@KevinStriker, my apologies. Didn't mean to spam you and the rest. My bad.
@Airaku that's a pretty spot on assessment of 5. This series truly is great. Can't wait to rank the top 10 side entries.
I've yet to play revelations 2. Looking forward to scraping up the cash for this backlog of wish listed games. I really hope RE 7 gets the main series back on a survival horror focus.
Thank you. I certainly do have an interesting take on the series.
Just so you know. Capcom has stated that the Revelation games are canon and part of the main series. Because all the games are released within a few years of the current year of it's release, and the Revelation games fill the gaps between the series. They named them differently. For example Revelations would need to be called Resident Evil 4.5 and Revelations 2 would need to be 5.5. That would be incredibly silly.
Back to my take on the series. The reason the newer games are ranked higher than some of the originals, which I love to death. Is because find the behind the back view far more adrenaline rushing than the fixed camera angles. The reason for this is that I cannot see what is behind me. In the originals I can see everything around me at once. I know where everything is and it takes away all of the scare factor. Very fun games, but to me, they no more scary than say... Star Craft. I got a clear view of where everything is and know how I need to navigate my way around.
With behind the back view, you have no clue what's behind you and what's about to happen. You need to rely on sound and quick glances. I'll admit that fiction doesn't scare me. That being said Resident Evil 4 gave me some intense moments. Seeing the Regenerator on that table, I stared at that thin for a good 3-4 minutes knifing it. I just knew that ****er was going to get up. I went into the other room and got the key card. I knew something was going to happen, then that little **** was banging on the door. I went up the door to kick it down, and he knocked the door down on me and I feel down. I wasn't able to escape him and he got me. I missed the thermal scope and I had to run from all of them and they flopped around like fish after I blew their legs off. I had to use an RPG to beat the one Iron Maiden you must kill. Those assholes would grab me from 50 feet away and impale me. The amount of doors and gates I closed to get away was insane. RE4 is the best survival horror game I've ever played. I truly felt that I needed to go out of my way to survive. To block off paths and change my strategies on the fly. Also I DID play the game cube version which had more enemies on screen and better AI.
I remember the story where this one 30 year old guy returned the game because the dogs scared him ****less by the Church. The lighting flashing and you can only see them from their eyes. That was a great moment.
While RE5 was never scary. It was still one of the most adrenaline pumping games I've played. You don't know what's behind you and just like in RE4. They grab you without warming. Your health is limited and it can be unforgiving at times.
The moment in RE6 with the giant snake was amazing. Crawling around and the snake just nearly grabs you. Not knowing when it'll pop up. It certainly had it's fill of "oh ****" moments. It was also a great throw back to the snake from the first game.
I think the game will go back to its survival horror roots. I hope it's more like the Revelation games, but to a more extreme. They need to keep the behind the back view, but it needs to be closer to the back like in RE4 and RE5. A smaller field of view.
Revelations 2 is a step in the right direction. We also got the villain we've all be waiting for. Easily the most terrifying character in the series. You'll be in for a treat when you play it. One twisted sick ****. Definitely provides for some amazing traps and one of the best and most intense boss fights in the series. You only get to play that part in the "good ending". We've only seen the beginning of this now force to be reckoned with.