I love the Resident Evil franchise – but even fans have to admit that the series has taken a few wrong turns in recent years. Resident Evil 6, for example, was a complete mess – with its branching campaign hardly making any sense, both mechanically and narratively.
Going back further, and we start hitting the better stuff. Resident Evil 5 may have dispensed with much of the scary stuff, but it was a damned good action game, especially if you played it co-operatively and could deal with all of that overt racism. Playing it on your own, with your co-op partner controlled by the AI? An exercise in frustration.
Go back even further, and you get to Resident Evil 4 – which is hailed by many as the very best game in the Resident Evil franchise, and one of the best action games ever made. Some consider it the genesis of the over-the-shoulder third person action game, responsible for inspiring games like Gears of War.
Well, for better or worse, all three of them are coming to the new consoles. Capcom’s announced that Resident Evil 4, 5 and 6 are coming to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 as standalone digital titles – priced at an MSRP of only $19.99 / €19.99 / £15.99 each.
With Resident Evil 0 and Resident Evil 1 already available on the news systems, and a Resident Evil 2 remake on the way, it leaves just Resident Evil 3: Nemesis as the sole, numbered game in the core series to not be on the new systems. Unfortunately, they’re being released in reverse chronological order; Resident Evil 6 on March 29, Resident Evil 5 in North America’s summer 2016 and Resident Evil 4 in North America’s Autumn 2016
Last Updated: February 26, 2016
Jonah Cash
February 26, 2016 at 09:50
As long as I get Resident Evil 2 they can keep all the other ones. My number 1 game coming to my number 1 console… Heaven
Ir0nseraph
February 26, 2016 at 09:51
I would like to believe I that I could see them on PSN plus but they aren’t Indie enough so I will wait for a very special special 😛
Hammersteyn
February 26, 2016 at 09:51
$20 isn’t too expensive….. yet
Ir0nseraph
February 26, 2016 at 09:52
No not really but remastered games no more then R200 or GITS.
Ir0nseraph
February 26, 2016 at 09:55
The big problem with remastered games is they end up in my digital library never to be played, uncharted I did finish but because it was disk based and wanted to be traded.
Hammersteyn
February 26, 2016 at 10:06
The opposite is happening with me.
Hammersteyn
February 26, 2016 at 09:51
6 no
5 maybe
4 SOLD!
hairyknees
February 26, 2016 at 09:56
5 is great still 😀 with a friend…
VampyreSquirrel
February 26, 2016 at 10:02
You just excluded so many of us there… XD
Commander Admiral Chief
February 26, 2016 at 10:16
You’ve got a friend in me
Tyrone Jackson
February 27, 2016 at 07:25
6 – Trash
5 – Slightly less trash
4 – Overrated with bad atmosphere and story but good gameplay – so, sure
Yeah… na.
Hammersteyn
February 27, 2016 at 17:34
Loved the gameplay in 4
Umar
February 26, 2016 at 09:54
Resident Evil 4 has been on :
Gamecube
PS2
Wii
Mobile
Xbox 360
PS3
PC
and now on PS4 and Xbox One…Wow.
Jac7
February 26, 2016 at 09:55
The game that keeps on giving.
Umar
February 26, 2016 at 09:55
LOL I sincerely hope they’re gonna spice things up. Maybe a new mode and control scheme, or something.
hairyknees
February 26, 2016 at 09:56
ALL THE THINGS!
Umar
February 26, 2016 at 09:57
Yet none of the versions has HD textures :/ Even the HD remasters.
hairyknees
February 26, 2016 at 09:56
In reverse order – from worst to best 😛 I AIN’T EVEN MAD!
Struggling through 6 at the moment 🙁 Y U DO DIS CAPCOM?
Hammersteyn
February 26, 2016 at 10:10
Because Zombie COD
Jac7
February 26, 2016 at 09:56
Resident Evil 5 did look pretty spectacular back in the day, but the tank controls were pretty frustrating. I remember my buddy saying, “What, I can’t walk and shoot at the same time? This is the 21st fucking century!”
hairyknees
February 26, 2016 at 09:57
Also, I’m keen for RE2 remake, but where is RE3? That game was great too <3
CypherGate
February 26, 2016 at 10:33
Yeah since they remaking all these they might as well do RE3 as well and release like a huge RE box collection remake! ^_^
Thami Afurika-Jin HD
February 26, 2016 at 09:57
Extremely happy to play 4.
Feeling good about 5.
Don’t mind hitting 6 once again.
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 26, 2016 at 10:01
Meh. Already watched these movies on Netflix.
Pieter Kruger
February 26, 2016 at 10:02
NEE!
CypherGate
February 26, 2016 at 10:32
If you are a true Resident Evil fan you would buy the whole remade franchise they busy with!!! Regardless of how terrible 6 was!
oVg
February 26, 2016 at 11:34
I still have the superior Gamecube version. But after playing Deadspace, I cant go back. Alien Isolation made me shit zero g.