Resident Evil 4, no doubt. It brought great and permanent gameplay changes to the franchise. There is no going back after RE4, there’s only going forward.

Resident Evil 5. It may not be the best game of the series by it's merits, but it's the one I have the fondest memories of them all. I used to play co-op a lot with a special someone whom is no longer a part of my life. All those sleepless nights shooting the crap out of the majinis, damn, I'm getting nostalgic now. I miss those days so much.

Only played 4, 5, and 7 of the mainline games. 4 is definitely my favorite, and one of my favorite games in general.

Original RE3. Love what they done with RE7, so I'm excited for RE8.

OG 2. I like all the OG Resi games and their Remakes (besides REmake 3), but Outbreak file 1-2 hold a special place in my heart.

Shame Resident evil as a franchise is basically done for me after Remake 3, since they aren't going to bother remaking Outbreak or Code V, there's nothing really left for me that scratches my survival horror itch.

Code Veronica. For me that's the best re game in the seriess

Does Sheva "here's some ammo so your inventory is full and can't pick up that green herb you desperately need to heal" have anything to do with that?

VII is much closer to 1-3 than 4-6. I put it off for a long time because of the first person perspective but was pleasantly surprised by it. VIII seems to be going for the same formula as VII.

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As for my vote, it's Resident Evil 4 all the way, I've bought the game 3 times (GC, Wii and PC) and I'm sometimes tempted to buy it on Switch as well. It's such a great game with perfect pacing, amazing gameplay, fun characters that stills holds up very well today.

Second place would go to Resident Evil 2 (original and remake) then I have a soft spot for Resident Evil 5 because of how incredibly fun it was to play from start to finish with my brother. Finally, like I said earlier, I was very pleasantly surprised by VII.

It was part of the reasons, yeah.

At least in Resident Evil 6 you don't need to worry about your partner doing stupid things. Also, I enjoyed Leon's campaign a lot.

Since its the one I played the most I go with Resident Evil 5 but Resident Evil 4 is a close second looking forward to the remake since I'm skipping RE Village just like I skipped RE 7.