It’s hard to believe the original Resident Evil is 25 years old today. Who would have thought back then that the franchise would shift into what it’s become? It pushed past the medium of simply just being a video game, and now has movies, comics, books, and a dedicated fan base which have stuck with the series through and through - the good and the bad.
For such an iconic series, it’s sometimes great to look back and see how far it’s come. More notably, looking at our own experiences with it and how they’ve made us the fans we are today. As many of the older generation remember where they were when they humans first put a man on the moon, Resident Evil fans undoubtedly remember their first or at least their favourite memories of the series.
Over here at Pure Xbox, we fondly remember being impressed by Resident Evil 4 when it first launched (even though it wouldn't arrive on Xbox until many years later), and enjoying Resident Evil 5 as a fantastic co-op experience on Xbox 360. The latter will always have a fond spot in our hearts and constantly reminds us the joys of buddying up with a friend online. This writer also screamed so loud during Resident Evil 2 Remake that he woke up the entire household!
What are your first and favourite memories with the series? Maybe it was staying up till 4am, huddled around your TV playing the original game? Or perhaps you caught scenes of the film at a young age which scarred you for life?
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Even though I'm basically experiencing this series for the first time now, I did actually play a good chunk of RE4 on Wii when I was a kid. I was never into horror games at the time but I was obsessed with buying as many popular Wii games as possible back then so eventually I bought RE4. I remember being absolutely terrified in the beginning of the game when you enter the cottage and a strange man is standing over the fireplace. The scariest part though was that you would see him through the window in the cut scene and at first, I didn't even dare to enter the cottage. I just turned off the game immediately. But later on I continued playing and it was pretty fun. I never finished it though but hopefully I'll get through it one of these days after I've played some other RE games.
The dogs jumping through the windows in RE1 had 12 year old me jumping out of his seat!!
The legendary RE4 of course🔥🔥🔥
Resident Evil Remake on the Gamecube for me. (Or HD as it is known on the poll for some reason... oh not anymore it got fixed ).
My friend came over to stay the night and we put the Gamecube on the big TV in the living room (21"... different era!). He was about half way into the game and just met Lisa Trevor and we played up to Plant 42. Looked incredible in it's day and was unlike anything I had played before (Having never owned a Playstation). I remember him jumping out of his pyjamas when a zombie just appeared around a corner.
Luckily that was a good console to enter the series on as all of the main series got released on it in one form or another.
4 is naturally the best and I went to uni with that coming out and everyone in halls came and watched me played through it from start to end. Only about 3 of the 8 of us played games but we were all engrossed. Great memory.
I just played that through again on the Series X and it holds up.
@TuckNorris85 haha 10 year old me when that first happened shut off the PlayStation and didn't touch re again for a year
I never played Resident Evil before, I'll start it someday I'll start with the Resident Evil Remake..
Sat in my friend's bedroom as he played through RE when it released. And how we both nearly hit the ceiling as those dogs came bursting in.
I wouldn't play an RE game myself until I had a PS2, and I played through the original trilogy and Dead Aim 2 (don't care, I enjoyed it). I think I got really invested when RE0, REmake, 2, 3, CVX, and 4 released on Gamecube.
In my college days I would wait until after midnight, get a little inebriated, and play RE4 on Wii with all the lights off. Hahaha... sounds a bit stupid now, and I suppose it was, but it was super immersive, and a great gaming memory of mine.
I remember “Jill, Master of unlocking.” And still joke about it with friends.
I remembering renting the game from my local Blockbuster video after reading the back of the case. It sounded cool at the moment. However when I got it home and played it the first time, the tank controls killed it for me. I didn't like playing it so instead I watched my brother or friends play it.
I was 12 when the first game was released and me and a couple of mates were obsessed with it lol
It was either resident evil remake or zero. My parents bought all of us a gamecube lot around the time the wii came out and didn't want us playing it because they thought it would scare my younger brother. Me and my brother waited until they went to bed and helped grabbed it off the fridge and we played both of them later at night. My parent found out a month later, but were cool about it after they realized he wouldnt be scared by them 🤣
I launched RE1 on PS1 in 1999, 10 years old. When I saw THAT first zombie, I rushed to console and turned it off. Since then I was afraid of doors closed behind me for foreseeable future
My first memory of resident evil was the very first one as my dad had it on the sega saturn. Ever since then i've played them all and still is one of my favourite franchises date.
Can't wait for village.
Playing through RE 2 on the N64 is my favorite memory. It was my first RE game and I just loved everything about it. The setting, story and characters all clicked with me and while I didn't love the tank controls I did love that the game forced you to be very strategic with how you went about using your ammo. Some fun puzzle solving in there as well. From RE 2 on the series had me hooked, it's in my top 3 with Yakuza and Super Mario as my favorites of all-time. I bought a Gamecube mainly because of the deal Nintendo had with Capcom where it was getting REmake, 0 and 4.
Although it wasn't mine, I always used to play the original Resident Evil on my brother's PS1 (I think I still had a Mega Drive at the time). So my earliest memory is undoubtedly the first zombie encounter, and the brief cutscene that came with it.
OG Resident Evil on a borrowed (we were fairly skint when I was a kid) knackered Playstation. So knackered, in fact, that every time you opened a door, there was the distinct possibility the next section wouldn't load, and the Playstation spent most of its time upside-down or tilted at an angle because it worked better like that.
The dogs coming through the window made me damn near soil myself first time round though. Halcyon days (even if the REmake is better).
Resi 2, I think my Uncle had it before I did. But I remember seeing it on his and thinking it was amazing. I got it for PS1 and was rubbish at it, never completed the original but did finish the remake once I got my Series X!
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