What was your first Resident Evil game?

[Genesius]

There aren't enough poll options!

Straight forward question though. When did you first enter the world of survival horror?

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Resident Evil
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
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Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 5
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Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Resident Evil 8: Village

Remakes
Resident Evil (2002)
Resident Evil 2 (2019)
Resident Evil 3 (2020)

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Resident Evil: Gaiden
Resident Evil: Survivor 2 - Code Veronica
Resident Evil: Dead Aim
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Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
Resident Evil: Revelations
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Resident Evil: Revelations 2
Umbrella Corps
Resident Evil: Resistance

 

[DeoGame]

Guilty admission. I've honestly never played one so... Evil Within?

I did get the remake of 1 with GWG, I'm trying to decide whether to start with that or 2 Remake or 4 later for Halloween.

 

[Perzeval]

Got Resident evil for ps1 on my 12th birthday

 

[Renna Hazel]

Remake on Gamecube. But the first one I beat was RE4.

 

[Darkknight2149]

Resident Evil (2002 remake).

 

[Zanaffar]

The one that has this in it.

Resident Evil Director's Cut DualShock OST - Mansion Basement (Reupload)

Reuploaded because uploader got terminated.

www.youtube.com

 

[SoulsHunt]

Resident Evil 4 on PS2. Masterpiece.

 

[PassiveObserver]

Got it as a Christmas gift from a Virgin Megastore in late 1996, our third PS1 game. That joint was a system seller.

 

[Bishop89]

4 was the first I owned, but I did play via mates 2 I believe?

 

[Sanctuary]

The first one, right at release. Funny thing though, a friend and I had just been playing a bunch of Alone in the Dark on the 3DO not even a year prior, so it was very telling where much of the inspiration for RE came from. Despite Capcom initially denying it for nearly two decades, and "fans" constantly defending them. It was so blatantly obvious!

 

[Adam Tyner]

Guilty admission. I've honestly never played one so...

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Me neither, even though I've seen multiple Resident Evil movies (including animated spin-offs) and am a longtime zombie obsessive.

I did just pick up the remake of 2 in anticipation of the current-gen updates, though, so it shouldn't be much longer.

 

[Reinhard]

Resident Evil 4 on Wii was the first time I truly played a RE game, and I actually enjoyed the motion controls. I previously played RE1 for like 30 minutes on the original PS1 but didn't really get anywhere and never returned to it.

 

[Blackbird]

Resident Evil 4.

It scared the hell out of me, but couldn't stop looking at it and wanted to finish it so badly.

Got a PS2 because of it.

 

[Adum]

Resident Evil 3 on PSX for me. Loved that game. Perfect blend of horror/survival difficulty for me back then.

And I just realized that the remake of RE1 came out just 6 years after the game first launched. People consider that remake to be amazing, so maybe that Last of Us remake might hit that sweet spot too.

 

[The Spoony Hou]

I played like half of the original one, so I guess that, but I was never a fan of the 2d ones. Years later I played RE4 and I'm a big fan of that one. And only that one.

 

[Steve McQueen]

Part 1 Really special back then

 

[IDontBeatGames]

 

[Lulu]

RE1 but not really, me and my sister would watch our much older sister play and be absolutely scared shitless

 

[Sanctuary]

Resident Evil 4.

It scared the hell out of me, but couldn't stop looking at it and wanted to finish it so badly.

Got a PS2 because of it.

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It's funny how so many people said that RE4 was no longer a horror game. While it's true that it was very different from the previous original three, it still triggered the limbic system similarly to the previous games, and it still had a lot of horror elements. It was the Aliens to the previous games in the series being Alien. Dead Space went through a similar transition.

 

[Doc Laserstein]

OG RE. I was 15, spending the summer with my cousin, and we would stay up all night taking turns playing.

 

[Smurf]

Biohazard 1

 

[mute]

Code Veronica on the Dreamcast.

First I actually finished was RE4 on Gamecube.

 

[Shiz Padoo]

The first one, but a few years after release. Didn't get a PS1 until 2000. Didn't like it, so didn't try another until RE4 on the Wii. Didn't like that either, but I did enjoy the light gun type spin-offs.

 

[Treestump]

RE2 on the Nintendo 64. My dad got it for me without my mom knowing and gave it to me at night so we could play it together. He only played it that night but I was hooked instantly. My mom wasn't very pleased as it was my first M rated game and I was almost 10 years old. What a time and what a port by the way.

 

[GTOAkira]

Revelation 2, then RE4 and then RE6.

 

[TaterTots]

My parents and brother all chipped in to get me a PS1 as a gift. I was 11 years old in 1996. So, the first one. I admit I was probably too young. I remember it fucking with my head.

 

[xXJonoXx]

Resident Evil 2 on PS1, rented it from Blockbuster and beat the Claire scenario with my brother and his friend in one sitting, very fond memory.

 

[Rhaknar]

the first one because I'm old as fuck

 

[beau_beaumont]

My first was 0 so I didn't think much of the series. My friend got me a game cube for my birthday so I played 4 next and I've been hooked ever since

 

[Tortahegesztő]

I was very late to the party, so my first RE game was Resident Evil 4 on PS2 around 2010. RE 5 was definitely out by then.
I didn't really liked 5 and 6 but 7 was good, and the RE 2 Reamake is one of the best games I ever played. Village was also cool, but I enjoy the running around and solving puzzles bits more than the shooting setpieces.

 

[Sanctuary]

My parents and brother all chipped in to get me a PS1 as a gift. I was 11 years old in 1996. So, the first one. I admit I was probably too young. I remember it fucking with my head.

Click to shrink...

This would have likely fucked with your head more:

Resident Evil Director's Cut DualShock OST - Mansion Basement (Reupload)

Reuploaded because uploader got terminated.

www.youtube.com

The comments alone make it worth listening to though.

 

[psynergyadept]

It was 2 and it's still my favorite!

 

[Indelible]

The original on PS1, I was 11 years old when it came out.

 

[BloodRayne]

Original RE2

 

[redbomb6]

I watched my brother and his friend play through 4 but barely remember what happened much outside of the basic plot and setting. The first one I actually played through from start to finish was 5 with a friend. I was a scaredy cat when it came to horror games back then so I never played the old ones plus I was too young to play the OG ones when they came out anyway.

 

[PunishedPrince]

Village. I was too scared to play the other ones lol

 

[ThereAreFourNaan]

I think it was RE1 remake.

But RE4 was the first one I actually put serious time into and finished. RE1 was a game I rented because it got great reviews, but I got confused/lost early on (I remember getting killed by the moving statue trap, and wandering in the west wing of the mansion / discovering the kitchen) and it was too tense / frightening for me to want to persevere. I would have been about 12 or 13 maybe.

 

[MADSUPERVILLAIN]

I'd touched RE1 and RE4 before, but I really don't think I played any of them for a significant period of time until I co-op'd RE5 at a friends place. Then I probably played 2 on ePSXe not long after.

 

[Tawney Bomb]

The original, in the long box

 

[Tokyo_Funk]

Resident Evil 1 on the Sega Saturn.

 

[Snowfruit]

Played the demo for RE6, didn't like it enough to buy it. Played RE1 when it was free on PS+, quit a few hours in.
RE2 Remake is the first one I liked enough finish.

 

[Torpedo Vegas]

The original, in the long box

Click to shrink...

That one.

Series has been the bane of my existence ever since.

 

[Deleted member 41651]

RE1. Drooled over a few small thumbnails in Gamefan then got that chunky ass game on release.

 

[Nerokis]

RE4 on PS2

 

[Hippopuncher12]

RE1 on release day.

 

[Adder7806]

RE1. Good times

 

[CubeApple76]

N/A 😬

Do want to jump into the series though, and own both RE7 and RE2 Remake. Any advice on which to start with? Originally was gonna do RE1 but it looks too dated I think

 

[Lari]

Resident Evil 1 on my cousin's old playstation, the best part was that once we finished it we just went straight into 2 and 3.

 

[Darkwing-Buck]

REmake 1

 

[Zaied]

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis on PS1. Was a bit too young at the time, so I didn't really know where I was going, or how to play it properly, but I still found it to be an interesting game.