I'm man enough to admit that Resident Evil's tense settings and jump-out-and-scare moments have me freaked while playing. I think it's a pretty scary game series. Well, except for Resident Evil 5. My impressions so far are that it isn't scary at all. I mean, how scary can it be when you're doing the buddy cop thing? I loved dogs jumping out of windows and the mumblings of "muerte" in my rear surround speakers. Ah, memories.
I've relived some of these fond memories in the international commercial collection found after the jump. The creator says that the videos are in chronological order, series-wise, from Zero to Four, plus spin-offs. He even says that there's the banned breast feeding one in the mix, so watch out for that, pervs.
What's striking is how these commercials aren't scary at all. In fact, some of them are hilarious. The Japanese one four minutes in has some happy music and knee-slapping voice overs with Resident Evil imagery. Capcom marketing genius, I'd say. And at about 20 minutes, there's a lot of crazy stuff in here to see.
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HAHAHAHA. That's not how I would describe RE1. And the RE4 Wii commercial where the dude tries to save his gf with the wiimote is just silly.
The Gun Survivor games just LOOK like crap. How did they every make it to 4?
Its not about fear in RE4 and 5, its more about killin and conspiracy. Hurray conspiracy! And that breast feeding commercial is almost 100% going to give me nightmares. And Im pretty sure "Gun Survivor 3" was part of the Dino Crisis Series. Look it up. Just Google "Gun survivor 3". I actually own it btw, in the US its called "Dino Stalker".
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10:00 AM on 03.09.2009 | 
HAHAHAHA. That's not how I would describe RE1. And the RE4 Wii commercial where the dude tries to save his gf with the wiimote is just silly.
The Gun Survivor games just LOOK like crap. How did they every make it to 4?
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