Resident Evilhas had a pretty good renaissance in the last few years. It all started in 2017 withResident Evil 7. Then there were the two remakes,Resident Evil 2andResident Evil 3, which went above and beyond what fans expected.
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The boom continues withResident Evil Village. What’s next after this entry and its DLC? Will there be more remakes of the popular titles likeResident Evil 4?Or, perhaps, willCapcomgo back and revive the entries most fans forgot exist or never even heard of before? In this day and age, anything is possible
8Resident Evil Survivor
Resident Evil Survivorwas released in 2000 on thePS1right afterResident Evil 3. It was a late release for the console considering it was the same year as thePS2so it looked dated as a light gun game. The game reviewed poorly, which might explain why Capcom didn’t bring over the sequel.
A 2001 arcade and PS2 release in Japan,Resident Evil Survivor 2 – Code: Veronicais perhaps the more forgotten game out of the two. Europe got it a year later but it never came out in North America.
7Resident Evil Gaiden
Resident Evil Gaidenis uniquein the seriesas it features quite a different battle system.Gaidenfinds Leon and Barry on a ship filled with zombies, as the former is sent in search of a bio-organic weapon. Running into them would put the camera into a first-person perspective wherein players could use items, with timing, to inflict damage.
Europe gotGaidenfirst on theGame Boy Colorin 2001, and the game was released elsewhere in 2002.
Resident Evil: Dead Aimis another light gun shooter but it is more involved than any of theResident EvilSurvivorgames. It also takes place on a boat and the story shows one of the ways in how Umbrella meets its end after the events of Raccoon City.
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That’s kind of one of the biggest puzzles in the series.Resident Evil 4doesn’t address Umbrella’s downfall in a big way butDead Aimdid just a year prior. This game was a 2003 PS2 release.
5Resident Evil Outbreak
Resident Evil Outbreakwas released in two chapters, although a third was planned but ultimately scrapped. The first chapter came out in 2004 in North America, with the sequel following in 2005. Both were PS2 exclusives.
They were planned around the idea of multiplayer wherein players could choose a random character, from a cop to a waitress, and then co-op their escape through Raccoon City. This was set during the events ofResident Evil 2andResident Evil 3. It was a novel idea at the time but the infrastructure of the PS2’s online capacity set it back, which is assumedly one reason why the third chapter never happened.
4Resident Evil: Deadly Silence
Most gamers remember theResident Evilremake on GameCube. It still looks good on that hardware to this day but even better through the various HD versions since then. Gamers may not remember that Capcom also remade the first game for theDSin 2006, with the game being calledResident Evil: Deadly Silence.
It is a fairly faithful remake with graphics looking pretty close to the PS1 version. The added map screen and touch controls were a neat idea, butDeadly Silencewasn’t as memorable as the GameCube version. Some may not know that a Game Boy Color version also almost happened.
3Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon Cityis another game set around the events ofResident Evil 2andResident Evil 3. It also focused on multiplayer but this time it was more strictly a shooter than a survival horror game likeResident EvilOutbreak. Players could take on the role of various Umbrella soldiers as they fought their way through zombie-infested areas to retrieve company data.
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It released in 2012 for thePS3,Xbox 360, and PC. It received mixed reviews but it wasn’t the worst. A spiritual successor to this,Umbrella Corps, was released in 2016 on thePS4and PC. It is one of the worst-reviewed games on Metacritic and makesOperation Raccoon Citylook like a golden egg.
2Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3Dwas released in 2011 on the 3DS. It was a few months after the initial North American release. It was a co-op shooter with missions based on various entries in the series althoughResident Evil 5was the big focus.
The Mercenaries 3Dplayed well enough for what it was and the 3D was impressive. It didn’t have a lot of legs online post its launch month and it’s not one of those games that is easy to go back to today.
1Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicleswas another light gun shooter but instead of an original story, it was like the greatest hits of the series. It was released in 2007 on theWiiand later in 2012 for the PS3. It went through the events ofResident Evil 0,Resident Evil, andResident Evil 3.
The Umbrella Chroniclesreceived a sequel on the Wii in 2009 viaResident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. This too got a 2012 PS3 update. It followed the events ofResident Evil 2andCode Veronica. Both are pretty fun co-op shooters and do a nice job retelling the events in a more digestible way than playing through the main five games.
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