Where's the best point to jump into modern Resident Evil? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by Apeman42@lemmy.world to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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I played 1-4 back in the day, but my memory of the details is pretty fuzzy. Something something Umbrella releases a new virus like iPhones every few years, something something, somehow Wesker returned.

Anyway, I hear 7 is kind of a soft reboot? Is that a good one to get back into the series with, and not have to know 12 games of plot?

And if 7 is good, does 8/Village follow directly from that without needing too much prior game knowledge?

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[-] juliebean@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

most of the resident evils work well as standalones. the only ones i'd say are really proper sequels are 3 (play 2 first) and 8 (play 7 first). there's some throughlines in terms of characters beyond that, but not really anything plotwise that you'd miss out by having missed the rest of the franchise.

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