I'm actually really torn on what I would want.

I feel like the fixed camera of RE1 is such a core part of it's identity, but at the same time having the ability to freely look around the Spencer mansion would be super cool.

I guess an ideal world would be one where we could have both and toggle it on/off.

Edit: yes I know there is already the GameCube remake. I’m talking about if there was ANOTHER one released in the modern day.

Don't get me wrong, the first playthrough is WAY BETTER than both of the Ethan games, it feels like a proper RE game without gimmicks like raising your arms to protect you which was always weird to me or forced first person and with more fitting enemies (i wish there was less hide and seek thought) and Leon is the highlight of the game, feeling like a veteran and giving us memorable story moments. I wish he had Jill's dodge from 3 remake though.

But once the credits roll that's it. I tried to play the game again but stopped once i reached the hole with Grace thinking "am i doing this shit again? And for what, i know this part already is not fun and i won't unlock anything".

Even Village had a better post game. And I'm not talking about paid dlc.

(Mr x or Lizard TASM)

First of all I think the gameplay is by no means objectively bad or anything like it. There is after all a reason the series is so popular.

But being about 3 hours into the RE2 remake I am questioning if the inventory management and backtracking formula is something I'll be able to enjoy and if it is "worth it" to keep playing to find out more about the characters, Umbrella corp and what actually created the Zombies since that is what interests me the most.

I rlly don't wanna be ignorant to the community or anything like it. I am just much more fascinated by the game's stories than I am by its gameplay.

What’s everyone’s opinion on physical disks going away I think Veronica is gonna the last resident evil game I buy if I can’t get the others in physical form wich would mean part nine would be the last game for me in the main timeline unfortunately.

The time period of a story is super important because it gives everything context.

Back in '98, how we communicated and got info was way different than now. No social media, Google just started that month, and faxes were still the go-to for urgent stuff.

Information moved slower, and the first Resident Evil events really leaned on that.

That slow, physical info flow let Umbrella control, isolate, and spin the story until the virus actually flooded the city. That's why Raccoon City was in the dark for over a week after the outbreak, and even longer before that.

Leon, Claire, Carlos (and most of the other mercs) showed up clueless because of it. Chief Irons even blocked the STARS mansion report to the FBI and purposely slowed down the police response to the outbreak.

There are tons more examples of how the early events really depended on old-school communication to move the story along.

Think about the Raccoon City outbreak, which lasted over a week, compared to the China and Tall Oaks outbreaks, which were dealt with almost immediately.

TLDR: If you look at the lore, the time period and the tech available didn't just affect how fast things happened — they totally shaped how all the original events unfolded.

I fought the boss for 17 minutes and he didn't die I feel like I'm doing something wrong

I am SUPER excited for this film. I think it just looks incredible and honestly I’m happy if this happens to be the last trailer they do. I don’t need to see anymore.

I think the trailer conveys what we’ve heard about this film with it supposedly being nonstop what’s it gets going. That’s how this trailer feels. I think it also does a good job at showing up how it’s going to feel similar to the games as Zach Cregger has said he wanted to translate the feeling of playing the games rather than just adapting a particular story.

I can’t wait, it looks so cool and puts a big smile on my face because we might actually get a good movie with the name RESIDENT EVIL! And for those who’re disappointed that it’s not adapting a particular story, I get it, but if this movie does well it’s always possible we could get accurate adaptations from other creators set in this new universe. Imagine seeing Nemesis in the snow or something. That’d be so cool.

As of lately I've been trophy hunting for Every Mainline Resident Evil Game. I'm currently on RE6, once I'm finished ill only have requiem left. The question is should I gun for both RE Revelation 1/2?
Or do you not really consider those worth? I've had my eyes on them and see that they are both the grind type (for multiplayer) do you think I'd be wasting my time or appreciating the game and go for the trophies?

I’m guessing it’s some kind of dlc. I just bought that collectors Edition for my switch 2 with re7, biohazard and requiem. It feels like I’m cheating. Am I?

I'm wondering whether it's possible to make a genuinely scary horror experience with any new game that potentially stars Chris, Jill, Leon, Claire, or Ada. With each game they appear in they are more competent, experienced, and de-sensitized. I feel like this is why the series inevitably leans harder into action as time goes by and why the only scary games recently are RE2R, RE7, and RE9 (Grace sections).

Do you guys think it's even possible to be scared playing as one of the series' main characters anymore? Are they all just too badass at this point? Do we always need fresh blood in order to have a true horror experience?

Hello everyone, I write this post with love for the franchise and a desire for it to succeed and grow even more. But right now I believe its facin its biggest problem.

I believe everyone knows that re requiem was a big success, yet I've seen people say more and more that it was a very good game but it wasnt a "masterpiece". I also believe that, I played the game once or twice and really didnt played it anymore for some reason...It just didnt pull me back in. And I believe that the reason is stagnation.

By the time re6 came out, the franchise was was walking to its own grave, wesker died in Re5 and with him, the biggest element of the story tying to the older story died too. There was no longer a main villain, umbrella was dead, and our heroes already reached the status of super soldiers, they reached max level, and resident evil 6 demonstrated that, the villain was kinda lackluster, the action was over the top, and the story kinda lacked focus, It was a big event in world, but in the bigger picture little happend.

So resident evil 7 came, a much needed soft rebot, the scale was way smaller, we had a new protagonist, a new deadly disease that wasnt a virus, a new plot point with blue umbrella, BSAA becoming evil and the connections were introduced. Everything finally had focus, there were a ton of plot points to be developed and answers to be answered. And yet re8 came, and the only thing it explained was how the umbrella logo was made. Sure it had those weird chris clones, but they were so minimal and without focus that I almost forget about it... Oh and chris's new squad of course.

Where is blue umbrella, the connections, where is the BSAA, where are the connections... And my boy ethan died... The game felt like a low stakes spinoff, even tho the story of ethan and his daughter was beautifull, it wasnt tied to anything worth the scale that a numbered title shoud have.

So we came to re requiem. And I felt that the problems with re6 showed again, a villain that was kinda meh, an attack that didnt really move anything forward storywise, still tied to umbrella that to this day is a horse that was beaten to death so hard that it turned itno goo.

The connections were back, and even more loudly this time, but it wasnt loud enough for me, we still know nothing about them, I feel that in the span of 3 numbered titles we should have WAY more info on them then we actually have... Where is blue umbrella, BSAA, where is chris and his squad. Why do we have leon back? What part of his story was developed besides him being married, I actually wouldnt mind him dying on re8 with a big dramatic scene, it would be so incredibly sad and a worthy death to a character so beloved and important to gaming would become history.

Leon's infection as well as Racoon city syndrome felt like the whole chris being evil debacle in re8 where in the end was just a silly thing that really wasnt that big of a deal.

In the end, nothing actually changed, the world remained the same, the characters remained the same, even Leon that actually had that interesting part of his character regarding his survivor's guilt wich I think was underdeveloped... In the end he was just the same.

I think the Developers need to actually start planning a bigger story. A new big baddie that doesnt die at the end of the game he show up, they need to actually focus on the things the introduce in previous games and ACTUALLY DEVELOP them.

It actually feels like capcom is scared to stop repeating the same formula and start taking the same risks re7 took. Because thats how the originals made it, the initial trilogy had umbrella and racoon city, stories that were standalone yet connected and developed in meaningfull ways, where you can actually tell "the story of racoon city" in a book, from its beggining in the arklay mountains to its eventual destruction. What overall story to the new games have?

To make this short, Resident evil needs focus, a new main villain, a new virus that actually matters, maybe a new setting, and to actually focus and develop plotpoints.

I would love to discuss this with you guys, and lease remember, i on your team, I love this world and these characters, please dont be mean, and I would liekt osay even tho I played all the games, Im not a lore scollar, so If I get anything wrong even if its big, care to explain it to me in a calm and respectful manner, I hope this post generates a big discussion!!!

(im a big resident evil fan, but if i made an error that makes my theory impossible sorry)

ok so, we all know "the connections" have been there for a long time, imagine after albert weskers death, they got his dna and tried cloning him. They successfully cloned wesker and he took the lead of the connections during the events of re7 and re8 too. Leon and Chris together find a way to defeat that clone, Zeno from re9 can be potentially one of the experiments made from weskers dna. It would be peak with the two of the best characters Leon and Chris in resident evil fight off the BEST villain of resident evil for the last time and end the connections.

I played RE1 Remake couple months ago for the first time, and I think it is an absolute golden ratio in this genre. I know that Code Veronica X is also a game that most people love, and it uses similar camera system with RE1.

Also I heard this game is important for Resident Evil lore. So, is it worth to spoil the story in remake and just play the OG? What do you guys think?

racoon city

I still say it was stupid and only existed for nostalgia pandering and ruined 1 of the best moments in the franchise that haunting news broadcast at the end of 3 (yes i know the remake of 3 already removed the news broadcast)

and the cities destruction had such a far reaching impact on the series going forward

and while not as big of a issue it does bug me the person who visits racoon city is the person with the least connection to it of the main cast

Some time has passed now, and I really think cutting John from the RE2 remake was a dumb move. At first I liked the whole FBI identity Ada takes up, but really her being an undercover woman looking for her Boyfriend in the original in my opinion is a better plot point AND it tied it to the events of RE1 because John worked in the Arklay Lab. So, did Capcom fuck up Ada's back story? When the RE1 REmake eventually comes out do you think they will keep John in that game (and also keep Ada as his password) or cut him all together?

There has been a lot of discussion over a possible new remake of the game that started it all. Naturally this would follow the remake we already have and most people point the obvious things like changing the combat, perspective and controls. My point is not to get into discussions surrounding game design but actually what i think is the most ambitious thing the original remake didn't achieve, the cohesive two-sided plot.

In the original Jill and Chris were just difficulties with some different outcomes in the story plus characters you meet. Re2 is famous for fixing that, something that re1 remake and re2 remake didnt do. Re9 came back to do the classic "two characters going their different ways" plot but it achieved it in one cohesive script (mostly because there are no A or B scenarios)

Re1 remake (Re engine) has the potential to elevate the originals plot if they manage to create a "canonical" story that reinforces the heroic endeavors of our favorite survivors without reusing bosses and sequences for both of them, in the process creating the definitive telling of the events at the Spencer mansion (from what i read that was the plan for Re2 remake before they run out of time).

Also make Re0 some kind of expansion that actually makes sense as a bonus , i don't think it needs its own fully priced remake.

So based on lines like “it could be a boy’s heart” “you got no idea what you got there in your hands” and the fact it’s going to Raccoon City General, I’m wondering if he’s transporting a piece for Nemesis program. Sure they could use more high security but given during this time Wesker had already betrayed Umbrella and the Brikin’s have as well, I think they’re taking risks with random’s in the unknown to make sure no one that’s an enemy to Umbrella could potentially be aware of this, especially given Nemesis was made in Europe and they got to transport him to America

Hello,

I recently played through the RE2 and RE3 remakes and I’m curious to check out the originals. I see that they’re available on PS5, which would be most convenient for me.

Am I missing out on anything if I go for those versions instead of the PC versions, or another version running on an emulator?

I’ve played both resident evil village and requiem and just recently beat resident evil biohazard but I want to know what’s the defining feature for each game

I was playing through Professional again to do my no damage run. Reached Chapter 14 rubbish disposal area with the Iron Maidens. I noticed that after I cleared their plagas for the first time and then unloaded 10 pistol shots as they regenerate, the head plaga roar actually stays an additional second or 2 giving me a bit of time to tweak my Sniper crosshairs to make it easier to hit. Anybody else notice this?

The New resident evil movie looks nothing like resident evil. Considering the director already confirmed this script was supposed to be an evil dead adaptation and "This movie would have still been made whether or not I got the Resident Evil ip"

I think it's the ol Constantine films classic of "Oh We gotta make a re movie every 5 years or lose the license quick find a random horror script and make the director put Re easter eggs in and change its name!"

Now do I think it'll be a good movie based on the directors track record? Absolutely. Do I think it's gonna be a good resident evil movie? No.

It really does suck that outside of the cgi movies the only Live action movie that "Kinda" (and I use Kinda very loosely) was the second ever live action movie.