Never played Resident evil, is this game a good start to the franchise?

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[V I D A L]

Sure you can jump right in.

[Underdog]

Yeah, you won't miss too much out story-wise from re0 and re1. Some easter eggs and references will go unnoticed. Really depends what gameplay you like; re0 and re1 are the classic fixed camera angle survival horror experience, this one is over the shoulder slightly more action but still survival horror at the same time

[HIKAGE]

This game is perfect if you are playing RESIDENTEVIL for the first time.
If you find RE2 boring, you won't enjoy all the other RE series.
Along with RE1 of PS1, it can be said to be the masterpiece of the series.
The shock of 1996 was unforgettable.
Of course, RE7 is as interesting as those.

[f.ultron]

Yes, definitely. It's a kinda hit or miss genre, so your best bet is to play the demo and see if it's your cup of tea.

[Karosu-Maker]

I'd say go for RE1 remake first. But if classic RE is not your thing, you won't have any problem starting with this one.

[Jeff Stephen]

^ At the very least I'd play the first RE but whatever your choice is, enjoy.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/304240/Resident_Evil__biohazard_HD_REMASTER/

[Sylveonica]

Resident Evil HD Remaster would be the best one to start with. And imo it's the best RE game of all time currently (maybe always will be)

Though RE2 Remake is also a good game to start with but keep in mind that the 2 games play very differently for the most part. So even if you may not like a certain one, you could like another.

[DivineLion]

the older RE games dont have the camera like this in the remake which i like better. but its still good

[Nico]

This is the perfect RE game. I don't like RE1. I like George Romero scenarios, with cities infected and overtaken by zombies and that's exactly what RE2 and RE3 gives us. RE1 takes place in a mansion, has stupid puzzles, bad camera angles and the story isn't as interesting. Not to mention RE2 has protagonists who walk into the situation without knowing what the hell is going on, acting as great surrogates for a newcomer to the series. You'll find out about stuff with Leon and Claire. Plus, the game is fun as ♥♥♥♥. Go ahead and dive right in. :)

[Illusion of Progress]

Yes, it's a great place to start, although there's sort of three different "types" of Resident Evil games in the main numbered series, so I disagree with the comment of "if you don't like this one you won't like any of them" but the rest of that post is spot on.

To run through those differences...

Resident Evil (1) through Code Veronica (not technically a main numbered title but oft considered part of it), including Resident Evil Zero, have the original style of gameplay, with static camera angles, "tank controls", and 2-D pre-rendered environments for most of them (sans Code Veronica which was 3D but otherwise the same). Gameplay focused on survival horror, although some had more action, some tried unique and new things, etc. but the basis was the same.

With Resident Evil 4, the game went fully 3D with a behind the shoulder perspective, which had huge effects on gameplay and decisions that needed to be made on how to address the differences this would cause. Capcom more or less elected to continue the more action-focused and wacky story direction of the prior two (Resident Evil 3 and Code Veronica respectively) titles, and the series turned mostly into what's called a "third person looter shooter" and less a survival horror as it once was, where enemies dropped ammunition, guns were upgradeable (I think, it's been too long?), and so on. While not an awful game on it's own, per se, and often considered one of the best, Resident Evil 4 was where the drastic departure began, and I personally didn't care much for it. Resident Evil 5 introduced a co-op campaign and continued to craziness. YouTube search on "chris punches boulder" and prepare for the hilarity.

With Resident Evil 7, they again changed things. They changed the perspective to be first person, instead of third person, but otherwise went back to the original series roots/style. Resident Evil 2 (2019) and the upcoming Resident Evil 3 (2020) are like this, but actually I'd argue it's a subtype and that there's four types of main games, since the third person perspective changes a bit.

Then you have alllll the side games... To be honest, Revelations is okay-ish and worth the look too, but most of the rest aren't super important unless you want to dig deeper into the series and/or it's lore.

TL;DR: Yes, this is a fantastic place to start, although it might not be the best. I would say Resident Evil (remake), Resident Evil 7, or this are the three best starting points, but you'd practically have to try all of them plus Resident Evil 4 to get a taste of all of what the series offers. If you don't care for 4, you can skip 4 through 6 and honestly miss the worst (IMO) of the series.

[talgaby]

I agree; the best jump-on points are RE1HD, RE7, and this game, although RE4 is also a good place to start (especially if you are from the CoD generation as RE4-6 was the era when the games went to the mindless shooty-shooty territory, but they were fun action games nonetheless).

[EF_Neo1st]

RE 2 Remake is a true Resident Evil and a good one to start with.

If you want more action packed game and less "Resident Evil" of survival, exploraiton and puzzling, there is always RE 5 and RE 6 that are just bland copies of Left 4 Dead with some lore and story background.

RE 4 . . . I did not enjoy, a lot of combat, little to no puzzling and a lot of QTEs (and I hate QTEs also I see no purpose on RE neither the purpose of the RE 4 QTEs that could be just cutscenes and it all would be fine), I never gone too far into the game to find anything "Resident Evil like" with exploration and puzzling, also not much "survival horror" as it seemed more like hordes of easy to kill zombies.
I checked later (many years later) on youtube and RE 4 seem to be good but the bad taste the beginning of the game left to me was enough for me to never want to touch that game again.

RE 1 Remake HD
RE 2 Remake
RE 7
RE 3 Remake (well, I played the Demo)
These are the good and new REs if you want to start at the franchise.

[tman]

i made a huge message but i think its fair to say the story is simple after resi 2 its a bit of the wall. stick to the following games if you like horror in this order
RE 0
RE1 remake
RE2 remake
RE3 Remake
code veronica

anything else you come across is either cheap action or a weird spin off

[UncleRamen]

I would argue RE2 Remake is the absolute best to start for new comer. It is good balance between atmospheric horror, resource management and action. Not too much of any aspect. The game looks amazing overall and the story is decent. Every other RE has aspects that may either turn away newcomers or are bad representation of the series as a whole.

RE0, RE1, RE2, RE3, RE: CVX, RE1 Remake

These are the classic RE. The fixed camera angles, tank controls honestly were super effective and innovative in that era. But I feel that they don't really age that well and can be a huge barrier to newcomers.

RE4, RE5, RE6

The action RE. The series changed as a whole starting with RE4. Resource management got thrown out of the window the moment enemies started dropping ammo. The fact that enemies drop gold, skill points etc. incentivise players to kill. No stress of deciding who to kill or who to run from as killing is always the best policy. While not essentially bad games, they throw horror and resource management out of the window and are bad representation of RE.

RE7

The lone entry in the first person RE. Great game overall. Leans very heavy to the horror and jump scare side of things. Early parts of the game feels more P.T., Outlast-esque. A very good horror game but not the best representation of RE as a series as it strays a little from the original feel quite a bit.

RE Revelations, RE Revelations 2

In my opinion, they are probably the best games after the action RE era. Good mix of action, horror and resource management. RE Revelations 2 also tells a good story of family relationship. They are probably closer to the RE2 Remake in terms of balance. However, both were lower budget titles and may feel a little clunky or cheap to newer players to really make a good interpretation of what RE really is.

With RE3 Remake yet to fully release, I advocate RE2 Remake as the best title to start. If you like the game and characters, universe and story as a whole, then check out the rest of the series and see what works and what does not.

[EF_Neo1st]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von UncleRamen:

RE7

The lone entry in the first person RE. Great game overall. Leans very heavy to the horror and jump scare side of things. Early parts of the game feels more P.T., Outlast-esque. A very good horror game but not the best representation of RE as a series as it strays a little from the original feel quite a bit.

To be fair . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i3aAbPPvWc

Resident Evil Survivor was the first entry so RE 7 is not "alone" neither was the first.
But RE 7 was the one that did it right .

Yes, I agree, RE 1 from PS1 (the first version) was epic on its own, RE 2 and 3 with fixed cameras too.

Mostly what really changes having a free camera (3rd person or 1st person) is that you can see ahead and not be surprised by something at the PS1 you would just "hear" and would be able to see just some steps ahead.
That feeling is killed by the 3rd and 1st person view with free camera.