RE7 and RE8 don't play the same for certain. And I appreciate RE7's attempt to return to something resembling horror. As I said, it is my favorite out of ALL of the new games. But they (re4, re5, aspects of re6, re7, re8, and REmake of 4) very much ALL have that abandoned society, cult like behavior baddies, that are isolated from normal society. The gameplay mechanics might be slightly different in some regards, but the setup and feel of the environments is the same.
RE2 OG to me will always be the APEX of the series. It would take something with an equal amount of content to overtake it, and you just won't get that in todays 3rd person games. Even RE4 remake with its substantial campaign don't compare to the entire campaign scenarios of OG RE2. Its been awhile since I played it all the way through, but the last time I completed all four scenarios it was something like 40 hours, and that was knowing where to go and what to do. I completed all the side missions in RE4 remake and I think it took me about 18 on the first playthrough and that is going at a somewhat leisurely pace and taking in the game and its environments.
Also take into consideration that I have been with the franchise since its creation. RE2 was the first game I bought as it was released in the series, but after beating it I went back and got the OG RE within a couple of days. So I remember what it was like to play these games fresh, before the market became saturated with knockoffs.
My list:
RE2
RE7 So high because it felt like survival horror and I actually got tense playing in certain spots.
RE3 There are several that are probably rated higher, but this was the funnest of the og games to play including the next gen CV. It was one of those games that came out at the end of a consoles life and should've probably been developed as a next gen title, because the action was so much better than previous titles and Nemesis was ahead of its time.
RE CV
RE4 Remake: The best, fully realized remake so far (that I have played).
RE1
RE2 Remake. The one full scenario is SUPERIOR to any in the og RE2, but the utter lack of a full scenario for both characters kills it imo. It would've been better without the half assed attempt at a scenario b. That is the only reason it isn't higher, is they just phoned that second scenario in and the original had four full campaigns. So that was a huge disappointment for what could have been the BEST RE.
RE5
RE8
RE4
Forgot RE6. It is an inferior game, but I played it on deployment when there was literally NOTHING else to do. We were a security detail in the middle of the ethiopian desert, and our off time was very boring because we had no internet. My mom mailed me this game and we played it for several weeks to pass the time. I feel that it was definitely a more enjoyable time with best bros than it would've been without.
RE3 Remake Only saving grace is hot Jill.
All the rail shooters and other spinoffs, some of which I haven't played.
I have the REmake of 1, which by many people is considered the apex, but the console to play it is inop so I can never finish it and I don't really buy games twice. So it is just sitting in stasis.
The OG re4 is a good game, I just hate it as a RE. It was originally going to be developed as something else, then a supernatural RE4, and then finished with what we got. So I think it gameplay being so different makes sense in that regard, I just have never liked it as an RE. It kinda stands out like ARes does in the Alien franchise to me. Too tonally different from the rest.
As an RE 6.5/10 (I actually like Separate Ways better than the main campaign) as a standalone and not judging it against the rest of the franchise.........8/10.
