Resident Evil Series Ranked by Metascore

In anticipation of Village, Adam shows us the critics' view on the franchise

- Adam Kerr

In celebration of us all being stepped on by at all vampire lady this month… I waded through the murky waters of Resident Evil’s history to compile a list of all the games the series has put out to date. There’s a lot, 26 in 25 years in fact. So, given that we get just over a game a year on average, I figured it would be a grand idea to rank them all (based on their Metascore, because I’m a pathetic fence-sitter), over this whopping two-part special. Honestly, there’s so many Resident Evil games, it’s ridiculous.

The rules are simple; trawl through each game and note the Metascore for each version of its release. The platform with the highest score is the one used for the games final ranking. In addition, the remakes will all be ranked alongside their original counterparts. Remasters and mobile games won’t be counted, because we’ll be here until the sun implodes and consumes us all if I did.

N/A-ResidentEvil Survivor2 Code:Veronica (PlayStation2)& ResidentEvilGaiden (GameBoyColor)

A grand start here, with two games that actually failed to notch up a Metascore at any point. Resident Evil Survivor 2 is a middle-of-the-pack game. Despite being much improved on the original Survivor game, it likely wouldn’t have pulled in a score higher than 65.

Resident Evil Gaiden escapes the devastation of finishing bottom of the pile. It’s an ambitious project, attempting to recreate that Resident Evil feel on the Game Boy Color. It falls far short, thanks to the limited hardware, but it’s one quirk is allowing us to play as Barry Burton for the first time. Arguably the worst game in the franchise, definitely the worst game in the franchise set on a boat.