Poll | What console generation had the best Resident Evil titles?

[KalBalboa]

The poll says it all: What console generation had the best Resident Evil titles?

I'm personally leaning 8th gen. RE7 in VR was my Mario 64 moment this generation, and the remake of RE2 was above and beyond all my expectations.

Two votes allowed.

 

[T.Rex In F-14]

REmake and RE4 are the two best RE titles, so that generation gets my vote. Current gen is also great.

 

[KalBalboa]

I don't know what it is, but I think a lot of people slept on how incredible RE7 was.

In VR, it's easily a top 3 game experiences of all time kind of treasure.

 

[giancarlo123x]

5th and 8th. Love all the classics and every new one including revelations 2 is fantastic.

 

[Kalentan]

Well, I think we can all agree it's not the Seventh Gen.

 

[xxracerxx]

5th gen. There is something special about playing those games for the first time. RE2 is one of the only games in my life that I beat in one sitting on launch day. It was a special experience.

 

[KalBalboa]

5th and 8th. Love all the classics and every new one including revelations 2 is fantastic.

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Agreed. I think the gen 6 stuff is a hair overrated, comparatively.

 

[Pwnz]

Definitely not RE6 generation. I felt like RE was a dead franchise after that game.

 

[Kalentan]

I don't know what it is, but I think a lot of people slept on how incredible RE7 was.

In VR, it's easily a top 3 game experiences of all time kind of treasure.

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Agreed.

 

[Normal]

Seventh. RE6 and RE5. Two of the top three RE games. Revelations was good too.

 

[Strangelove_77]

8th gen is the only one that doesn't have a bad game(Rev 2 is legit one of the best REs.)
Fifth has Survivor, sixth has RE 0, and seventh gen is just all around shit.

 

[11037]

5th Gen
8th Gen
6th Gen
7th Gen

Depending on my mood I could see 5th and 8th gen being interchangeable. OG 2 and 3 and superior to their remakes but I also really love RE7 and RE3R but it gets bought down by having Rev2. 6th gen has a wide quality of games but still has some of the best in the series and 7th gen is easily the worst with revelations.

 

[Deleted member 59109]

RE4 is the best one so sixth

 

[FakePlasticTree]

Gamecube had all of them so that one.

 

[shoemasta]

5th gen then 8th gen. Everything else is way too inconsistent

 

[Deleted member 12833]

5th gen

6th gen has the best game though with REmake

 

[EroSennin]

Sixth purely because of RE4.

 

[Bioshocker]

Current gen is good, but apart from RE7 we've got two remakes. Sixth gen had Code: Veronica (great), RE4 (amazing) and REmake (which looked unbelievably good at the time). Zero was fine, but nothing more.

 

[Tyaren]

Gen 6 had RE4, so that without a doubt.

 

[CHC]

RE1 Remake and RE4 are the bread and butter games for me, so gotta put my vote there.

The only truly GREAT RE game on PS1 was Resident Evil 2. 1 and 3 are good but not in the same league.

 

[Dolobill]

Gen 6 on the strength of RE4 and REmake.

Gen 8 is damn close though with 7 and 2. Not sure how I feel about 3 yet.

 

[Charpunk]

lol the gen 7 votes

 

[KingTrainJumper]

6th gen. RE4 was incredible. Zero was okay. CV is pretty good and REmake was great as well.

7th is worst because of RE6. Garbage game. Revelations was underwhelming. RE5 was solid, though.

 

[Trisc]

The most notable games of the 6th gen were REmake and RE4. And for as good as they were, they can't shoulder average entries like CV and the Outbreak Files.

The eighth gen, comparatively, has the incredible return to form that is RE7 (I just beat it on Madhouse again, it's still amazing), the knockout REmake 2, and a pretty solid (if flawed) REmake 3 that channels the vibe of REmake 2 and the bombastic camp of RE4 in equal measure. I would put RE7 and REmake 2 on-par with REmake and RE4 in terms of quality, and argue that the other titles released adjacent to it (RE:R2 and REmake 3) are of higher quality than those that came out between REmake and RE4.

Frankly, Revelations 2 gets overlooked way too often. That game's got a legitimately great story, enjoyable levels and puzzles, and really creepy atmosphere. It's not nearly as graphically impressive as the games that would follow, but as RE's debut on the 8th gen, I'd say it was a good start.

 

[ItchyTasty]

REmake and RE4 are probably two of the best games in the series.

But this gen has been amazing, to be a RE fan right now is a treat! Both new games that try their own thing and remakes of classics.

 

[ggdeku]

I played REmake 1 and RE2 PS1 for the first time two years ago and they are still head and shoulders above every other RE game I've played. Played 3 after that and thought it was pretty good too.

Tank controls and fixed camera angles just clicked with me and now they're my favorite games in the series. We need to go back...

I'd take the original trilogy over any other era. I know Remake 1 doesn't technically overwrite RE1, but I'm still fine with my choice.

 

[ThisIsBlitz21]

Only one generation had RE2 Remake.

 

[TheMadTitan]

The current one!

Sure, I know I'm wrong because RE4 exists, but still!

 

[silva1991]

4 is my personal favorite, but you can't but the trilogy combined. So yeah fifth gen.

 

[Kaguya]

Fifth and and eight generations both had 3 good one, eight offered more variety.

 

[Mezoly]

5th Gen: it's the gen that introduced me to the series and defined what RE means for me. I've played all RE games in including survivor lol.

8th Gen: it's the gen that brought RE back to what I love. I loved RE7 and it's my favorite new RE since 3. RE2R and RE3$(so far) are sublime.

6th Gen: I liked Code Veronica and RE4 but I had some issues with them. CV had pacing and story issues. RE4 was revolutionary but I had many peeves with it.

7th Gen: This is the gen that hurted me the most with RE. RE5 was a good game but not what I wanted at all from the franchise. RE6 is still the only numbered RE that I haven't finish because I can't bring myself to. Each time I buy it and play it, I just hate every minute of it.

 

[Host Samurai]

The 7th gen RE games sum up what I thought about that entire generation.

6th gen slightly edges out 8th gen.

 

[Deleted member 6539]

1 and 2 are still the absolute best in the series to *me*. 3 was great too, so 5th.

 

[RoboitoAM]

RE7, REmake 2 and REmake 3 are all incredible titles and REvelations 2 is pretty okay.

RE6 is dreadful, RE0 and CVX are pretty average to bad, and RE1-3 OG were fantastic but the remakes surpass them.

8th gen, with 6th gen in close second due to REmake and RE4

 

[Another]

Gen 6, for me. REmake and RE4 was a ridiculous one two punch, regardless of how great the Gen 5 trilogy was at the time.

Surprised to see Gen 8 leading.

I don't know what it is, but I think a lot of people slept on how incredible RE7 was.

In VR, it's easily a top 3 game experiences of all time kind of treasure.

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It's easily one of my games of the generation but playing it in VR was very underwhelming.

In other words, it being incredible in VR will depend on wether or not you care about VR. I'm lukewarm on VR so playing it in VR didn't do much for me. Much like Astro Bot and Superhot, I liked the game alot but the VR added very little to the package for me.

 

[Badcoo]

Great poll, OP. Had to give it to 6th. RE4 alone is worthy for the generation.

 

[Deleted member 21326]

REmake and Re4, gets my vote.

 

[InspectorJones]

I had to go with the fifth generation because all the classic titles are still fantastic games and thinking of just RE1, 2, and 3 all on Playstation there really was no weak spot for me. REmake and RE4 make a strong case for the sixth-gen because they're both some of my favorite games of all time; but RE0 doesn't hold up and Outbreak was a goofy experiment.

This new generation of games is top tier as well. This poll really makes me realize how bad RE5 and 6 were compared to the rest of the series. Especially RE6 being the black sheep of the family. I can't really fault anyone for choosing one gen over the other aside from seventh generation.

 

[defaltoption]

8 > 6 > 5 > 7 imo, plus that's without counting that you can play almost all/the best versions of them on 8

 

[Sephiroth]

Yo, where's Gaiden at? I need to know which gen needs to be burned

 

[ThatNerdGUI]

RE2 is my favorite in the series so I'm bias for 5 and 8. I skipped revelations 2 after playing the first one (even though I own it) but I keep hearing that is a good game so I'm gonna have to play it soon.

 

[Jimnymebob]

I mean, 6th gen had the RE that's considered one of the best games in general of all time, along with one of the few remakes that have become the definitive version of a game.

 

[Papercuts]

RE4 and REmake are the best games in the franchise so it's pretty easily that.

 

[TheMoon]

Gamecube had all of them so that one.

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Yup that is my vote too. As a pure RE machine, it was magical. REmake, Zero, 2 (OG), 3 (OG), CVX, 4. What a ride.

 

[DeliciousSunnyD!]

It is incredibly close between the 5th and 6th Generation, but I voted for 6th because RE4 and REmake are the best Resident Evil games. That said, the original 3 titles are right there with those.

I don't think any of the other choices are close, to be quite honest.

 

[MrCibb]

Tough one but I'll go for 6th Gen. Just because Resi 4 and REmake are tippity top of the RE chain for me. 5th would be my next choice since the original Resi 2 is probably my third favourite.

 

[arcadepc]

OG RE games were like cheap b-horror movies and very enjoyable.

Newer RE games are the same except they are lauded for their rich story and unique narrative, which makes me chuckle

 

[GymWolf86]

ps1 era with gamecube era pretty close thanks to re rebirth and re4.

 

[EinBear]

Resident Evil 4 is the greatest game ever made, so sixth gen wins be default.

 

[Pyro]

That's really tough but I gotta say this gen. The remakes and return to form are damn good.