This year marks the 15th anniversary of the most celebrated survival-horror game in history. Chris Leggett heads back into the Spencer Estate mansion to rediscover what it is that has made Resident Evil an enduring classic.
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.
I am the master of approving.
"ammo certainly wasn’t plentiful."
This is untrue, if you knew where to look you could end up with hundreds of bullets its just a lot of them were hidden.
Perhaps that point needs clarification; I meant "comparatively" to modern games where an ammo count is pretty much a token gesture and you'll rarely find yourself with little ammo. On your first playthrough of Resident Evil (in which typically you won't know where to look for ammo) I bet most people had to fire their weapons very conservatively.