I have played and beat most of the Resident Evil games made and Resident Evil 1 is deffinitely my favorite. The controls were never all that great so I was very happy when they updated them for the Gamecube remakes. So the remake of Resident Evil 1 is the best.
What Resident Evil game is your favorite?

Resident Evil 4 is the best

RE 4

I love 3 the most.. great memories when I played it... 4 is close behind though.

The original, most likely. Two is the one I played most often in my youth, though. Absolutely loved it, but the first one was so unique that it's hard to pass it up.

RE 4 is my favorite, but of the older ones I have to go with 3 because that was the first one I ever played.

Part 2 as that was the first one I finished

1 and Rebirth, actually they are high on my all time favorites.

I have played each game when it was released, and my favourite is Resident Evil 4. I love survival horror, but Resident Evil is just cheap with its scares and difficulty. RE4, while simply a good action game, at least is honest.

I admire the style of the REmake, though. Looking at this game, it hurts even more that developers have abandoned the concept of preprendered backgrounds. To think of a JRPG with prerendered backgrounds brought to life by modern technology! *sigh*

RE4.  I also enjoyed the first and second.  RE4 was the only one I actually finished and that is probably my favorite game ever.

2 most definately.

2 holds a special place for me.  I played both characters.  I always wanted to play the others but time never let me finish.  I even got 1 again when it came out on Gamecube.  Maybe someday when I'm an old man with a lot of time I can sit around and play them all.  By then games will be a whole different thing though.

Well I want to say Resident Evil 4, but I don't think you can compare that with the rest of them. So out of the "original concept" ones, I'd have to say the first, even though I like the second one as well.

"RE 4
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Resident Evil 3 is the best one for sure.  I'm trying to think of words that can express my love for it... but I can't.  :P

Resident Evil 2 and then 1 (Directors Cut, not REmake) come afterwards.  I'm probably in the minoritity here, but I dislike 4 a LOT.  Yeah the controls were WAY better, but it wasn't even a horror game, it was just a shooter with infinite "zombies".  And escorting Ashley was just a pain.  I guess I had fun with it, but I've never really thought of it as a Resident Evil game.  (probably because of it emphasis on killing instead of atmosphere and survival)

RE4. Though, I must admit that survival horror games scare the heck out of me. RE4 doesn't have the same level of scariness as the others, mainly because you're much more capable of fighting off bad guys and you're armed with lots of awesome weapons. Also, it doesn't rely on fixed camera angles to keep you guessing as to what may be lurking just out of sight.

REbirth and RE2, those are freaking SURVIVAL HORROR games and that's what this franchise is supposed to be all about , not the travesty that RE4 was, don't get me wrong, it's an amazing ACTION game but not a Resident Evil game.

Code Veronica

Love the remake of the original but: Resident Evil 4.

Even though I've never finished a RE game I'll have to go with #2. I enjoyed what I played of that game and would like to go back someday and try to finish it. I would have said RE4, but escort that ho around seriously brought down that game for me.

"Even though I've never finished a RE game I'll have to go with #2. I enjoyed what I played of that game and would like to go back someday and try to finish it. I would have said RE4, but escort that ho around seriously brought down that game for me."

"Kush said:

"Even though I've never finished a RE game I'll have to go with #2. I enjoyed what I played of that game and would like to go back someday and try to finish it. I would have said RE4, but escort that ho around seriously brought down that game for me."

LEON!!!!"

I like Resident Evil 3 the best, I think. I liked the story and the variety in the puzzles, weapons and bosses. Plus, Nemesis is a badass.

From a critical standpoint I think RE4 would walk away with it, but in terms of my personal favourite it's definitely 3.

"get2sammyb said:

"Kush said:

"Even though I've never finished a RE game I'll have to go with #2. I enjoyed what I played of that game and would like to go back someday and try to finish it. I would have said RE4, but escort that ho around seriously brought down that game for me."

LEON!!!!"

I love me some Leon...I wish he was in RE5 just because I llke his character so much :P ...it's one of the reasons I'm really looking forward to the CGI film."

RE5

I'm going to jump on the bandwagon of people who didn't play 1-3 and say 4.

2 by far

This is a real tough one. I will say that I loved RE1-3 equally, but then REmake stood over them just because of it's super awesomeness. I also loved RE4 as well... I can't choose between the two. Remake and RE4. :S

Resident Evil 2 always stuck out as my favorite. Birkin was also my favorite of the villains.

REmake, that was just super awesome win, also RE2 because it was my first RE game.

Toss up between the REmake on the Gamecube and RE4.

REmake and RE2 for sure for me. Now THAT'S pure terror cubed!

Hard to tell exactly, but I believe the Resident Evil Remake for GameCube still stands as the best RE.
RE0 and RE2 are close calls, and RE3 too. RE4 is also amazing and pretty addictive. Also the portable version of the first RE for the DS is great to have it anywhere you go.

I loved the first and Code Veronica.

4 definitely. 2 and 3 are close though, they both hold a special place in my heart.

RE2 is my favorite, but closely followed by Code Veronica. Code Veronica is probably the better game, but I have a lot of nostalgia associated with RE2.
 
I didn't like where they took the series with RE4. The best thing about the older games is that you get into situations where you're low on ammo, almost out of health, haven't saved your game in an hour, and you're pressing on into unknown territory where a zombie can jump out of anywhere - very tense and exciting. RE4 felt like a sort of generic action shooter, but with clunky controls, and it didn't even have "real" zombies.

RE5...yeah hate on me. I just had a really good time playing through that game in co-op with my girlfriend.

2 and 4.

I have played and completed 1 the most, but 2 was definitely the one I was most hyped for and subsequently enjoyed.

The remake for Gamecube. Resident Evil was my favorite series till RE4 came out. I still like RE4 and even RE5 but it killed the series for me when it went from survival horror to a lacking third person shooter

Resident Evil 2 with Resident Evil 3 following a close second. 

i can't decide. 

" i can't decide.  "

RE 4 without a shadow of a doubt. It was revolutionary and gave me the most hours of gameplay!

" @AjayRaz said:

" i can't decide.  "

YOU BETTER DECIDE, BEFORE I SHOVE THIS GERBIL SANDWICH DOWN YOUR THROAT! "

" @Abyssfull said:

" @AjayRaz said:

" i can't decide.  "

YOU BETTER DECIDE, BEFORE I SHOVE THIS GERBIL SANDWICH DOWN YOUR THROAT! "

I CAN'T MOTHERFUCKER. BRING ON THE GERBIL SANDWICH. I DARE YOU! "

RE5. 
 
Primarily because I played through it twice co-op. 
 
I'm not sure if the game holds up on single player but the co-op was amazing.