KarrotaKun
2012
2009
2005
Everything you've ever heard about RE4 is no exaggeration. This game stands as monument to the industry and is perhaps the most influential game released in my lifetime thus far. It paved the way for action shooters to this very day. Always imitated, sometimes matched, never outclassed. It is a masterpiece. It is Resident Evil 4.
1996
Not gonna sugarcoat it, I don't like this game much at all. Capcom are masters of their craft, but they often struggle to find their footing with the first games in some of their series. Think Mega Man, Street Fighter, etc. This game has it's place in history, I'll grant it that, but play REmake to fully appreciate what this game wanted to go for. I rarely believe that a remake should replace its original, but Resident Evil is one of those cases.
2005
2004
A severely underrated if flawed game, but a fun pick up and go one nonetheless. I'll always argue that Big Boss's story didn't need to be told anymore past 3, but this would have been a solid place to end it as well. Snake casting away his old identity and fully embracing the name of "Big Boss" is a chilling conclusion that needed nothing more afterwards. "This is Outer Heaven." Chills.
Controversially, this one may be my least favorite out of the first three games. That by no means is to say it's a bad game. It's incredible despite some camera issues with the initial release. Only major gripe is that I think the Cobra unit isn't great with the exception of a few standout members. Still leagues above Deadcells lame asses, but nowhere near as great as Foxhound.
1998
Holy hell, this is how you do a sequel. Better stealth mechanics, VASTLY better story, great characters, and poisonous Zanzibar Hamsters. This baby has everything. And I don't think I even need to go over the soundtrack. The fact that most of the songs here get relegated to tracks used for VR missions in future entries is criminal. At least Smash understood how peak "Theme of Solid Snake" is.
1987