Happy 20th Anniversary, Resident Evil!
My Resident Evil collection for @v-jolt. Short and sweet. :) Really proud of my original PS1 long box copy of RE!
Not pictured: RE5 (X360), RE6 (PS3), RE: Revelations 2 (PC, Steam)
I’ve come a long way from the day I rented Code Veronica X on PS2 at Blockbuster when I was 11 years old. Claire Redfield has always been one of my favorite video game characters since then. I played RE2 on N64 after that, and that is still to this day one of my favorite games of all time.
I fell so in love with the series after that, I even got a GameCube just for RE0, REmake and RE4, then went ahead and bought 2, 3 and CVX. To many, the GC was a Smash Bros/ Zelda/ First Party Nintendo machine. To me, the GC was my RE machine.
I remember the early days of Outbreak. Getting online and playing with a bunch of random people, no idea what I was doing. I also have the recent memories of playing with the lovely folks over at obsrv this past year, renewing my love for the Outbreak series and making new friends.
I remember hooking up my light gun from Time Crisis 3 to play Dead Aim, and enjoying it despite the mixed reviews. I remember borrowing RE: Survivor from a friend in high school when I was sick, and I beat it twice in one day.
I’ve replayed almost every RE game I own (and some I don’t) easily dozens of times. I don’t know how many hours of my teenage years were spent playing RE, but it was a lot, and I loved every second.
Thanks for 20 years of Resident Evil, Capcom. We’ve had our ups and downs, but what series hasn’t? If things like the fantastic Revelations 2 are any indication, the series is still going strong, and I can’t wait to see where it goes next. Here’s to another 20!