All things Resident Evil

I'm trying to rank them all but it's tough. Take RE1 for instance. You've got that, and you've got the remake. Do I rank them separately? RE1 back in the day was absolutely amazing but is incredibly dated visually and mechanically. The remake improves on the visuals and the movement mechanics, but if I were to play each for the first time now, I wouldn't think they were all that. I think I've got to rank them all in terms of how I found them at the time, so I'm essentially ranking the first time playthrough experience as much as the game, if that makes sense.

RE 1 (it was the first game I played that felt like a true horror experience - creepy mansion, zombies, giant spiders!)
RE 2
RE CV
RE 7
RE 8
REmake
RE 2 Remake
RE 3 Remake
RE Revelations
RE 4
RE 3
RE 0
RE Revelations 2
RE 5
RE 6

I’d probably bundle RE1 and Remake together but I’d list Directors Cut separately because I think its less enjoyable than RE1 to enough of a degree that it deserves its own place on the list.

I think RE2 and its Remake are totally different experiences too so would count them apart - although in that case both are great.

Director's Cut was the one I played on PC. Don't think I've played the original. How are they different?

I thought Code Veronica was great. Definitely better than 3, IMO. 3 Remake probably beats it now though, but it was special at the time.

Steve is super obnoxious though. The Romeo + Juliet era Leo DiCaprio clone.

I have a big fondness for CV as I loved my Dreamcast and it was quite an amazing RE experience. Full 3d, dynamic lighting. The works. It just felt like one of those “wow” games at the time.

I played through CV in the summer and in all honesty I still think it looks not too bad. Of it's time, sure, but it's aged well.

/pushes rose tinted glasses further up nose

Not played CV since the PS2 days, I did have a Dreamcast but I don’t think I’ve ever played that version

Series as a whole I love them all with the exception of number 6, which I absolutely hated

simple - that somehow looks better than I remember it. Even at the time it came out if felt like a fugly game.

I think I hated every minute of RE5 but I did finish it. I couldn’t get past the early chainsaw-fight-in-a-tiny-room in RE7 and gave up. Frustrated the shit out of me.

Coming back to it post-being-murdered, found the gameplay even more frustrating and the wifey-knifey sequence way too much. My hands are damaged from having a knife through them, and so I’m struggling with this deliberately-sluggish-controls gameplay of having a knife through your virtual hands (Ethan’s hands get fucked up A LOT) and it’s just, I don’t need this.

Village was great through. A mere biting of the hands. Never sickeningly tense.

It’s annoying though because I’d LIKE to see the rest of RE7.

Hmmm. Yeah man I can honestly see how that part would be a bit much for you ☹️

Fire through it on easy so you can get past that bit quick and see the rest of the game at least? It’s honestly very good indeed. A few low points but like Village it really mixes things up constantly.

Yeah the water section felt like reduced ambitions all over the place, but I also recall village was not initially intended as a numbered release but some kind of side project that got boosted when they realised how fucking good it was.

Started a new playthrough of the main game in 3rd person. Very early doors yet but I'm not feeling it. Think I much prefer the original 1st person view. Feels more immediate. I'll run through it all though, just to see what it's like.

Village. Forgot we hadn't actually been talking about it for a while.

Yes. Need to get some ED on the go.

Did you never finish Village? How far did you get?

I noticed earlier there's a trophy for finishing it in 3 hours. That's nuts.