what resident evil game should i start with? since ive never played any of them at all

[judy~ bday today]

[somekindofpast]

Originally posted by Romeeee:

Why the majority is suggesting to play RE1 remake first before RE0? Isn't RE0 the very beginning of the story?

RE0 kind of spoils RE1 in certain ways. It is much better to experience RE1/REmake first.

[SenSx]

Originally posted by -ETU-Daedalus:

Originally posted by Romeeee:

Why the majority is suggesting to play RE1 remake first before RE0? Isn't RE0 the very beginning of the story?

Because it was the first RE game-- or the remake of the first one. Simple. In the end it doesn't really matter.

It does matter.

RE0 has spoiler from RE1 and the gameplay is complexified.
You have heavier inventory management, and IA management, and this is not always for the best...
It can be really frustrating for a new player.

[The Knight of Faerie]

Originally posted by RaVen:

1) Remake
2) Zero
3) 2
3) 3
4) Code Veronica.
5) 4.
6) Revelations
7) 5.
8) 6.
9) Revelations 2

i recommand to skip 4,5,6 but some people like them so.. id leave it up to personal taste.

4 wasn't a bad game, exactly. Not my cup of tea, but not a bad game. I thought it was merely okay, but if you stop thinking of it as Resident Evil it's better. RE4's biggest problem is that it's a survival horror game that tries to pretend it's a 3rd person shooter. Thus it doesn't really do either well enough to stand on it's own as a great game. As a shooter the controls are too slow. You're forced to stand still and use the D pad to aim, which is clunky at best. As a survival horror game though it gives you too many resources. You never really risk running low on ammo, or heath items. Thus it loses the tenseness of having to manage limited resources and relies entirely on jump scares.

Instead of thinking "should I take down this group, or conserve ammo?" you just start shooting. You're confident in your ability to restock after the encounter. Either the enemies will drop ammo for you, or they'll drop money and you can just run back a bit to buy more. Previous to RE4, the series often had you making decisions on if it's better to kill an enemy or group of enemies, or if you can simply dodge them instead to conserve your very limited ammo. When you only have 14 shotgun shells and 3 reloads for your handgun, you use your ammo sparingly. Especially if it's taking half a clip for each enemy, minimum. But when everything is giving ammunition and you can buy more anytime you like... No real tension due to lacking supplies.

Similarly, when you can easily carry six guns, hundreds of rounds for each gun, and a dozen healing items as well... Oh, and a rocket launcher as well... you stop feeling concerned about what you might encounter.

Compare that to Claire's campaign in RE2. Every time Tyrent shows up you have two choices: Run, or expend a lot of ammunition to drop Tyrent temperarily. If you run, it's a tense chase till you can escape. If you fight, you'll get a container of grenades (maybe) but you'll have dangerously depeted your ammunition supplies. Supplies which weren't that large to begin with.

[zenix]

You should play them in release order imo. Although it is a prequel storywise, RE0 is meant to be played by experienced players (that have played 1 to 3, Code Veronica and RE1 remake).

[The Knight of Faerie]

Originally posted by Xnephilius:

Story is a mess in RE games but as chronologically;
RE 0
Remake (You can start with this)
RE 2
RE 3
Code Veronica (I know it's a spin off but it's supposed to be RE3)
RE 4
Revelations ( Doesn't add much to the story but it's a fun experience)
RE 5
Revelations 2
RE 6 (Most people hate 6 but it's fun for a while I suppose)

You have to play first 3 at least because they ALWAYS reference it in later games. But if you don't care about story just play it in any order.

Technically, RE3 takes place before RE2. Or maybe partly alongside? I haven't finished RE3 yet. But you clearly see events that set up the situation Leon and Claire encounter at the start of RE2.

[Lava Alien 1000]

RE3 takes place before during and after RE2.

RE3 skips some days:

Jill goes to RPD before claire/leon comes there few days.

BUT after the Nemeis boss fight in the clocktower and jill is infected ithe game skips to after RE2.

[The Knight of Faerie]

Originally posted by Hiei-:

Remake is probably the best one anyway so if you only need to do one, I would advice to do this one (and as it's the first game, it's another reason to do it first).

Originally posted by Romeeee:

Why the majority is suggesting to play RE1 remake first before RE0? Isn't RE0 the very beginning of the story?

Because they were released in this order. Even RE2 is set before RE1 if I remember right. If you do Zero first, it can have an "impact" when he'll do the other ones, as he might know some things of the story that he shouldn't.

Nope, RE2 takes place after the events in RE1. You know this because in RE3: Nemesis it's mentioned that Jill Vallintine tried to warn people about what happened at the mansion. The Raccon City outbreak was caused when Umbrella sending a teem of commandos to retrieve the G virus in the wake of the disaster at the mansion. The G virus is a more advanced, even more mutagenic varient of the T virus you encounter in the mansion during RE1.

RE1 ends with all the monsters being destroyed as the survivors escape. RE3 takes place (at least initially) right as the zombie apocolypse is happening in Raccon City. Leon and Claire arrive after the ravenous dead have already claimed the lives of nearly everyone in the city.

[mahon007]

Originally posted by The Knight of Faerie:

Originally posted by Xnephilius:

Story is a mess in RE games but as chronologically;
RE 0
Remake (You can start with this)
RE 2
RE 3
Code Veronica (I know it's a spin off but it's supposed to be RE3)
RE 4
Revelations ( Doesn't add much to the story but it's a fun experience)
RE 5
Revelations 2
RE 6 (Most people hate 6 but it's fun for a while I suppose)

You have to play first 3 at least because they ALWAYS reference it in later games. But if you don't care about story just play it in any order.

Technically, RE3 takes place before RE2. Or maybe partly alongside? I haven't finished RE3 yet. But you clearly see events that set up the situation Leon and Claire encounter at the start of RE2.

Agreed, That was a cool part of RE3, for example being in the lobby of the police department and seeing that Leon had yet to drop the saftey ladder,.

[Impoxdragon]

I get and don't get why people ask this. Play them in release order. Prequels spoil the older games/films/books and you'll miss out on some stuff like jokes or plot.

[Lava Alien 1000]

Originally posted by The Knight of Faerie:

Originally posted by Hiei-:

Remake is probably the best one anyway so if you only need to do one, I would advice to do this one (and as it's the first game, it's another reason to do it first).



Because they were released in this order. Even RE2 is set before RE1 if I remember right. If you do Zero first, it can have an "impact" when he'll do the other ones, as he might know some things of the story that he shouldn't.

Nope, RE2 takes place after the events in RE1. You know this because in RE3: Nemesis it's mentioned that Jill Vallintine tried to warn people about what happened at the mansion. The Raccon City outbreak was caused when Umbrella sending a teem of commandos to retrieve the G virus in the wake of the disaster at the mansion. The G virus is a more advanced, even more mutagenic varient of the T virus you encounter in the mansion during RE1.

RE1 ends with all the monsters being destroyed as the survivors escape. RE3 takes place (at least initially) right as the zombie apocolypse is happening in Raccon City. Leon and Claire arrive after the ravenous dead have already claimed the lives of nearly everyone in the city.

actually it was a T virus outbreak in raccoon city not a G virus outbreak because birkin ate all G Virus and he was only one who was infected with G virus everyone else was infected with T virus.

birkin broke all T virus samples in the sewers and the rats become exposed to T virus have spread the virus throughout raccoon city.

[General Frost]

0,1,2,3,cv if you want to do them in the order of the story. They are all pretty great so dont skip any of them. tho sense zero was releaseed after 1-cv you can get away with playing it when ever you want. but zero does take place before 1.

[[S.A.S]sephchan]

Originally posted by Romeeee:

Why the majority is suggesting to play RE1 remake first before RE0? Isn't RE0 the very beginning of the story?

No. It was from an alternate view point and gives away spoilers to Res1

[The Knight of Faerie]

Originally posted by Darkalien100:

Originally posted by The Knight of Faerie:

Nope, RE2 takes place after the events in RE1. You know this because in RE3: Nemesis it's mentioned that Jill Vallintine tried to warn people about what happened at the mansion. The Raccon City outbreak was caused when Umbrella sending a teem of commandos to retrieve the G virus in the wake of the disaster at the mansion. The G virus is a more advanced, even more mutagenic varient of the T virus you encounter in the mansion during RE1.

RE1 ends with all the monsters being destroyed as the survivors escape. RE3 takes place (at least initially) right as the zombie apocolypse is happening in Raccon City. Leon and Claire arrive after the ravenous dead have already claimed the lives of nearly everyone in the city.

actually it was a T virus outbreak in raccoon city not a G virus outbreak because birkin ate all G Virus and he was only one who was infected with G virus everyone else was infected with T virus.

birkin broke all T virus samples in the sewars and the rats become exposed to T virus have spread the virus throughout raccoon city.

Oh yeah, it didn't exactly explain what was in the vials, just that Umbrella was after the G virus. So the real question is, did that raid happen during or after the events in RE1? And if during, how long did it take before the virus had spread enough to cause the city to collapse into a zombie apocolypse?

[The Knight of Faerie]

Originally posted by S.A.Ssephchan:

Originally posted by Romeeee:

Why the majority is suggesting to play RE1 remake first before RE0? Isn't RE0 the very beginning of the story?

No. It was from an alternate view point and gives away spoilers to Res1

RE0 starts off the day before the mansion incident, and leads up (as far as I know) to shortly before Bravo team arrive. You know this because Rebecca Chambers, the main protagonist of RE0 helps Chris Redfield out during the mansion incident (if you're playing him), and she's wearing a headband which I believe she's got from Billy at some point in RE0 during the mansion incident.

[Johnny D Wesker]

If you wanna play the classics in a chronological order THIS is 100% accurate way to do so.
RE0
RE1
RE3(until your main hero falls unconsious then you stop)
RE2
RE3(continue)
RE CV