Does anyone else think the PS1 games are better?

[LoganLymbo]

I just think that the PS1 games have more charm and near perfect gameplay.
Remake is alright but I never got truly invested unlike with the older games

[Greb]

I feel like the original games invested in "unrealistic-realism" where it was kind of believable and explained how stuff happened, including situations that were believable to a point such as a city wide, but contained, outbreak, and your classic elite conspirators behind the scenes etc. Virus being made in a lab, caused things to mutate slightly, creatures created over a long period of time by splicing DNA, it's almost something you could consider being potentially capable, almost.

It made them easier for me to play and get immersed and involved in.

Less so with the newer games, they've kind of gone off the deep end a little bit, grabbing up anything they can for more drama and "awesome" shock value. Some of the things created in them have been pretty cool, but a lot of it has been incredibly whacky and really hard to do anything but laugh at. Never really been a fan of the big massive uberhuge boss monsters, especially when they're handled like in Resident Evil 6, lol.

Add to the fact the older games had a much better emphasis on recognisable sounds and such, and it's very "habit forming" within your memory and hard to forget. You could play the sound of a door opening to me or a zombie moaning and shuffling around from REmake2 and I would likely not recognise it but if you played the same sounds from the OG RE games I would certainly instantly know and recognise them. I also remember the haunting and sombre background ambience from Resident Evil 2 and 3, the wailing and the moaning, with the crows and the wind howling, very haunting and on point for a dead city.

They play completely differently though so I can't really say that the older games are "better" or the newer games are "worse" without it being anything more of an opinion though, really. I greatly prefer the original games and I feel that those captured the spirit of what Resident Evil was the most, and it has the most solid foundation from a story and history standpoint...but generally speaking, most of the games have been fun in their own way.

It's always been interesting to me how bright and colourful the OG games were but still managed to be a horror game, when these days most horror games use boring mechanics like darkness, claustrophobic FOVs and jumpscapes to add artificial tension and horror to the game. It's just an opinion I guess, but I prefer strong OSTs and well defined sound effects over the quiet "darkness and suspense until jump scare" mechanics as a whole.

Special mention has to go towards the Outbreak games, I think the firearms in those games were the best of any Resident Evil game to date in terms of how they were presented, with powerful and loud sounding gunshots and bright muzzle flashes when firing, well pronounced shell casing sounds and bullet impacts on zombies. I've been waiting for Capcom to make a Resident Evil game with gun effects similar to the Outbreak games but it never happens, lol.

[Lanzagranadas]

This is the only Remake in the franchise, that still has the same gameplay style than its original PS1 counterpart (or their sequels), but with better graphics and atmosphere, and more content.

So unless you have a nostalgia for PS1 graphics or terrible voice acting, I don't think so. If all of the PS1 RE games had a remake like this one, I personally wouldn't see any reason to go back to the originals.

[LoganLymbo]

I have no nostalgia for them, I even started out with the remakes but I got an emulator to play the original games and I got to say I just think they're better.

I will admit Remake looks a lot better but the originals just hit the spot for me, Cheesy acting and all

[Nerevar]

while the originals had thier cheesy charm. (dat voice acting) and real actors intro i still have to say this remake is superior in every way from a gameplay standpoint. i wont compare graphics as thats not a fair thing to do and is pretty obivious to begin with.

this game is the perfect example of what a REMAKE should aim to be. i cant name a single thing i would do better (aside like makeing door loading scenes optional with an option maybe) for this remake. it absolutly nailed it. stayed true to the original as much as possible while also adding neat and nasty suprises and additons aswell.

[Skeeka]

I kinda prefer the original overall. (Japanese version or Director's Cut that is, not a fan of the old international version where they removed auto-aim to artificially increase the difficulty, it just makes the game more sluggish to control.)

First of all, the characters move much faster in the original, and shooting stuff/popping heads feels more satisfying which I guess you could argue is not the point but I always loved the early classic titles mix of adventure puzzle gameplay and Capcom's arcade action sensibilities which were probably more pronounced in RE2 and 3 though.

There are also way more enemies in the original, especially when playing as Chris. They really scaled down the number of enemies due to the crimson head mechanic but once you've played through the game and now what to do during your next run, these barely exist. The regular enemies in the OG however are always there to greet you on your next run.

Also, the original has more branching paths and alternate scenes (Very different and better ways for Barry to die than the Remake, two different ways to meet Rebecca etc.) In the REmake they also changed Jill's campaign's story for the worse and made her dumber.

More subjective of a take but I also prefer the OG's electronic music compared to the more ambient sounding one in the REmake but to be fair, the old music would not really fit the REmake's new look.

And of course there's the voice acting...if the REmake's voice acting was at least good, that'd be something but it's still pretty horrible, just boring bad instead of funny bad.

[Karvovičius]

Originally posted by Skeeka:

Also, the original has more branching paths and alternate scenes (Very different and better ways for Barry to die than the Remake, two different ways to meet Rebecca etc.) In the REmake they also changed Jill's campaign's story for the worse and made her dumber.

I love original and remake both. I agree with you about branching paths. To get even a bad ending in Chris or jill campaign is quite a accomplishment. That's the most thing I miss from remake. And how they made Jill dumber?

[ItChY Tasty]

every classic re game is a masterpiece from the first classic game re 1 1996 and the last one re 0 2003 everything that came afterwards was horrible re 4 ruined this once so great series of og survival horror

[Deformerad Dallarydsbo]

I prefer this over RE1, but the RE2 & RE3 remake isn't like the originals at all completely different mechanics, gameplay and less story, also not being able to play scenario A in RE2 without being followed for all eternity by euphoric X is a big bummer

[Karvovičius]

I love re2 remake gameplay but they completely butched story, characters. a/b scenarios, etc.

[Vador76]

yes except REbirth,
RE2 and RE3 remake are both vastly inferior to their originals: cut weapons, areas, story, monsters, soundtrack ( especially in RE2 remake ) etc... gameplay is ok tho and doesn't feel that much like an action game ( unlike that overrated RE4 ) despite having a 3rd person over the shoulder camera.

Rebirth is a straight upgrade from RE1, unless you miss the "so bad it's funny" voice acting of the original

don't forget outbreaks, 0 and code veronica, even if they came up on later generation

[Deformerad Dallarydsbo]

Originally posted by Vador76:

yes except REbirth,
RE2 and RE3 remake are both vastly inferior to their originals: cut weapons, areas, story, monsters, soundtrack ( especially in RE2 remake ) etc... gameplay is ok tho and doesn't feel that much like an action game ( unlike that overrated RE4 ) despite having a 3rd person over the shoulder camera.

Rebirth is a straight upgrade from RE1, unless you miss the "so bad it's funny" voice acting of the original

don't forget outbreaks, 0 and code veronica, even if they came up on later generation

Imagine Outbreak File# & File #2 in HD with updated AI and multiplayer, I played it the other week on PS2 emulator in HD and was blown away by how good it looked once you remove the blur

[Bansheebutt]

Tank controls worked better in the ps1 games because the character rotated in place like a ballerina toy. Zero and RE1 have a more realistic "Shuffle" which is slower and more awkward to handle.

[beebee73]

I'm curious about Outbreak & what kind of game/s it is? Back in the day we only had the first two so other than those and the remakes not too familiar with the others.

[Bansheebutt]

It's pretty much just Classical Resident Evil, except multiplayer.

Though Instead of one continuous scenario, it's broken up in to multiple thematic chunks. A lot like Left 4 Dead if you're familiar with that.

[beebee73]

Sadly not familiar with left for dead 😞