What's with this idea that 4 saved the series? Because it outsold a GCN Survival-Horror game?>4 DID kill the series>It DIDN'T save shit>It sold WORSE than PS1 RE's>It has been ported 13 times>5 retconned it instantly4 tried to kill off Umbrella in the opening cutscene, the devs then realized what a fucking retarded idea that was and brought it back the very next game and fucked off las plagas, because it was also retardedGo wank to Leon one last time and convince yourself it didn't kill the seriesIt is a good game but it is a fucking atrocious insult to the franchise, it split the fanbase apart and paved the way for the commercial casual shit that came after it.>B-but it's not 4's fault it's 5's!!! 4 is good! It's GOTYAY!Grow the fuck up and accept it fucked everything up.It was nothing more than a last minute casualization of a concept that was better, reduced to mindless tps action shit that had the square root of jack shit to do with anything in the series. Literally remove Ada, Leon and Wesker and not a single thing connects it to the series other than the mention of Umbrella and the name. No plot advancing, no character development, no incident, not even a reference in future games (unless you want to count Vendetta, which is shit anyways)It is nothing more than a "Check out what everyones gay little bumfucker did after he stopped getting dragged around Raccoon City by Claire (an actual plot relevant character that was there for a fucking reason). See how relevant he still is?" i.e. fuck allHe's so shallow and pointless they had to bullshit his waifu into everything just to try and give him some semblance of depth
>>733669935It's because 0, CV(X), RE3, and Outbreak were all dogshit and the series was on a downward trajectory critically until RE4 came out, no one cares about the sales even the PS2 version sold more than the og release
>>733669935absolutely soulless I miss the cool logo art
It's because zombies were starting to get boring, and it was kind of cool to have enemies who have their heads explode and Das Ding parasite tentacles shoot out.
>>733669935TLDR1-5 are all good games, 6 is what killed the series, so badly they had to reboot itsorry, just stating the obvious facts
>>733669935You're completely wrong. 4 has a through line about Wesker wanting the parasite. 5 is about Wesker with the parasite.
>>733669935Resident Evil were selling like shit at the time, mostly due to nintentoddlers and the inability of Capcom to understand that releasing their games on the GC was killing the franchise. That's why they made Separate Ways, as a ways to attract customers on the PS2 because they didn't think the base game was good enough due to the poor reception on GC. But the problem were Nintentoddlers all along.
>>733669935Really amazes me that there are people on Earth who are still audibly seething that the original RE4 isn't a survival horror game.
>>733669935>What's with this idea that 4 saved the series? Because it outsold a GCN Survival-Horror game?Correct.It's a simple equation:>Mikami makes a deal w/ Nintendo, all mainline RE games become GC exclusives.>RE and horror-fans in general all own Playstation; they don't buy kiddie console Nintendos.>REmake and Zero sales don't match the silly as fuck expectations>Crapcom execs go: "OMG Survival horror trend is LE DEAD!!">... all while Silent Hill, Fatal Frame and Siren flourish on PS2, THE best selling gaming system of all time.>RE4 is retooled into a more arcadey action game as a panic response.>Gets good reviews, but still sells like shit.>Only becomes a mass success once Crapcom sacks Mikami and creates a PS2 port in less than a year.Also, anyone claiming otherwise need to look no further than 2015, the day when the REmake 1 finally left its NGC prison and got its HD port.The game sold like hotcakes overnight, literally shocking Crapcom's boomer yakuza, but also resulted the "resurrection" of the franchise and studio. First, we got RE0 HD, in record time. Next, both RE7 and REmake 2 were announced.But that was the start of the second wave of enshittification of the series. The RE-Engine slop are all insulting garbage.
>>733673785There's nothing amazing about that.It's the same as an old, traditional Italian restaurant suddenly turning into a fast food burger joint. It might still provide something edible, but it definitely ain't the same stuff you've visited the place for many years at that point.
>>733669935>>733673785It’s always been the case RE4 was a good game but a really shit Resident Evil game that ruined the franchise leading it to become COD with monsters, a Call of Evil if you will.
Tendie outburst n111,081 Thanks for the kekMogs the rest of the series btw
>>733676297>Causal
>>733669935NO WAY FAG
