
Taking a look at when the Resident Evil series jumped the shark; specifically the moment in Resident Evil 5 when Chris Redfield punched a boulder so hard it fell off a cliff to create a bridge over lava.

Circana data shows Resident Evil 5 as the best selling Resident Evil game in the US, ahead of Resident Evil 4 remake and Village.
So the most successful RE is the one where a white man is killing Africans.
This can't be real.

New leaks from Dusk Golem detail cancelled Resident Evil projects, including a Rebecca focused Revelations game, while stating no Resident Evil 5 remake is in development.
Capcom's willingness to invest in experiments and scrap them sets them apart form many other developers (Nintendo have a similar methodology). Far too often companies push a game setting or game mechanic that is just not that good and the final product is middling or poor.

Dusk Golem claims a Resident Evil 5 remake is not coming this year, with a Code Veronica remake expected instead.
Hopefully if and when they do a RE5 remake, they give it the RE3 remake treatment, because this is certainly one title that I don't want a faithful remake of.
Yeah that's why RE7 was so good to me in that it made this unbelievable world more believable. If that makes any sense.
I enjoyed part 4 and while there was action there was also the creep factor from characters to situations onto the environments.
I can't say the same about part 5 as there was nothing about it that I found creepy! Part 6 was even worse but to me 7 was what the series needed. I'm sure fans who grew up on part 4-6 didn't like it for obvious reasons those of us who were there for the original trilogy appreciated the move back to the series tense roots!
“For whatever reason, people didn’t lavish the same type of praise on RE5 despite the fact that they’re essentially the same game in many ways”
Not in that many ways.
Resident Evil: Revelations 1&2 have more in common with RE4 than RE5 does.
Yes. I'll never forget this and how ridiculous it was but it started with RE4. Which was a good game but not a good Resident Evil game. When Leon Kennedy started jumping head first out of second story windows and landing on his feet unharmed the series started jumping the shark.
I didn't and it didn't stop me from enjoying RE5
Chris punching a boulder is the most ridiculous thing in the whole RE franchise. Come on even the worlds strongest man cannot push or punch that massive boulder. What were they thinking?? And im in the minority thay I think RE6 was a better game than RE5, you can move while shooting unlike in 5 stuck on your feet. Then you can dodge anytime and can punch kick enemies whenever you want without having to stun the enemies. Then you have real ZOMBIES unlike the ganado wannabe in 5. The only thing 5 has better than 6 is the pacing and wesker. Thats it. 5 is a watered down version of RE5 and oh RE5 was so short you can finish it in 3 hours or maybe less with skipping cutscenes. Cant agree with critics bashing 6 than 5 while it does more than 5.