, it has nothing to do with the original games and the focus on Umbrella, and honestly I feel it’s okay for it to be.
@LeoUltima 5 still had its bits of roots, tho.
I mean from what I've seen, the game is definitely a let down
Everyone came for that character who appears for like 30 seconds before you kill her
But then again, not exactly the devs fault for that. Too late to change anything to include said character in
She is in the game for 1/3 of the entire game. And seriously, not everyone got this game because of Dimitrescu. The game is fantastic and I really don't know what you guys are on about. It's RE4, but better.
@@JackOfen What do you mean you don't know? The guy explains it very clearly in the video. You don't need to agree with it, obviously. But you should know what people are on about, since it's stated clearly to you.
@@ufazig
Kamen doesn't say the game is a let down, he just says it doesn't feel like RE.
Honestly it seems more like some dumb idiots came here looking for confirmation bias because they think RE8 is bad for not having Lady Dimitrescu the entire game and then just spouted bullshit into the comments without actually watching the video.
@@JackOfen That's my opinion haha! But yea not everyone bought it for said character but you cannot lie and say that a majority didn’t . So rude though haha!
I love your Lady Dimitrescu thumbnails.
You think you can do a video of Biomutant in the future? I want to hear your opinion on the game if you played it, and since it got mixed reviews and is a very divisive title itself.
Thank you so much for the Pokémon, Sun and Moon and well Lillie reference for me!!!!!! 💙
I wasn’t angry but smiled I know it wasn’t your intention but wanted to well sorta stop and sorta hold your hand to say Thxs you for it.
@@Mangakamen omg wait same.
@@Mangakamen I know they are fun games.
@@Mangakamen i'm not sure if i want to keep my dignity or fight against a wall of text if i post my opinion of Sun and Moon with Manga Kamen around
Great video dude I agree with damn near all of your opinions about this game. I'm a big fan of the series I play damn near all the games except for the outbreaks files games but yeah when it comes to resident evil 8 and 4 puzzles are pretty much brain dead lol . And for the people that said the PT part of resident evil 8 is more geared toward what RE is probably haven't played most the mainline series if there's one thing I like about the old RE what's that survival horror was a thing you had to conserve ammo, Space and healing items .Know when and when not to use them. Also I let a friend of mine play the second part with the baby and all mind you he doesn't play RE much but even he said this game doesn't feel too much like it should if the game was called something else this would be pretty awesome. But all in all nice to hear your take dude appreciate the video hope to see more soon.
MangaKamen can you do a video on pokemon Light platinum
I have it on PS5 never had framerate issues were you on PC or PS4 those are the platforms I’ve seen that have those problems unfortunately
This game is way too small, it’s basically 4 boss fights and its over. I had fun playing it but expected way way more. Disappointed! I agree with you!
Something to note about Mother Miranda: she's a peasant woman from rural (almost Eastern) Europe around the time of the Spanish Flu epidemic. There's almost zero chance she'd have been able to do anything with the Mold because she would be uneducated and living in a patriarchal society. Of course, it is a game and she is a prominent character, so probability and societal norms barely apply...but it's a sticking point for me because of how oddly mundane it is. Like, that's the best backstory they had for her? She trips over the Mold and also becomes a natural virologist? Meh.
Having access to the megamycete connects her to the hivemind we've see in both games. It's essentially like biorganic storage that can connect the consciousness of everyone who is either consumed by it or infected by it. Considering it's underneath the village, most specifically the cemetery AND Miranda would be able to catalogue anyone she wanted, she could exponentially increase her knowledge by just doing so. It's not very complicated, but the game doesn't spell it all out in a single note. It's spread out across multiple documents as well as some of the exposition coming from world building and Miranda herself.
@@vengefulretreat Again, that's not the problem. The problem is that she would have no idea how to even begin experimenting on it in the first place. She'd have no idea how to control it, how to sample it, store it, process it.
She'd have to have a microbiologist absorbed into the megamycete to know how to absorb a microbiologist into the megamycete. It's a catch-22 where she can't get the knowledge she needs without having the knowledge she needs.
There also wouldn't be a microbiologist interred in the cemetery for the megamycete to absorb considering microbiology wasn't even invented until sixty or so years prior to Miranda's daughter's death, and someone like that wouldn't be coming out of an illiterate farming village in rural Eastern Europe.
@@Vulgarth1 The lycans are referred to as failed experiments in the games documents and they along with the four lords have all been implanted with the cadou which is the only thing that Miranda has managed to even create using the mold. Considering it's mostly been all failures up to this point I would say she was still learning even up until the point that we arrived in the village. The giant's chalice is the primary device needed to rebirth Rose and even that piece of technology predates her so she wouldn't have had to create it. And it seems rather rudimentary in it's overall design and implementation. So I don't think the specific scientific expertise you're looking for is really required or present at all in the story anyway. She was also studying Ethan throughout the game so she was actively gathering as much knowledge as she could to assist her in her experiments. Even up until the end she was still learning. I don't think you and I played the same game.
I mean I love Pokémon Sun and Moon but even I have to admit the railroading kinda discourages me from playing through it again
Village flat out lies to you about not being a highly restrictive linear game. There's often only way one to go and lots of hand holding.
The only time it opens up is during the Factory level. And most RE Village fans/defenders hate that level. Uhhh...
Really? Penny seemed to like it a lot on her playthrough on snapcube2. Granted, she could be the exception, not the rule
The only reason that "Resident Evil: Village" is so popular is because of the giant vampire woman.
I've seen shitloads of fetish art revolving around her.
To be honest ,she isn’t attractive.
@@Novus_Galaxy I agree
@@Novus_Galaxy tons of people beg to differ but alr.
I think that's true
@@timelymirror7826 Flip-flopper!
By the way who was the streamer you showed playing both RE7 and 8? Just wondering.
@@Mangakamen Thanks, Kamen 👍
It's only popular because of Lady Dim and I'm not even into her
If that is true then quite honestly to hell with resident evil 8 and all the weirdos that are fetishizing her go away stay away from the resident evil community we don't want you.
It's popular because they slapped the "RE" title.
Bullshit. It’s popular because it’s a new Resident Evil game that we were excited for.
@@SteelSpurs on some level you're right but on another level you can't deny that this new resident evil game became popular on some level for the wrong reasons and may have attracted the wrong crowd.
@@AncapOtaku *sigh* I won’t deny that. I genuinely don’t know how she blew up, but here we are.
as i'm getting ready to watch this tomorrow i am literally on the 10th hour of a 11 hour discussion talking this game, yer good
p.s. sorry 'bout not hearing you out first
If it weren't for Lady dimudimerdome no one would even care about this game.
By the time Capcom realized her word, it was too late to chage the history without mayor delays in it.
I don't even find her attractive. The 3 daughters and even Miranda look better.
It’s Resident Evil, people would always care, and it was already hyped before her reveal.
nah she is in no way why I played the game
What you talkin about I was really interested in it but I thought it was going to be something about Chris losing his mind and him dying at the end because the whole end of his story thing
I found the video interesting but I had a few issues, the Angie boss is more of a revenge trip to get back at her for torturing you while also being stressful in harder difficulties. The Baby can’t be shot because it’s a hallucination and Ethan is too scared to shoot it. Plus it’s about 6 minutes long and really isn’t as much of a hassle as you say it is.
There’s really no issue with a baby being a plot device, the intrigue comes from what Rose is rather than who she is because she’s hinted at as a new plot relevant character in future games. Chris lost tons of people in his life and was really trying his best not to lose Ethan too by forcefully keeping him out of it, when Ethan disposed of the first 3 lords he trusted him enough to know about his wife and the situation and wanted him to help.
The walking segments are really about 3 to 4 minutes each and really don’t affect much, also headshots do matter a lot in harder difficulties as well as late game because enemies two shot you. You can shoot weapons out of enemies hands to reduce their damage and damage to you while blocking.
I find it weird that you only really showed early game areas with the “small amounts of enemies” Lycans start to develop tactics later on and armored variants really eat up ammo especially in the gauntlet that is the stronghold. There’s also the secret bosses you can find by exploring like the Ogres and the Varcolac Alpha which are really hard to beat.
@@Mangakamen oh sorry about that didn’t notice that part until now, but my point still stands about enemies being harder and more dynamic in harder modes.
@@jacobtheorangeyoshi8710 then why aren’t they like that one the other modes that’s just lazy level design most people play on easy or normal mode they wouldn’t know this if they complete this game on those modes they would just think the game is too easy. Also it is just lazy literally they could have done the same for the easier modes and made it more dynamic and structured but just less hard but they instead decide that in order to get good and or competent enemy ai you have to play on hard mode. While making the other modes shitty. That’s just lazy and bad level design at it’s most bluntly obvious.
@@EDK-San51912 it’s not easy late game though, the stronghold and factory are really hard as well as the final boss. The AI is pretty competent already if they gang up on you or you leave yourself open to their arrows especially the mechanical zombies that have hard to hit weak points.
i just saw that title and i can see the comments a mile away
I just want SOMEONE to come out with a decent Van Helsing-esque game
1:26 I'd normally agree but RE7 & RE8 went out of their way to make a more "serious" story from its tone and general plot (whether or not it succeeded thats what they were trying)
Something imma say for the gameplay (but i don't really know good game design) Is that a game like unturned does this greatly because of common items (mostly tools) can be turned into metal scraps that are used for a lot of stuff, and when not turned into scrap they take up space, wich for when you have a lot of weapons is use less! But for when starting is useful and the item isn't totally useless.
i like the monster hunter world gather hub music in the back round
I like your review and I actually feel the same way. I am a huge RE fan and I’m watching everyone else’s review of the game as well. So far, I understand people’s middle ground with this game. It’s fun....but incredibly flawed. My rate for the game is 7.5/10
I get what you mean , but to keep the game from getting stale I find experimental with new thing or maybe mixing in some new genre is a good thing.
@MangaKamen it's different for each person I get that , while someone is content with how it always has been , someone might find a new direction rather bold but rather than staying the same , I myself quite welcome the change and in taking risk to expand to new audience who might not familiar with Re franchise . It might be an un-necessary risk like what Re6 did , but I can't deny while I hate Re6 it's the most successful Re game.
Wait the frame rate went down hard? I didn't have this noticeably, if it happened it stayed around 50+ on my computer while livestreaming although what showed on everyone else's device was probably 15fps as they watched :3
@@Mangakamen computer right? Like you played it on computer is what I mean, if it was PS5 or Series X I'm going to be confused since my computer is barely better than the PS5, or at least that's what I'm getting from seeing the specs :3
Capcom syndrome strikes again it's a good game it's just not a good Resident Evil game just like six
Or 4
What about RE1 Remake or RE 2 Remake? They are good games and good Resident Evil games.
@@JackOfen RE1 and 2 Remake are not good games or good Resident Evil games... they’re fucking great games and great Resident Evil games.
@@SteelSpurs Well said. The point is, both is possible.
@@itsjustvin7630 That's perfectly fine. To each their own.
okay the pokemon segment made me giggle. you win this round kamen
Do a part for the music
One of the things I like about this channel is that your opinions while founded are aware that it is subjective in the end as well as the weight such a subversive take may sound.
Proper discussion nowadays is so rare because most people hear rather than listen.
As for my opinion of the game, it's alright. Never really got attracted by the big vampire lady with the thickness of a sofa cushion.
Not that my opinion holds any objective weight.
God I wish there was a way to skip that stupid snow walking section and Ethan's house in the beginning, like it was fine the first time playing it. But it makes it hard for me to wanna start a new game.
I wish you could skip to the 1st real type writer save after all the dumb surviving villagers die.
Replaying those early sections are really tedious.
Wouldn't mind skipping the Doll House or the water area either.
Stronghold, Factory, and Chris' sections are fine.
They've gone the mystical magik route when resident evil is science based technology, they should have gone the alien virus from another world story, imagine a resident evil set in area 51 then on a space station... I don't like this new one your right it's not resident evil
2:17Glad to see that me and my brother aren't the only ones who find that Master Chief yell funny.
I've kind of been wondering when did stop being about a zombie virus and evil corporations to giant vampire woman
I mean RE5 had Matrix Wesker, RE4 had you running away from a midgets statue and literal laser room, even Code Veronica had the weirdness that was the Ashfird Twins. The series hasn’t really been focused on zombies since the original 3, and even then the focus is on the bioweapons and crazy monsters. So to answer your question, RE hasn’t been like that for years, save the remakes. These games have been doing goofy stuff for years at this point that isn’t zombies
re4 is exactly when it changed
RE hasn't been about just zombies since 3.
I mean the 1st game has snakes sharks big men with hands
@@10cody7 and people love 4 almost calling it the best, fact is people dont want horror to be the focus but fans of the first 3 will cry out that it has always been the focus
You might have to explain what the t-virus is for modern RE fans.
If you call yourself a fan of the series modern or not, you'll know it
If you stripped the RE aspect from it I feel the game could have been even better
Piano puzzle reminds me of Family Feud on the SNES. It only cares if you've gotten the letters in the right order, not about anything in between. So if the answer is "Bra" and you put in "BARBARA FROM GENSHIN IMPACT" as your answer, it'll still catch "Bra" in that and call it a correct answer.
Yeah, hindsight is hindsight and all, but Lady D did not live up to the marketing. At all.
resident evil 4 > RE5 > RE6>RE7>RE8 LMFAO!!!
I love how your fair. Resident Evil 8 is really the only one I know and have watched markiplier play. However I agree with most of your points about it, I personally cant agree on the points comparing it to the older games since i know nothing about them yet now I feel modivated to watch gameplay of 7 or others.
The thing is that kinda bothered me, is where is the zombies.?
I like aspects of RE8 but at the same time it feels like it tried to be too many things at once and failed to master any of them.
As Bruce Lee said once.
I am not afraid of a person who has practiced 10000 different kicks once, I am afraid of the person who has practiced one kick 10000 times.
Still had a good time with the game
All good not everyone can enjoy the same things
Your criticisms are similar to under the mayo's criticisms and I love it.
Wait. In the mask puzzle. Since it’s a homage to re1. Because re1 does that with shield puzzle??
It is, but an extremely lazy one.
A classic survival horror RE would've likely hidden that the item nowhere near where ya need it. You might've been able to find it before knowing ya need it too.
RE Village? Literally one room over through the crawl space. Easy mode.
That puppet show perfectly sums up RE Village. It's made for causals and game journalists.
The game sold terribly at launch in Japan btw.
Well that's just wrong. I'm a Resident Evil fan and I nigh loved it.
Wow. I thought it would be sold well in Japan.
I mean resident evils have always been made for a western audience.
@MangaKamen, I've been trying to keep track of Village's sales numbers since its release.
And the 1st week after launch, Village sold/shipped over 3 million copies worldwide. But, it had a very bad launch in Japan. The worst in 19 years.
Today? RE Village sold over 4 million copies worldwide and is now one of the fastest selling RE games besides RE6. Uh oh.
Apparently though, Monster Hunter Rise, despite being a Switch exclusive, has now sold/shipped over 7 million copies worldwide. Dang...
I haven’t seen or played the game yet but it’s already one of my all time favourites for...... *reasons*
My only gripe with the story is the linear path and the beginning of the tale in the game.
Yeah... it is a good game but as a "resident evil" game? it is not good.
the puppet ads for japan are adorable
Sees thumbnail and title: So how I think about RE5 about what I expected.
@MangaKamen, On higher difficulties or the dlc? Absolutely.
Thankfully, you can give Sheva upgraded weapons with infinite ammo and make the higher difficulties with AI bearable.
No such luck with the RE5 dlc, you're stuck with unupgraded weapons. Only play them on higher difficulties with a human player.
@@Mangakamen hard agree. My dad told me once that if you remove any reference to re from that game and change the title it be a better game. Hard to disagree
@@Gruntvc true though I nearly got all the dlc trophies way back when but professional mode with Jill and Josh....nope cant do it. Way to hard
@@Mangakamen It's not so bad IF you give Sheva a shotgun, and Nothing else.
She doesn't aim at distant enemies, she aims for center mass, she won't unload with faster firing weapons... But if she ONLY has a shotgun, that's not so bad.
If she has any other weapon she only seems to draw the shotgun if enemies are clipping into her... And then when they clip Out of her she switches back without ever firing...
Note that I'm not defending the A.I., just giving a way to make it work. Mostly.
@TheTrophyGamer, I can still get PTSD flashbacks to playing Desperate Escape and Lost In Nightmare on professional back in 2009. I was very lucky to find people to do those achievements with. Both players need to bring their A game to do those.
The only achievements I never 100% were the Versus multiplayer ones. I really didn't like Versus.
As for the main RE5 campaign with AI. I often just gave Sheva the stun rod or submachine gun so she wouldn't miss handgun, shotgun, and rifle ammo.
The real horror of RE5 was running away from AI Sheva so she wouldn't waste healing items. XD
I think they fixed that part a bit later on though.
I think one of the games biggest flaws is the lack of back tracking essentially for a game named after its setting. I feel like there was so much of the castle we didn’t see and the fact you can’t go back to any of the Lords domains once you beat them is stupid. The game feels ultra linier.
You can actually return to each of the lord’s domains after completing them save for the castle. Which’s a shame since I quite enjoyed it, but I guess they thought it wouldn’t be as interesting without a giant vampire constantly stalking you. You also backtrack to the village constantly and can explore new areas each time you do so, so despite the lords’s areas being fairly linear, the game as a whole definitely isn’t.
I think the argument with Mia still being alive where Ethan was dead is the fact that MIa was effected by the mold while still alive which taking life threatening blows like she did she was able to recover, where Ethan was a freak of nature and effected after his fatality. Mia being cured means she can return to being a human being, if Ethan was cured (interesting this wasn't really pointed out, I'm sure Chris and others had them checked out after the Baker House) he would just become.... a corpse that cannot walk around? And I could agree with your theory of the cure being random in its effectiveness but to be honest Zoe isnt someone that screams a chemist that would work all the kinks out of a cure. I mean she did sort of fashion the cure out of nothing after escaping Lucas trap house. Anyways Zoe (if chosen for that route) and Jack had doses of the cure that effected them differently. But I wanna think a full cure with full success wasn't possible till Chris and his team with Blue Umbrella came in with better equipment that could fashion a better cure. After all Zoe isnt officially cured til her uncle made her a full dose in the side dlc.