Of course, the pair of excellent rail shooters originally released for Nintendo’s Wii were actually not the first in Capcom’s first-person zombie-shooting endeavors. There’s no accounting for taste, I know but if video games ended around the time of Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles’ release, I’d at least be content knowing that the industry ended on a high note. Now, if there’s one “hot take” on the Resident Evil franchise that likely sets me furthest apart from the rest of the Resi community – an aspect of it which seems to be its most contentious, but which I’ve always gone to bat for nonetheless – it’d be this: The light gun titles deserve more love. Perhaps this predilection of mine makes me an outlier in the larger fandom? Or maybe it’s come to be a common sentiment at this point - a shared zombie fatigue that we collectively manage to look past. And yet, Resident Evil manages to overcome this personal hurdle for me, by the sheer force of its earnest charms and compelling gameplay. Funnily enough, the one aspect I could honestly take or leave are the prevalent members of the cannibalistic undead militia themselves: I’ve never much been one for zombie media, truth be told - especially over the course of the past decade, where they’ve been run back into the ground they once rose from. Original Noodles à la Barry” were to die for. The closed-down theme restaurant in Japan’s Shibuya district? I hear the “S.T.A.R.S. ** The Milla Jovivich run of live-action movies? Love each and every last schlock installment to death. The core entries in the game series? Pretty much all masterpieces in my mind - even the so-called “worst” one. I adore pretty much everything about it, as well as most every piece of media and ephemera that’s been borne of it. I’ve got a confession to make: I love the Resident Evil franchise.
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