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My earliest memory of Resident Evil is when my uncle brought his PlayStation and a copy of Resident Evil 2 over for Thanksgiving. I watched him play from behind a chair because I was terrified of the zombies and monsters on screen. A little while later, I talked my grandma into renting the original Resident Evil for PS1. My brother and I sat cross-legged on the floor, booted it up, and as soon as that first zombie turned its head and looked us dead in the eyes, I quickly turned it off and didn't try again for another few years.

I was a little older the next time I tried to play Resident Evil, and I became utterly obsessed with the franchise. I played every Resident Evil I could get my hands on. I traded in GameCube and PS2 games to buy Resident Evil 4 on its launch day from GameStop. I played Resident Evil 5 co-op to death with my brother to the point where we maxed everything out. I rolled credits on Resident Evil 7 and then immediately started over to play through the whole thing again. Needless to say, I love Resident Evil.

Over the past 30 years, Capcom has released all kinds of Resident Evil games, from numbered, main series entries to experimental spin-offs, with varying degrees of success. With it being the franchise's 30th anniversary, I took it upon myself to play through all the Resident Evil games that were released in the US and rank them.

While there were a handful of poorly-received Resident Evil spin-offs I didn't play until the marathon, most of these were replays, allowing me to go for achievements/trophies I missed or see how fast I could beat each game. It was a mostly thrilling, extremely time-consuming ride with high highs and low lows, and after much deliberation, here is how I would rank every game in the franchise.

29Umbrella Corps

When Umbrella Corps first released, it received scathing reviews and so, even as a mega Resident Evil fan, I skipped it. Now that I finally played it as a part of this marathon, I have to say, Umbrella Corps' negative reviews weren't exaggerating. Umbrella Corps is a miserable game, and one that can't even be fully "enjoyed" in 2026.

Umbrella Corps is a multiplayer shooter game where the player character is bizarrely stuck to the far left-side of the screen. The thing is, Umbrella Corps' multiplayer is completely dead. I was unable to get into any matches during my time with the game, and so I had to make do with the horrendous single-player missions.

The single-player missions in Umbrella Corps are full of repetitive objectives like holding a point on the map and collecting X number of samples from zombies. The game reuses enemies and areas from other, better Resident Evil games, but presents them in the most boring, bland way imaginable. Many missions last a mere two minutes, if that, and there were instances when I felt like I spent more time loading into a mission than actually playing it.

5/10

Umbrella Corps

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OpenCritic ReviewsTop Critic Avg:36/100

ReleasedJune 21, 2016

ESRBM For Mature 17+ due to Blood and Gore, Game Experience May Change During Online Play, Intense Violence, Strong Language

Developer(s)Capcom

Publisher(s)Capcom

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28Resident Evil Survivor

The first three Resident Evil games are all great games, but the franchise fell off a cliff with the fourth game, which is also its first spin-off. Resident Evil Survivor is the first Resident Evil game played from a first-person perspective, and originally meant to be a light-gun shooter. It may be slightly more tolerable as a light-gun game, but playing it on PS1 with a controller is an abysmal experience. The controls are awful, there is hardly any puzzle-solving to speak of, and the game is over before it even hits the two-hour mark. It has the skin of Resident Evil, but that's about all it has going for it.