EP 20 | Resident Evil 5-8: Re-Invention and Returning to its Roots (with Thomas Roland)

Marina sits down with Thomas Roland to talk about the second half of the mainline Resident Evil series. They talk about why it matters to have character-driven stories in the horror genre, their favorite moments and twists, and what game they think is the scariest in the entire series. * * * * * * *  TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Intro  (06:17) Overview of the games (16:09) Why character-driven stories matter in horror games (22:18) Favourite moments in RE5 (28:04) Favourite moments in RE6 (33:16) Favourite moments in RE7 (38:44) Favourite moments in RE8 (46:31) Playing the sideline games (47:37) Scariest Resident Evil game?  (50:25) Final thoughts and outro * * * * * * *  LINKS & SOCIALS: Quest Markers: ⁠https://linktr.ee/questmarkers⁠ Thomas Roland: https://x.com/itsRhet  Lore Dump: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGhgiyBSgi4pVaR7pQK6IIQ Monty Zander: https://www.youtube.com/c/MontyZander Marina Ryan: ⁠https://linktr.ee/marinaryan⁠