09-06-2013, 02:41 PM
I love everything Resident Evil (the movies...I liked the first two but that's about it, also the only CGI movie I was was the first one and I was pretty happy with how it went.)
I was introduced to Resident Evil around 2000 to 2001 when I went to a friend's house and he was playing Resident Evil Director's Cut on the PS1 and it freakin scared me to no end. Later on I found out my cousin had the 2nd one on the N64 and that was the first time I fell in love with the franchise, Mr. X encounters were always what I feared in that game. I rarely played RE3 but my friend did and I think that was his favorite because it had Carlos in it, maybe also Jill in a tube top, with the Nemesis battles that sometimes offered choices to how you want to handle the fight. That was a great way to really end the Raccoon City portion of the series before the franchise starts to take a new twist. Resident Evil Gaiden is fun for me, I do not care who hated it, for what it was I found it to be really well done. Sure there were no real scare moments but the ammo saving was so crucial or else you could literally not finish one of the last chapters before the finale. Outbreak and Outbreak File 2 are nice standalone titles to the franchise but I think some of the settings were a medicore where some of the other levels were so amazing, in the first game the hospital level and the woods levels are what I am talking about specifically and in File 2 I am looking at you Zoo/Subway levels.) not to mention the different endings for each character made the re playability so amazing. I never did try to co-op/online multiplayer but the concept was fantastic. Sadly I never played ANY of the FPS games like Survivor so I can't comment on those games but from the gameplay they sound interesting. Code Veronica was, in my opinion, the real final Resident Evil title for the longest time. Code Veronica added great atmospheres with new concepts like duel wielding guns. Not to mention seeing old characters again. Resident Evil 4 was, what I like to believe, the introduction to a new paradigm in the Resident Evil games. It introduced 3rd person over the shoulder camera angles, the ability to aim your gun to pinpoint key locations on enemies, new healing items outside of herbs, and most importantly, the introduction to secondary character NPCs with HP bars of their own. The escort part was bad in the way they portrayed Ashley but I do not believe escort concepts are BAD but they made her too annoying. The bits where you play her were unique to say the least.
I did not play 5 nor 6 because I hear both of them move even farther away from what the franchise even more so then 4 did so I have no opinion on them what so ever.
Revelations is the newest game to come out, re-released on consoles so shush, and that game is amazing to play. They combined both elements, the 3rd person over the shoulder camera view with the pinpoint aiming AND the monsters that make you remember old Resident Evil titles. They even added the new scan mechanic, forgot the name sorry, and that means you can find more ammo or whatever.
So far I think the franchise is starting to come back after REvelations.
I was introduced to Resident Evil around 2000 to 2001 when I went to a friend's house and he was playing Resident Evil Director's Cut on the PS1 and it freakin scared me to no end. Later on I found out my cousin had the 2nd one on the N64 and that was the first time I fell in love with the franchise, Mr. X encounters were always what I feared in that game. I rarely played RE3 but my friend did and I think that was his favorite because it had Carlos in it, maybe also Jill in a tube top, with the Nemesis battles that sometimes offered choices to how you want to handle the fight. That was a great way to really end the Raccoon City portion of the series before the franchise starts to take a new twist. Resident Evil Gaiden is fun for me, I do not care who hated it, for what it was I found it to be really well done. Sure there were no real scare moments but the ammo saving was so crucial or else you could literally not finish one of the last chapters before the finale. Outbreak and Outbreak File 2 are nice standalone titles to the franchise but I think some of the settings were a medicore where some of the other levels were so amazing, in the first game the hospital level and the woods levels are what I am talking about specifically and in File 2 I am looking at you Zoo/Subway levels.) not to mention the different endings for each character made the re playability so amazing. I never did try to co-op/online multiplayer but the concept was fantastic. Sadly I never played ANY of the FPS games like Survivor so I can't comment on those games but from the gameplay they sound interesting. Code Veronica was, in my opinion, the real final Resident Evil title for the longest time. Code Veronica added great atmospheres with new concepts like duel wielding guns. Not to mention seeing old characters again. Resident Evil 4 was, what I like to believe, the introduction to a new paradigm in the Resident Evil games. It introduced 3rd person over the shoulder camera angles, the ability to aim your gun to pinpoint key locations on enemies, new healing items outside of herbs, and most importantly, the introduction to secondary character NPCs with HP bars of their own. The escort part was bad in the way they portrayed Ashley but I do not believe escort concepts are BAD but they made her too annoying. The bits where you play her were unique to say the least.
I did not play 5 nor 6 because I hear both of them move even farther away from what the franchise even more so then 4 did so I have no opinion on them what so ever.
Revelations is the newest game to come out, re-released on consoles so shush, and that game is amazing to play. They combined both elements, the 3rd person over the shoulder camera view with the pinpoint aiming AND the monsters that make you remember old Resident Evil titles. They even added the new scan mechanic, forgot the name sorry, and that means you can find more ammo or whatever.
So far I think the franchise is starting to come back after REvelations.