Resident Evil - all the main Resi games ranked from worst to best

For a series so beloved, the core titles in Capcom’s survival horror series vary wildly in quality. With the Resident Evil 2 Remake set for release in January and looking really impressive, it’s time to look back at the main, numbered Resident Evil games and work out which ones are still worth your time.

[FallenAngel1984]

Noticeable lack of mention to Resident Evil: Revelations 1&2 on this list

[meganick]

They’re spin-offs, not a part of the mainline series.

[FallenAngel1984]

No the Revelations games are mainline titles just like Code: Veronica. It’s the reason why RE7 is known as the 11th mainline entry.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki...

[meganick]

That doesn’t link to anything official from Capcom.

[meganick]

When judged purely as survival horror experiences, RE remake is the best, followed by RE2.

[Zeldafan64]

I still haven't played 2 yet.

[MEGANE]

This list was spot on to me, I wouln’t change anything... the only thing that am hoping its to add is a new #1 to that list with RE2 remake.( fingers crossed).
Am 39 years old so I play them all at the time they came out, and am guessing the lack of the “revelations games” in this list is due to the fact that the RER games where never AAA games but a port of 3DS games at the time where we already had a RS5 for example. Resident Evil Revelations were not a high buget games... never expected to be bloockbuster games.

[deno]

List gets horrific towards the end.

[AdonisIsBeast]

Thought the list was good. RE 4 was amazing.

[KyRo]

But also the beggining of the downfall of RE 2hich is why some people get salty about it. I loved it at the time on the GC but playing it today you realise how bad things became because of this game.

[pyroxxx]

Resi4, Resi2, Resi7, Resi5, Remake,.. for me personally,..

[JonTheGod]

I haven't played Resi 7 yet, but I intend to do so in VR. My question is... how intense is it in VR?

I played the Kitchen VR demo and that was enough to put the shits up me - but that was just me tied to a chair! I dunno how I'd cope having to actually... go... round... that... corner...!

[JonTheGod]

Funnily, I have ALL the PS4 releases and haven't played a single one yet. Obviously played them all on previous consoles though.

[Nerdmaster]

I agree with most of the list. Maybe I would change Code Veronica and RE3. I think everybody knows the story by now, but CV was the true sequel to RE2, and it was meant to be RE3, meanwhile RE Last Escape, which was supposed to be a spin-off, ended up getting the "3" in its name. And for me, the games show that. RE3 doesn't really feel like a sequel, and I think CV is better in all sides.

Ok, Steve is much more annoying than Carlos, but since they are both forgettable, I don't consider this fact too important.

[KyRo]

RE3 gets so much shit. I absolutely loved that game. The constant fear of roaming them streets knowing nemesis could pop out at any moment was intense. CV was a pretty bad RE IMO.

[Nerdmaster]

RE3 wasn't bad at all, but it also didn't do anything to bring the series forward, neither gameplay wise, nor plotwise. That's why it doesn't feel like a sequel.

[Kosic]

I knew 4 would be top of this list.

It's usually if you didn't grow up playing re1, 2 and 3 on the ps1. 4 is your go to resident evil.

If you grew up playing the ps1 then 2 maybe 3 is your #1 choice.

For Me, 2 is the best resident evil game. Just because how the story worked so well with 2 discs and the dual story lines. That over lapped each characters attack on the police station.

Now to re4. It's an ok Game, that is over hyped by the younger generation.

[shauzy]

i don't care about your opinion, first 3 top 3 and the rest are from eh to garbage