Step into the world of survival horror with this chilling countdown.
Capcom has announced and released the original Resident Evil, Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 on Steam.
Capcom recently released Resident Evil Requiem, and it's been so successful that it's seemingly dragging along every other Resi game with it.
That's certainly true in the UK; the latest physical retail charts have come in, and the top 10 includes five Resident Evil games across all platforms.
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.
Great list but should have been a top 10, easily enough games to fill a top 10
and REmake is definitely the best 'survival' horror game ever, not an opinion, fact (Although I have a huge soft spot in my heart for RE2 also..the difficulty of REmake makes it the better game)
But when you start talking about story in a horror game you would have to say Silent Hill 2 is the best out there, that was the perfect mix of horror, emotion and psychological torture...a masterpiece IMO
Great to Dead Space up there too, in my top 10 games of the generation for sure
Maybe if you talking about pure scares maybe Amnesia or Fatal Frame would take the top spot but as a 'survival' horror REmake is king
Fatal Frame
Fatal Frame II: The Tormented
Fatal Frame III: Crimson Butterfly
There is your top 3.
i heard Siren Blood Curse will give you a run for your money. a shame they never released it on Blu-ray in North America, thus the reason i have yet to play it. i like my games on disc
I never played the Resident evil remake and always really wanted to but for me I would have to give the top spot to Silent Hill 2. I remember in the first hour or two thinking, 'this is kinda creepy.... I guess' as I wandered around the brightly lit foggy town but then as the game goes on it just becomes more and more like a nightmare at a brilliantly subtle pace. There was a point running through the streets with everything pitch black that wasn't illuminated by my flashlight that I truly felt like I was in a nightmare, not because the darkness made the game any more difficult or anything, just that experience of running through blackness while seeing weird spamming shapes around me for brief moments as I passed them, they just hit that strange feel of bad dreams perfectly without ever needing to ramp things up by going all out action and jump scares like I feared they would. Truly an amazing game, no other horror game comes close for me, not even any other Silent hill game.
For me :
Amnesia Dark descent
Outlast