Ranking every mainline Resident Evil game, from worst to best

From old-school chills to flashy remakes, here are our rankings for the core Resident Evil series.

Ah, the post-Halloween blues. For horror nuts like myself, the only way to ease that pain is by prattling on about our favorite spooky stories — which is why I’m about to rank the core Resident Evil series.

Let’s start with some rules: firstly, I’ll only rank mainline series titles. Yes, spinoffs like Resident Evil Outbreak are brilliant, but sorting through all of the mobile titles and Nintendo Wii waggle-fests would take far too long. After all, there’s no point reminding everyone that Umbrella Corps exists – quick, look at the Resident Evil 4 remake again before those painful memories resurface.

Secondly, I’m also counting the recent remakes since those are practically totally different beasts from the PS1 originals. That gives us 13 spooky titles to shower with praise (or clown on). Let’s get to it!

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