Let's Rank The Resident Evil Games

[dscross]

I'm sure I'm going to be sorely disappointed that most people will put a game I dislike at number 1 (RE4) for this list, but I thought it would be fun anyway after the new RE2 Remake. Would be nice to hear your reasoning as well why you are ranking them where you are. I never bothered with the Umbrella Chronicles, Darkside Chronicles, Survivor or whatever other spin-offs there are. I heard they were pretty bad. I'm sure some of you can fill me in..

These are where I would rank the ones I've played:

1. RE1 Remake - for me, this is the best the series has ever produced. It's a remake done right.

2. RE2 Remake - I was at first apprehensive about the over-the-shoulder stuff because after RE4-6 and revelations (none of which I enjoyed that much) so I was worried it wouldn't be proper survival horror. But I was wrong - they managed to please both old and new fans somehow.

3. RE1 original - Love love love this game. I played this game soooo much. I know people say it's dated, but, I don't know. I still enjoy playing it every now and then even now. There is perhaps a bit of nostalgia in it for me, but I still think it's pretty solid if you can look past the graphics. I really like tank controls in RE games. lol.

4. RE2 original - Between this, RE3 and RE:CV it's a pretty even split for me, but, tbh, I've repeat played through this the most so I'll have to give it to RE2. I actually believe there were some things the original did better than the Remake. The story is better and the characters have a bit more subtlety to them (yes it's still poorly written but chief irons and Leon were definitely better). Also the A and B scenarios are way better in the originals. Much more variety. I poured a lot of hours into this game. Yes it's easy but it's so much fun.

5. RE: CV - it's an extremely close call between this and RE3 but I really like CV and I think people forget about how much fun it is to play. People like to nitpick at this game, but it's just a longer version of the older ones - and what more could you ask for really if you really the style? Can't have too much of a good thing. Plus, I really like the setting. The hunters were terrifying to me in this game the first time I played.

6. RE3 - I mean... it's short and sweet. You can't beat Nemesis as a panic-inducing villain. It's awesome. Bring on RE3 Remake.

7. RE7 - Possibly some people didn't like the first person thing but I thought it worked really well for the RE style of gameplay. The more I play it the more I like it actually. I think this is probably the scariest Resident Evil, so it's definitely doing it's job as survival horror. And it brought classic elements back. I'll be honest, I love this entry now, despite initial skepticism.

8. RE Zero - Probably a controversial entry to have so high up because I know people hated some of the mechanics in this, but I really enjoyed it. It's atmospheric and plays like proper survival horror. It's a really enjoyable ride if you can get past the idea of having no item boxes. But the story wasn't very good - I will concede that.

9. RE Outbreak file 1 and 2 - It's quite fun. I didn't get into it as much as some, but I can see the appeal. I know some people really love them. It's not as good as any of the above for me.

10. RE Revelations 2 - While I wasn't exactly balled over with the revelations series, I'm giving it some credit for bringing some survival horror elements back to the series in 3rd person after RE6. I'm sure they learned things from this. Wasn't keen on the story though.

11. RE Revelations - As above - but I didn't like this as much as 2. I've only played the console version. I hear it's better on a handheld.

12. RE5 - Yeah that's right. Even though I don't really like this game very much, I prefer it to RE4. Why? Because the story of RE4 really bugs me and it doesn't so much in RE5, even though it's still stupid and convoluted. Plus, it had the Lost In Nightmares DLC which I actually liked a bit so I give it props for that.

13. RE4 - I know most people love this game. I could rant about what RE4 did to the series from my perspective and how I feel like it paved the way to make it an action shooting series for a while and that it didn't appeal to people who just weren't fans of action shooters. But it's pointless because I know I'm in the minority. People say to me 'it's a great game just not a great Resident Evil game'. Well, I can't comment on that since the genre clearly isn't my thing. I've completed it once and didn't enjoy it that much compared to most of the rest of the series. It's as simple as that. Whether you think this was still survival horror or not - it wasn't MY kind of survival horror.

14. RE6 - I think the less said about RE6 the better. I'd be interested to see if there are any fans of this game on the forums. I couldn't even finish this one. At least I finished 4 and 5. I got through Leon's campaign and a little bit of Chris's and then realised I was really bored and didn't want to put myself through the rest.

15. RE Gaiden: I found this pretty unplayable tbf. Why does the legendary Barry Burton star in one of the worst games!?!

 

[Casual Shinji]

RE4 is the best, RE6 is the worst.

I'd put REmake, RE2 Remake, RE2 Original, and RE3 near the top, RE5 below that, and Code Veronica, Outbreak and the Revelations games resting on the filth encasing RE6. Never played RE7. And I don't think I'll count the lightgun games, because why would anyone.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

Ok, I'll murder the crap out of one of them with my rusty shiv while the rest of you pin it to the floor.
Oh wait, thread title says Rank, not Gank. Oopsie

Only played 3 RE games, but I guess I'd rank them like this:

1. RE4
2. RE Revelations
3. RE5

I do have REmake on Gamecube, but haven't played it.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

Of the Classic Pre-Resident Evil 4 games its like this:

Resident Evil 1 Remake = Zero = Outbreak Files 1 and 2.

Resident Evil 2 = Resident Evil 3

Resident Evil Code Veronica > Resident Evil 1 Original.

 

[Hawki]

Of the ones I've played:

13) Resident Evil Gaiden
12) Resident Evil: Survivour
11) Resident Evil: Outbreak File 2
10) Resident Evil: Outbreak
9) Resident Evil: Dead Aim
8) Resident Evil (original)
7) Resident Evil Zero
6) Resident Evil Code: Veronica
5) Resident Evil 5
4) Resident Evil 2
3) Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
2) Resident Evil (remake)
1) Resident Evil 4

I'm playing through the Resi 2 remake now, but it's way too early to say anything definitive. It'll probably end up as the new #3 position, or potentially #4. It's straddling the line between engagement and frustration a lot of the time.

RE6 is the worst.

Cough*Gaiden*Cough

And I don't think I'll count the lightgun games, because why would anyone.

Um...why wouldn't you?

Survivour is bleh, but Dead Aim is reasonably enjoyable.

I never bothered with the Umbrella Chronicles, Darkside Chronicles, Survivor or whatever other spin-offs there are. I heard they were pretty bad. I'm sure some of you can fill me in..

Umbrella Chronicles is nigh unplayable for me, because motion controls suck, and will always suck.

Survivour is a whole lot of bleh - lacklustre gameplay, lacklustre story, lacklustre characters.

Dead Aim is reasonably enjoyable. The plot is goofy AF, as are the characters, but it's reasonably fun to play, where you control a character in third person, but shoot in first person.

These are where I would rank the ones I've played:

The story is better

Y'know, of what I've played, I'm inclined to agree. There's moments in the remake where I'm left wondering how fans who didn't play RE2 would really get what was going on.

Like, for instance, when you play the first video tape of the USS team being killed by Birkin. Leon guesses that the rats spread the virus in a single line. Now, he's correct, but I think that's a bit much for him to guess in-universe. Annette exposits in the original, sure, but it does a better job of conveying how the shit hit the fan after the T-virus leaked into Raccoon City's water supply.

Basically, RE2 Vanilla has a better plot, while RE2 Remake has better storytelling - the dialogue and character interactions are a lot more natural for instance.

and what more could you ask for really if you really the style?

Well, among other things, I could request something more interesting than a drab island complex followed by a drab Antarctic complex.

Oh, and you still need to press a button to climb stairs because...reasons.

Why does the legendary Barry Burton star in one of the worst games!?!

Y'know, considering Barry's a walking meme, maybe it's appropriate that he stars in a joke of a game?

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

1. Resident Evil 4.
2. Dead Space.
3. Every other Resident Evil.
4. Resident Evil 6.

 

[stroopwafel]

RE4 is not only my favorite Resident Evil game, it's also my most favorite game of all time. For me it's really the perfect videogame. I could write pages of all the things I love about it but let's just say this game captivated me in a way I still get the itch to replay it and then it still feels fresh even 14(!) years later. No other game does that. With some of my other favorite games(like Bloodborne) it's too easy to default on a predictable pattern and consequently every replay is more or less the same but RE4 is dynamic in a way that allows for experimentation that never becomes frustrating or discouraging. I see myself wanting to replay RE4 as long as I'm alive.

RE2 Remake completely blew me away and I can see that becoming another favorite. But the game is still too recent for me to figure out how much I will like it in the long run. Though, I would already consider it also close to perfection.

RE1 Remake is also a classic. I replayed it recently and it still holds up. I also loved the original RE2 and similarly RE3, which I always considered RE2's third disc. I still remember buying the original RE in 1997 and O M G what a year. I loved RE but I'll probably never be as impressed by a game as playing FF7 for the first time. Another one of my all time favorites.

All the other games were either meh or really disappointing. RE5 and 6 I didn't have any expectations off and to be fair I had kind of given up on Capcom at that point. However..then all of a sudden they returned with RE7 and I absolutely loved that game. A definite return to form. And then RE2 Remake still can't believe that game actually happened in this day and age. Couldn't be happier that old Capcom is back and can't wait what next games they have in store for the RE franchise.

 

[B-Cell_v1legacy]

1. Resident evil 7 - by far best in series
2. Resident evil 2 remake - overrated but still good

rest of them are pretty bad. especially 4,5 and 6. didnot liked first 3 RE games too.

 

[BrawlMan]

1. Resident Evil 4.
2. Dead Space.
3. Every other Resident Evil.
4. Resident Evil 6.

Huh....neat.

Minor edit on the list.

1. REmake2
2. RE2
3. Evil Within 2
4. RE4
5. Remake
6. Evil Within
7. RE3
8. RE5
9. RE7
10. Original
11. RE6
12. Code Veronica
13. RE0

Most of the spin-offs I've never played. I played the Umbrella Chronicles and I don't know what the other guy is saying, but it's a good rail shooter. It's better than Darkside Chronicles which focused too much on a shaky cam. I was one of the unfortunate owners of Resident Evil Gaiden. I have no idea why I got that game. Not only do the game suck, but it killed off Leon. I'm so glad it is not canon. I never played any of the Revelation games, but I have seen playthroughs of them. Their gameplay is fine, but their stories are inconsequential. Especially the first Revelations. I highly doubt you won't be seeing any of these side characters return in future entries. Oh, and I rented Gun Survivor back in the day. Played it once and never looked back.

 

[dscross]

1. Resident Evil 4.
2. Dead Space.
3. Every other Resident Evil.
4. Resident Evil 6.

Dead Space? lol

 

[dscross]

1. Resident evil 7 - by far best in series
2. Resident evil 2 remake - overrated but still good

rest of them are pretty bad. especially 4,5 and 6. didnot liked first 3 RE games too.

I think judging off your love of the first-person perspective this is not a surprising opinion.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

1. Resident Evil 4.
2. Dead Space.
3. Every other Resident Evil.
4. Resident Evil 6.

Dead Space? lol

Hey. HEY. No flamebaiting.

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

Resident evil 4 is the best.
I liked RE0 and Outbreak so put them somewhere in 2 and 3.

Put the other 30 RE somewhere else, preferably in a big hole in the ground.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

Of the ones I've played:

13) Resident Evil Gaiden
12) Resident Evil: Survivour
11) Resident Evil: Outbreak File 2
10) Resident Evil: Outbreak
9) Resident Evil: Dead Aim
8) Resident Evil (original)
7) Resident Evil Zero
6) Resident Evil Code: Veronica
5) Resident Evil 5
4) Resident Evil 2
3) Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
2) Resident Evil (remake)
1) Resident Evil 4

I'm playing through the Resi 2 remake now, but it's way too early to say anything definitive. It'll probably end up as the new #3 position, or potentially #4. It's straddling the line between engagement and frustration a lot of the time.

RE6 is the worst.

Cough*Gaiden*Cough

And I don't think I'll count the lightgun games, because why would anyone.

Um...why wouldn't you?

Survivour is bleh, but Dead Aim is reasonably enjoyable.

I never bothered with the Umbrella Chronicles, Darkside Chronicles, Survivor or whatever other spin-offs there are. I heard they were pretty bad. I'm sure some of you can fill me in..

Umbrella Chronicles is nigh unplayable for me, because motion controls suck, and will always suck.

Survivour is a whole lot of bleh - lacklustre gameplay, lacklustre story, lacklustre characters.

Dead Aim is reasonably enjoyable. The plot is goofy AF, as are the characters, but it's reasonably fun to play, where you control a character in third person, but shoot in first person.

These are where I would rank the ones I've played:

The story is better

Y'know, of what I've played, I'm inclined to agree. There's moments in the remake where I'm left wondering how fans who didn't play RE2 would really get what was going on.

Like, for instance, when you play the first video tape of the USS team being killed by Birkin. Leon guesses that the rats spread the virus in a single line. Now, he's correct, but I think that's a bit much for him to guess in-universe. Annette exposits in the original, sure, but it does a better job of conveying how the shit hit the fan after the T-virus leaked into Raccoon City's water supply.

Basically, RE2 Vanilla has a better plot, while RE2 Remake has better storytelling - the dialogue and character interactions are a lot more natural for instance.

and what more could you ask for really if you really the style?

Well, among other things, I could request something more interesting than a drab island complex followed by a drab Antarctic complex.

Oh, and you still need to press a button to climb stairs because...reasons.

Why does the legendary Barry Burton star in one of the worst games!?!

Y'know, considering Barry's a walking meme, maybe it's appropriate that he stars in a joke of a game?

Why put Code Veronica above Zero?

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

Resident evil 4 is the best.
I liked RE0 and Outbreak so put them somewhere in 2 and 3.

Put the other 30 RE somewhere else, preferably in a big hole in the ground.

You played Resident Evil Outbreak and Zero before Resident Evil 1 Remake?

And 2 and 3 meaning Zero is 2nd and Outbreak is 3rd?

Or 2 and 3 as in RE 2 AND 3?

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

Resident evil 4 is the best.
I liked RE0 and Outbreak so put them somewhere in 2 and 3.

Put the other 30 RE somewhere else, preferably in a big hole in the ground.

You played Resident Evil Outbreak and Zero before Resident Evil 1 Remake?

Well to be fair RE0 came out before. And I did play the remake and its still...meh. Chris and Jill just aren't very interesting to me and a haunted mansion is just too silly a place for Swat officers to get trapped in. At least in 0 what's her face is a teenage rookie and the other dude is a con who doesn't want to get caught

 

[dscross]

Resident evil 4 is the best.
I liked RE0 and Outbreak so put them somewhere in 2 and 3.

Put the other 30 RE somewhere else, preferably in a big hole in the ground.

It's quite surprising that you liked zero and didn't like RE1 Remake. Or any of the early original style of entries for that matter. They are all a very similar style and in fact, 0 is one of the least respect of that style of gameplay because of the lack of item boxes. Or the new Re2 Remake or even Re7, really for that matter. Unless you've not played them yet?

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

Resident evil 4 is the best.
I liked RE0 and Outbreak so put them somewhere in 2 and 3.

Put the other 30 RE somewhere else, preferably in a big hole in the ground.

It's quite surprising that you liked zero and didn't like RE1 Remake. Or any of the early original style of entries for that matter. They are all a very similar style. Or the new Re2 Remake or even Re7, really for that matter. Unless you've not played them yet?

I haven't played the new remake yet.
RE7 just didn't feel right to me. It felt too much like it was trying to be outlast. And I was never a fan of the grizzled experts becoming bumbling fool idiot plots.
Rebecca and I think Jake(?) aren't grizzled experts in anything. The original entries I didn't like because of the camera angle and tank controls. Controls do get better as the series goes on. RE6 for all its faults handled just fine, whereas RE1, even the remake, was stiff. Zero improved on that by having another character not bound by the tank controls for most of the game.

 

[dscross]

Resident evil 4 is the best.
I liked RE0 and Outbreak so put them somewhere in 2 and 3.

Put the other 30 RE somewhere else, preferably in a big hole in the ground.

It's quite surprising that you liked zero and didn't like RE1 Remake. Or any of the early original style of entries for that matter. They are all a very similar style. Or the new Re2 Remake or even Re7, really for that matter. Unless you've not played them yet?

I haven't played the new remake yet.
RE7 just didn't feel right to me. It felt too much like it was trying to be outlast. And I was never a fan of the grizzled experts becoming bumbling fool idiot plots.
Rebecca and I think Jake(?) aren't grizzled experts in anything. The original entries I didn't like because of the camera angle and tank controls. Controls do get better as the series goes on. RE6 for all its faults handled just fine, whereas RE1, even the remake, was stiff. Zero improved on that by having another character not bound by the tank controls for most of the game.

...Zero had tank controls and fixed camera angles... Unless there's a mode to change the tank controls I didn't use. The stiffness of control was kind of intentional for that style of gameplay tbh, which I get that you didn't like, but Zero felt pretty much the same to me tbh.

Edit: Protagonist was called Billy

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

Resident evil 4 is the best.
I liked RE0 and Outbreak so put them somewhere in 2 and 3.

Put the other 30 RE somewhere else, preferably in a big hole in the ground.

It's quite surprising that you liked zero and didn't like RE1 Remake. Or any of the early original style of entries for that matter. They are all a very similar style. Or the new Re2 Remake or even Re7, really for that matter. Unless you've not played them yet?

I haven't played the new remake yet.
RE7 just didn't feel right to me. It felt too much like it was trying to be outlast. And I was never a fan of the grizzled experts becoming bumbling fool idiot plots.
Rebecca and I think Jake(?) aren't grizzled experts in anything. The original entries I didn't like because of the camera angle and tank controls. Controls do get better as the series goes on. RE6 for all its faults handled just fine, whereas RE1, even the remake, was stiff. Zero improved on that by having another character not bound by the tank controls for most of the game.

Billy Coen.

Jake was the guy in RE 6