HappyTheDevil said:I've always been interested in the Resident Evil games, but I have no idea what order to play them...
just throwing in my 2 cents.
first resident evil game i played was RE5, it gets alot of hate for "moving away" from the survival horror focus of the first few games, but the game itself is alot of fun especially if you have a coop partner.. 5 & 6 are more Third person shooters than survival horror games. (although they of course have survival horror elements.)
6 is pretty much just like 5 gameplay wise, but with 4 separate intersecting campaign stories.
Revelations is "more like" the survival horror oriented first few games , as well as revelations 2. slight 3PS influence on gameplay.
1 Remastered & 0 Remastered, both have fixed camera angles (and choice between old tank controls, and "newer" style controls) much harder games than 5 onwards, lots of puzzles and tight hallways.
resident evil 4 (HD version on xbox 360), is a really good game in general, people talk about this game even til this day.
operation raccoon city - AVOID this game. bland 3PS, non cannon, what if scenario, bad controls etc. personally id say the game can be "fun", but the cutscenes/story (what there is of one) was "interesting". id say worth a quick play through.
code veronica, another "original" resident evil title, more emphasis on survival horror like 1 & 0. story behind the t-veronica strain of t-virus.
7 i have not had the chance to play yet, heard its alot more like the survival horror resident evil games. 2 & 3 i also have not played as i am waiting for the upcoming remaster of 2 and eventual remaster of 3.
WITH all that said, regardless STORYWISE its VERY HARD to keep up with the lore, and whats going on/ happened between games. your best bet would be to watch a Full re timeline video on youtube.
as far as what ORDER to best play them in, it really depends.
0-1-2-code veronica-3-4-revelations-5-revelations 2-6-7
( not including DLC which are all over the place timeline wise, example one of the DLCs for 5, is actually the prologue to the whole game. i believe revelations had DLC set in-between the main game events as well)
( and op raccoon city would take place between 2 & 3, but it is not cannon)
didn't intend to write that much starting out, but oh well, enjoy the ramble ;)