What is your favorite Resident Evil?

[kupomogli]

Since there are so many mixed opinions about Resident Evil 6, maybe we can harken back to a time when the series was good and discuss our favorite titles. Or maybe you love Resident Evil 6 and it's your favorite.

Anyways. Resident Evil 2 was my favorite for the longest time. The difficulty, story, characters, setting was the best for the longest time. It's still an amazing game, and it's still my favorite, but it's actually more of being tied for my favorite game rather than being exclusively my favorite game. Resident Evil Outbreak 1 and 2 are the others.

Resident Evil Outbreak got way more hate than Resident Evil 6 is getting I think. So much hate that Outbreak File 2's sales were so low that the game was MSRP of $19.99 in less than two weeks. The only major problem that both games in this series had is the long load times, especially on the first game, but aside from that the series really pushed the survival horror aspect of the series where Resident Evil 4 took the series towards "shooter." If you think about it, this could very well be why Capcom chose the departure of survival horror. So it's more of the fans fault as to why the series is what it is today.

Outbreak starred eight characters, all with their own unique skillsets. There were no super cop characters like Chris, Leon, Jill, etc, just your everday ordinary characters. Examples of the characters are David who can combine other weapons together, Kevin who can take off much more damage with guns(after waiting for him to take aim,) Mark who can take off more damage with melee items, Alyssa who can unlock doors using her lockpick kit and more damage with guns(like Kevin but weaker,) etc. There are both ranged and melee weapons in the game. Ranged includes more than just guns, as you can use a nail gun to either shoot nails at zombies or you can use them on boards to barricade an area until zombies break through, but melee you've got knives, sticks, crutches, iron pipes, etc.

The game played in scenarios where once you completed one scenario, you would unlock others. The first scenario started with each of these characters in J's Bar, and it showed off a feature where the zombies don't just stay in one location. In this portion of the game, zombies continued to come through the front of J's Bar no matter how many you killed. Zombies would break open the doors and follow you wherever they could. While the zombies didn't continue breaking through in all scenario and it was possible to kill them all in some of them, this feature of zombies and other monsters not being contained to a single room was in every scenario. This feature added so much to the game because now, you really weren't completely safe anywhere. The hospital had the Leechman, which could go through doors, but could also climb through vents and drop down in a room that you may be in.

If you play this game and it's at all possible, I'd highly recommend playing on PS2 with the hard drive so you can reduce the length of the load times. I haven't tried running the game with a PS2 emulator or fast disc loading speed on the PS3 so I don't know if they'd do anything, but aside from the poor load times, this is a really good game. Outbreak File 2 was mostly the same as the first but different scenarios, slightly reduced load times, and the ability to move while readying weapons, including guns(which is weird that they went backwards and took that feature away on RE5.)

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

4

Not only my favorite RE, but my favorite action/adventure game of it's generation.

[Beat Roc]

Resident Evil 4 was my favorite too, but to be fair I didn't hop on to the RE bandwagon until then and I've only tried RE1 since then, and I just could not get used to the controls. I did try the DS version too, and didn't like it. Not to say RE1 is a bad game, I would never say that, but I got into the series too late to ever get used to the archaic controls.

I've played the GCN, PS2, and Wii versions of RE4, and I felt that the GCN version was the best, followed closely by the Wii version, and then the PS2 version. I never cared for the PS2 version very much.

One of these days I'm going to pick up RE5, and then RE6 when it gets down to $20.

[SpaceHarrier]

The original Resident Evil on Playstation. I would have said Resident Evil 2 for the longest time, myself. I'd still say 2 is the superior game, but perhaps nostalgia set in and I look back more fondly now upon the original. I can remember just about every area and scenario from RE 1, it was just so memorable to me.

Though I regard it highly, I've never been a big fan of RE 4.

[Bubble_Man]

Mine is still RE2. It had a creepy atmosphere and gave me a real sense of tension. My 2nd favorite is the original, followed by RE4 in 3rd. RE4 was more action oriented but still felt like a survivor horror game. RE5 was a good action game, but the horror part was gone.

[Edmond Dantes]

The first two, on Playstation.

I was one of those guys who bought a Playstation for Final Fantasy VII, and within months of owning the device I wound up feeling like "this gaming generation is shit. I want to go back to the SNES." But I had a $20 Wal-Mart gift card and just happened to see a copy of Resident Evil: Director's Cut (the one with the RE2 demo) at the store... long story short, Resident Evil was the game that made me believe in the Playstation.

To this day, I still think its fantastic. Its got action, its actually genuinely creepy at times, the story is an engaging mystery that gradually unfolds, and lots of ass gets kicked all over the place.

That being said, its only recently that I sought out the rest of the series, and Resident Evil 2 is right up there as a favorite. The game just improves on the first in every way except one--there's a definite downgrade in the mysterious atmosphere, and its more straightforward action. But hey, I love blowing up alligators, don't you?

While I liked Nemesis and Code Veronica, to me they felt like where the series started getting thin. Nemesis was basically an expansion pack. Code Veronica on the other hand felt like it was trying to be some sort of epic conclusion to the saga, and I felt it was kind of belabored, but still fun.

I actually own two copies of RE2 (PS1 and PC "Platinum Edition"), RE3 (PS1 and Dreamcast) and Code Veronica (Dreamcast and PS2, with the DMC demo disk). Working on finding the Dreamcast RE2. Why? Well... I love blowing up alligators, don't you?

I used to own a copy of Resident Evil Gaiden on Gameboy Color. Like a moron, I sold it. I wish I hadn't. If anyone's willing to offer me a reasonable price on it, let me know.

Now for the somewhat controversial opinion bit: I'm one of those weirdos who thinks Survivor is an underappreciated gem. Dino Crisis 1 is good too by the way (and available on Dreamcast... yes I want it), I've never played Dino Crisis 2, 3 or Stalker.

I have Resident Evil Zero and 4 for the Gamecube. I'm... on the fence about RE4 at the moment, and unfortunately I got Zero at the tail end of an RE phase so burnout prevented me from playing it, but maybe its time to tackle it for Halloween.

EDIT: By the way, Resident Evil is, and has always been, better than Silent Hill ;)

[G-Boobie]

Resident Evil 4. It's the perfect video game.

I really enjoyed RE2 as well, but It felt like I was fighting the game for every enjoyable minute I had with it. I never adapted to the tank controls, even after beating the game, and I'm one of those guys who's always considered the RE story to be convoluted anime garbage. The level and encounter design in RE2 saves it though. I'd love a remake. Without tank controls, obviously.

[thegamezmaster]

Resident Evil 4. Love the movement control.

[Rob2600]

I really enjoyed RE2 as well, but It felt like I was fighting the game for every enjoyable minute I had with it. I never adapted to the tank controls, even after beating the game, and I'm one of those guys who's always considered the RE story to be convoluted anime garbage. The level and encounter design in RE2 saves it though. I'd love a remake. Without tank controls, obviously.

The N64 version has an option for regular controls, in addition to the old tank controls. It actually made the game playable.

[substantial_snake]

Not a popular opinion but 3 Nemesis was always my favorite of the series.

I can't pin it to one particular thing but I think the biggest reason was after getting involved in the story after RE2 I really wanted to see more of Raccoon City during the crisis and RE3 delivered on that. It was so much more horrifying imo seeing people actually being devoured on the streets and the chaos in the streets then running through the mostly empty Police Station/Sewers/Umbrella Lab scenarios that RE2 presented. That and the first time playing RE2 through both scenarios had me jumping hard at the appearances of Mr.X which I felt was done better with Nemesis's semi-random appearances always keeping you on your toes.

RE3 was the only RE game I've played again and again in succession, even ended up speed running it for all of the additional bits of ending you would get with better ranks. Overall I just had more fun with it then any other RE game. Now I love RE4 as a close second for all its atmosphere and shaking up of the status quo it did to the series but personally RE3 will always be my favorite.

[Red Warrior]

The only one I ever played was RE5. I went through the entire game several times with my brother, and we managed to destroy the game on every skill setting. Seeing as how I thoroughly enjoyed myself the whole time, I guess that means it's my favorite. RE6 tho, has been a disappointment so far... sad to say. :(

[gepeto]

Has anyone ever seen the re4 death scenes on youtube? It is amazing how they crammed so much into the gamecube little disc. re1 holds a special place as well as the remake. I like re zero and especially re4 . These ones stand out to me.

[crazyjackcsa]

RE4. Followed by Code Veronica.

I own 1, Code Veronica, 4, and the Chronicles games. I've played 2,3, and Zero. I've always fought the control of RE. No surprise that my two favorite RE games were ones that controlled better, had a complete story within the universe and still maintained the survivor horror feeling.

[Bubble_Man]

Has anyone ever seen the re4 death scenes on youtube? It is amazing how they crammed so much into the gamecube little disc. re1 holds a special place as well as the remake. I like re zero and especially re4 . These ones stand out to me.

Yeah, I've watche that and a few other death compilations on youtube. RE 4 shows the most graphic deaths and RE2 was the only one that actually showed the zombies eating the protagonist if you lose.

[Yago]

RE4 without a doubt. Not only were the graphics well done. The story, the game play made 4 one of my favorite games of all time. Will also add that I feel it had one of the best systems to access your weapons and other items you pick up in the game. The cases were very organized. With the new game part 6 the access screen is horse shit. I like to pause the game and re arrange my cases like I was able to do in part 4. Part 6 my biggest complaint is that the access menu is not very organized and there is nothing you can do about it and found myself sporadically selecting incorrect items when I was in a hurry and needed to swap weapons fast.

I said this in another thread. Part 6 also got a lower score for not including a darn book!

[kedawa]

I loved the first two games, thought 3 and CV were pretty good, and then just lost interest.
RE4 pretty much killed the series for me. It's an action game with tank controls and briefcase tetris. It's still a fine game, but it's not even in the same genre as the earlier games as far as I'm concerned. Even though the character movement and aiming are more precise than previous games, the increased focus on fast action makes it feel clumsier.
REmake is my favourite. Everything added to the game seems like it should have been there in the first place.
RE0 has the most refined gameplay mechanics of any 'classic' RE, but it's just sort of ho-hum.

[Videogamerdaryll]

Playstation Resident Evil 1 & 2

[j_factor]

My favorite of the "classic style" is Code Veronica. I love RE4, probably moreso, but I consider it in a separate category. RE5 was a disappointment. It reminded me of RE0, which I also didn't like.

[BlastProcessing402]

RE2 and Code Veronica are tied for favorite. REmake gets honorable mention.



Has anyone ever seen the re4 death scenes on youtube? It is amazing how they crammed so much into the gamecube little disc.

TWO little gamecube discs LOL



I actually own two copies of RE2 (PS1 and PC "Platinum Edition"), RE3 (PS1 and Dreamcast) and Code Veronica (Dreamcast and PS2, with the DMC demo disk). Working on finding the Dreamcast RE2. Why? Well... I love blowing up alligators, don't you?

I have the DC version of RE2 (in addition to the PSX Dual Shock version), and it's really not worth hunting down. Shoddy port, based on the PC version, running on Windows CE.


I used to own a copy of Resident Evil Gaiden on Gameboy Color. Like a moron, I sold it. I wish I hadn't. If anyone's willing to offer me a reasonable price on it, let me know.

I used to own a copy as well, sealed in box, but I returned it to Walmart when I noticed they'd charged me $30 for it. I grabbed it out of a bin with mostly $20 games in it, and didn't notice it actually had a $30 tag on it, and I wasn't about to spend $30 on a GBC game at that particular time. :oops:

[BHvrd]

The original Resident Evil on Playstation. I would have said Resident Evil 2 for the longest time, myself. I'd still say 2 is the superior game, but perhaps nostalgia set in and I look back more fondly now upon the original. I can remember just about every area and scenario from RE 1, it was just so memorable to me.

Though I regard it highly, I've never been a big fan of RE 4.

Wow, couldn't have said it better. The original will always hold that special place with me as well, at the time it was amazing and truly it still has the best atmosphere of the series imo.

My second favorite would be Code Veronica, it just nailed that great atmosphere again yet seemed like a new game with new elements that added and didn't detract from the gameplay. Third fave is Resident Evil 2 and fourth is Resident Evil 5. Didn't care for 3,4 or any of the offshoots, though "Zero" and the remakes on the gamecube were quite good.

[Edmond Dantes]

I have the DC version of RE2 (in addition to the PSX Dual Shock version), and it's really not worth hunting down. Shoddy port, based on the PC version, running on Windows CE.

The RE3 port isn't really that great either, to be honest. I'm not sure what I expected, but nothing about it seems any better than the Playstation version.


I used to own a copy as well, sealed in box, but I returned it to Walmart when I noticed they'd charged me $30 for it. I grabbed it out of a bin with mostly $20 games in it, and didn't notice it actually had a $30 tag on it, and I wasn't about to spend $30 on a GBC game at that particular time. :oops:

Gah. I would've gladly given you $50 for a complete copy.

I mean, I don't remember it being all that great, but classic RE is classic RE.

[kedawa]

The button layout for the DC games is completely ass backwards for no apparent reason.
RE2 on N64 is a true marvel, though.

[kaedesdisciple]

What, no love for the GCN REmake? I've been on the series since the word go, and none were able to creep me out as much as that one. I happily admit at points I actually had to shut the game off and come back later. Plus, having to burn the zombies lest they come back stronger was a great constant paranoia.

[Tron 2.0]

GCN,RE remake follow by RE4.

[Edmond Dantes]

The button layout for the DC games is completely ass backwards for no apparent reason.
RE2 on N64 is a true marvel, though.

So I'm not the only one who thinks the Dreamcast game controls were a little weird.

I still want RE2 though.


What, no love for the GCN REmake? I've been on the series since the word go, and none were able to creep me out as much as that one. I happily admit at points I actually had to shut the game off and come back later. Plus, having to burn the zombies lest they come back stronger was a great constant paranoia.

I simply haven't played it yet. Will do eventually.

[jonebone]

RE 2 or RE 4... I can't pick a favorite between the two.

[BydoEmpire]

Probably RE 2 - I love the puzzle-plus-action gameplay, and the pacing and difficulty level were perfect. The ambiance, the setting, everything about it was great. It's also the first RE game I bought, so that probably figure into it. REMake for the GC was pretty stellar, too - same great game as RE1 (which I played through on PS1) but with better graphics. I loved RE4 - while I loved the original fomula, it was getting stale and RE4 is about as good as you can make an action game. It's really a great game, but I like the traditional puzzle-y style a teenie bit better. I rank RE Zero and RE Code Veronica pretty high as well. RE 3 was fun, but I didn't like it quite as much as the other traditional REs. Nemesis was just a pain. For the spinoffs, Umbrella Chronicles is pretty much the perfect console-based gun game. I loved everything about it. Haven't played Darkside Chronicles or any of the PS1 & PS2 spinoff games. Lost interest in the series after 4 - they turned it into "generic action game."

[BlastProcessing402]

The RE3 port isn't really that great either, to be honest. I'm not sure what I expected, but nothing about it seems any better than the Playstation version.

About the only thing I can remember is the alt costumes were all unlocked at the start. Considering how ridiculous Jill's default costume is in that game, this is actually a pretty big improvement! :D

[kaedesdisciple]

So I'm not the only one who thinks the Dreamcast game controls were a little weird.

I still want RE2 though.
I simply haven't played it yet. Will do eventually.

I totally messed up CV on the DC, ran out of supplies at the end and never finished it. I really should pick it up and re-do it since I have it on the GC.

If you haven't played REmake and you own it, you owe it to yourself to give it a good run. Come on man, we're coming up on Halloween :)

[Edmond Dantes]

that's actually the problem--I don't own REmake.

I'm trying to work through Zero and RE4 though. I'm sorry to say that, playing it fresh, I'm probably gonna be the only person here who doesn't like RE4.

[LaughingMAN.S9]

2 might be my favorite overall, but when i stop and think about it, REmake on gamecube and re3 were equally as fun to me its just i rarely go back and replay them, while on the otherhand i've beaten re2 across almost every version that was released multiple times, so i guess that pretty much speaks for itself


re4 is a bittersweet moment for me, because while i acknowledge it as being possibly one of the greatest games ever made, it was pretty much the downfall of resident evil as a series, that game by itself barely had anything to do with resident evil, it didnt even have zombies so i dont know if could consider it a true resident evil game


code veronica i was pretty meh about as far as the gameplay & game itself was concerned but storywise its definetly a resident evil game, maybe one of the best ones (alfred and alexia are some of the best re villains of all time) so theres also that


this post is getting long so i'll just say i loved every single re title up to and including 4 but hated 5, was lukewarm on code veronica have no intention of playing 6 and am still like "wtf?" on re survivor


edit: never played outbreak but always wanted to, does anyone know if you can still go online with this game?

[kupomogli]

edit: never played outbreak but always wanted to, does anyone know if you can still go online with this game?

No you can't, but if you play it, either play it on a PS2 emulator so you can speed up during the loading sequences which are atleast 10-15 seconds long each room you enter(around 8 seconds on Outbreak File 2,) or play it using the PS2 Network Adapter/hard drive combo.

Offline is just as good as online though, except your AI characters are just that. AI instead of actual people, so they don't actually help when it comes to collecting items required to proceed but they're not retarded like a lot of games I've played that have AI characters.

[LaughingMAN.S9]

No you can't, but if you play it, either play it on a PS2 emulator so you can speed up during the loading sequences which are atleast 10-15 seconds long each room you enter(around 8 seconds on Outbreak File 2,) or play it using the PS2 Network Adapter/hard drive combo.

Offline is just as good as online though, except your AI characters are just that. AI instead of actual people, so they don't actually help when it comes to collecting items required to proceed but they're not retarded like a lot of games I've played that have AI characters.


i hope it comes to psn one day so i can give it a shot, did the game have an actual story or was it just more about survival? were there notes and other pickups???

[kupomogli]

i hope it comes to psn one day so i can give it a shot, did the game have an actual story or was it just more about survival? were there notes and other pickups???

It was in scenarios, so while there is a story, it's mostly just survival. Because the characters are going from one location to another trying to survive. Here's a walkthrough of J's Bar, which is the very first location in the game. The person playing knows where he's going and is just going from place to place where you're supposed to go to. A lot of people play like that, myself included, and doing that without something to cut down those load times, you're going to have almost as much loading time than you will actual game time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW1tus5D09Y

If Capcom happens to release it on the PSN and release it in the state it's currently in, there's no doubt that the game will receive a lot of hate. http://pcsx2.net/ and Ebay is your best bet if you want to go cheap. Most copies are being sold by Ebay sellers that just sit on their stock for an eternity, but there are some fairly cheap copies, REOF#2 ending in two hours, complete, and it's $5 currently, both games together ending in four hours and $15 currently.

[Ryudo]

REmake

But I gave up on the series after 4. 4 was fine but too much of a TPS and 5-6 I have zero interest in. Series is no longer horror but a generic TPS

[Edmond Dantes]

I think I'm about to give up on this franchise.

I finally beat RE4, and I hated the game the whole way through (except for the part where you're fending off the attack on the house, and the part where you play as Ashley--that was awesome. Ashley is awesome. F*** the haters, Ashley rocks).

And now I'm playing RE Zero and... I'm stuck. I'm having a literal "WTF am I supposed to do now?" moment, and I basically only just started playing. I killed the scorpion on the train, got Rebecca out of the room she was trapped in, used the panel opener, and.... there's nothing else to do, there's no items I haven't found and no way to access the rooms I can't get to. I'm just stuck.

I'm gonna keep trying to solve it, but I'm seriously starting to think Code Veronica was this franchise's last hurrah.

[The 1 2 P]

I'm going to pick Resident Evil Survivor because:

A) nobody else is going to pick it

and

B) it's the only RE game I have ever beaten.



Also, this is probably a good time to mention that Resident Evil 4 is on sale on XBL for $9.99/800 Microsoft points. I'm not sure how long the sale last but I downloaded it yesterday, just haven't had a chance to play it yet.

[Edmond Dantes]

Resident Evil: Survivor is seriously one of the most underrated games in the franchise.

I find it funny that people hate it, but then like RE4, which in some ways is very similar.

[AceAerosmith]

I've only played Resident Evil - Code Veronica X start to finish and I enjoyed it once I got past the controls. Other than that, I've just kind of poked at the first one (PS1) and didn't care for it although I'll get to the others since I have all of them around here somewhere on various platforms.

[LaughingMAN.S9]

I'm going to pick Resident Evil Survivor because:

A) nobody else is going to pick it

and

B) it's the only RE game I have ever beaten.



Also, this is probably a good time to mention that Resident Evil 4 is on sale on XBL for $9.99/800 Microsoft points. I'm not sure how long the sale last but I downloaded it yesterday, just haven't had a chance to play it yet.


dont you have to beat that game in like 1 sitting since there is no way to save? that was my biggest turnoff, i was willing to give it a fair shot and trudge thru the mediocre gaming but half hour in got bored and just wanted to save and exit but couldnt :(


so fuck survivor lol

[Edmond Dantes]

dont you have to beat that game in like 1 sitting since there is no way to save?l

Yes, but the game is only like 40 minutes to an hour long.

I can't see this being a turnoff. After all most games for the first five console generations were the same way.

[The 1 2 P]

I honestly don't even remember beating it all in one siting. I just know that the PS1 fps games(this, Quake II, Star Wars: Dark Forces, 007: TWINE) were starting my fps obsession that would become fully realized with the release of Halo on the Xbox. So I just hung in there and beat it and I really don't think it was that bad of a game. But whenever somebody else I know talks about it they say how bad they thought it was.

[Edmond Dantes]

Responding to the thread that was locked.


Classics19 wrote

I agree with what your saying about 4, as it was nothing really great except they made it more action base.

To clarify... I kind of liked what they were trying to do with RE4. It certainly had potential. But... it dropped the ball, seriously.

It's hard to describe, but... during the village segment, it felt like the game was going somewhere, like it was leading up to something awesome. And then there were so many awesome setpieces (defending that lone house with Luis Sera is my favorite).

Then you get to the castle...

I honestly get the feeling that Capcom had some sort of change of heart midway through development, because the Castle and the resulting story seems to just totally disregard and even kind of take a dump on everything that went before. It's like they had one story planned out, and the village was designed and scripted with that first story in mind, but then someone at Capcom said "No, we've got to do it differently," but they couldn't scrap the finished parts so they just tacked on two more segments and basically tried to shove the early developments aside.

SPOILER WARNING

The crux of my pet theory (and this is only a theory--I'm not claiming I can prove anything) is the scene where Luis Sera dies.

It's not sad or tragic... it's more like "huh?" The game continually hints that he's somehow important, and then he... just dies. And the game half-assedly tries to declare that oh, he was a scientist. A scientist? No. Not buying it.

My theory is: Luis died because the writers wanted to shoehorn Ada Wong and her Wesker connection into the game. That part of the story just feels so unnatural, almost like it was tacked on. And every time Ada did anything, I got the feel like "this is something Luis would've done, had he lived." With the story now more about Ada, Luis became redundant so he had to die.

That's what bothers me the most about RE4... the sudden shift that happens when you get to the castle. It goes from an interesting story that seems to be leading up to something, to being an utterly pedestrian shooter with a straightforward plot which is completely spelled out for you. The interesting setpieces are over, the interesting developments are over, and the "memos from Luis" you find don't even feel like they're really written by him. I just can't buy the whole "he's a scientist" thing.

Anyway, that's my beef.

[Classics19]

Hey Everyone,

I wanted to write and ask, as I've been searching through forms, posts, group messages etc for my answer and I cannot find it at all! About a month after Resident Evil 6 was release, there were rumors of Jill Valentine having her own scenario in the game but then it was reported her scenario was canned because the information was leaked and then it was rumored that Claire Redfield would have her own scenario? I am not sure if anybody has heard of these rumors (which I am sure they have been laid to rest), but just tonight as I was looking up the voice actress for Sherry Birkin in Resident Evil 6 on the website IMDb, It shows in the cast "Patrica Ja Lee" and under her name it says "Jill Valentine". When clicking on her name it shows she was the stunt actress for Resident Evil 5. Can anyone confirm these rumors?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2193031/fullcredits#cast

[Daltone]

Yes, but the game is only like 40 minutes to an hour long.

I can't see this being a turnoff. After all most games for the first five console generations were the same way.

Ah ha!

I always thought that I had missed something and that you could actually save in Survivor. I played an, ahem, version that I borrowed from a friend. Occasionally the games you borrowed from him would not be entirely complete (Smackdown, I recall, had a load of debug stuff on screen) and I wondered if that was the case here.

EDIT: RE2 was my favouite, followed closely by RE1. At the time I'd never played anything like them. I loved seeing the aftermath of the disaster in RE2 - the odd bits of normality in the chaos. It was great.

[Oldskool]

4. It's just a great game - RE or not.