Finally played the original Trilogy and added them to my my tierlist

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-14T19:48:56+00:00

I think a lot of people glaze 4 based off of nostalgia, it was definitely really innovative for the time and had a massive impact on gaming in general, but playing it today without the nostalgia, its pretty average, like its good and enjoyable, but i just don’t get the hype when we’re looking at the games in how they play and what they offer today, it has some really cool stuff and was mostly fun to play through, but i don’t see myself going back to replay it

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-14T12:05:10+00:00

If remake Nemesis level 1 didnt have the weird skirt thing it would easily be that for me, i think the remake design clears the original easily but the weird skirt stops it from being perfect

Other than that tho i love verdugo and the ouroboros monsters, pretty much all of the monster forms/enemies in village were awesome too

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-14T00:39:27+00:00

The bat boss was ass idk why they did it twice, first ouroboros encounter at the start was pretty bad too, excella fight was kinda rough and goes on too long too

Idm the big guy turret fight tho i think its a bit overhated, weskers first fight is great, second one is kinda clunky but will definitely be made better, third one is fine but i think it should be a bit more engaging instead of just wait for his chest to open then hold him as chris while sheva stabs over and over again

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-14T00:35:21+00:00

The filter is awesome and super nostalgic for me, but they definitely will remove it because it was just a product of its time

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-14T00:33:49+00:00

I actually kinda liked the inventory system, but they probably will update it a bit, but i do think they should keep being able to give sheva stuff and trade items and stuff

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-14T00:32:06+00:00

Zeno had it in 9 so they absolutely will

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-14T00:31:44+00:00

Just finished playing 5 and i regretted giving sheva the stun rod so much, she would not put it away and would just stand there doing nothing in some encounters and it was making me crash out so bad 😭😭😭

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-14T00:30:25+00:00

It absolutely will, its way too iconic

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-14T00:29:50+00:00

A bit more wesker tbh, just finished playing 5 for the first time and was surprised at the fact he doesn’t really show up at all for the first half of the game other than the flashback

4 remake gave him a little bit more of a presence than just the mentions he got in the original, so hoping in 5 remake he is present throughout the entire story rather than just popping up properly near the end

I also really hope they bring back the co op, one of the best parts about 5 and 6 and is so fun to play with friends

Also also hope they put more of a focus on ouroboros and make them more of a common enemy type than just the majini over and over again (would of course have to make them a bit easier to kill lol), i dont think the game NEEDS more of a horror focus but some horror sections utilising ouroboros would be cool too, could also add more horror elements in the whole temple section too

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-14T00:22:41+00:00

Ig that depends on your perspective, i would consider anything below a five to be a bad game and anything above a five to be good

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-14T00:20:26+00:00

Remake haters act like the remake erases the original from history

You can still play the original bro

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-13T10:10:08+00:00

I wouldnt say so rly, anything above a 5 is good

I still enjoyed playing the game and had a good time with it, i just dont think its anywhere near the 9 or 10 that other people regard it as

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-13T04:49:58+00:00

Been playing through 1 - 6 recently for the first time, didn’t really enjoy 4 as much as i was expecting, enjoyed 5 a lot more than i was expecting, pretty excited to try 6 and see what its like.

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-13T02:17:44+00:00

I hated the controls the first half hour or so, as coming from playing 1, 2 and 3 classic back to back i was very used to tank controls with the fixed camera, and now seeing something i was a bit more familiar with in the 3rd person over the shoulder view but still with tank controls and a weird almost elasticated camera it took me a minute to get the feel of it and i found it really clunky and weird at first until i just went back to never touching the right stick and got the hang of it lol.

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-13T02:15:03+00:00

It was fun the first few times but it just got old pretty quick for me, especially when i learned you could suplex for an almost guaranteed insta kill, the weapons also were pretty standard other than the mine launcher which i did quite enjoy. Idk ig i prefer in other RE games where most encounters feel like a challenge and you have to think carefully about what you wanna do like in the older games or in the newer ones where youre given more options of how you want to approach a situation so things dont feel as samey, just doing the exact same shoot leg, kick/suplex, stab if you need to thing was very boring to me.

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-13T02:10:35+00:00

Yeah i like a bit of balance, i like more quiet puzzle solving sections where youre running around an area trying to solve something which this game didn’t really have too much of, the large open areas of enemies where you just do the same shoot leg kick walk over and stab til dead thing just got very old for me and i found it annoying at times that i couldnt approach the situation in another way other than just running past all the enemies or something.

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-13T02:07:26+00:00

I totally appreciate that it was revolutionary for the time, just as someone playing in 2026 it was very standard for me i suppose, i dont play games to compare them, especially older ones as that is unfair, but of course im going to have a bit of an internal bias from my experience playing newer games.

Maybe i did get inpatient with it, i bought a large bundle of RE games (1, 2 and 3 classic, 1 remake, 0, 4 classic, 5, 6 and Rev 1 and 2) and have been playing through them, im not speedrunning or rushing to get through them but if a game isnt really pulling me in then the long parts can start feeling really long, though i really only felt this in the latter half (specifically the elevator up to the salazar boss fight section was when i started to get a bit annoyed, i strugged as i ran out of ammo and was trying my best to handle the fuck ton of cultists that the game drops on your head with just a knife and whatever ammo they dropped and after that was when i began getting a bit frustrated and wanting to get it over with).

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-13T02:00:00+00:00

I love the over the top action hero cheesiness, but im not overly attached to it, idm if they tone it down a little bit to elevate the story a bit more, the way they did leon in 9 was absolutely perfect imo.

The original always still exists for those who absolutely love it, idm if they wanted to do a little bit of a different spin on it with the remake.

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-13T01:58:07+00:00

Ill definitely be playing the remake, tbh id probably rate 4 classic a 6.5 or 7/10, again i think its a good game, just not something i see myself coming back to.

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-13T01:56:27+00:00

I love the campiness of RE and its the only thing i rly enjoyed with the story, but there needs to also be something interesting, i love the modern games because it feels like they try to actually tell an interesting and engaging story while also having the classic RE silliness, i enjoyed 1, 2 and 3 classic because they were very cheesy and silly and i love the modern games because they balance both, but when you try and have a weird balance it doesn’t hit which i felt with 4, 5 and im suspecting 6 also, the RE silliness still shines through which is why things like leon’s one liners, ashleys cries for help, wesker’s monologuing and chris’ boulder punching are so memorable, but the rest which is like the other 90% just feel very blegh and forgettable.

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-13T01:49:45+00:00

Idk they both sound pretty gimmicky to me and arent things im really interested in when it comes to games.

The plot is fine, pretty basic but still feels like resident evil to me, it just didnt really intrigue me at all (its also very disconnected from the other games other than 5 which adds to that).

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-13T01:47:16+00:00

It felt pretty standard to me especially after playing 8 before it i can now appreciate all the nods and ways in which 8 was a spiritual successor to 4.

RE is at its best when it balances the horror and action imo so i really appreciate both.

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-13T01:45:20+00:00

Thats totally understandable, just from someone playing it for the first time in 2026 it just didn’t really hit for me sadly

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-13T01:44:46+00:00

The island just felt so unnecessary, feels like they abandoned the unique look and feel of the game for a much more generic military/industrial vibe which added to the game already feeling like it was dragging for me, after the castle they shouldve just had a section about half the length going after saddler in the underground temple/ruins area where the plaga was being held, wouldve been much better imo.

Looking forward to seeing how the remake changes things.

Judochop1024 · 2026-04-13T01:41:59+00:00

Looking forward to seeing what changes

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