JULY 24, 2010 - SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: I am pleased to announce that the entire Claire A scenario is complete! I'd like to thank you all for watching me play the first half scenario of RE2, but I would like to take a break from Resident Evil. Hopefully, I'll get around to doing the Leon B scenario in the coming months whenever I get to recording and have time to do the commentary. I look forward to doing "Leon B", but I'd also like to other stuff too. Please look forward to the Leon B segments of this topic and my YouTube channel, from me, soon.
Thanks,
OKeijiDragon
---------------------------------So about three months ago, I got Resident Evil 2 - N64 version for dirt cheap at eBay for $4.25, and so far I feel that I've got my money's worth.
Recently, I thought that I might as well record myself playing through it and offer my commentary on ii just for the heck of it in the best possible quality presented, with the Expansion Pak and recorded through S-Video!
In this playthrough, I went though the game on the
Claire A / Leon B scenario
with both A ranking, no spray-cans, no saving, with a time of "
03:03:30" & "03:43:57", respectfully, with some of the N64 options turned on. In this same run, I happened to unlock 4th Survivor.
There is however, a chance that I'll redo the entire Leon B scenario again from the ground up for time, integrity, and quality purposes.
I understand that there exist a LOT of Resident Evil 2 playthroughs and videos, but at the same time there's not a lot of good quality videos of the N64 version. I'm adding commentary to this video run.
Not vocal commentary (thank god for us all), but more like
annotations that will consist of nerd trivia, jokes, personal reflection on certain parts, pointing out oddities, opinions, and more! If you are interested, rate my vids and subscribe! Also, PEMNAS stands for "PLEASE EXCUSE MY NOOB ASS SKILLS". I invented the term myself.
So far I've already completed the Claire A scenario of my run, but I have plans to start the Leon B scenario.
For now, I'd like to present parts starting from Part 0 through Part 19!Claire A Finished:Part 0 - Leon A - Opening + Leon A FailurePart 1 - Restart: Claire A - The Terror Begins + Robert KendoPart 2 - Claire A - Marvin Branagh & LickerPart 3 - Claire A - Brad & the Special KeyPart 4 - Claire A - Library + OutdoorsPart 5 - Claire A - Herbs Are AwesomePart 6 - Claire A - N64 Costume + Marvin DiesPart 7 - Claire A - Chief Irons + Sherry BirkinPart 8 - Claire A - Sherry's AdventurePart 9 - Claire A - The Press RoomPart 10 - Claire A - Death of the PsychoPart 11 - Claire A - [ray splasher]-Headed MonsterPart 12 - Claire A - Raccoon City SewagePart 13 - Claire A - Annette Birkin + Giant Ass AlligatorPart 14 - Claire A - The Marshalling Yard + FactoryPart 15 - Claire A - G-Birkin Battle + Underground LaboratoryPart 16 - Claire A - G-Vaccine + Annette's FatePart 17 - Claire A - Escape From Laboratory with G-VaccinePart 18 - Claire A - Third Malformation Of GPart 19 - Claire A Finale + Credits + Special Note From MeCOMPLETE!Leon B:Coming Soon! REAL SOON.
--Now about the N64 version--The Nintendo 64 version is known for, at the time, its technological breakthrough in inserting two 600+MB PlayStation CDs worth of (redundant) data in a 512Mbit/64MB cartridge. This port, done by Angel Studios, also features some additional exclusive content, including a new control scheme (dubbed "First Person Controls") an "Item Randomizer", a Violence Adjuster, and Blood Color Adjuster. But of course, for the last two you would always want the maximum amount of violence and pure red blood in any horror game, right? Other features include new costumes made by Angel Studios, the developer that ported RE2 to N64 alongside Capcom, and the new, detailed EX Files.
The graphics actually look somewhat better than the PS version, there is very little clipping on the character models and they're smooth and feature no blocky-ness. Unlike the Saturn port of RE1, Capcom didn't sacrifice the character models much to work with Nintendo 64. The SAT version had some ugly models, IMO.
Anyone have a copy of this game? I think this is overall the best port of the game I've played yet. I wanted to get the GameCube port, but 1) It's overpriced a bit 2) It doesn't have the features that the N64 version has 3) The controls for that port kinda suck from what I read.
Anyways,
I will be updating this thread whenever I get more videos and commentary done. Stay Tuned!