Poll: Best Resident Evil Game

[Imbechile]

As someone who played very very little of all 3 games before RE4 I have to ask the question why is RE4 considered best? I found it extremly repetitive and too damn long, not once did I jump and I'm not a very brave person, easy, repetitive and a PC port that is so shitty that the people responsible for it should be hanged.

My favorite would be RE3. I still haven't beaten RE2 and I've almost completed REmake. I won't even bother with RE5.

 

[Prometherion]

Resident Evil 4, easily. I had fucking blast with that one. However, I do have to give a special mention to Resident Evil 5 for:

(1) A sawed-off triple barrel shotgun

(2) A hulked out Chris Redfield beating the shit out of a boulder

(3) Kung Fu Action Wesker

and

(4) D. C. Douglas' voice

Lol at number 2!

Resident Evil is fine providing you dont think too hard. Like why you need a obscure object to open wooden doors when your knife can smash open the unlocked ones.

 

[hurfdurp]

A resounding fourrrrr. To think if it wasn't for that game my avatar would be different. Life changing.

 

[Electrogecko]

4 of course....no question.

This poll should be titled "second best resident evil game"

 

[Motakikurushi]

RE5. One of the funniest games I have ever played and just plain fun to play through as well. It also has fridge-anatomy Chris boulder punching in glorious 1080p graphics. In all seriousness though, it balances lingering dread with utter hilarity quite well.

 

[sooperman]

#4, of course. One of the things it did so right was to break from the formula of the previous games. The atmosphere of the RE games has always been creepy in the way you would expect, but gameplay was never up to the task until #4.

 

[The Night Shade]

RE:3 Nemesis is the best

 

[omega 616]

atmospheric horror

Did we play the same game? I couldn't find any horror in 4 or 5, there was nothing scary about either of them, to any degree. It's like dino crisis, I found dino crisis 1 kind of scary, (that T rex putting it's head through the window) but I found dino crisis two not scary at all, it was just an action game like vanquish or something.

On topic. 3 was by far the best, granted the controls were awful and very rigid but the nemesis coming after you and those little QTE's were awesome, they change depending on how long it took you to chose a path.

That water puzzle was a total bastard to do though, I can't count the hours I spent listening to that thing beep at me.

The merc mode was amazing fun, just a bit of a ***** you could easily do it with one of them and the rest were nearly impossible.

 

[King of Wei]

Kind of a toss up between 4 and 5 for me. 4 has a good storyline, original game play for the RE series and cool scenery. But RE5 has Wesker and co-op. I guess 5 was my favorite with 4 close behind. The co-op was fun to play split screen with friends and the fights with Wesker were extremely fun. Just wish they didn't make Wesker's ambition so insane, that kinda ruined the story for me.

I have a personal grudge against the previous 3 for a reason unrelated to game play.

 

[Durxom]

atmospheric horror

Did we play the same game? I couldn't find any horror in 4 or 5, there was nothing scary about either of them, to any degree. It's like dino crisis, I found dino crisis 1 kind of scary, (that T rex putting it's head through the window) but I found dino crisis two not scary at all, it was just an action game like vanquish or something.

Maybe I just have a different definition of horror than you?

I don't need to have jump scares, or defenselessness, or any of that to define it as horror. The setting was horrific and chaotic, you are trapped without help, and you have to face abominations, plus with music tracks such as this...


...it really adds to the atmosphere of the whole thing. Sure, its not survival horror, but you would think it, it wouldn't need to be, story-wise, it's the climax of the whole thing(RE5, I mean), plus these people have been fighting these zombies/monsters/etc for what...10+ years now...I'm pretty sure they don't need to be scared by them anymore.

 

[Jonny The Kay]

Four... This isn't debatable.

 

[baddude1337]

I'm gonna say 4 as it was a good change of pace for the series and still a bit of a horror game, unlike 5 which has turned the series into just action.

If were including mods, this one looks like it's gonna be great when its released:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/re-t-raccoon-city-incident

 

[Harlemura]

I've only played 4 and 5, but I preferred 5. Didn't find either scary and 5 just seemed more fun. And, excuse my vainness here, but the graphics were pretty darn good too.
Although I'm probably bias because a faulty rented Resident Evil 4 disc wouldn't load the last few levels.

 

[gonzo20]

resident evil 4 has by far the best combat system and you always feel like you are being overwhelmed by the crazy villagers and then you start fighting cultists and a midget who dress up like napoleon bonaparte, whats not to love? gotta say i loved resi 2 as well, was pretty amazing for the time it was made.

 

[Cosplay Horatio]

Resident Evil 2 which is why it needs that gamecube or wii remake styles that Resident Evil got. It'll happen but not for a very long time because of all the new Resident Evil game sales.

 

[omega 616]

atmospheric horror

Did we play the same game? I couldn't find any horror in 4 or 5, there was nothing scary about either of them, to any degree. It's like dino crisis, I found dino crisis 1 kind of scary, (that T rex putting it's head through the window) but I found dino crisis two not scary at all, it was just an action game like vanquish or something.

Maybe I just have a different definition of horror than you?

I don't need to have jump scares, or defenselessness, or any of that to define it as horror. The setting was horrific and chaotic, you are trapped without help, and you have to face abominations, plus with music tracks such as this...


...it really adds to the atmosphere of the whole thing. Sure, its not survival horror, but you would think it, it wouldn't need to be, story-wise, it's the climax of the whole thing(RE5, I mean), plus these people have been fighting these zombies/monsters/etc for what...10+ years now...I'm pretty sure they don't need to be scared by them anymore.

In that sense any game is scary, Halo = your a small unit/single guy trying to stop an invading force of aliens with almost no chance of winning, then some zombie things show up. (I have only played the first one years ago so the story has faded)

(I actually keep getting 4 and 5 mixed up in my head)

4 and 5 just lacked tension or atmosphere, the only time I was a bit tense was when a "bag head" showed up, although after 3 or 4 encounters it was less of a deal.

For the most part it was just people attacking you, who apparently had something wrong with them. After a few fights we actually saw the "plagas" as some whip thing that replaced the head, even then it wasn't exactly scary/horrific/tense.

There wasn't any fear of dying, no sense of helplessness. You were always well armed, always had more than enough ammo, always had plenty of healing plants, always had plenty of saves.

 

[Durxom]

-snip-

Well if that's your opinion, then stick with it.
I just like the game because it seems to mix the perfect blend of action, horror, and fun, in my eyes, and I love it for it.

If you like the other ones for being more survival horror friendly, be my guest, and enjoy them =]

 

[Wayneguard]

By Resident Evil 1 I presume you mean the remake. If so, then that is the best one. But if you mean the original, then I have to go with re3. Zombie ridden city with rubble strewn everywhere and burned out cars littering the streets... yes plz.

 

[rokkolpo]

4 was so good!
5 was so much fun with friends.

Although 4 with co-op,
I want it now!

 

[LewHammer]

Resident Evil 4. The best gamers game of all of them (i haven't played 5 actually). If they did a re-make of 2 or 3 with 4's gameplay then that would be better as they had better story and atmosphere.