Your Personal RE Game Rankings

[Turo602]

Although a lot of people like to deny it, they started the series with re2 and I think that's the reason a lot of people's favorite one is re2. I see that happen often, a great new ip comes out and there's some people that don't give it a shot and then they play the sequel because "they heard the first one was good" and they'll pretend that they played the first one first and the second one still happens to be their favorite. I do not believe that for a second. I think most of the people who's re2 is their favorite jumped in the RE van wagon with re2. I think anyone that fell in love with the resident evil series when they played the original, they would never say re2 is their favorite. I personally do not believe that.

Considering how much it sold and also the fact that it was the only Resident Evil game ported to the N64, which is exactly how I first got into the series, I think it's safe to say many people became fans with RE2 in pretty much the same way Resident Evil 5 was many people's first after the success and critical acclaim of RE4. However, I don't know why anyone would claim to have started with the first. Resident Evil 2 certainly isn't my favorite game in the series, that goes to the first remake, but it's pretty commonly accepted that Resident Evil 2 is a much better game than the first one.

 

[meiwow]

I played the first one first (1996 one) and I hated it. Didn’t understand tank controls, kept dying next to Berry checking the blood. RE2 is where it started for me. It changed the way I thought about the games.

RE2 is plays exactly the same as re1 so it sound like you played the first one at the beginning and stoped. Then since people were saying resident evil is such a great game, you relented and gave the sequel a try. The sequel, which is the same exact thing the first one was. Another example of someone doing something because everyone else is doing it.

 

[meiwow]

Considering how much it sold and also the fact that it was the only Resident Evil game ported to the N64, which is exactly how I first got into the series, I think it's safe to say many people became fans with RE2 in pretty much the same way Resident Evil 5 was many people's first after the success and critical acclaim of RE4. However, I don't know why anyone would claim to have started with the first. Resident Evil 2 certainly isn't my favorite game in the series, that goes to the first remake, but it's pretty commonly accepted that Resident Evil 2 is a much better game than the first one.

That is usually the case for many IPs, people "get into" the sequels because of it's predecessor's success or appeal.
Even if you think re2 is better than the first, re2 wasn't around to compare it with the first when people were noticing the original one. Hence why the original was their "first love". When I started playing resident evil, there was only the original one.
Besides re2 being better really depends on what's important to you in a game and what appealed to you when playing it. In some ways yes, in other ways, no.

 

[Springhosen]

Although a lot of people like to deny it, they started the series with re2 and I think that's the reason a lot of people's favorite one is re2. I see that happen often, a great new ip comes out and there's some people that don't give it a shot and then they play the sequel because "they heard the first one was good" and they'll pretend that they played the first one first and the second one still happens to be their favorite. I do not believe that for a second. I think most of the people who's re2 is their favorite jumped in the RE van wagon with re2. I think anyone that fell in love with the resident evil series when they played the original, they would never say re2 is their favorite. I personally do not believe that.

I see this. As much as I love RE2, the original has a special charm for me that I can't ignore and to just say RE2 is better hands down would be very difficult. There are some wonderful things about the game, but I can't shake how watching my brother play the original and then later playing it myself for the first time made me feel. That very first experience with survival horror at a young age will always be special.

 

[1995umk3]

meiwow, I played it because my friend down the street had it, the PlayStation had just come out and I was trying different games (I asked if I could borrow it) RE2 felt different and it caught my interest, he didnt have it so I went to the store to buy the game that came in the fat 2 disc jewel box. In short, I gave the series another chance and it was a good decision.

I can beat RE1-4 without a guide, does that sound like someone who plays the series because someone else is doing it?? People where not talking about RE when I was getting into it, it was all Mortal Kombat and Diablo II. Don't know where you got the "Heard people say its good" from. Thats not how I got into the series.. sorry.