re: Playing through all the Resident Evil games, a couple of questions...

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Why does RE consistently kill it the first 3/4 of a game and then shite the bed at the end?

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This is a very real phenomenon with RE games. The last section is almost always the weakest.

I think there's probably a few reasons.

They almost all do a locale switch and the new locale simply isn't as interesting or flushed out as the primary ones. I get the feeling many of these finale locales are afterthoughts. They have their really good idea for the main setting and the bulk of the game is set there but the other locales are not thought out as much.

They also seem to want to end on a grand finale, and lean more into action and spectacle and completely away from horror. They almost always completely eliminate tension in the final acts.

I think it’s just really hard to maintain the quality of an experience that RE usually opens with for the length of the entire game.

The RE4 remake comes the closest imo which is impressive because it’s like 20 hours long which is probably by far their longest game.

I didn’t really like RE8 that much overall though. 1st person isn’t really my thing anymore so it has to be something very special like RE7 for me to really get into it.

If someone had never played any of these games and wanted to get into them, is there a good jumping in point later on in the series or do you need to start all the way at RE1?

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If someone had never played any of these games and wanted to get into them, is there a good jumping in point later on in the series or do you need to start all the way at RE1?

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I would start with REmake if you can, then just work your way up through the remakes in numbered order

Yes, it's on sale on PSN right now for $4.99. It's gonna be a little different from the other remakes because it's much older but it is still a beautiful game and the definitive RE experience. Fixed cameras, great puzzles, everything.

The remakes of 2/3/4 are over the shoulder and much more modern, mechanically

7 and 8 are first person but still very good (especially 7)

Thank you sir, I will grab it this evening and give it a go. Ive been wanting to give them a try just wasnt sure where to start and was scared to start at 1 since its so old.

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I would start with REmake if you can, then just work your way up through the remakes in numbered order

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No love for RE0?

So im looking at the entire list of games, there are so many. Im guessing just the numbered ones and Village are the main ones i need to focus on?

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Resident Evil (1996) and Resident Evil (2002)
Resident Evil 2 (1998) and Resident Evil 2 (2019)
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (1999) and Resident Evil 3 (2020)
Resident Evil Survivor (2000)
Resident Evil CODE:Veronica (2000) and Resident Evil CODE:Veronica X (2001)
Resident Evil Survivor 2 CODE:Veronica (2001)
Resident Evil: Dead Aim (2002)
Resident Evil 0 (2002)
Resident Evil Outbreak (2003)
Resident Evil Outbreak File #2 (2004)
Resident Evil 4 (2005) and Resident Evil 4 (2023)
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (2007)
Resident Evil 5 (2009)
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (2010)
Resident Evil: Revelations (2012)
Resident Evil 6 (2012)
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (2014)
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (2017)
Resident Evil Village (2021)

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This is all very overwhelming

Im gonna give RE1 a go and take it from there. If i have trouble with the play style of that one I may just watch a story video of it on Youtube (Im sure they have one) and move on to RE 2 remaster.