Let's discuss: Resident Evil

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Let’s discuss the Resident Evil series. What is your favorite game in the series? What is the first entry you ever played? What aspects do you adore about it? What doesn't work for you? Feel free to share any thoughts that come up, or react to other peoples comments. Let's get the conversation going!

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I adore resident evil. Most mainline games in the series hold a special place in my heart, from the originals through all the remakes.
However none hold a more special place to me than re4. I'm obviously not alone in adoring this game but dang, it's really just so fucking good. Every friend I've been able to convince to play in the present day has been shocked at how well it holds up today. Sure the controls are kinda weird (they truly are just the tank controls of the OG's but from an over the shoulder perspective), but it honestly works for the game. With the Re4hd mod that was in the works for many years finally out, the game looks great today too.
Re4 was my favorite game of all time, and while I was excited for the remake, I didn't really think the game had any shot at dethroning the original. But god damn it did. Somehow the remake surpassed my sky high expectations. It's just really damn good. It somehow brings a 2 decade old game that aged majestically into the modern era even better. Don't get me wrong, I still love the original and I still plan on playing it, but the remake is just superb. I couldn't be more happy that I get two ridiculously amazing versions of my all time favorite.
So yeah. Play re4. Game slaps. Also the other games are amazing. Except 6, i know some enjoy it, but it's one of my personal most disliked games
- Rem4 has the energy of a movie that was made because James Cameron walked into Capcom main offices, met with the presidents, stood in front of a whiteboard and wrote "Resident Evil$" making sure the s was notably a big red dollar sign $. Everyone applauded and then they made whatever the hell they wanted.
  and I love that about it.
  (Note: this is basically how we got the move Aliens 1986)

Are the residents "evil" though? Seems like the virus turned them and they are just a little nibbly by nature
- I figured it's more like evil that resides somewhere. Like "there is a resident evil in this house", a presence. Then again I'm not native English so what do I know :)
  Edit: nevermind, I misread your comment. Yeah I don't reckon they are necessarily evil.
- In Japan the series is called Bio Hazard.

RE5 for couch co-op. It is actually pretty good as an action game, but lacking the atmosphere of a horror game.
The worst part is the unintentional (?) racism. Or the general insensitivity of handling races.
RE4 is great, but the tank controls are difficult to get back to. I haven't tried the remake yet.
- I played 5 when it came out and didn't think much of it, though it was also controversial at the time. Having it set in Africa means lots of black people - which seems better than pretending Africa doesn't exist?
  
  It's not that it's set in Africa and has black people. I do think that was part of the controversy when it launched. But what people still think about today is the portrayal of the Ndipaya, a fictional tribe in the game. That stuff is a little.....
- Agree on 5. I really hope the remake can do what the 4 remake did for the original. 5 is still to me one of the best coop games out there. While not a great horror game, they really nailed the multiplayer aspect. But, yeah, some moments and subjects in the game are.... Yeah. 5 is a game that has not aged well, not due to it's gameplay, but from the stuff surrounding it. I expect the remake to do a lot better in this regard and I'm crossing my fingers 🤞

I’m probably in the minority, but I didn’t enjoy RE4 as much as others when I played it. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s a great game. Just not to the standards people hyped it up to.
I think my main issue with it is that it has a masterful opening sequence, but then it never really builds on it after.
First fight in the village was truly ahead of its time. It gives not only the player lots of options, but the enemies have lots of options to counter you. It puts the player into many unpredictable situations. It’s a very dynamic fight and really sets a unique mood for the game.
Then the rest of the game turns more and more into a corridor shooter, especially after the village act. Still a good corridor shooter, but I hoped to see it build more on the open combat we saw in the opening section.
It was a great while ago I played it, but that was the impression I had back then.
- While I do agree the village opening is probably the best part of the game, there are still a good amount of set pieces that I think live up to that first part. The cabin, outside the castle, the swamp, the chainsaw sisters, the mines, the first regenerador part. Chapter 5 does lean a little too heavily into corridor shooter I agree. But I think the rest does a good job keeping things fresh
  
  The thing I remember most of my impression playing it was that I constantly had the thought: “that opening village fight was really fun, I wonder when they will pull that off again”, and then they never did. So that expectation left me a bit of a sour taste.
  This was maybe 15 years ago. I might have a different impression if I would play it again, but I haven’t done it.

Only resident Evil game I have played is RE2 (remake/new one) I loved it got all achievements in it. Currently planning to do RE3 this October because spooky Halloween.

i tried to play the original about a decade ago and my partner at the time had to dodge me throwing the controller when the dogs jumped through the window. that’s when i knew i wasn’t cut out for playing horror games. (although i enjoy watching other people play them!)

I liked 4 the best. The original 3 were too difficult for me; I much preferred parasite Eve compared to them.

I've only played the VR versions but they are the best VR experiences I've had so far.

I've played a bit of the original Resident Evil emulated on ps5. I really like the camp and the atmosphere, but it required a bit to much focus from me to proceed further in the game. I felt it became a bit difficult to know where to go and memorize the locations and puzzles.
I've bought Resident Evil HD on steam, so I'll try it again soon in the remaster.
My co-op buddy and I also just started RE5. I know it was made in another time, but it's quite hilarious how problematic a lot of it is. So we're just laughing at all the obvious stereotypes and enjoying the gameplay. We first tried on hard but it became to frustrating very quickly, so we started again on normal difficulty.
- Oh yeah I played a ton of re5 coop back in the day. Eventually you can unlock the "professional" difficulty and it's wild. Basically 1 shot deaths and the revive meter goes down in less than a second. You have to be right next to your partner at all times if you want to be able to revive them before it's game over....
  Still pushed through it and beat it though 😂

I know this is a games community, but I still feel like I also need to mention the movies. I saw all of them recently with some friends.
Resident Evil -> average B movie, not that special
Resident Evil Apocalypse -> holy shit this is becoming cool and over the top
Resident Evil Extinction -> the absolute best over the top idiotic movie I've seen in my life, I love it so much
Resident Evil Afterlife -> really quite boring and a big step down from the masterpiece that was Extinction
Resident Evil Retribution -> cool action flick, but nothing tremendous really happens in this movie
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter -> beautifully stupid and ridiculous conclusion that desperately tries to invent some overarching plot <3

I love the Resident Evil series, though I think Zero is actually my favorite. It has the best version of Rebecca and my favorite version of Wesker, plus we actually get to see him and W. Birkin interacting and being diabolical together. That, and Wesker Mode is really fun.
Resident Evil 5 is probably my second favorite, because imo that's the best version of Chris (edit to add that it's also my second favorite version of Wesker). I'm not a fan of how he was handled in Village, and I despise that they used the same VA that they used for Carlos in the RE3 remake. Nothing against the VA, it's just every time Chris opened his mouth in Village, my mind kept going, "That's Carlos That's Carlos That's Carlos".
I hope one of Capcom's upcoming remakes is Code: Veronica. I nabbed it on Xbox a while back, but man, I am not made for those old school tank controls, so I never ended up finishing it.

What is the story on all the porn shorts attributed to RE?
- sauce?

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