The scariest RE game

It seems like a relatively simple topic but I don't think it's ever been really settled. What is the scariest game in the RE franchise? Cite reasons why you believe the title you chose is the scariest. I have to say 3: Nemesis because it completely changed how to played an RE game. You never sat in one area for too long due to fear that Nemesis might possibly show up. I like how a lot of his appearances were unscripted and random that way it was hard to predict when he might show up so you just had to assume he was around.

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I think REmake and RE1 were the only scary RE games.

RE4 and 5 tied for the least scary.

RE 0-CVX as a whole all had their fair share of scary moments. I think Resident Evil 4 was the very last RE game have any element of horror.

I've said it before and I'm going to say it again: I wasn't scared a single moment in RE4. Not even the regenerators.

ThomVD wrote:

I've said it before and I'm going to say it again: I wasn't scared a single moment in RE4. Not even the regenerators.

You may not have been scared by them but they were definitely meant to get a fearful reaction out of players. What I'm saying was they were actually trying to scare players where as in RE5 they made no attempt.

Yea, I can agree with that. In RE4 they tried to be scary and failed, and in RE5 they didn't even try.

I think some players were scared of the Regenerators/Iron Maidens. I for one was haha. Especially the music that accompanied them.

I was scared in some parts of RE4, no lie.

In RE5 it was better for them to not even try than try and fail.

I found the good doctor (chainsaw man) rather scary. I found Oven Man scary. I found the castle creepy.

Hmm Resident Evil 3 Nemesis, wow that was scary, I actully screamed, Nemesis just came from nowhere, wow that was scary, and the others are scary as well, but you never kno where Nemesis is coming from, all you hear is ' S.T.A.RS.! ', oh, one of the best bosses of all time!.

Im currently doing a replay of all since getting RE4HD
and i found the regenerators scary just how they move,the music,setting genuinely creepy but thats probley about it for resi 4

CVX has a great amount of jump scares like the underground prison zombie doctor who runs at you lol the zombie who comes out of the torture chamber + the heartbeating doors sound great with a full surround sound system with subwoofers which i have
i forgot how much creepy stuff was in CVX the castle aswell was creepy excellent music in that game.

RE3 still has a charm and nemesis still can make me proper jump 11 years later lol especially when he shows up in the newspaper building upstairs i almost screamed

I would have to go with REmake, just the atmosphere and the creepy music got at me when I first played that game.

I liked the cheap scares in RE2. Zombies arms popping out of the barricaded walls.

biggebruv wrote:

the heartbeating doors sound great with a full surround sound system with subwoofers which i have

Outbreak had that too, if I remember correctly.

Spike991 wrote:

I liked the cheap scares in RE2. Zombies arms popping out of the barricaded walls.

That gets me every time. I always tend to avoid the windows in that part, even in points where it's not supposed to happen.

The licker that jumps through the Magic Mirror made me poo. Shame it was so obvious, considering the camera is facing the mirror.

The Knife wrote:

The licker that jumps through the Magic Mirror made me poo. Shame it was so obvious, considering the camera is facing the mirror.

I think the entire setup to that scene itself is creepy too. Especially when you examine it and it goes "a magic mirror". Plus dead silence does NOT help make the situation any less tense. Any time there is silence in an RE game I get really nervous.

They all have their scary moments. RE1 and the "poptart" Crimson Heads, RE2 with the magic mirror Licker, RE3 with Nemesis, CV with those damn naked weinerless zombies, RE4 with the Regenerators, RE5 with the... nevermind.

I find REmake to be the scariest. I just love the whole mansion thing. Mansions have always creeped me out ever since I watched my dad play RE1 all those years ago on the PlayStation. The atmosphere can be nerve-racking for a 4 year old. Hell it STILL freaks me out when I'm 18!

Yeah, REmake is by far the scariest.

I also say REmake.

Resident Evil, Classic & Remake. Specially the remake and specially if you never heard about RE series at all and this is the first time you playing it. I think it's the scariest because you don't know what is going on in this mansion. Everything is mystery and you want answers. Who's mansion is this? Who lives here? Or used to live here. Why are dead, flesh eating people walking around the house? Chris's scenario is lot scarier than Jill's, because when you comeback to the main hall after encountering the first zombie, Wesker and Jill are just vanished. At that point I thought that something supernatural has to do with this mansion. I mean it's haunted, possessed, cursed or whatever. Because I would never thought that Wesker was the traitor and he's the one who kidnapped Jill. But then when you find out the everything has logical explanation and that Biohazard virus broke out, it's not scary at all. Rest of RE games are just jump scares.

Mr.X crashing through the wall in the police station in RE2 definetly made me pucker.

Zombie_Military_Police wrote:

Mr.X crashing through the wall in the police station in RE2 definetly made me pucker.

First time playing RE2 I almost stopped right there

REmake, first encounter with a Crimson Head and the Hunters were definitely scary.

REmake, hands down.

RE3 Nemesis takes the cake for me. Im actually going to purchase a copy of it soon as I finish replaying RE2. My old copy is long gone
 
Me and Nemnem go way back.. arguing... fighting... but we are both better people for it really I think.