Is it worth it as someone who has never played a Resident Evil game before?
>>735080704Yes, probably more so than any other game.
>>735080704No. Second half of the game heavily relies on nostalgia. Go play Remake 2 and 3 first. Remake 2 is better than RE9.
>>735080704Probably, but you should still play the others first.Especially 2 and 4 for this game.
No. Start with 1.
>>7350807502,3, 4 and 9*
The best game to start with if you've never played RE before is RE2 Remake
>>735080704you get leon styling on zombies which is what the series has been since RE4 in 2005.
>>735080828Has nothing to do with Leon and 9.
>>735080704>re1-2 with Grace>re3-4 with Leon>re5-6 with the plot>movie stuff sprinkled throughoutIt's Resident Evil Greatest Hits: The Game so it works better if you've played others but at the same time gives you an idea of what people like about the series
>>735080704You should play the series in order to be honest. They're all good games and everyone has their favorites. Don't play this one because it's the current game hype.The thing about Requiem is that it's basically two games in one, two different "RE vision". It's RE7,8 style and RE4,6 style.
>>735080704If you never played RE2 then RE9 will feel like a weird fernweh/nostalgia trip.
>>735080704Yes. Probably the best RE when it comes to welcoming new players.
>>735080704I'd recommend trying some other entries beforehand, especially when you consider that no mainline entry other than RE6 is over 15 hours long. You could very easily zip through RE2 remake in less than 10 hours to get a good grasp on what the series is and if that appeals to you. But if you really need to quench the FOMO and get in on the new hotness, I guess you could just do RE9, the story has been retarded for decades and is largely unimportant. You'd be skipping a lot of great games, though.
>>735080704I wouldn't recommend 9 to anyone
>>735081418Kys og troon.
>>735080704yeah, any RE game plays fine you are new to the series, you'll just lose a few nods
>>735081263nah, RE2R is way better for that. The Leon part is basically memberberries. Probably still enjoyable for new players tho
>>735081441Nah
>>735080704Absolutely not. This is not a good starting point for the franchise, you need to play at least a few other games before this to understand the story. At a minimum, you should play the remakes of 1, 2, and 3. And then I also recommend 4, either version.
>>735081678Re9 is better because you're introduced to 2 playstyles. If OP likes Grace section better, he can play RE2R, RE7, and the ogs for more games like that. Or RE4R, RE5, RE6 if he likes Leon's section more. Or both idk.
>>735080918Has everything to do with 9. It's a game about Spencer. 9 is a culmination of all of his research and projects. Leon not being in the first one is irrelevant, the main story of the franchise is not about Leon.
>>735081873It's Leons IP
sure, whatever. it's like this guy I know who started with MGS4 and ruined the series for himself. had fun but it didn't hit as much as it could have. i always find these sorts of decisions strange. all the older games are there and rather cheap to pick up, why not just play them
>tfw Victor and FFXIV's llberd have the same actorFucking surreal.
>>735080704No. $70 for a game that heavily relies on nostalgia, knowing a few of the characters, and knowing the story from the previous games. It's great, but you should at least play RE2 and RE4 remakes first. If not also 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8. Who the hell starts a series in the 9th installment?
>>735081814nah, the RE franchise had at least 5 different play styles at this point. That alone isn't a good point of entry.
>>735080750RE2 is not designed for a new player to the series. It requires you to have had the skills to beat RE1, as it immediately drops you into a scene where you are surrounded by zombies.>>735080704If you want to play Resident Evil as a new player. I reccomend playing RE1, RE7, RE8, or Requiem. RE7 and RE8 don't really play like real Resident Evil games, and neither do the Grace parts in Requiem, but they introduce players to the horror aspects and introduce basic survival and action elements. Which is good on boarding for newer/casual players.
>>735082568>RE2 is not designed for a new player to the series.That's why it's the best selling game in the series.>as it immediately drops you into a scene where you are surrounded by zombies.No, it starts you at a gas station.
>>735082568RE2 Remake is literally the single best starting point for the franchise besides the original version of 4 (where I started with it back in 2004) or 7. Requiem is an awful starting point, and playing Village before 7 makes no sense because the story is a direct continuation from it. Hell, Requiem is basically a direct sequel to RE2. OP should absolutely be starting with 2 if he wants to play Requiem sooner than later. Bare minimum for that story to make any sense would be the first four games. You don't really need the rest.
>>735082786You are thinking of the remake, anon. I said RE2. Not RE2 Remake.
>>735080704It's great but the best thing about it is that it's full of references to old RE games and it significantly recontextualises established loreIf you really want to get the best out of the series go play the old games first
this shit really not cracked yet?
>>735080704>should I play the 9th (11th) game in this series before having played any the previous ones it's built on that take a day or two to finishI'm gonna say probably not
>>735083037And when people say RE2, they mean the remake, not the original game.
>>735083043>but the best thing about it is that it's full of references to old RE games and it significantly recontextualises established loreThat was the worst part.
>>735080704No, wait for a sale
>>735080704Yes!
>>735080704Might as well. RE9 has proven Leon "fans" are the biggest secondaries to any series in existence, and they pretend to know what's going on just fine.
>>735080704You might like it as a game but to know the background of Leon and Racoon City you should play 2 at least, probably the remake as the original has quite archaic controls that take some getting used to for the uninitiated.
>should i start with the ELEVENTH game in a series that maintains continuity???lollmao
>>735087923>series that maintains continuity???RE story doesn't matter dumbass
>>735080704Here are the RE games that are worth playing OP>RE1>RE2>RE3>REmake>RE4>RE5>Rev1>Rev2>RE7>REmake2>REmake4>RE9Skip the rest
>>735081418And why is that?
>>735087548Lmao I was reading that one the other night. I love th novels. Those are canon to me
>>735088662>>735080704Just play the remakes actually
>>735088662>RE7 is worth playing but RE6 isn't
>>735083616No. When people say RE2 they mean the original game. When normies say RE2 I stop listening because globo homos don’t have anything of value to add to any conversation. And if you must listen to them it will mean whatever game they played growing up.>>735089486Why? They are different games. No remake replaces an original, not even RE4.
>>735090489>No. When people say RE2 they mean the original game.No they mean the remake.
>>735082269SLOPPEH
>>735088662>Rev2Ehh...
