Which Resident Evil game is best? We’re eating away at our own brains to give our verdicts on some of PC gaming’s most beloved series, including Dark Souls and Mass Effect. As of this latest update after the release of the Resident Evil 2 remake, we've decided to keep both the original and this new version in the list. They're very different games, after all, despite sharing a setting, characters and story. Now, in ascending order.. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon CityDeveloped: Capcom, Slant Six Games Published: Capcom James: We don’t talk about Operation Raccoon City. In our review, Jon Blyth puts it lightly, saying, “The good stuff is all swaddled in that weak gunplay, an annoying automatic snap-to cover system, and moments like the Birkin-G battle—a fight so poorly communicated and unfair that you'll wish computer mice still had balls, so that you could rip out your mouse ball and chew it while slobbering all over yourself.” The “good stuff” is just the setting and familiar characters, the implication of Raccoon City’s ideas and ambitions wrapped up in a cozy Resident Evil blanket. But clearly, due to godawful controls, a smattering of port hiccups, and poor design, we hope Operation Raccoon City never rises from the dead. Umbrella CorpsDeveloped: Capcom Published: Capcom James: This game doesn’t have to be this low on the list. This could have been avoided. During several preview events PC Gamer’s Tom Marks as an interesting competitive shooter that didn’t lazily assume the competitive deathmatch template and throw it in a thin Resident Evil diegesis. Zombies roam each map, and they don’t attack you outright, but by disabling other players’ magic zombie repellant devices, you can send the horde after them—a novel idea, I think. But for god’s sake, the PC version launched with mouse controls that were straight up broken. On the PC, that’s a huge chunk of your userbase, and for most players, unforgivable. Resident Evil 6Developed: Capcom Published: Capcom It’s so terrible a half-measure that the slightest potential for feeling unease is rendered inert. Mitchell on demand 2016 torrent. The tension boils and burns into a blackened, sour paste once you learn how to roundhouse and suplex and dive into a supine militaristic shooter stance on command. Sure, you could kick and suplex in Resi 4, but never with such reckless abandon. Where’s the horror and disempowerment in being a damn spec ops ninja demigod? Samuel: I accept it's a bloated game, and the Chris campaign is particularly bad, but its combat—once you learn the full spread of abilities available to you, which the game does a terrible job of teaching—offers a lot of scope for player expression and fun acrobatics. Problem is, no-one really wanted a Resident Evil game to be about those things, so I understand the criticism Resi 6 got. I have a certain fondness for its Mercenaries mode, though, and some time ago. A reboot needed to happen after this. Resident Evil: RevelationsDeveloped: Capcom, Tose Published: Capcom It doesn’t help that Revelations’ opening moments take place on a beach where your first threat arrives in the form of beached fish blobs. Survival horror. Revelations isn’t a terrible Resident Evil game by any means, but a very rote and restrained one, especially on the PC. Resident Evil 5Developed: Capcom Published: Capcom Samuel: I would place this one higher, but the default game doesn't come with splitscreen co-op—and that's the lifeblood of Resi 5 on consoles. You can mod it in, though. Wes: Seven minutes. Seven minutes is all I can spare to play with you. Resident Evil ZeroDeveloped: Capcom Published: Capcom Still, the character-switching between Billy and Rebecca added something to the puzzling, and the initial setting was pleasantly claustrophobic, in a vaguely kind of way. Unfortunately, the fact the game later decamped to a more conventional haunted house, which I’ve now almost completely forgotten, only underlines Zero’s unremarkable status as sawdust in the Resident Evil sausage. Resident Evil 3: NemesisDeveloped: Capcom Published: Capcom Resident Evil: Revelations 2Developed: Capcom, Tose Published: Capcom It wasn’t the series’ peak in level design, puzzle design, or storytelling, but it’s definitely the most self-aware and digestible, a comparably light-hearted survival horror tour through Resident Evil’s most endearing traits—up until that point, at least. Resident Evil 2Developed: Capcom Published: Capcom Resident Evil 2 (Remake)Developed: Capcom Published: Capcom Samuel: 21 years later, this remake evokes nostalgia for Resi 2's locations and characters, but feels like a totally new game. You can run through the RPD without loading screens! What a treat. The zombies are properly nasty, too. This feels like a compilation of the best bits of the modern third-person Resident Evil entries, with scary moments to the standard of Resident Evil 7. It does make you wonder which of the older entries will get the remake treatment next. Ultimately, since we scored it one point fewer than Resident Evil 7, it technically belongs just below it on this list. Andy K: What makes this really special is how it combines the slow, challenging survival horror of the classic games with the intense over-the-shoulder combat of RE4. There could have been a disconnect there, but Capcom really nailed it. RE4 still has it beat in terms of bosses, variety, and weapons, but as a pure distillation of what makes the old style of Resident Evil great, you couldn't ask for much more. I also like how it isn't a slave to the source material, giving old locations and encounters a fresh spin. As Samuel says, it feels like a brand new game: contemporary and thrilling, yet hitting the same beats as the 1998 original. I scored it a point lower than RE7 because the Tyrant chases feel under-developed, and it's not as subversive or surprising, but it's pretty much one of the best games in the series, and I'd love more remakes in the same style. Resident Evil 7James: Jack Baker is my new daddy. He’s the freakiest, goofiest horror game antagonist out there and I love him even though he’d like to put a shovel through my head. Can't blame him. It’s all in the name of family, which is Resident Evil 7’s beating heart. I absolutely love the Bakers, a bundle of southern cliches and horror archetypes filtered through Resi’s videogame campiness. Resident Evil has always been a self-aware take on the zombie horror subgenre, but Resi 7 extends that reach to the horror as a whole, touching on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Saw, and The Ring for inspiration. As a big horror soup, it works, mostly because the Bakers are most realized monsters from the entire series, and the vast majority of horror games in general. When Jack bursts out of a wall and calls you by name, or when Marguerite coughs up another swarm of zombie bees, it’s funny, but it’s also really damn scary, especially given the fidelity of each character model. You can see their expression from far off, and guess what? That smile isn’t a good sign. For the first two-thirds of the game, the family terrorizes you in their own special way, leading you through a different section of the Baker property, gating progress with surprisingly classic tools like keys and bizarre shadow puzzles. It’s all so incredibly old school, yet set against the highly detailed backdrop of the Baker property, it feels new again—a perfect soft reset for the series. The enemies could be more diverse, extra modes felt cordoned off and held back for DLC, and when the Baker family disappears two-thirds in, so does every ounce of the game’s charm. But despite its lopsidedness, Resi 7 is a bright signal light for the series. For the first time in a decade, I can’t wait to see where it goes next. Tim: Here’s the thing that’s really stunning about Resident Evil 7. How many series of this size have survived such a total reinvention, whilst winning over the critics, and without sacrificing what made players fall in love with the idea in the first place? It’s got to be almost none. And yet Resident Evil has now pulled that trick off twice, first with 4 and now with 7. Interestingly, at a GDC given by director Koshi Nakanishi, he split the first six games into two trilogies. The clear suggestion being that 7 could be the start of another. I certainly hope so. Nakanishi also said he wanted to reinvent horror gaming, and make Resi as synonymous with excellence as The Dark Knight is for superhero movies. Judge for yourself whether they hit that goal, but they certainly took the inherent promise of first-person horror games like Amnesia and Outlast and ran with it. Resi 7 is a game that’s so tense to play—especially the first time—that after tough sessions I found myself stressed and snappy. Creating a supporting cast that’s so instantly, disgustingly iconic as the Bakers is also no mean feat. I can’t wait to see where Capcom goes next with it. Resident Evil / Resident Evil HD RemasterDeveloped: Capcom Published: Capcom Resident Evil 4Developed: Capcom Published: Capcom James: It took me six months to finish Resident Evil 4. (To be fair, I was a skittish teen.) Like Sam explained, it’s full of surprises, both in terms of what it’s squirrelling away and in its surprising, intense combat design. But it’s the surprising intimacy of the combat that really shook me. The villagers aren’t particularly scary on their own—they’re just rural folks, but it’s their humanity, their implied cunning and relatability, that makes them so terrifying. And when they roll in by the dozens from every angle while you frantically try to climb a ladder or board up a house, it’s impossible not to feel the implication of that cunning. They overwhelm in numbers, but being able to see the whites of their eyes and hear their chatter turn them from brainless bullet sponges into something real—sometimes too real. It’s a miracle that despite Resi 4’s trademark campiness and the fact that scythed parasites explode from the enemies’ heads that it still retains such a taut, tangible sense of unease. The best Resident Evil games are amazingly scary adventures that heavily influenced the survival horror genre. Without Resident Evil, we wouldn’t have games like Silent Hill or Dead Space. In fact, the term survival horror was originally coined to describe Resident Evil, way back in 1996, because it was such an original type of game. Since so many sequels and spin offs have been released, fans want to know which Resident Evil game is the best of all time. The Resident Evil video game franchise has been so successful that it spawned a series of games, of which several have been nominated for best game of all time. Amongst survival horror fans, Resident Evil has definitely raised the bar for what makes a fun scary game. In fact, several of the Resident Evil games have been remade and remastered multiple times. So which are the best Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan) games? See what gamers think in the rankings below. If you don’t see a particular Resident Evil game list, be sure to add it so that others may vote on it. For those that have never played the best Resident Evil games before, just start at the top of the list and work your way down. Ranker may collect a commission from links on this page. 1
Resident Evil 42005
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Resident Evil 21998
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Son Goku added Resident Evil (remake)2002
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Resident Evil 3: Nemesis1999
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Resident Evil Code: Veronica2000
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Resident Evil 52009
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Resident Evil1996
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Resident Evil Zero2002
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Resident Evil: Revelations2012
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DarthNoctis added Resident Evil: Revelations 2
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Resident Evil 62012
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Resident Evil: Director's Cut1997
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KrisFrosz133 added Resident Evil 7: Biohazard2017
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Resident Evil Outbreak2003
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Resident Evil Outbreak: File #22004
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Resident Evil 2 (Remake)2019
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Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles2007
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Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles2009
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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City2012
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Resident Evil: Deadly Silence2006
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Resident Evil Survivor2000
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Resident Evil: Dead Aim2003
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Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D2011
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Resident Evil Gaiden2001
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Resident Evil Survivor 2 - Code: Veronica2001
Fueling our nightmares since 1996The Resident Evil series is unarguably a hugely influential series in gaming history. Largely credited with establishing the survival horror template, and creating numerous iconic characters and moments. And that's just installments 1-3. Resi 4 then went on to pretty much establish third person action as we know it. And there's Resident Evil 7 on the way which looks set to start a whole new chapter in first person and VR. But there have been mixed offerings along the way - between the diminishing returns of the main series lifelessly rehashing number four's template, and a slew of spinoffs building out the timeline and action in all sort of directions. Resident Evil Games Best To WorstAll in all there are 24 games in the series, which is why we've compiled this list of the 10 best. When Paul W.S. Anderson brought his interpretation of the classic horror video game Resident Evil to the big screen back in 2002, many viewers were skeptical as to the future of Alice (Milla Jovovich) and her quest to bring down the Umbrella Corporation. But 16 years and 5 sequels later, there is no denying that the Resident Evil franchise has captivated fans across the world, and is often viewed as the one exception to the poor track record of beloved video games getting film adaptations. With the franchise coming to a close after 6 titles, I decided to take a look back at Alice’s journey and rank them – based on my personal opinion – from the weakest to strongest entries in the series. I have been a fan of Resident Evil since the first game released on PlayStation in 1996, and I’ve certainly enjoyed watching Milla Jovovich unload countless bullets into mutated and undead bodies. That said, I acknowledge that there are both positives and negatives to take away from each film. 6. Apocalypse (2004) In the second installment of the franchise, Alice awakens and realizes that her worst nightmares have come true. The infamous T-virus has escaped the Umbrella Corporation’s underground hive, and the bloodthirsty undead are running rampant through the nearby Raccoon City. Teaming up with a small group of uninfected survivors – including ex-Umbrella employee Jill Valentine – Alice must safely lead them away from the city before it is destroyed by a nuclear missile. Apocalypsedoes a decent job of bringing in some gnarly creatures and genetically enhanced monsters – like the grotesque Nemesis – along with incorporating Alice’s newly discovered powers. But where the film falls short is in its attempt to recreate the video game atmosphere. If you were to take the name of the film away, you would be left with just another typical zombie survival horror flick, with a few cheesy one-liners from the comedic relief of Mike Epps. Resident Evil Best Ending5. The Final Chapter (2017) “Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity’s final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began – The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.” While it could be viewed as a good thing for many Resident Evil fans, I myself find it frustrating that this film doesn’t live up to its claim of being the “Final Chapter“. The ending doesn’t give Alice her deserved send off, and leaves the door open for a possible future 7th film (especially after its financial success). This lack of closure for the franchise makes the entire film – and all of the hype leading up to it – feel like a waste of time. I’m not necessarily saying they should kill off Alice… but perhaps giving fans a “Final Chapter: Part 2” would allow for the story to come to a proper end. 4. Afterlife (2010) Arijit singh hit songs download. Arijit Singh Album Songs- Download Arijit Singh all albums hit songs or play Arijit Singh new albums MP3 songs. Listen latest songs from Arijit Singh album list. Arijit Singh Songs Download- Listen Arijit Singh new songs MP3 free online. Play Arijit Singh hit songs or download Arijit Singh latest MP3 from songs list. “While still out to destroy the evil Umbrella Corporation, Alice joins a group of survivors living in a prison surrounded by the infected who also want to relocate to the mysterious but supposedly unharmed safe haven known only as Arcadia.” Afterlifeis the 4th film in the Resident Evil saga. The premise is simple; a group of survivors are trapped in an abandoned prison with a horde of undead surrounding them. The concept brings back memories from the game of being locked in a creepy, dark building with a limited supply of guns and ammo to blast your way through to the next level. The group dynamic works well throughout the film, and the elusive “Arcadia” is a smart play to make the viewer root for what little hope remains within this dreary world. 3. Extinction (2007) A group of survivors – led by their fearless leader Clair Redfield (Ali Larter) – are traveling across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to a safe zone in Alaska. When they are low on fuel and resources, and under attack from almost every form of the undead, they are rescued by Alice and her ever-growing genetically modified powers (courtesy of the Umbrella Corporation). I might be a little biased towards this film simply because I live in Las Vegas, but getting to see the beloved strip covered in sand and turned to ruins (complete with zombies climbing the side of the Eiffel Tower at the Paris casino) is wonderfully entertaining. Watching Alice slice her way through infected monsters under the blazing Nevada sun is a refreshing change of pace from the typical nighttime industrial look. From her new outfit to her new fighting abilities, the grittiness within Extinctionmakes for a wild ride through the desert. 2. Resident Evil (2002) “A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.” The one that started it all! The OG Resident Evilis still one of the best video game adaptations to date. The iconic red dress is still the best outfit that Alice has worn while unloading clips of bullets into ravaging zombies. While some of the CGI might not have aged quite so well over the years, the overall tone and claustrophobic atmosphere still keep viewers on the edge of their seat 16 years later. Resident Evil Best Moive Sceans1. Retribution (2012) “Alice awakes at home with her daughter Becky and her husband. But soon she realizes that she is actually in an Umbrella Corporation’s underground facility. Out of the blue, the computer security system shuts-down and Alice flees to the central control room of the facility. She meets Ada Wong, who works with Albert Wesker, and she learns that a five-man team has been sent by Wesker to rescue them. However, the Red Queen sends Jill Valentine and Rain to hunt them down.” Milla Jovovich is stunning in her most futuristic outfit to date, and compliments the elegance of her new found ally, Ada Wong. The fight scenes are choreographed exceptionally well throughout (the white hallway scene towards the beginning is one of my favorites), and the various “testing floors” make the audience feel like they are moving from level to level within the video game. While Retributionstands as my favorite film in the franchise, I must admit that getting to see it in theaters and in 3D definitely made a difference on my initial experience. The CGI and cinematography is by far the best in the series, and the set design of the underground control room is a visual masterpiece. From the unbelievable opening scene (shot in a slow-motion reverse sequence) to the epic frozen final showdown, Resident Evil: Retribution stands out as the perfect blend of sci-fi, action, and horror, and is the strongest entry on the ballot. Be sure to check out all of the films in the Resident Evil franchise, and let us know your thoughts on our rankings. 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