| VGPolyglot said: I think that Resident Evil 4 though, the story not really having to do much with the main plot makes it easier to accept as it means that it's harmless in the grand scheme of things. Now, I tend to view franchises more by the IP rather than by its conventions, so I would consider RE4-6 to be proper Resident Evil games, even if they do have dramatic departures from the earlier games in the franchise. |
Problem with Resident Evil 4 is that the plot directly interferes with the franchise's lore. Umbrella's end is narrated by Leon at the start, somehow them working under the shadows is implied by what's stated by Krauser during the knife-fight, and then there's Ada which you can't never tell (it's later stated - as in, the PS2 version and onwards - that she's under direct orders of Wesker, as I think the original Gamecube version never stated this anywhere) what's she is up to but ultimately she takes the Las Plagas virus strain with her. It's not that harmless despite Leon seemingly being almost unrelated to the events of RE4 themselves.
