#2 - Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (Playstation)
I feel that this game is seriously overlooked compared to other Resident Evil games, and I don't think I've ever heard anybody else refer to it as the best in the series.
In my opinion, this is the best Resident Evil game by far. Resident Evil 3: Nemesis frees you from the cramped and repetitive environments of the first two games and lets you explore a huge area of Raccoon City, where the sense of destruction is epic. The number of puzzles and fetch-quests are toned down in favour of more action orientated gameplay. The soundtrack in this game is surprisingly great and unique. It definitely adds to the sense of fear in the game, with some tracks being light and eerie and others heavy and frantic.
Easily the best thing about this game though is Nemesis, my favourite boss in any videogame by far. His almost human-like appearance is frightening, he's brutal and he's relentless to the point that you'll be paraniod for the majority of the game that you'll encounter him yet again. No other game or even a movie can cripple me with fear like Nemesis can. Every time you take him down, he becomes bigger and stronger. His death only comes after you hit him directly with a rail cannon, pump 6 magnum bullets into his body and let a nuclear bomb finish him off. Talk about awesome.
