By the way,its also a brilliant sequel.

Theres no doubt thatResident Evilis one of the most important series in the history of the horror genre.

Early next year, well even get a whole newResident Evilexperience in virtual reality.

More than twenty years later, weve been playingResident Evilso long it should surely be called Citizen Evil.

Thats the sort of sincerely awful cinema you just dont get anymore.

But the people responsible forResident Evilgenuinely thought that clip was awesome.

Its like thinking a scalpel is all you’re gonna wanna perform surgery.

The intros were the worst action-pantomime ever filmed, but these endings are masterpieces of art-house cinema.

True cinema makes you think and question.

Either that helicopter is a TARDIS or this is a French art film.

If theyd released this without context at Cannes it would have won an award.

Making it a masterpiece of metanarrative.

Ramon Salazar

Video game terror is delicate artwork.

Horror movies work because people surrender themselves to the fiction and accept the fear of death.

But video gamers are always in control.

Which might be why Capcom said screw it and make Mini Napoleon giggle his way throughResident Evil 4.

It would have worked far better without him.

Just like everything else in the game.

The real ridiculousness comes from context.

Which still doesnt explain why the elite teams master lockpicker doesnt carry any lockpicks.

But it all became worthwhile when Barry reclaimed the title inResident Evil: Revelations 2.

Heeeeres Nemesis!

The Nemesis is the Umbrella Corporations Rube Goldberg of biological weaponry.

The Nemesis trails Jill Valentine throughResident Evil 3: Nemesis.

With the same amount of grunting and desperate biological imperative.

Thank goodness youre here!

you cry, as the Nemesis considerately drops right in front of the immovable mega-cannon.

Youre just in time to help me finish up this devastating experimental weapon!

Falling in Love with Steve

Resident Evil: Code Veronicawas a Bond movie gone wrong.

Especially the romantic interest.

He moans, bullies, and refuses to acknowledge anything even when you appease his whims.

Its like Umbrella developed Pick-Up Artists as a biological weapon.

In that Claire gets an excuse to kill him when hes horribly mutated by the virus.

(The game wants us to believe the happy ending is his admission of love, but ugh.

His plans were so infinitely cunning even his own writers werent aware of them.

The only effect constant bioweapon exposure seemed have on the character was the constant remangling of his accent.

What makes his death ridiculously awesome?Resident Evil 5s final showdown takes place inside an active volcano.

Tofu Survivor

This is the most ridiculousResident Evilthing of all.

Nowadays 100% only gets us an achievement, or an invitation to buy DLC.

Those players were just crying out for something new in their lives.

AND THE GAME DELIVERED!

Which is nowhere near the oddest biological material in the game.

Thats not just hard mode, thats outright psychological horror.

Far more disturbing than mere dead bodies.

Human bodies being dead only make tofu safer.

Especially when they come back hungry for brains instead of bean curd.

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