What's the best mainline Resident Evil game, (not including remakes) and why?

[BraLoD]

Veknoid_Outcast said:

BraLoD said:

2 is the best from the OGs because of some reasons, Leon and Ada, having 2 campaigns that can be played in both ways and will leave some influence once you change routes midway.

But 3 is not far behind, it's pretty much as good and also have Nemesis.

Funny that both on 2 and 3, specially 3 with Nemesis, which I love and is present during the whole game, I had no problem with being followed around, but I haven't played 7 and decided to watch it because it looks absolutely horrible to be followed around in that house, not scary, just really bad for exploration which I absolutely love, when you can hardly fight back, it feels like Outlast and not Resident Evil. I know it's also present on 8 but to a lesser extent and feel like I'll like 8 quite a lot based on the little I know about it tho.

I like 5 even a I don't consider it much of a Resident Evil game either. 6 is half decent and half meh, I like the Leon and Ada campaigns but don't like Chris or Jake ones much at all.

All in all, except from 7 I think all games are worth checking out, with 4, 2 and 3 being really found to me.

I recommend giving 7 a chance. Once you escape the opening section, things open up considerably. And while there are zones where a member of the Baker family will stalk you if you enter their sphere of influence, there are plenty of areas where you can explore more freely.

Personally, I like that the horror in 7 is so suffocating and intimate, but I totally appreciate your perspective. I think if you can power through those cat-and-mouse sequences, the game is absolutely worth playing. It’s one of the most disturbing, atmospheric, surprising games in the entire canon. Also, the narrative payoffs in 8 are more powerful if you’ve played 7.

I've watched 7, I really can't remember that much because it was a while ago tho lol.

It does feel too much like Outlast, even more as it was once a VR horror demo called Kitchen and had absolutely nothing to do with Resident Evil to begin with.

Seems like you might like Outlast as well, btw, I also watched someone else play it and it felt really suffocating even just watching it. I tried helping a friend play it but even with me helping she was far too scared to keep going. Not my kind of game but it was really good at what it was trying to do.