My story with Resident Evil 6

[00Xander00]

I've always thought Resident Evil 6 is an amazing Action-adventure, but a bad survival horror. People compare it to the other Resident Evil games instead of action-adventure games like Uncharted. Resident Evil 6 has better combat than Uncharted (a duck 'n' cover shooter), and more content. I think if Resident Evil 6 wasn't a Resi game, it would have been better received (like in the 90%+ range) and even compared to Uncharted.
Anyway, Resident Evil 6 for me is a mixed bad of sweets for me. Leon's and Ada's campaign were amazing. Ada's campaign was genuinely scary and Leon's was scary in parts (like in the first 2 chapters). Chapter 2 Leon is my fav part, where he makes his way through the graveyard to the cathedral and Zombie's (genuine zombies not seen since the original trilogy) come out of the graves.
I did like the action cutscenes too. The action gameplay was fun but not scary at all. Like I said, it was a pick 'n' mix of goodies.
The story was cliche particularly the main boss was a no-body, he was a weak replacement for Wesker. But one thing I likes about the story is all the character came together, Leon finally meets Chris etc, you could call it fan service but I really liked moments like that.

Anyway, I've been playing Resident Evil since the original trilogy on the PS1, then I got Resident Evil 1 remake, 0, CV, and 4 for the GameCube. I was super hyped for 4 cos it felt like a lifetime between 3/CV and 4. The wait was really long for me at the time, it might have been my age at the time but it felt forever since they released a new Resident Evil game. Resident Evil 4 was amazing and I finished it a lot of times.
Then was super hyped for 5. I really enjoyed it, but it felt like Resident Evil 4 in parts, which wasn't a bad thing, it just didn't feel as fresh as it could have been, such as the village part were the chainsaw guy got replaced but the executioner (hammer guy). Plus the chainsaw guy made a return but in a different style. It seemed to be mostly set in day which didn't make it have the same eerie feeling of dread as 4.
Then Resident Evil 6 came out. I was hyped for that too. It was way more action than the others in the series and felt it needed to get back to it's survival horror roots (even though I enjoyed playing it at the time).
Then when 7 came out, I waited for a while to save up for PSVR. IT WAS AMAZING IN VR. This is my fav game of the 8th generation and I'd go as far to say it's the most important game of the 8th gen because it pushed VR unlike any VR game in an industry of online-battle royal clones, souls-like clones, every game had an open-world for the sake of it even if it didn't suit it. Gameplay mechanics/genres felt the same as other games I had already played before but with a slightly different skin/themes.
Whereas Resi 7 felt fresh. I didn't know what to expect around every corner. It was really scary and didn't rely on jump scares as much, it had the feeling of dread which I prefer. I got the gold edition cos I held back to play it in all it's glory on PSVR. The Gold Edition had so much content I felt like I was spoilt. A VR game way ahead of it's time. I remember thinking all VR games will be like this in the distant future.
Then Resident Evil 2 & 3 remakes came out. I really enjoyed them too. Resident Evil 2 remake was super scary.
Then Resident Evil 8 Village came out. I was super hyped and waited for PSVR2 to come out before playing it. I really enjoyed it too. It didn't have the same level of content that 7 had but I enjoyed it still. I do prefer 7 because of it's closed-in environments. But it did feel fresh exploring the snowy open-outdoors. I really enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to Resident Evil 9 & 0/1/CV/5/6 remakes too. Plus they'll remaster/remake 7 & 8 at some point afterwards too.

I've went on one of my tangents again. I get carried away on VGChartz's forums all the time, especially when talking about Resident Evil. I was meant to only talk about Resident Evil 6, but ended up explaining my experience with the whole series lol.
If anyone is still reading this, thank you and hope you had fun reading it. Resident Evil may be my fav game series of all time for it's consistent quality and fresh new mechanics. From it's subtle ambience of the first trilogy (incl 0 & CV) to it's 3rd person action gameplay of it's second trilogy, to the 1st person VR experience of it's 3d trilogy (I hope Resi 9 in in VR).
I just wonder what they'll do next for Resident Evil 10, 11 & 12. Maybe an open world with a levelling-up system like fallout/Dying Light.

oh, I can't wait for Resident Evil 1 re-remake. The ambience in VR of the spencer mansion would be amazing. It would be the best game of recent years. The experience would be perfect for VR.

Anyway I'm still going on one of my tangents again, so I'm gonna stop now cos I can go on forever talking about Resident Evil.

Last edited by 00Xander00 - on 20 April 2025