With all the buzz going around for the awesome looking Resident Evil 2 remake, I thought it’d be appropriate to rank all the games in the series thus far (the ones I have played anyway). I was going to do this when RE7 came out, but never got around to it.
I’m pretty excited for this game, so it will definitely be fun to take a look back at the long, varied legacy of Resident Evil… so here we go!
#15
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
3DS, 2011
Times Beaten- N/A
This is a pretty fun game, with lots of cool characters and several costumes for each. It gets boring after a while though.
#14
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
Wii, 2007
Times Beaten- 1
This was an interesting game, making fun use of the Wii motion controls. In the sprit of House of the Dead, you replay through the games in an arcade on rails shooter, and even experience some new story elements that they skip over in the main games. It’s not all that great however and is a bit on the annoyingly difficult side at times.
#13
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
PlayStation 3, 2012
Times Beaten- 1
This spin off is more like Left 4 Dead. You choose a class and go on a killing rampage. It is intended for online play, but I just played the single player campaign. It’s decent.
#12
Resident Evil Revelations
3DS, 2012
Times Beaten- 1
I wasn’t crazy about this game. It combined the more modern feel of 4 and 5 with the old school way to play and was okay, but left me preferring the full old or modern gameplay. You fought pretty much the same enemy the whole game, and the title confused me. There were no revelations at all, everything just made you have more questions which I assume get answered in the second one. Decent game, but forgettable.
#11
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
Wii, 2009
Times Beaten- 1
A much better sequel to Umbrella Chronicles. This just refined everything and the result is that it’s a whole lot more fun. There is more new story elements added as well.
#10
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
GameCube, 2003
Times Beaten- 2
A port of the original PS game, this follows Jill during concurrent events with RE2. I didn’t love this game at first, but the second time I played though it, I loved it. Guess it’s an acquired taste or something?
#9
Resident Evil
PC, 1997
Times Beaten- 0
For the time, this game was outstanding…still is I suppose. I loved it. I played the heck out of it. Trouble is, the save feature didn’t work for whatever reason on my computer so I really kept playing the same parts over and over in maybe an hour, getting a little further in that hour each time. Was awesome, but it got to annoying to even try to complete in one sitting.
#8
Resident Evil 2
Nintendo 64, 1999/ GameCube, 2003
Times Beaten- 2 on N64, 2 or 3 on GC
This took everything amazing about the first game and just improved on it. Nuff said.
#7
Resident Evil: Code Veronica X
GameCube, 2003
Times Beaten- 2
This game is just kooky and awesome. The characters and story are set apart from the main series, but it is highly interesting.
#6
Resident Evil 4
GameCube, 2005
Times Beaten- Around 4
I was nervous when they announced this game and said they were changing up the formula I had grown to love so much. But that worry immediately dissolved upon playing it. This was a breath of fresh air for the series. It’s intense action and fast pace coupled with a new and interesting storyline made this something truly great.
#5
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
Wii, 2007
Times Beaten- 1
This took an already amazing game and updated it to make it even better.
#4
Resident Evil 5
PlayStation 3, 2009
Times Beaten- 3
This took the gameplay of 4 and made it better. The added real time inventory management is a great addition and the story is one of the best in the whole series. Just don’t give any ammo to your partner.
#3
Resident Evil
GameCube, 2002
Times Beaten- At least 4
This is the game that truly made me fall in love with the series. It’s one of the best remakes ever and with all the updates to it, one can finally experience the game that started it all the way it was meant to be.
#2
Resident Evil 0
GameCube, 2002
Times Beaten- 3ish
This is Resident Evil at it’s finest. Tense gameplay, unique/bizarre story, awesome areas to explore, and the dual character addition I just really enjoyed. Not to mention Billy is one of my favorite characters in the whole series.
And my favorite game in the whole series…..
#1
Resident Evil 6
PlayStation 3, 2012
Times Beaten- 1
I enjoyed almost every second of this game. A bigger story told through a variety of characters was a great idea. As for gameplay, they did a great job combining the feel of the old and modern games, plus adding a fresh feel to it on top of it in a way far more successfully than Revelations did. This is one of the very, very few games I was sad when I beat it.
Well that’s that. I can’t wait to see where the new one winds up!
