wich resident evil ( ps1 ones ) is the best?
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RE2 for me.
It did everything RE1 did right but improved on it all, aside from maybe being slightly less scary at times. It feels huge, the puzzles are good, Lickers are terrifying and the police station and surrounding facilities gave the game a sort of "monster flick crossed with spy movie" feel to me.
I haven't finished RE3, but I thought Nemesis was more obnoxious than Mr. X and it felt less "survival" than the others.
It's probably still good though, I just haven't formed a real opinion yet.
It did everything RE1 did right but improved on it all, aside from maybe being slightly less scary at times. It feels huge, the puzzles are good, Lickers are terrifying and the police station and surrounding facilities gave the game a sort of "monster flick crossed with spy movie" feel to me.
I haven't finished RE3, but I thought Nemesis was more obnoxious than Mr. X and it felt less "survival" than the others.
It's probably still good though, I just haven't formed a real opinion yet.
I prefer Resident Evil: Director's Cut as that was the one that I played the most at the time.
RE3 for me! I loved the branching paths and once you get a handle on the dodge you really can just blow through that game like an action hero. I do miss the puzzle elements and diverse routing opportunities of something like RE1, but 3 just feels so good to play!
Years ago I played all three games on my modified fat psx, and the first title remained unforgettable for its novelty.
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i love all 3 but 2 is just forever the goat for me. i love the police station setting sm!
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For me it's Resident Evil 2. I might be biased because it's my favorite one but it is a really good one.
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RESIDENT EVIL 2
RE2 for me. While I like Nemesis as a concept; this unstoppable force of engineered nature. RE2 introduced ma boi Leon and ma gurl Claire, plus I love how Billy B mutates and gets bigger and stronger for every time you face him; going from a hunchbag with an eye in his should to a four-armed freak with claws the size of coathangers, to a dog-like creature, and finally a radioactive blob. Plus the game climaxes at a train, and I love trains :3 ...yes I'm easy to please.
It's gotta be RE2 for me. 1 and 3 are great too, but 2 is just the full package.
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Nemesis, for sure.
Here's my full take on it:
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Here's my full take on it:
Scared Out Of My Mind and Loving It - Resident Evil & Me
I remember when my friend invited me over to play the new game he had just gotten. He told me that Resident Evil 1 was one of the best games he had ever played, and I had no reason to doubt him... this was a famous game, and even if you were like me (and were living under a massive mountain)...
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I'm surprised so many people are saying RE3, and I have to agree!
RE1 was my first horror game, and probably scared me the most. But there was something terrifying about constantly being hunted by the Nemesis.
RE1 was my first horror game, and probably scared me the most. But there was something terrifying about constantly being hunted by the Nemesis.
I played all 3 in rapid succession in late June early july 2024 so I still have fresh memories about it here is how it went
RE1: the worst of the 3 I had this issue of enemy animation being so slow that it doesn't sync up well with what happens in the game for example I shoot a zombie he falls his fall animation is so slow that I decide to shoot him again he doesn't get shot cuz the game registered that he is actually on the ground this is a big issue cuz hunters once shot by the shotgun fumble and get back up again and bounce at you decapitating you in the process or dealing immense damage you can dodge by changing firing position but you will never be able to shoot the hunter twice while he is on the ground again due to slow animations the least scary RE game so far the only thing that made me anxious and quite frightened are the chimeras cuz they run so freaking fast and climb the ceiling and the tyrants who made me freeze a bit when I first saw them.
RE2: coming from RE1 to this felt so good finally the animation issue is fixed and the game is actually pretty scary the vibe that 2 gives off is very different from 1 in 1 the music always gave off a mysterious vibe that something not good and sinister happened here combined with the colourful design of the mansion , now 2 is dark the colors are way less colorful than those of 1 it feels lost and hopeless the whole game gives off the vibe of "this wasn't supposed to happen" lickers are freaking terrifying they crank up my anxiety and panic to 11 when I see one this one did scare me pretty well especially that damn licker that jumps through the window in the interrogation room combined with mr x and the unique wounded animations that cause you to become slower all added to the tension and scary vibe.
RE3: looks same as 2 but plays differently first you are no longer stuck inside 1 building for the entirety of the game you go around the city of raccoon and do whatever you want , you can dodge now which is very cool and allow you to save ammo you also auto aim which is a significant improvement over the first 2 games making the knife viable for once , the nemesis well he made me so scared that I had the grenade launcher on me the whole time it doesn't help that he can 2 shot you anytime he is also programmed to always keep the distance between you and him close which is the last thing you want , the hunters make a return they still sound the same but luckily you can deal with them easier than before the drain demos are quite intimidating when they stand on their legs in terms of zombie sound design 2 is better but 3 zombie screams just get drilled in your head when you are navigating the city one thing I prefer about 2 over 3 is text speed , 3 goes back to the slow typing of text like RE1 "do you want to pick this green herb?" In 2 is so smooth but in 3 is less smooth idk why they reverted it was so good in 2!
Overall 2 is the best the puzzles are way more simple than 1 and the gameplay improvements like 3 bullet shooting leon gun or the crossbow for Claire is so cool , lickers , mr x all help cement it as a great experience and of course the RPD lobby theme which does the "this shouldn't have happened" so well I rate 3 just below 2 it comes pretty close but lack of lickers keeps it under 2 , what makes 3 unique is its the only horror game I solved all puzzles by myself in RE2 I missed the gem in the briefing room and had to look up where it is , in 1 I had to look up the gallery , the pc puzzles but I gotta say 1 has the strongest puzzles looking forward to play the RE1 remake since it looks so good.
So for me its 2 and 3 comes so close its barely an inch between it and 2
RE1: the worst of the 3 I had this issue of enemy animation being so slow that it doesn't sync up well with what happens in the game for example I shoot a zombie he falls his fall animation is so slow that I decide to shoot him again he doesn't get shot cuz the game registered that he is actually on the ground this is a big issue cuz hunters once shot by the shotgun fumble and get back up again and bounce at you decapitating you in the process or dealing immense damage you can dodge by changing firing position but you will never be able to shoot the hunter twice while he is on the ground again due to slow animations the least scary RE game so far the only thing that made me anxious and quite frightened are the chimeras cuz they run so freaking fast and climb the ceiling and the tyrants who made me freeze a bit when I first saw them.
RE2: coming from RE1 to this felt so good finally the animation issue is fixed and the game is actually pretty scary the vibe that 2 gives off is very different from 1 in 1 the music always gave off a mysterious vibe that something not good and sinister happened here combined with the colourful design of the mansion , now 2 is dark the colors are way less colorful than those of 1 it feels lost and hopeless the whole game gives off the vibe of "this wasn't supposed to happen" lickers are freaking terrifying they crank up my anxiety and panic to 11 when I see one this one did scare me pretty well especially that damn licker that jumps through the window in the interrogation room combined with mr x and the unique wounded animations that cause you to become slower all added to the tension and scary vibe.
RE3: looks same as 2 but plays differently first you are no longer stuck inside 1 building for the entirety of the game you go around the city of raccoon and do whatever you want , you can dodge now which is very cool and allow you to save ammo you also auto aim which is a significant improvement over the first 2 games making the knife viable for once , the nemesis well he made me so scared that I had the grenade launcher on me the whole time it doesn't help that he can 2 shot you anytime he is also programmed to always keep the distance between you and him close which is the last thing you want , the hunters make a return they still sound the same but luckily you can deal with them easier than before the drain demos are quite intimidating when they stand on their legs in terms of zombie sound design 2 is better but 3 zombie screams just get drilled in your head when you are navigating the city one thing I prefer about 2 over 3 is text speed , 3 goes back to the slow typing of text like RE1 "do you want to pick this green herb?" In 2 is so smooth but in 3 is less smooth idk why they reverted it was so good in 2!
Overall 2 is the best the puzzles are way more simple than 1 and the gameplay improvements like 3 bullet shooting leon gun or the crossbow for Claire is so cool , lickers , mr x all help cement it as a great experience and of course the RPD lobby theme which does the "this shouldn't have happened" so well I rate 3 just below 2 it comes pretty close but lack of lickers keeps it under 2 , what makes 3 unique is its the only horror game I solved all puzzles by myself in RE2 I missed the gem in the briefing room and had to look up where it is , in 1 I had to look up the gallery , the pc puzzles but I gotta say 1 has the strongest puzzles looking forward to play the RE1 remake since it looks so good.
So for me its 2 and 3 comes so close its barely an inch between it and 2
Resident Evil 2. Resident Evil 3 comes a close second though.
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