[QUOTE="AuthenticM"]The worst RE was by far Code: Veronica. The game had the worst monsters in the series, it didn't use pre-rendered backgrounds (making the graphics look crappy), impossible love story between Claire and the most annoying emo side-kick ever. I guess Capcom figured it was a wrong move to let a third-party develop a RE game.AFBrat77

I disagree, it had some of the most memorable fights in the RE series, looked MUCH better than RE2 or RE3 (those 2 look hideous today), and had the series 2 best villians, Albert Wesker and Alfred Ashford. The opening cut-scene (I played Code Veronica X) is one of the best in gaming ever, and nice cutscenes at the end of the game also. Best story in an RE game as well, revealing much about Umbrella in the process. Underappreciated, particularly Veronica X. It was better than the first 3 games, even slightly better than REmake.

But RE4, which is actually a 3rd person shooter, not Survival Horror, is the best of all, though I'm not sure I like the direction away from Survival Horror.

Well lets hope so eh? It was released on the 128-bit DC and PS2 consoles afterall, whereas RE2 and RE3 were both initially released on 32 bit consoles. But I do have to agree with AuthenticM to an extent. Code Veronica was a solid RE title, but didn't provide anything new or spectacular in terms of overall gameplay. The whole developing love story between Claire and Steve was also incredibly cheesey and only took away from the survival-horror aspect of the game (Steve eventually mutating was kinda cool though). Also, the ridiculous camera angles and controls were as frustrating and annoying as ever. They also didn't do much in terms of introducing some fresh new artillary, at least not as much as RE4 did.

The best aspects of this game though were definitely the return of both Wesker and Chris to the series. Chris not having a role in either RE2 or RE3 was practically a sin in my mind, and having him back definitely made RE:CV even more worthwhile. The ending in RE:CVX was also really cool to watch.

RE4 is by far the best game in the series. Anyone who says otherwise is crazy.
The worst game imo would be RE3. It just didn't do it for me on any level.
Conjuration

How could you consider RE3 as the "worst"? I think of it as by far the best of the 32-bit RE games! The reloading tool was a cool little feature, meanwhile having a badass like Nemesis pop out at any given moment constantly left you in suspense throughout the game! RE3 was also my favorite final boss fight of the series.

[QUOTE="gamingqueen"]@dvader: RE Outbreak's gameplay in outbreak 1 is the same as outbreak 2. Users saying they didn't like RE4 called an opinion.

dvader654

I stated what that opinion was, all you people that say RE4 is the worst ONLY state that cause its not like other RE games. Look at all the posts in the thread, its the only excuse you guys give. Thats how you want to look at it thats fine but its still not a valid argument as to the quality of a game.

Yes the gameplay in Outbreak 1 and Outbreak 2 is the same, the difficulty balance is not. In Outbreak 2 the levels were made where you had to use teamwork or odds are you would die, the AI does not help at all so you are left with practically unfinishable levels. Outbreak 1 was a lot more lenient with the single player and was very playable alone, Outbreak 2 was not.

People just have a hard time accepting change, plain and simple. Although RE4 is my fav of the RE series, I'll admit that I too wasn't overly joyed with the dramatic change in gameplay at first. But after playing for about a half hour, I immediately fell in love with the game. The quicker pace, the freedom of the gameplay, creative new weapons, the ability to buy and sell items, the ability to modify weapons, and the stunning visuals made it too hard for me not to fall in lov with this game, regardless of how different it was from the previous titles!

And on a side note, upon the completion of RE4 (for the FIRST time that is :P), I attempted to play RE:CVX again and I just couldn't look at it the same. The improvements in gameplay of RE4 over the previous RE titles is just so dramatic that you'll have a hard time adjusting to the slow pace and various limitations of the previous RE games. I'll always love the classic RE titles, but unfortunately none of them can compare to what RE4 has to offer in terms of an overall gaming experience. RE4 also offers greater replay value over the classic titles in my opinion. The only one of the previous titles that I was at all interested in completing more than once was RE3:Nemesis.

I will admit though, I still do prefer the classic zombies over the grenados. But hey, you can't have it all now can you ;)

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[QUOTE="EmilioDigsIt"]I would say RE4 is the worst only because I don't consider it a real RE game. Just another spin off. Still a great game, but not a great RE.
My favorite would probably have to be RE1, but best could possibly be RE 2.
gameguy6700

Just because it has a different gameplay mechanic doesn't make it a spin-off. Its still very much part of the main series, hence the number.

When most people decry RE4 as more of a spinoff than a true numbered game it's because RE4 had little in common with the rest of the series. No zombies, no viruses, no evil corporation, no puzzles (unless you count "here's a metal object. now go stick it into the door three feet behind you" as a puzzle), no survival gameplay (you're a one man army for crying out loud), and the plot was completely insulated from the rest of the series. With it's one man army gameplay, "save the president's daughter!" plot, and Leon being some grizzled badass military/agent guy instead of a young, weak, and inexperienced cop, RE4 was an action shooter, not a survival horror game like the rest of the series. Typically when a game switches genres from the rest of the series its labeled as a spinoff.

One of my biggest problems with the previous RE games were the obscure puzzles that were located in the most random and inexplicable places. The location of the puzzles in the first 3 RE games for example were just so random and out of place that they did not make any sense whatsoever and actually left me chuckling plenty of times, wondering "what in the HELL is this doing in the middle of a city???"

What the developers tried to do with RE4 is make the puzzles (as few as there were) seem less out of place and ridiculous. Instead of loading the game with puzzles that just seemed to slow down the overall pace of an already relatively slow game, they replaced them with obstacles such as freeing a chained Ashley with a sniper rifle from the balcony and then protecting her from the same balcony while she's trying to find a way out. They simply replaced puzzles with more fast paced, suspensful, and exciting obstacles.

Best- RE4: Offers a much needed change in gameplay, with an amazing storyline, incredible visuals, and just a flat out awesome gaming experience overall. People will knock it for being too action oriented, but if anything it's this feature which potentially saved the series from being yet another ridiculously repetitive Capcom series in terms of gameplay (megaman anyone?)

Runner Up: Resident Evil 3

Worst- Code Veronica/CVX: I'm not saying that CV was a "bad" game by any means. In fact, I enjoyed playing the game very much and found it to be a solid RE title overall. It is my selection for the "worst" of the series though because as the first RE game on a 128 bit consol, it simply didn't offer anything new or groundbreaking in comparisons to the 32/64 bit RE titles. The gameplay was EXACTLY the same as previous RE games, and the only things improved over the 32 bit RE titles were the visuals and audio. Otherwise it feels like you're playing yet another old school RE game, which isn't necessarily bad of course, but it isn't something really great either.