*EDIT* Please no RE7 spoilers in this thread. Once you play or beat it, you can talk about whether you liked it or not but keep all the story and character stuff out as much as possible. I might open up an RE7 Spoiler thread once I beat the game depending on how I like it.
With RE7 out soon, I figured we'd do another one of these threads, talk about the games we liked, the ones we didn't, and what we might enjoy about RE7.
I'm in the minority of a lot of RE fans, in that I don't like any of the games before RE4. Original and Remastered. While I've dabbled in nearly every one of those early games, I hate how they play so much. I even tried to get into the recent remaster bundle they put out on PS4 and I can't stand the controls. They are just not fun to play for me. Never have, never will. A shame, because I love the ideas of the games. It's big dumb b-movie nonsense, but it's entertaining.
Resident Evil 4 - Absolute favorite of the series, no contest. I've played it at least a half dozen times between GC and PS2 and will probably replay it again once the guy making the HD texture pack is done on PC. It's probably an all time top 10 game for me. I wish it played slightly more like a regular third person game with proper movement and aiming, but that's just my very personal preference for having the best controls possible for myself lol
Resident Evil 5 - I've appreciated this game more as the years have gone on. I haven't beaten it more than maybe two times, and while compared to RE4, it's not as good, it's still a good game. It's just the start of the downfall for the series, introducing my most hated mechanic of forced co-op (Which was kinda busted on singleplayer for awhile) and was really doing more action segments.
Operation Raccoon City - I don't hate this idea. I'm fine if they want to do an offshoot action game. The problem is, this is a mostly bad third person shooter. I never played the multiplayer, but I liked the idea of having kinda some unique characters with different gear types and such, running around in a non-canon RE setting. It just was not good though. I was actually kinda disappointed lol
Resident Evil: Revelations - I didn't play this on the 3DS, but I did play it on PC and just this past week actually beat it, because I never did before. It's...not terrible. It's a very shallow RE experience, essentially Resident Evil 6 Lite, introducing multiple sets of character with intertwining plots, but it doesn't work. It's honestly kind of boring, though I like a few of the creature designs and the final boss is basically just Legend of Zelda Ganon. Kinda dug that. Though the co-op/partner element thankfully isn't obtrusive and annoying like RE5 or RE6.
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 - I actually don't have the best memory for this game, but it's not bad at all, I remember liking it. Especially after Resident Evil 6. I still am not fond of co-op in these games, but again, didn't hate it at all. I think this is the only genuinely good RE game after 5 so far. I'll replay it maybe after RE7.
Resident Evil 6 - Man this game is dumb and misses the point of RE by a mile. 3 co-op campaigns, 7 total playable characters, stretched across something like 30 hours of story, with just the dumbest action movie bullshit going on. I watched someone replay Leon's campaign. He comes out unscathed from a car crash, a bus crash, escapes a nuke, walks away from an airline crashing into a city, survives a crashing train, outruns a carpet bombing, survives a helicopter crash, and for good measure, one more jeep crash. This just isn't Resident Evil lol I know Resident Evil is dumb, but this hit a new level alongside it's super awful story.
Umbrella Corps - ...moving along...
Resident Evil 7 - Now I've played the demo and while I hate the obscure PT level puzzle shit, it gave me a good feeling for the game. I'm way into FPS gaming, it's a return to a smaller scale and definitely survival horror. Initially I was worried, cause it's obvious they are adopting the ideas of the current modern horror scene, particularly Amnesia, Outlast, and PT for good measure. I hate those games though, because they aren't fun to play, it's just running and hiding. This though has actual combat in it. You get guns and melee weapons, so that's a huge plus. I'm really hoping for the best out of this as I'm not someone that regularly plays a lot of horror games, especially creepy ones. I play tons of zombie games, but most aren't scary or very creepy.
