“Over here, Stranger!”
Resident Evil is a long-spawning survival horror video game. Capcom is the sole creator, and it represents the best-selling franchise they have.
Resident Evil is amongst the top 20 highest-grossing video-game franchises in the world. Since its 1996 debut, it has expanded into other media, including movies, series, animated films, novels, comics, audiobooks, etc.
There’re9 Resident Evil games in the core series. On top of that, there’rethree significant remakes. We’re delivering a quick rundown on thesetwelve Resident Evil titles. However, we’re skipping mobile titles, spin-offs, and other media.
All Resident Evil Games in Order
Back in 1996, Capcom created an original IP, a virus. The virus has spread all over the world to earn over $9 billion.
These games revolve around a group of survivors, scientists, and military personnel amid a zombie apocalypse. Characters either need to survive, rescue someone, or investigate something relating to the original virus. Either way, the game mixes third-person shooting, puzzles, inventory management, and survival horror.
Their original formula introduced zombies into the video-game industry.On top of that, their titles created the “over-the-shoulder” perspective. Alongside the rest of the procedure, RE represents some of the best experiences in the survival genre.
The success of the series is quite apparent. The easiest way to measure it is by looking at the number of console releases each game has.
Yet, they have changed and evolved the formula over time. We’re taking a look at how these games have changed and how the story has evolved.
Capcom developers Shinji Mikami and Tokuro Fujiwara created the original Resident Evil in1996 for PlayStation 1. The 2002 remake rendered the 1996 title obsolete.
The story starts in Raccoon City, where the first zombies appeared (1998). The Raccoon City Police Department’sSpecial Tactics and Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S)sent their beS.T.A.R.S. to investigate.
You play as Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine, S.T.A.R.S. members. Each S.T.A.R.S.character has an additional companion(Albert Wesker and Barry Burton). The agents took refuge in an abandoned mansion, and they needed to escape. Doing so requires solving multiple puzzles while unveiling the mystery of the villa and the zombie outbreak.
Thetitle introduced classical RE gameplay elementslike third-person-view, inventory management, scarce supplies, first-aid sprays, and healing herbs. Also, saving the game required finding an ink ribbon to use on a typewriter.
Resident Evil 2 – 1998
