Games in Asia: There’s been a lot of talk recently about the need to re-introduce horror into the Resident Evil franchise, which has recently become more of a third-person shooter than a survival horror. I agree but before the series can go forward it needs to get back to its roots.
Capcom has announced and released the original Resident Evil, Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 on Steam.
With the ninth mainline installment looming, it feels like the right moment to rank every mainline Resident Evil game from worst to best.
At first I was like, No Code Veronica on the list!? But then I seen Mainline. The list checks out, but I would personally put 2 over 4.
I'll take 2 over 4 also. And even without a number, I don't see how Code Veronica, my other favorite in the franchise, isn't mainline when it's the actual sequel to RE2.
The original RE was the best. Its not on the list which makes no sense.
The remake of it was alright but should be higher on this list.
i’m fine with people calling it “mainline,” but leaving out the original re1 entirely is wild, since it basically defines the whole series. i’d still put re2 over re4 for pure pacing and atmosphere, even though re4 is the more replayable game. also, the “mainline” label gets messy with code veronica since it feels more essential than some numbered entries. i swear half the time i’m reading these rankings i get derailed by random gambling tabs i opened earlier, including https://monopolybigballerli... and https://football-studio-dic... and https://red-baron.org/ which is a weird contrast to talking about survival horror.
Capcom has launched a new website to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its long-running survival horror series, Resident Evil.
The Evil Within. That's what we need. Straight from the creator of the so famous RE series, Shinji Mikami.
Resident Evil is holding on to the final straw atm, and i doubt it's ever going to come back. Mainly due to the generation we live in, which expects games like RE 5 and 6.
Thanks to RE4, this is where it headed.
I haven't played an RE game since RE4. RE4 stuck to the same sort of style. I know the camera angle wasn't fixed in the corner of the room like in the original trilogy, but you couldn't see behind you which made it more terrifying. It was slower paced, less ammo and the whole atmosphere was great.
I didn't like the look of RE5 and RE6. Looked too colorful, way too much action and looked like you could get plenty of ammo.
This is why I am looking forward to The Evil Within, looks amazing, I'm hoping it can bring me to the edge of my seat and make me panic a bit.
RE definitely needs to be rebooted, get someone or a team in that know what survival horror actually is.
RE4 is as far as they should have gone in terms of horror to action ratio. While it is much more action oriented than the one's before, it still had plenty of scary moments (try doing the dog maze, insect sewers, or Regenerators at night for the first time without wanting to turn the game off after the first minute of said event)
RE5 was really fun but didn't have any scary moments, the pacing was tuned to incorporate as much action as possible at the expense of tension or strategy. When you plsy the RE1 remake on Gamecube you can't help but wonder how it all changed so much
Keep the 3rs person, over the shoulder camera (I love it) but use the design process of 0-4. Capcom should do a remake of the second with RE4 style to test the waters. Capcom just needs to accept RE was best when it was survival horror, not a 3rd person shooter with zombies in it
No, they need better writers, Japanese writers are some of the most prolific horror authors, Capcom should hire them to fix up the mess. It will be a feat if they can continue the story and bring back to horror roots.