I loved these games series, easily one of my top rated series. I've only played the core games (and Gaiden once) and none of the spin-offs. Thoughts
PS1 Resident Evil - I loved this game despite (because?) of the cheesy dialogue, a great intro to the series Resident Evil 2 - Improved on the first one in every way, perhaps my favourite in the whole franchise Resident Evil 3 - Ugh, didn't really get on with this and, to me, it didn't feel like a real sequel, more of an add-on to Resi 2. One of my least favourite games
Dreamcast Code Veronica - I loved this at the time, it felt like this should have been Res 3. A great Resi game and one of the top Dreamcast games
Gamecube Resident Evil 0 - I know it gets a lot of flack but I thought it was OK, not the best but not the worst REmake - It was great to go back to this game with improved visuals and scripting. It doesn't quite hold the same memories of the original but that's no fault of the game, more to do with how fondly I remember playing Resi 1 Resident Evil 4 - I loved the story and the gameplay and it felt like a nice refresh to the series
Xbox 360 Resident Evil 5 - As a horror game it falls a bit flat. I did enjoy the two-player co-op though and that made it more fun for me Resident Evil 6 - Same as above really. Not really a horror game but still enjoyed the co-op mode
PS4 Resident Evil 7 - This is where I have to jump ship from the series. I like that it goes back to its horror roots, I like the story. I hate the first-person perspective, it really takes me out of the game and spoils the immersion. It was slightly more bearable in VR, in a gimicky way but not enough for me to play it through.
With the series seemingly carrying on with the first-person perspective I can't see me getting back into the series any time soon
I haven't played RE2 or 3 remake but that's more to do with me not really gaming much at the moment. I'd like to try 2 but not fussed about 3
Honestly, I’m not sure there’s much else I need from the series beyond a steady stream of new content every couple of years at this point. Maybe RE4Make or Code Veremake just to cap off the “retro” Resi games being remade, but beyond that I’m just happy for a fairly close release date for Village.
I might have read somewhere that they were struggling to get 8 running well on last-gen platforms, did I imagine that? Maybe they abandon then to get the game out in time for Halloween or something.
Corazon de Leon wrote:It would be very cool to have a Resi 1 in the style of RE2Make and RE3Make, but would it be the first game to ever have a remake of a remake come out?
Zilnad wrote:I love the swapping mechanic in Resi 0. It's something I always wish they'd made more use of.
It wasn't very well received, for some reason, but I thought it was a very good idea if a little rough around the edges. Possibly could have been combined with boxes to make a kind of hybrid system!
im very mixed on RE! i love RE2 and RE4 i couldnt get on with 1 or 3. the films are utter gash and the new ones just dont appeal much to me. might change in the future
Zilnad wrote:I love the swapping mechanic in Resi 0. It's something I always wish they'd made more use of.
It wasn't very well received, for some reason, but I thought it was a very good idea if a little rough around the edges. Possibly could have been combined with boxes to make a kind of hybrid system!
They toyed with this a bit in re5, too - you couldn’t swap, but you could give Sheva orders. I thought that was the best thing about re5.
I really hope that re8 expands the gameplay beyond 7’s loop... maybe a more open world, with more enemy variety.
Is 8 launching on last gen too? How disappointing. No wonder it didn’t wow.