The creation of a genre is an honor few games can take credit for, but Resident Evil can proudly claim that it was the game that introduced us to the "survival horror" genre. While it clearly will seem dated compared to today's games, there are still many aspects of this game that hold up today. Resident Evil basically dumps you in a spooky abandoned mansion in the woods and expects you to take on hordes of zombies and other creepy creatures with limited ammo and a relatively sparse number of saves. Even now, this game delivers on all fronts from the eerie style to the extremely tense moments later in the game.
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I’d have taken a few of those out. Prefer Sonic over Sonic 2. Outrun should be in there. Maybe even Pong as millions of people had fun with that even if it was repetitive. Final Fight pipped any Streets of Rage game, although Streets of Rage had the better soundtrack. Too many to list l guess. To me, retro gaming is the 1980s, maybe going into early 1990s.
Agree that the generational gap is too broad to really make a strong list. Need to tighten the years a bit. Hard to compare Pac Man with N64 games.
Amazon has heavily discounted several Capcom PlayStation 3 digital games with Devil May Cry HD Collection dropping to $4.99, Dino Crisis to $1.19, God Hand to 42.99, Resident Evil 3: Nemesis to $1.19, Resident Evil Director's Cut to $2.49 and Street Fighter X Tekken to $3.99
Carl Williams writes, "When Capcom released the original Resident Evil onto the Sony Playstation console it was unique. Never before had gamers been presented with a 3D horror game like this before. No, I am not counting Alone in the Dark here as that was more of a 3D adventure game with monsters. Resident Evil was a 3D Action adventure with monsters. The difference being Capcom’s take on the genre was more visceral and “in your face” than Alone in the Dark ever was. Think of it like Pitfall versus Super Mario Bros. Both games were side scrolling action games but both are remembered for totally different reasons. Same thing with 3D horror games- one is still going strong and the other fell to the wayside years ago. Resident Evil Director’s Cut improves upon the original release, getting almost everything right."
Lol whenever I see that "Dualshock Edition" all I can think of is https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Its just so different to the original game's https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Most of the "alternate" music in the Dualshock Edition is just strange.
I'm still proud of the fact I own an original PS1 copy of this game. I do think the remake is far better, but this is still a great classic that I don't regret playing through to the end.
I hope it's still as fun as I remember, but it seems like the author thinks so. I guess it's worth the $10 risk.
Who will ever forget the dog jumping through the window? One of the top gaming moments of all time.
Resident Evil was the first Playstation game I played and first video game I played since Sega Genesis (or Mega Drive). That moment, I crapped my dacks.