Which part is the most popular? The results are there

Capcom has brought a number of “Resident Evil” games onto the market over the past few decades Remakes, ports and remasters in many cases even multiple times. One game was more convincing than the other, which had an influence on commercial success and further direction. Capcom has also added numerous spin-offs since the series started.

Which “Resident Evil” games left the best impression in the end was The subject of our survey from last Sunday. With 5,076 participants and 8,407 votes for the first question alone, the result is quite revealing. Ultimately, there are two games in the main series that were quite closely neck-and-neck.

Resident Evil 4 Remake is the most popular part of the main series

We divided the survey about the favorite games within the “Resident Evil” series into the main series and spin-offs. Within the first category, the remake of. released in 2023 won with 18 percent of the votes “Resident Evil 4” push through.

The influence of publication distances would be part of a more comprehensive study. But second place also went to a comparatively new remake: “Resident Evil 2” came onto the market in 2019, more than twenty years after the launch of the original. 15 percent of the votes went to the title.

The result is closer when the votes from the originals and remakes are added together. Here “Resident Evil 4” including the remake would come to 27 percent. “Resident Evil 2” would be close behind in the combination of original and remake at 26 percent. Below is the entire result.

Which Resident Evil game from the main series is your favorite?

1. Resident Evil 4 Remake – 18%
2. Resident Evil 2 Remake – 15%
3. Resident Evil 2 – 11%
4. Resident Evil 4 – 9%
5. Resident Evil Village – 9%
6. Resident Evil – 7%
7. Resident Evil 7 – 7%
8. Resident Evil Code: Veronica – 6%
9. Resident Evil Remake – 5%
10. Resident Evil 5 – 4%
11. Resident Evil 3: Nemesis – 4%
12. Resident Evil 3 Remake – 3%
13. Resident Evil 6 – 1%
14. Resident Evil Zero – 1%

Resident Evil Revelations prevails among the spin-offs

Games released outside of the main series also had a close finish at the top. In the end there were only 24 votes between “Resident Evil: Revelations” (2012) and “Resident Evil: Revelations 2” (2015). In addition, “Resident Evil Outbreak” remained positively remembered more than 20 years after its launch. It was enough for third place. Below are the other placings.

Which Resident Evil release is your favorite?

1. Resident Evil: Revelations – 25%
2. Resident Evil: Revelations 2 – 24%
3. Resident Evil Outbreak – 10%
4. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City – 8%
5. Resident Evil Survivor 2: Code Veronica – 6%
6. Resident Evil Outbreak: File #2 – 5%
7. Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles – 5%
8. Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles – 4%
9. Resident Evil Re:Verse – 3%
10. Resident Evil: Dead Aim – 2%
11. Resident Evil Survivor – 2%
12. Resident Evil: Resistance – 2%
13. Resident Evil: Umbrella Corps – 2%
14. Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D – 1%
15. Resident Evil Gaiden – 0%

More games in the “Resident Evil” series will follow. Next to “Resident Evil 9” should there are several remakes in the works. Regarding the latest main part, a rumor arose this week that there could have been internal delays. The source is an alleged statement from Dusk Golem, which in the form of a screenshot was spread.

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