Franchise Festival

Hamilton, Spencer, and Chris discuss Capcom's Resident Evil 3 Remake. Along the way, they explore the game's development, assess the merits of Nemesis' glow-up, and debate how this controversial game compares to the universally-beloved Resident Evil 2 Remake.

Chris, Hamilton, and Spencer finally return to Raccoon City for a discussion of 2019's long-awaited Resident Evil 2 Remake. Along the way, your hosts explore the game's development, the magic of Mr. X, and how the characters have been updated from their blocky 1998 forms.

For more on how the game was made, we encourage you to check out Capcom's own series of Resident Evil 2: Roundtable videos featuring members of the development team and beta footage available on YouTube.

Chris, Spencer, and Hamilton are joined by special guest Adam Bucceri to discuss the development, gameplay, and plot of Resident Evil 7. Our longest episode yet include cut enemies, tips to get you past the toughest bosses (spoiler: crouch), and plenty of praise for the franchise's scariest moments.

A quick content warning, though: this episode includes descriptions of some pretty graphic violence, even by Resident Evil standards, so proceed carefully if you have a sensitive stomach.

Don't miss Adam's excellent tabletop games, including the Resident Evil-inspired Enter the Survival Horror, available now at https://boocherry.itch.io/!

Chris and Hamilton discuss the criminally underrated Resident Evil: Revelations 2. Along the way, they uncover cut content, encounter the series' best invisible monster, and explore the surprising thematic connection between this game and Frictional's Soma (2015).

Noteworthy Sources:

• Interview: Resident Evil Revelations 2 director talks about the game’s story, structure, and cut content
• Interview - Resident Evil: Revelations 2
• Interview: Producer Michiteru Okabe on Resident Evil: Revelations 2
• TGS 2014 - Resident Evil: Revelations 2

The Franchise Festival crew performs a deep dive on Resident Evil: Revelations' development, gameplay, and plot with Arielle Danan (@HuggableHipster). Along the way, we speculate about mechanical connections to Dead Space and lore connections to Resident Evil: Code Veronica. We may not have enjoyed the game as much as previous series entries, but we still had a great time discussing Capcom's attempt to revive traditional survival horror.

You can find Arielle on Twitter, YouTube, Patreon, and TikTok.

Sources:

• "The Making of Resident Evil: Revelations"
• 2012 David Jenkins interview with Capcom’s Masachika Kawata for the UK’s Metro
• 2012 Richard George interview with Masachika Kawata for IGN
• 2011 Nintendo "Iwata Asks" interview with Masachika Kawata concerning Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D and Resident Evil: Revelations
• "Are Lisa Trevor and Alice The Same Person? Diving Into the story of Resident Evil"