phinch1, as far as I know Resident Evil was not rebooted. A reboot has got nothing to do with gameplay, they could make a Resident Evil: The Strategy Role Playing Game or a Resident Evil: Puzzle Edition and it would not necessarily be a reboot.
A reboot is when you forget the story that came before and all the continuity that it entails. This is often done when a story has gotten so many contradictory parts that it becomes more and more difficult to add elements without retconning more and more parts or creating absurd explanations. In such a case the reboot allows to keep the familiar overall themes, characters and general plot while starting from scratch.
So, which RE game tossed the continuity of the RE universe?
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