Board 8 > Post here if RE4 is the only Resident Evil game you have beaten.

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The popularity gap (at least on this board/site) between it and any other series rep is so immense that I'm wondering how many people's RE experience begin and end with 4.

As an aside, can you think of any other series where the popularity gap between the top game and everything else is so wide?

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Pokemon RBY only thing I can think of.

i was gonna say me, but then i remembered RE5

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And I might put Earthbound on that list, but it's sort of cheating considering the language barrier. Still!

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From: PartOfYourWorld | #001
As an aside, can you think of any other series where the popularity gap between the top game and everything else is so wide?

Star Fox

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As an aside, can you think of any other series where the popularity gap between the top game and everything else is so wide?

A lot of licensed series (James Bond, Batman) have this issue.

And I DID beat RE5 as well, though it didn't even make my top 100 games list so you pretty much know what I thought of that game.

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From: pjbasis | #002
Pokemon RBY only thing I can think of.

Eh, RBY could only 55/45 GSC. RE4 would kill any other RE far worse than that.

I'm thinking that Zelda and Final Fantasy, of all things, might come close. I guess it (partially) depends on what OoT and VII would do against LttP and X.

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4 and 5 are the only ones I've beaten, though I played REMake and gave up after a couple hours.

Other examples...Mega Man 2 is the only classic MM game people ever talk about.

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Star Fox

Great example. Yeah, Goldeneye and Arkham Asylum are contenders.

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From: Ry Senkari | #006
A lot of licensed series (James Bond, Batman) have this issue.

Heh, that answers that question. We can still wonder about original gaming series, though Star Fox is a great one.

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Played through 1, 2, 3, CVX, and Survivor before I touched 4.

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RE4 is the only RE game I've even played. >_>

Anyway, I think that might apply to Rock Band. A lot of people bought into it, but by the time RB2 came out, the rhythm game fad was really flatlining.

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From: pjbasis | #002
Pokemon RBY only thing I can think of.
Eh, RBY could only 55/45 GSC. RE4 would kill any other RE far worse than that.

I'm thinking that Zelda and Final Fantasy, of all things, might come close. I guess it (partially) depends on what OoT and VII would do against LttP and X.

Well, there's this

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3508

Both pretty dominant if you ask me.

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From: pjbasis | #002
I guess it (partially) depends on what OoT and VII would do against LttP and X.

Maybe you mean MM and VIII.

Unless you mean that despite being the second strongest, or even BECAUSE they are the second strongest, they have far too much overlap with OoT and VII to do well against them, leaving the third place entries to do the best against them.

Duke Nukem is a good contender. There's DN3D which is still loved by many PC/FPS fans to this day, and then there's all the other games, including Forever.

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From: TheCodeisBosco | #012
Anyway, I think that might apply to Rock Band. A lot of people bought into it, but by the time RB2 came out, the rhythm game fad was really flatlining.

This might be true if RB2 didn't improve upon everything in the game. And if RB3 didn't then improve everything about RB2.

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Oh! How about ToeJam and Earl? The first one is one of gaming's ultimate cult classics, but the other two games are barely talked about. Also, the original Tetris would kill any other Tetris game in a contest.

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From: TheCodeisBosco | #012
Anyway, I think that might apply to Rock Band. A lot of people bought into it, but by the time RB2 came out, the rhythm game fad was really flatlining.
This might be true if RB2 didn't improve upon everything in the game. And if RB3 didn't then improve everything about RB2.

Yeah, but I don't think those two sold nearly as well, did they?

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i beat 5 as well

i played REmake for like 5 minutes before getting frustrated and quitting

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I think RB2 still sold pretty well. RB3 not so much.

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I guess there's the Chrono series if you want to count two games as a series. Doing that would make KotOR a contender as well.

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From: TheCodeisBosco | #019
Oh! How about ToeJam and Earl? The first one is one of gaming's ultimate cult classics, but the other two games are barely talked about.

toejam and earl sucks

panic on funkotron is one of the best games ever

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DMC3 is the only universally-liked game in the series. I've never seen anyone go, "Oh yeah, I'm a big Devil May Cry fan, but I hate DMC3"

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I don't think I've even played any other RE games. I have RE on Gamecube though.

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Before RE4:

Zero, 1(the orginal, Directors Cut and REmake), 2, 3, Code: Veronica and Dead Aim

After RE4:

Gaiden, Survivor 1, Outbreak Files 1 and 2, RE5

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I think RE5 is the only main RE game I haven't played/beat. RE4 is one of those games that I consider perfect, and after watching my brother play RE5 for a bit, I realized that I would not enjoy that lame excuse of a sequel so I decided not to touch it.

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RE4 is great, but it's quickly becoming the FFVII of the series.

Like damn people it's really not that much better than the rest of the series. In fact, it's not even the best.

DQ8 in America, I think, as far as gap goes.

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Bejeweled? Angry Birds? >_>

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I haven't even played an RE game.

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Star F...oh I beat adventures too.

Hrmmm.

Disgaea? As much as I liked the first game I never picked up the sequels.

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LeonhartFour posted...
I haven't even played an RE game.

Well if you ever decide to remedy that, be a man and don't start with RE4!

Bumpo.

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I have only even beaten RE 1 2 and Nemesis

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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

Also, DMC3 is another example of a one-hit wonder series.

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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

People love the original DMC.

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People love the original RE1/2 too. Doesn't meant DMC3 isn't heads and shoulders above the other games.

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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

DMC1 is spectacular too, and DMC4 is "okay".

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There are a ton of people who'd argue that RE4 isn't head and shoulders above the others. I'm thinking there are also people who'd do the same for DMC, although I don't know much about that fanbase (and any of the games outside of the original).

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Aren't we sort of ignoring that for the purposes of this topic? There are plenty of people that will argue for any game of any fanbase, and I'm pretty sure less people would argue DMC1>3 than RE1/2>4.

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Yup and I don't plan on playing the others to be honest.

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I've only beaten 5!

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I've only beaten 4, but I'd like to play some of the other Resident Evil games.

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Beaten 1/2/3/4/5. Still need to play REmake and CV.

Played every single RE, except for CV, which I'll probably be playing later in the year. As far as the RE's go, it's pretty split between the fans, some think 1/2 > 4 other think 4 > 1/2. I think 4 is better, but REmake in particular is great in its own right.

I'm not going to bash RE4 for 'getting away from its roots" which most people complain about anyway, I don't really mind the action formula they took, but 5 took that and made it considerably worse.
If 6 takes the gameplay mechanics from 4, and suits them for today's standards, while lowering the ammo count, lower the overall enemy amount, but still keeping some heart pounding areas( El gigante type situations, or a mass amount of enemies charging at you), and make it more about survival rather than shoot a bunch of zombies/ganados.

Something like the beginning of the village in RE4, where you didn't have much ammo, and you were forced to run then shoot, rather then shoot run, look for ammo, keep shooting.

It would be the perfect RE imo.

ive beaten all of them

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