If we put ourselves in his shoes I don't think many of us would of faired much better. Being a pilot myself I'd like to think I could of held it together for the team to get on board before getting out of there. No way would I stick around in the city after getting out of there though.
While not seeing Brad get killed by Nemesis in RE3R was disappointing, him being revealed as the zombie to have bitten Marvin was brilliant. Really adds weight to Marvin’s scenes in RE2R. I do wish Brad had gotten more screen time as a character though.
Same here I do wish he did have much more screen time. Also yes, the downside was his lack of Nemesis encounter but it was amazing to see the connection on how Marvin got his injuries and revealing it to be Brad
@@4dhumaninstrumentality789 Still it’s characterizations were great and even if it was cut up, the narrative still good....that’s way more then can be said for Village.
I liked how they connected Marvin’s bite to Brad. I just wished they included the Brad Vickers getting killed and infected by Nemesis, possibly on the rooftop parking lot section when Jill tried to get to the helicopter and had to hijack a car to ram Nemesis off the rooftop. The biggest crime Capcom did was they didn’t have more Nemesis sections and they cut the Clocktower section. Not to mention the RC Park.
I finally got to play RE3 remake and I have to say I like how they handled Brad. It was a pretty good demonstration of how the virus affects people sometimes, him being still capable of speech and all.
It was a cool moment to see him still be able to speak, it just shows that even at that late state of being infected, the people are still somewhat aware of their surroundings
@@HeYDeVuH Picking back up as Jill in the hospital after getting the vaccine, there's a zombie in the staff room banging on the locker you use the lockpick on...neat little detail I just noticed
That little detail brings to light that a lot of people probably got caught off guard by people they thought were just sick.. until they just lunged out of no where and bit them. I bet the chaos of Raccoon City was insanely overwhelming
I didn’t like how the RE3 Remake handled Brad. Not only was his infamous death by Nemesis cut out but it’s just inconsistent with RE2 Remake as well. Brad was bitten in the bar and about 1-3 hours later was in the RPD courtyard squaring off with Marvin and had some intellectual faculties left. Marvin is bit and about 24 hours pass by, he’s still alive and when he does turn in RE2 Remake does not possess any intellectual faculties. Not only that, how did Brad turn so quickly from a bite on the arm and Marvin was able to last an entire day from a bite on his abdomen?
@@J.F.331 Yeah I definitely preferred the original way over the remake, but hey maybe Brad got infected faster because he was probably running thus speeding up the infection in his blood stream. That's probably the only explanation I could come up with. It was kinda weak though.. They should've kept the original death
so i think something a lot of people overlook is that in the end Brad taking off at the start of RE1 actually saves the rest of both Alpha and beta teams as if not for that they would have no idea that the outbreak would happen and would likely have been amongst the forces thrown into the meat grinder when the full outbreak hits the city before RE2 happens.
I always thought it would of been interesting if most of S.T.A.R.S would of made it in raccoon city lol and actually helped rescued people with their helicopters and got them out of the city.
While Brad was certainly craven, I do believe he was actively trying to do so about it. I think it was mentioned that he was trying to buy self help books to help him deal with his fear, which leads me to believe that maybe he had some kind of paranoia or phobia. And for all of his cowardice (and he was a craven coward), he did manage to keep his stuff together for an entire day while The Nemesis was chasing him throughout the city. He's brave AF in the remake tho.
honestly, i think the simple fact Jill responded to his question about being a team with 'always' and not hesitating, kinda told him a lot. His team still had his back, despite everything, and that at least Jill forgave him for running off outside the mansion.
Actually Forest Spayer was the first zombie in RE to speak. I forget how but there is a way to get him to say "Chris, kill me please" in the first RE from the early 2000's. It was eerie af to hear it.
I like both versions but would've been better if they had mixed and added to the original with new and longer details, Brad is an underrated character and majority of us would've freaked out in fear like he did, I really enjoy these type of video's, do some content on Code Veronica it has a lot to talk about. Brad and Marvin both should've had longer scenes
I'm honestly surprised Code Veronica isn't talked about as much as most of the other titles. It's such a classic, and the new fan made remake looks awesome. Do you think Brad could've had an excuse for leaving the STARS team behind? I'd like to think he must've seen something that could've damage the helicopter. I wonder where he went when he flew off.
When You really look at the scene where he takes off was it really because he panicked ? Seems to me that he would have not have had time to get the team safely back inside before the dogs ripped everyone to shreds. Additionally I doubt Wesker would have allowed anyone to leave in the first place. Taking off and coming back when it was safe was probably the right call in the situation.
@@thefitgamerdad Yeah CV is underrated and it's a classic, the fan make looks incredible hopefully capcom wakes up and remakes it. I think Brad did see something like more zombies as they started escaping from the mansion or something leaked out and his fear made him take off but knew he should come back for his team, maybe he landed on a nearby mountain while he got a signal
@@riftvallance2087 Panic is caused by fear and anyone in that situation will make a fast call to leave and go but maybe he realized he was wrong until he got a signal (rooftop during Tyrant fight) so he came back to help us escape
@@Csthedirector Not that the game states this but if the team had got back in the chopper Weskers carefully laid plans would have failed. Perhaps Wesker ordered him to take off and Brad defied his orders to come back
I dont know why, but his story has always intrigued me. I think it was his death in the original RE3 that really got me interested in his story. Poor Brad. Thanks for this video HeY DeVuH!
You're very welcome and yes same here, that entrance to Nemesis was something else and to have Brad as a Casualty just made the moment have more of an impact
If Brad had stayed in the forest and not deserted Alpha team, he very well could have died there. And then there wouldn’t have been an escape Chris, Jill, Barry and Rebecca. But I do believe his actions in RE3R is a good redemption. And we finally got to see what happened to Marvin and why he was so serious when talking to Leon. If you don’t pick RE Outbreak File 2 as cannon.
while in the remake he may be the 1st zombie we vocally hear speak, he wasnt the 1st to display consciousness after infection. the 1st probably being the infamous itchy tasty note.
Thank you and happy to hear you liked the small clips. I was laughing too when I tried to edit that in the video, It just shows Marvin was tired of all the craziness already LOL
The original definitely held a stronger grip on what to expect; some details were concluded in the remake but in all, both versions gave us a complete picture of Brad.
Brad Vickers redeemed himself by staying behind in order to buy Jill time for her escape. What he did is actually quite impressive. Especially concidering the fact that he acted so cowardly back in RE1: He managed to overcome the fear of certain death (which many people concider the greatest fear) and chose to stay behind to keep those zombies at bay for as long as he can. There's an alternative cutscene in the original RE3 were Carlos encounters Murphy (the UBCS soldier who gets killed by Nicholai): Murphy turns into a zombie walks slowly towards Carlos and begs to be killed by him. Which Carlos does eventually, but it was anything but easy for him. I like it that Capcom decided to show something similar with Brad and Marvin and what happens if one hasitates, which in turn explains Marvins mistake from which he wanted to save Leon in RE2 when he gave him the combat knife.
I hate how they call him chicken when he flew away in the original, my guy was going back to the RPD to get the tyrant destroyer, aka rocket launcher. A true hero in my eyes.
I'll always remember Brad as the zombie who hung out just under & outside the front door of the RPD in Resident Evil 2. Wether he was made that way by a random zombie or by Nemesis depends on which version you like better.
HmmI liked the version of him with Nemesis due to the impact to the storyline but I liked how it shows how Marvin became infected by a Talking zombified Brad
Everyone is surprised that Brad talked but I'm more surprised that he went to the police station making me think that he survived the ordeal in the bar. Otherwise it would point out that zombies are capable of remembering which i doubt. I feel Brad made it to the station but ended up turning on Marvin.
I always thought Brad had a crush on Jill. To me this is implied in the remake of RE3, and the way he sacrifices himself to save her. I don't think Brad would have done that for just any of his teammates. I believe he stayed in Raccoon City because of Jill. He knew he messed up, and her opinion of him mattered to her. He knew if he heroically went down trying to save her, just maybe he might redeem himself in her eyes.
Once again you are killing my sides with spot on edits! Haha.. pretty ironic, if he ran away he still would have been a chicken but at least Marvin would still be kicking..
Eh as someone who has never played the original games I think they should've kept Brad as Brad instead of trying to make his character something he isn't. I think it's refreshing to have a not so heroic Stars member unlike all the rest
Good in depth analysis of brad but tbh u cant deny the amount of cut content in this game which just dissapoints me they did such an amazing job with every single thing and detail but if they added all the details of re 3 and stuff like that it would be the best game of the decade
I liked the original, but There was no redeeming Brad. He had way to many cowardly acts! And he attacked my boy Marvin. Chicken heart was to nice of a name for Brad.
Why did no one in the resi series ever catch on that bringing a rocket launcher along from the beginning of the mission was an essential piece of kit lol
The Original Brad was better on the sole purpose he brought tension and suspense on how serious the situation was for the originals. His REmake 3 counterpart wasn’t scared of Nemesis at all. He was watered down for my taste. They should’ve stuck to his original story and let Nemesis be the one to take him out.
Thanks again for another great RE Video Hey Devuh. As i´m not from an english speaking country, it`s sometimes hard to put my thoughts into words, but I will try, because an idea/interpretation just entered my mind, after watching this vid, that i did not had before. So if this thougt is no news to you RE3 Remake Gamers out there, well... "i am sorry." ;) Regarding the Brad Vickers "Sorry" scene in front of the RPD, at first i thougt: "What is this? Speaking Zombies? Didn`t ask for that... *insert rant blabla rant*" I did not like it at all, even some similar things had happend before like the "itchy-tasty"-note in RE1. But as i just watched that scene again, and as Devuh mentioned in his Vid, Brad must had felt terrible after the events of the first RE1 and his guilt of leaving his teammates behind in the horrors of the arclay mountains. After the mansion incident he for sure had a hard time dealing with himself because of his guilt. I don`t know about you guys, but i can say that i did some things in my life i am not proud of and which i regret and would not do again. Some of this stuff, even if it happend years and years ago... Well i can say for sure that i`m still working on some of that. So it crossed my mind, that maybe, because of all the guilt he felt, this really was the last thought that still remaind in his zombified brain. The overwhelming and unforgiving feeling that he was sorry, even when everything else that made him human left his body, he still felt that absolut dark sadness of his soul. He truly was "sorry".
I like both versions. I'm not a fan of lore changes as it causes unessasary cognitive dissonance n puts us in a quandry trying to find the 'fictional truth,' so here's a loose hybridization theory: Brad gets chewed at the bar as seen in both versions. *Jill visits RPD, Nemi kills Brad, Carlos calls STARS office, Jill leaves RPD, later Carlos n Tyrel visit RPD, Brad has recovered sort of and turned Zombo, he chews Marvin, Carlos n Tyrel visit STARS office.* Thevabove sequence I am sure can harmonize the 2 versions. Only obvious contradiction I see is in RE3 OG Jill sees Marvin sleeping and it'd contradict the theory but as it's nothing more than a mini reference can probably ignore it. Thoughts???? I really think this could work. Anything that harmonizes and avoids choosing 1 over the other has to win IMO.
Totally understand what you mean. I had someone mention that the two versions are completely different timelines or maybe Universe. Though that would be way beyond the realm of Resident Evil. Also Jill seeing Marvin at the West wing Office could pass of as a Reference as you said.
My name is Brad and my best friend is Chris. He used to bug me as kids that his character is better than mine. My favourite character is Claire but I always hoped for more character development for Brad I did really like the cutscene with Marvin in re3 remake. And at least he knew he was doomed and told Jill to run.
To be honest i think how Brad dies in Re3make was an fineral act. Him saying "Sorry..." in breathless voice was him losing control and him saying sorry was his fineral act into turning into zombie. after that he "roars" as a zombie. Zombies are mindless creatures. Its likely he said sorry in his dieing last breath....then he was a full zombie that trys to attack Carlos. I don't think they break the zombie lore/ resient evil lore when the creators made the remake. I think "sorry..." was the last thing that Brad did before turning into the undead. He got say say sorry to his friend sorry for leaving them in Re1 and sorry fr biting Mathens arm..
Another sad story. I remember Brad from the first RE. Now Umbrella is pissed at S.T.A.R.S. members for outing they little dirty secrets. They sent a Tyron to finish off the members. Brad is no longer a Chicken Heart. It’s Brave Heart. That damn evil Chief Irons got what he deserve.
I think "Chicken nugget" would make a new great nickname for Brad in the terrible remake since not even a minute from rendezvous with Jill he becomes a tasty treat for the zombies
Awesome job bro! You always organize your content so well. It’s always great watching your vids. What would you think about a Brad Vickers “escape scenario” dlc added to RE3make? I feel like that would intense and a cool nod off to him
14:49 In general the RE3 remake didn't do The Nemesis very well. In the original RE3 the threat of him felt like it was always looming and you always dreaded that he was still out there hunting Jill. But in the remake he felt like just another monster instead of the biggest danger in the game. His second mutation in the remake felt like a ripoff of William's RE2 4th form. Jill actually having to lift the rail cannon and shoot Nemesis with it in the final battle was stupid and not as good as her luring him in front of it in the original.
Great video!! I guess my wish of you making a vid about Brad it came true in the end, so thanks again for it. Call me crazy but since RE3 I found him interesting enough to pick my curiosity and ask myself what the hell was Brad doing during the months after RE1 happened, and when RE3 (2020) came it made sense to see that he believed his teammates (after all he witnessed Joseph get mauled by a pack Cerberus) but he feared he might loose his source of income for him/his family. Maybe he did some minor research in favor of Jill and company, maybe he didn’t, but I like to believe he tried to redeem himself in eyes of his former teammates. And the little addition on that pizza note is great, “stars team now and forever” and “are we still a team?” let you know he really cared at the end, but couldn’t be brave by x, y or z. He is and always be one of my favorite secondary characters of RE series ❤️ it was heartbreaking seeing him all transformed by his infection and still be able to show some remorse seconds before attacking Marvin. PS: Jesus I can’t get enough of those Marvin and other character’s clips, I was literally howling while watching. Please never drop those 🤣🤣🤣
You're absolutely welcome, I'm super happy that you enjoyed the clips and especially that Marvin Stare LOL. Also well said with Brad and his lore in between RE1 and the Outbreak in Raccoon city. Anyway let me know if there is any other Character you're interested and I'll try to cover it, but besides that much more to come in the future.
@@HeYDeVuH thank you so much for answering in such a cool way!! You always do, and that’s something us viewers appreciate a lot ❤️ for now I don’t have any other request other than “please continue with what you do, it’s great”, since you already covered the Ashford twins (which btw phenomenal videos!!) and even a little of their family history
They done him dirty in the remake. They done a lot dirty in the remake! How can you REMAKE something, and produce something with LESS content?! It is against metaphysics!
So, what was Brad's option realistically in RE1, land in an open area and attract all of the Cerberus' as the team tries to leave and then they get eaten? Even if they went in just to recollect themselves in preparation of picking off the dogs (with little to no ammo) before making a run for it, if one of the group went off and then Wesker did his little plot, then that's already out of Brad's hands as I doubt the rest of the team would want to leave up and leave. Ok I'm going to watch the rest of this now, I just wanted to say that at least for the events of RE1 I don't think he had many options lol
That's a good point, other comments have mentioned that his reaction can be seen as reasonable after witnessing his comrade get attacked by infected Cerberuses' like that
Brad Vickers doesn't get much credit in the Resident Evil series, we barely get to see him in Resident Evil 1 or it's remake, this also happens in RE 3 Nemesis and it's remake as well, he definitely is a "chicken heart" by nature but ultimately redeemed himself, by saving Jill, Chris, Barry, and Rebecca from the Spencer Mansion, however Brad would ultimately meet his in Resident Evil 3 Nemesis during the Raccoon City outbreak, he is killed by the Nemesis tyrant for simply being a S.T.A.R.S. survivor of the Spencer Masion, in the Resident Evil 3 remake Brads end is a bit different, after S.T.A.R.S. got disbanded by RPD police chief Brian Irons Brad was secretly helping Jill investigate Umbrella, Brad called Jill telling he to get out of her apartment now, but Nemesis showed up and started to go after her, she managed to temporarily escape Nemesis and find Brad and started to follow him up to Jack's bar, they tried to hold back a swarm of zombies though the door, but Brad got bit and told Jill to run and not make the same mistake he did, she ran and wasn't able to see Brad ever again, we don't see Brad again until we play as Carlos and go to the RPD, we see a zombified Brad going after Marvin and he tries to talk to talk to him and says he's sorry for attacking, Brad also says he's sorry to but a second later he attacks Marvin's stomach, he fully turned into a zombie and was put down for good by Carlos, Brad Vickers deserves credit for saving his fellow S.T.A.R.S. team members from the Spencer Mansion, also for helping Jill investigate Umbrella in the Resident Evil 3 remake, thank you for covering Brad Vickers one of the most underrated characters in the the Resident Evil series, you gave him a great video HeY DeVuH well done ✊
I pledged the Resident Evil 1 boardgame on Kickstarter and we are going to use Brad a lot when we roleplay. You always have to have a coward on the team.....
I didn't like Nemesis didn't kill Brad in RE3 Remake but I like that Marvin was bitten by him that was a good touch instead having other zombies bit Marvin and infected him.
Both versions had their good and bad. I wish we could have had Brad Still be attacked by Nemesis and possibly injured, Causing him to be infected. Then later on he would succumb to his injuries then attack Marvin as seen in RE3 Remake.
Hey Devah, congratulations on yet another great video, loved it! To answer your question about which version of Brad I liked most, I must say... Although I appreciate what the remake tried to do with his character, the deviation from his actual character and the over all tone set with Nemesis was too much for me and just like most of the retcons made in these remakes, I much more prefer the original.
Thank You very very much and I agree that the original gave us the impact of Nemesis early on and I wish we had that In Resident evil 3 remake, though I did enjoy the Brad and Marvin interaction as well. Anyway again thank you so much!!!
@@HeYDeVuH I definitely think they could have easily worked both in to the Remake..That scene with Marvin could have been right after the Nemesis scene from the original. At least, that's how it will exist in my head lol...I am honestly a big fan of your work and being a life long RE fan myself, I only wish I could help you make more RE videos. Keep up the great work!
I like how they handled Brad in RE3 Brad messed up and deserved a Redemption arch, it does not matter how he dies thought "the man is not in the union anymore "- Scream 2
You remember in the first resident evil 2. If you made it to the police station without picking up any items. You seen brad down the stairs under the police entrance zombified
It always irks me when people say that Brad "left his friends" or "abandonded his friends" No he didn't. Yes he had a moment of panic, but he knew he couldn't just leave them and stayed circling the area trying to get in contact so he could rescue them. Sorry, that doesn't sound like "abandonment" to me. Brad may have been cowardly, but not at the expense of his friends' lives
He didn't leave his team to die in resident evil 1. Brad had two opinions once he realized his team was being forced away from the helicopter. Option one hope the team could circle around and get back to the chopper before he was killed or they were or option 2 to lift off and hope to pick them up later. Intern I believe option 2 to was the right choice. it gave him the chance to save their lives in the end. Want proof look no further than the opening of resident evil 1 remake. In the opening scene he was flying the chopper in the same direction they were running meaning he was not running away but trying to circle around and pick them up.
Devuh! He definitely redeemed himself in 3make. He came through and sacrificed his life for Jill's safety. I just didn't like how they never mentioned anything about him leaving in the helicopter from the original at least from what I could remember
He did come through in Remake and from what I remember they didn't specifically show him leaving with the Helicopter except when he was already in the air flying away from them.
3:00 WTF, Brad! What you scared for?! You in the damn helicopter! Even though Brad came back to save his team members, I would still be mad. Like once everyone was in a safe setting (aka no more zombies and bio weapons walking around), it's on sight. 🏃🏿♀️ We fighting.
We'd all like to think we'd be the heroes in a crisis. Simple fact is that most people do try to protect themselves. I was a private security contractor. Mostly VIP escort. Saw guys just back into a corner or completely ignore a situation by pretending they were paying attention to something else entirely. Never blamed them. In reality, especially considering Brad was essentially the administration officer of the S.T.A.R.S team, after hearing the Bravo's pilot has been torn to shreds, then watching your colleague be torn to shreds, then realizing you're next on the menu as they attack everybody? Most people would consider self-preservation in a panic. All of that aside? I do love me a good free pizza.
10:04 Original Brad got what he deserved for his cowardice IMO. He left his teammates to fend for themselves in a dangerous forest and mansion and only came back to help out of last minute guilt and shame. At least remake Brad helps Jill before he's bitten and turned.
If they did remake Zero and One they might replay it as his helicopter was in immediate danger from flying infected like crows or bats and fled under duress effectively making himself a coward.
I have to say I like Brad in the remake but besides the remake cutting out things from the original like Grave Digger I felt nemesis killing him was more impactful but I still liked it. Ps Brad give Jill a meat supreme pizza so that right there definitely is Pizza Time.🍕
R3make was ok but it just sucks that it wasn't technically a remake but re-imagining. REmake2 was godlike put side by side with the original but 3 didn't have any of the feel of the OG 3. It's cool we get to see an alternate way Brad gets wrecked and that he was responsible for Branaughs wound but overall man They should have just made Remake3 like they did Remake2
Well said, I know that the development time for RE3 Remake was not as long as RE2 Remake and it definitely shows. Though I did like the differences with the two versions, but in the end OG Resident Evil 3 was better.
Chicken heart is an unfair but cool moniker to give brad.. he's pilot his job is to escort his fellow stars in to action. While they are in action his job is to preserve the transport,provide eyes for my fellow star members and then provide an exit for surviving memebers......if brad loses the helicopter jill,chris and barry dont make it out
Brad Vickers is a Brain, not a coward. If Brad had not taken off, he would have been dog food and no one would be able to escape those mountains on foot. Jill gets a radio call and its Brad, asking for a signal or a sign. Brad never left, remember that, because he must have been circling the area for hours. He never gave up on his team. He couldn't have killed all the dogs with just his Samurai Edge, otherwise Jill would have when she shot them. He was alone in the chopper while his team was investigating. What was he supposed to do? He made the only logical decision that would ensure the most people survived, plus he dropped the rocket launcher which saved Chris, Barry and Jill. How is he not a hero too?
In thr original he was as chicken heart but in the re make resident evil 3 he wasn't classed as a coward as he saved jill valentine in resident evil 3 remake being bitten and infected in the process just to save jill
Brad is a good character but for some reason ( correct me if I'm wrong ) but for some reason he's not reliable. He doesn't get praise or love from his team that's why they kill him off early in part 3
@@HeYDeVuH correct me if I'm wrong but he's not dependable. He leave them at the arkley mountain because they taught they were dead which is the reason why he say he wants nothing to do with this mission ( So I heard according to the comic book version I read ) but still , he's just a pilot or I wonder if weaker ordered him to leave them as planned because weaker really wants to get rid of the stars team as it said in resident evil 0 version of the game . I mean I did some research about him and to tell you the truth it's really sad seeing brad in this situation
