Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
I have a soft spot for Resident Evil 5, but the way it embraces a future without fear frustrates rather than frights. Its greatest problem is that it doesn’t know what it wants to be. It suffers as both an action game and a horror game to the point that it’s regularly bland.
Thumbnail by @hotcyder
Quotes read by @Whitelight @SamanthaSaunderz and @SocraTetris
Specimen art by @SamanthaSaunderz
"Seven Minutes" by @marinaryan Animatic by @Crypt_of_Crows : youtube.com/watch?v=G-JWyklW6eI
TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:04:07 - The Vegan Zombie
00:15:03 - Action/Horror
00:29:25 - Lost in Nightmares
00:40:36 - Thanks, Partner
00:51:56 - Heart of Darkness
01:07:06 - Chris Redfield and the Temple of Doom
01:13:23 - Fear You Can Forget
01:24:04 - The Wesker Project
01:37:34 - Creature Cocktail
01:50:02 - Future Without Fear
RESIDENT EVIL: REQUIEM CRITIQUE - DAYS GONE BY
youtu.be/ddCeDUdP4Ow
RESIDENT EVIL: VILLAGE RETROSPECTIVE - SEASON OF THE WITCH
youtube.com/watch?v=X_hRkF26N34
RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARD RETROSPECTIVE - BLOOD IS THICKER
youtu.be/TDB_qp1M2go
RESIDENT EVIL 6 CRITIQUE - PANDORA'S BOX
youtu.be/tPtPK2Vgmyo
RESIDENT EVIL 4 CRITIQUE - STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
youtu.be/VBVXT1sb1m0
RESIDENT EVIL 3 CRITIQUE - SEEING STARS
youtube.com/watch?v=TNdWDbsZcD8
RESIDENT EVIL 2 CRITIQUE - MUTATE OR DIE
youtube.com/watch?v=cpCok-XgRh0
RESIDENT EVIL CRITIQUE - HELL IS EMPTY
youtube.com/watch?v=wr-XJUMs6SE
REFERENCES
1 - Giant Bomb: Resident Evil 5 Review
2 - Baffled Buffoon: Fear You Can't Forget Commercials - youtube.com/watch?v=omCDE8JFHsY
3 - Ugo.com: Interview with Jun Takeuchi - ugo.com/games/resident-evil-5-interview-with-jun-takeuchi.html
4 - IGN: Resident Evil 5 Interview - youtube.com/watch?v=ZzjTtH3ETpw
5 - Shirrako: Leech Man Boss Fight - youtube.com/watch?v=CubRswpBoY4
6 - Gamespot: Resident Evil 5 Interview - youtube.com/watch?v=NaOpCEmliXY
7 - Co-Optimus: Resident Evil 5 Co-Op Interview - co-optimus.com/article/409/resident-evil-5-co-op-interview.html
8 - Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness
9 - Kikizo: Resident Evil 5 Interview - games.kikizo.com/features/resident-evil-5-interview-p1.asp
10 - Tech Crunch: Interview with Karen Dyer on Resident Evil 5 - techcrunch.com/2009/07/04/interview-karen-dyer-sheva-from-resident-evil-5
11 - Wired: Anthropologist says RE5 isn't racist - wired.com/2009/03/resident-evil-5-2
12 - Hanli Geyser and Pippa Tshabalala: Return to Darkness: Representations of Africa in Resident Evil 5
13 - Resident Evil 5 - TGS Trailer
14 - The Art of Resident Evil 5
15 - Daily Mail: Have We Learnt Nothing from History? - dailymail.co.uk/columnists/article-229964/A-leading-scientist-says-poor-paid-NOT-children-Have-learnt-history.html
16 - Charles Davenport: Heredity
17 - NPR: The Supreme Court Ruling that led to 70,000 forced sterilizations - npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/07/469478098/the-supreme-court-ruling-that-led-to-70-000-forced-sterilizations
18 - Uncomfortable Oxford - Churchill's Legacy is not set in stone - uncomfortableoxford.com/churchills-legacy-not-yet-set-in-stone
19 - Playboy - A Candid Conversation with William Shockley
20 - Aporia Podcast - aporiamagazine.com/s/isf-podcast
21 - Alfred Binet - Significant Contributions to the History of Psychology
22 - Elevate Inspiration - Mark Oliver: The Myth of IQ - youtube.com/watch?v=siusspwWgy0
23 - Daley, Whaley, Sigman, Epinosa and Neumann - The Flynn Effect in Rural Kenyan Children
24 - LA Times: Controversial Nobel Laureate Shockley Dies
25 - Harry Shukman: Year of the Rat
26 - BBC: The Ancient Symbol That Spanned Milennia
MUSIC
INTRO
1 - Rhythm Scott - Always Ready
PART 1
1 - Alon Peretz - Jericho at Dusk
2 - Ian Post - Broken Man
PART 2
1 - Yestalgia - A Long Time Ago
2 - Alon Ohana - Getting Fractured
PART 3
1 - Lost in Nightmares OST - Results
2 - Marina Ryan - Hell is Empty (Instrumental)
3 - Will Padgett - Every Time I See Her Face
PART 4
1 - Bottega Baltazar - Amore Fuori Tempo
2 - Amparo - Abner
PART 5
1 - Onyx Music - Ngoni Intro
2 - DaniHaDani - Believe
PART 6
1 - The SoundKeeper - The Laws of Gravity Always Win in the End
PART 7
1 - Amulets - VI
PART 8
1 - Marina Ryan - Seven Minutes (Instrumental)
2 - Marshall Usinger - Ender
PART 9
1 - Amparo - We Look Good Side by Side
2 - GHST MDRN - We Only Come Out at Night
3 - Daniel Drombrowsky - We Wait
4 - DaniHaDani - Black Eyes
5 - Lars Bork Andersen - Dramatic Motion
6 - Michael Vignola - Chasing Whats Left
7 - Max H - Many Persons in His Head
8 - RAY Project - Whishing Weil
9 - Stanley Gurvich - Empty Vessels
PART 10
1 - The David Roy Collective - Lowly
2 - Stanley Gurvich - Wandering Souls
3 - Marina Ryan - Seven Minutes
#residentevil5remake #residentevil5critique
I have a soft spot for Resident Evil 5, but the way it embraces a future without fear frustrates rather than frights. Its greatest problem is that it doesn’t know what it wants to be. It suffers as both an action game and a horror game to the point that it’s regularly bland.
Thumbnail by @hotcyder
Quotes read by @Whitelight @SamanthaSaunderz and @SocraTetris
Specimen art by @SamanthaSaunderz
"Seven Minutes" by @marinaryan Animatic by @Crypt_of_Crows : youtube.com/watch?v=G-JWyklW6eI
TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:04:07 - The Vegan Zombie
00:15:03 - Action/Horror
00:29:25 - Lost in Nightmares
00:40:36 - Thanks, Partner
00:51:56 - Heart of Darkness
01:07:06 - Chris Redfield and the Temple of Doom
01:13:23 - Fear You Can Forget
01:24:04 - The Wesker Project
01:37:34 - Creature Cocktail
01:50:02 - Future Without Fear
RESIDENT EVIL: REQUIEM CRITIQUE - DAYS GONE BY
youtu.be/ddCeDUdP4Ow
RESIDENT EVIL: VILLAGE RETROSPECTIVE - SEASON OF THE WITCH
youtube.com/watch?v=X_hRkF26N34
RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARD RETROSPECTIVE - BLOOD IS THICKER
youtu.be/TDB_qp1M2go
RESIDENT EVIL 6 CRITIQUE - PANDORA'S BOX
youtu.be/tPtPK2Vgmyo
RESIDENT EVIL 4 CRITIQUE - STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
youtu.be/VBVXT1sb1m0
RESIDENT EVIL 3 CRITIQUE - SEEING STARS
youtube.com/watch?v=TNdWDbsZcD8
RESIDENT EVIL 2 CRITIQUE - MUTATE OR DIE
youtube.com/watch?v=cpCok-XgRh0
RESIDENT EVIL CRITIQUE - HELL IS EMPTY
youtube.com/watch?v=wr-XJUMs6SE
REFERENCES
1 - Giant Bomb: Resident Evil 5 Review
2 - Baffled Buffoon: Fear You Can't Forget Commercials - youtube.com/watch?v=omCDE8JFHsY
3 - Ugo.com: Interview with Jun Takeuchi - ugo.com/games/resident-evil-5-interview-with-jun-takeuchi.html
4 - IGN: Resident Evil 5 Interview - youtube.com/watch?v=ZzjTtH3ETpw
5 - Shirrako: Leech Man Boss Fight - youtube.com/watch?v=CubRswpBoY4
6 - Gamespot: Resident Evil 5 Interview - youtube.com/watch?v=NaOpCEmliXY
7 - Co-Optimus: Resident Evil 5 Co-Op Interview - co-optimus.com/article/409/resident-evil-5-co-op-interview.html
8 - Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness
9 - Kikizo: Resident Evil 5 Interview - games.kikizo.com/features/resident-evil-5-interview-p1.asp
10 - Tech Crunch: Interview with Karen Dyer on Resident Evil 5 - techcrunch.com/2009/07/04/interview-karen-dyer-sheva-from-resident-evil-5
11 - Wired: Anthropologist says RE5 isn't racist - wired.com/2009/03/resident-evil-5-2
12 - Hanli Geyser and Pippa Tshabalala: Return to Darkness: Representations of Africa in Resident Evil 5
13 - Resident Evil 5 - TGS Trailer
14 - The Art of Resident Evil 5
15 - Daily Mail: Have We Learnt Nothing from History? - dailymail.co.uk/columnists/article-229964/A-leading-scientist-says-poor-paid-NOT-children-Have-learnt-history.html
16 - Charles Davenport: Heredity
17 - NPR: The Supreme Court Ruling that led to 70,000 forced sterilizations - npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/07/469478098/the-supreme-court-ruling-that-led-to-70-000-forced-sterilizations
18 - Uncomfortable Oxford - Churchill's Legacy is not set in stone - uncomfortableoxford.com/churchills-legacy-not-yet-set-in-stone
19 - Playboy - A Candid Conversation with William Shockley
20 - Aporia Podcast - aporiamagazine.com/s/isf-podcast
21 - Alfred Binet - Significant Contributions to the History of Psychology
22 - Elevate Inspiration - Mark Oliver: The Myth of IQ - youtube.com/watch?v=siusspwWgy0
23 - Daley, Whaley, Sigman, Epinosa and Neumann - The Flynn Effect in Rural Kenyan Children
24 - LA Times: Controversial Nobel Laureate Shockley Dies
25 - Harry Shukman: Year of the Rat
26 - BBC: The Ancient Symbol That Spanned Milennia
MUSIC
INTRO
1 - Rhythm Scott - Always Ready
PART 1
1 - Alon Peretz - Jericho at Dusk
2 - Ian Post - Broken Man
PART 2
1 - Yestalgia - A Long Time Ago
2 - Alon Ohana - Getting Fractured
PART 3
1 - Lost in Nightmares OST - Results
2 - Marina Ryan - Hell is Empty (Instrumental)
3 - Will Padgett - Every Time I See Her Face
PART 4
1 - Bottega Baltazar - Amore Fuori Tempo
2 - Amparo - Abner
PART 5
1 - Onyx Music - Ngoni Intro
2 - DaniHaDani - Believe
PART 6
1 - The SoundKeeper - The Laws of Gravity Always Win in the End
PART 7
1 - Amulets - VI
PART 8
1 - Marina Ryan - Seven Minutes (Instrumental)
2 - Marshall Usinger - Ender
PART 9
1 - Amparo - We Look Good Side by Side
2 - GHST MDRN - We Only Come Out at Night
3 - Daniel Drombrowsky - We Wait
4 - DaniHaDani - Black Eyes
5 - Lars Bork Andersen - Dramatic Motion
6 - Michael Vignola - Chasing Whats Left
7 - Max H - Many Persons in His Head
8 - RAY Project - Whishing Weil
9 - Stanley Gurvich - Empty Vessels
PART 10
1 - The David Roy Collective - Lowly
2 - Stanley Gurvich - Wandering Souls
3 - Marina Ryan - Seven Minutes
#residentevil5remake #residentevil5critique
