Ranking The ENTIRE Resident Evil Franchise (2024) 

I know tier lists are very subjective but I think we can all agree on this :) 1:11:25

Bawks rant about Re:Verse and Umbrella corp had me DYING😂

RE8 had one of the best lines in the series, when Chris is called the "boulder punching asshole"

RE3 Remake feels like if Steven Spielberg had remade Jaws and went "ppl rly liked the shark" and started the movie showing the main character on a speed boat shooting in the water behind him as he's chased by a fully visible and roaring shark.

Re1 directors cut is the most nostalgic for me. My uncle played it for my 70 year old grandmother and I. Straight terrifying, and captivating us😂

3 remake is a colossal disappointment. I was really looking forward to the branching paths, extra weapons from Nemy, Raccoon City exploration, unlocking the costumes etc. I really wish we could get a proper remake or hell, just release a new edition from the existing game and add some stuff to it, to make it a lot closer to the og.

Remeber in old RE3 how you would hear a door open and "Stars" and you would shit a brick?

Re1 is THE definition of a proper remake

Always when he starts talking about RE3R I can feel the sad and the disappointed, as if his best game got the worst remake and will never come back. I wish RE3 didn't get a remake so I can keep wondering how great the game will be when it's released.

That exact same thing Bawk said happens to me with RE4, and I can't even count all the times I've replayed it. I love it, but there are certain sections that you know they are so long, it is so hard to go through, and you know you have so much game left that a momentary rage overcomes you. For me it normally happens with long enough sections, and from the Castle onwards (except certain parts of the Village, like the Bella sisters boss fight and Gigante fight, probably even the way from the church to the lake). The Island just drives me up the wall, like I know I'm so close, but yet so far to finish the game. And not to mention "those" enemies that make me feel like I couldn't wait for it to end: Regenerator, Verdugo, Garrador and the Novistadors.

Mr X was soooo much better in the remake than the original which added such a scare factor. Gave me such anxiety always running and hiding from him. The best stalker enemy of the franchise hands down. I hope If they remake RE1 on ps5 they make Lisa Trevor a stalker enemy.

So i mailed Capcom a letter when i was akid suggesting that they make a gameboy color resident evil game. My argument was that the GBA was still new and they’d sell more units on the GBC. They mailed me back (really cool paper with Capcom characters all over it, still have it) saying they had no plans for a Gameboy RE, but like the idea. Then BAM, im at the mall like 9 months later and sure enough, Gbc RE. Even included the suggested characters i said they should use. So i like to believe im the reason for Gaiden.

I love how happy and passionate he talks about each game, going into incredible detail on why he loves and hates every single game, and it's honestly great to listen to.

RE3 is easily my favorite RE. I used to play it in the early 2000s with my cousin all the time. Great memories. My mom surprised me with CVX when she picked me up from school so that’s a major core memory too.

I've been watching for a few years and always enjoy your content, but I think this is one of the best videos you've ever done. Great stuff, thanks for your efforts

Cheers on the marathon! It was so much fun! Love ya bawk!

I watched the whole thing and oh boy I agreed. Nice and respectful (when possible XD) review for each game, love it!

Im glad you put re2 remake in S. I watched a vid about a month ago of someone saying why re2 remake is garbage.

Fantastic video. I love how passionate you are about RE, and non-toxic towards other fans.

Your tier list just so happens to perfectly align with mine. Let's goooo!

Brilliant video bawk

Great tier list :) I agree with almost the whole of it. Just gonna drop a single comment about RE3R : It was a great first time experience but...Separate Ways actually took me longer to beat on HC the first time through. And I can't decide if I want to laugh or cry.

DUDE! That thing about "hating" most of the Resident Evil's 4 parts is so true, its my favourite game and I found it funny because I never thought about it till you say it

The RE3 Remake section really resonates a lot with me. I preordered this game INSTANTLY because I had huge hopes since RE2 Remake was an absolute banger. When I finished RE3 Remake, I felt... nothing. I felt I beat a game, and that's it. I tried to play it again, to get... something out of it. And I just couldn't. I still hope to this day they'll release a better version of this game, somehow. Maybe one day...

"Thats be like if birkin turned into a helicopter" Im open to this being the lore behind DMC2

Original RE2 was my personal favorite. I used to speed run it as a teen before speed running was a thing. I must've played through the game hundreds of times when I was younger. For whatever reason I never really got into 3 until much later but I've learned to enjoy it.

Love these tier lists! Thank you for making it I love resident evil games and you cover videos when I’m feeling resident evil-e I come here and watch! I watched the whole review thanks BAWK!!!

I really appreciate how thoroughly you went with explaining your logic for your tier list. The explanation gives a solid reason why they are in the spots they are and thank you for doing that. Please do more tier list in the future for other of your faves :)

So happy re2 is s where it belongs in S tier💚. Thank you for shutting down the not liking tank controls opinion, that is what the franchise was built on.

A nice anniversary gift from Capcom would be the original three games officially on Steam with some bonus stuff. I know i can play them with emulators but it's bonkers there's no official way to play original Re 2 for example.

Awesome video Bawk! I like how you appreciate different aspects of RE games - even the smallest things. I 'm watching your videos and stream from few years. It's so awesome that after all those years you still love to play RE games which makes it very enjoyable to watch! This particular video made me thinking about my ranking and it's indeed not that easy to do 😃 My favorite ones are: RE1 Remake, RE2 OG, RE2 Remake and RE3 OG so it would be my S tier. I love other games too: RE 0, CV, RE4 Remake, RE7, and RE8, but I noticed that I don't like to go back to them that often, even though the games have an amazing gameplay and overall setting. I like to explore places like Spencer Mansion, R.P.D Station and Clock Tower. Love to dive into more calming, but yet creepy mood that allows me to relax after hard day. Spending some nostalgic time and listening to save room theme is also a huge part of it. RE4, RE7 and RE8 are really action packed, which is kinda cool, but I have to feel quite relaxed to play them. I'd personally prefer to have some bigger section of the game focused on the exploration and finding the items to solve the puzzles placed all around 😊 Anyways, this was an awesome idea for the video - it was really cool to hear your expertise on each of the RE game in such a detailed way and see how you'd rank them at the same time. Thanks! 😊

Amazing. Thank you for this. I didn't have the chance to play File #2 or the online features, but my older brother and I absolutely loved File #1. We never played anything like it and I still never beat Decisions, Decisions.

Dead aim is my absolute favorite game in the franchise, it was the first resident evil I played when I was a wee lad and I beat it in one sitting. Absolute God teir and that save room music is goated 😂

The og re3 is my favorite resident evil game. When the 3make came out, I was so disappointed. It's offensive to me that Capcom thinks they can drop that without consequences. It's worse knowing that they won't remake it again because "whelp, no one liked it. That means they don't want it"

So passionate love it, bawk you are a legend.

Missed this series completely in my youth - just saw my uncle once play CV on Dreamcast fighting the Nosferatu in the fog. I had a japanese version of Dino Crisis 2, tho and I couldn't figure out how to progress short after the first T-Rex encounter. Now I'm playing some of the newer ones at least - would be cool if the classics would release on Steam/Playstation - dunno why they are not.

I share your views on R3make, the og3 is also my favorite one from the series by far. After i was done with 2's remake i remembered being so hyped about R3make and the whole "explore more of Racoon City" idea but in the end i was so dissapointed with what we got. There was a lot of potential for this even fiercer Nemesis to stalk you as you explored trough the city!

Bawk, I'm a longtime viewer and I love your content. I just watched this the whole way through and loved your in-depth reasoning and analysis of each game.

I think you have been very generous with survivor 2 and mercenaries 3d. But hey couldn't more agree with the rest of the ranking so good job ;)

Spot on about RE3 Remake. For me I played the hell out of RE2R, S ranked all difficulties, speed ran to get nearly under an hour for each scenario. I did things I haven't done in games since I was a kid. RE3R comes out and I played it twice. Normal and hardcore. Dropped it after that. The game was good, it was fun, but it lacked the replay factor for me. The unlockable costume amount was a disgrace. No extra gamemodes added after launch. They really did treat this game as if no budget was provided.

Ah yes~ We have jill sandwhich, Leon pancake, and now *Birkin helicopter*

Yess!! Ive been waiting for this!!

BRO, WHY WE LOOK THE SAME? Are you my brother?

I had no real nostalgia for RE3 so the Remake was the most fun RE game for me. Just a rollercoaster ride with a super satisfying dodge with slow-mo. It was short so doing a quick run in an evening was awesome. I put 80 hours into it. Beat it and got all achievements on Xbox and Steam.

Yesss, I can listen to you talk about RE all day

This might be my favorite resident evil tier list yet, I think I agree with all placements here! Good job! 👍

RE7 was one of my favourite entries. It was actually scary. Hadn't felt like that since I was a kid playing OG RE

RE7 was S+ for me. Favourite game in the franchise. The madhouse mode was so good. I have never played a game before where you are given a gun and you still feel like you are unarmed.

Great vid. Would love to hear your views on all the VR editions.

Really well and thoroughly explained list! I especially appreciate how well you explained the divide on Code Veronica. I was always confused about it myself, only hearing bits about it second hand and not playing it for myself. But I think I will appreciate it a lot more, knowing about its faults and proactively preparing going into it in a similar way to how people are on FFVIII. Another game people either love or hate depending on some of the choices they make in the game.

This was great. Would love a similar tier list but ranking each game from a speedrunning perspective (for the games you’ve ran)

I actually like Zero, it's a good RE game in my opinion 👍

the thumbnail gives me heart attack, well played bawkba, well played...

REremake is my all time favorite, love to hear you dote on it to such a degree. ❤

Resistance was actually fun. It deserves to be higher. RE3 remake should be much lower.

Yaaas baaatch slaaay

Loved this whole tierlist man! There's something wholesome about listening to people rant about stuff they love. And hey I might piss people off but I lowkey like love RE6. The gameplay is great (Mercs kinda goated in that game), the cast is a banger (even better if you like CR), storywise SOME parts are good, but yeah on the whole it's a mess, but I freaking love it haha, it's definitely not my favourite, but it's not the car crash people claim it is imo!

I’m going to enjoy watching this!

I appreciate the fact that you didn't do an F tier, but stopped at E, because I really did have a lot of fun in re:verse and especially Umbrella Corps, but I can understand others opinions on it.

OG resident evil 2 is my favorite by FAR and still the GREATEST survival horror game ever created. I replay both scenarios atleast once a year. Good vid though!

I have seen so many resident evil streams and especially Bawks and this list makes perfect sense to me

Congrats on your correct opinions and tier list. You're the best!

I will NEVER forgive those previews saying you can use the subway to fast travel to different parts of the city. That plus having the map of the city in the collectors edition I was CERTAIN that we'd have the whole city. So disappointing my god.

thinking village is better than 7 is insane to me.

Fantastic break down. A loyalist to the franchise I appreciate all your input on these games

Great list!

RE3 remake isnt a bad game, its a solid game. its just a shit tier remake. thats the reason people hate it. honestly I liked it as a game, but hated it as a remake.

Apologies, but I gave this a click mainly to see if the thumbnail was deceptive (people can clickbait while being honest), and it was. That tactic is just something I personally dislike, so I'll click "Don't recommend channel". I'm just putting this here as constructive feedback. But if it works well for you, then keep on doing what you're doing!

Excellent tier list presentation! Try well spoken, clear, informative, entertain, funny and well paced, top tier, pun intended. 😊

Dude you were totally dead-on about the Tyrant fight in RE:CVX. I actually had a Dreamcast back in the day and played the original version, and I got completely soft locked and gave up at the Tyrant fight on the plane. Years passed and I later played the re-released version on PS2, and wouldn't you know it, I STILL got stuck at that part, and I had to start over and hoard my ammo.

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Resident evil 3make was one of the worst things to ever happen to gaming, let alone the Resident Evil franchise... They ruined Jill Valentine and Nemesis.... Like WTF😢

"It is like a hate mail" 1:11:30 omg, I was not ready for that, I spat my food all over my keyboard

Loved your play throughs. I’m a big fan of RE0 (my apologies) ha ha. But when you first pick up the hook shot it actually tells you it has a 50kg weight limit. So I think it’s the game telling you to send Rebecca. But my favourite is RE Rev 2. Love the replay ability. Keep up the streams, and a big hi from England.

I love listening to someone who is as passionate about RE's as much as me. One of the few games I still playy

totally agree bro love your vids

I’m amazed, they have not re-released outbreak, because that game has so much potential. I played it quite a bit when the servers were alive, and it was an incredible experience

Outbreak and File 2 is a core part of my childhood. So so many hours spent playing with friends. The game had a leaderboard where you could check stats and I remember it showing I had nearly 850 hours on File 2

Heck yeah, this is great!

I loved when you starting talking about RE Dead Aim and the meltdown with Umbrella Corps.🤣

Damn I never thought I'd see someone like RE Village more than RE7, to each their own I guess.

RE3 OG is incredible. Number one game I'm happy to replay

This is actually the best way to list every resident evil. Accurate ratings from Mr. Soup

Now *this* is some muhfuggin CONTENT

I was lucky enough to climb aboard the Resident Evil train when it was released in 1996. I still remember the old PS1 longbox and the art inside was terrifying back then! Now I think back on it, I wish they would've introduced the quick turn instead of auto-aim. Or make auto-aiming a function by pressing R2 to cycle through enemies like in RE3.

This is one of the only accurate tier lists on YT. Bawk is an EXPERT.

This franchise will always be special to me. Been a Resident Evil nerd since I was 10 in 2002. REmake was the first one I played.

reverse rant made this video so worth it

@Bawk Bruhhhh you called me out when I skipped to the end 😭😂😂😂

RE3R is what make me realize that your brain can actually block very negative memories you may have. That game is what made me get a PS4, and I can only remember I went in blind. I just can't remember anything of what I thought on that first playthrough.

Resident Evil Village is soooooooo unique! I’m loving it ever since I played day 1!

BEST RE Tier List! You listed the entire saga!

The biggest issue with RE3 Remake wasn't that it scrapped bad areas while the others took the bad areas and improved them. It was that it scrapped GOOD areas and then didn't even replace them with anything at all. I liked the lab thing at the end, however short it was, and they made the factory a warehouse that sandwiches between the lab and hospital. But that doesn't fix what they did wrong, which was 90% of the game. Even the areas where Nemesis came out were scripted. He shows up at the same spot everytime and he is as random as Mr X in RE2 Remake, as in not much at all. He just comes straight at you until you get to the point where he just stops. After that, the rest of the game is a straight line. Not to mention that and the very short flamethrower and RPG parts he is in are the only times you see him in his humanoid form. After that it is just 2 mutated monster fights and done. I know there are 3 but two of them are literaly the same thing, just with a few random zombie added to make it harder and for no reason they shove the camera up Jill's ass to make it impossible to see them. It is the only part in the game where the camera is so close to you at all times...... and it was done intentionally to make it harder.

Most accurate and best Resident evil tier list, nothing less was expected from a veteran like bawk

The fair review on zero is why I like bawk. Well done Bawk!

The part about being introduced to Resident Evil by watching your older brother play, and feeling terrified...that hit home lol I had the exact same experience, the first game I saw was resident evil 2.

You are Ethan. *Immediately checks to see if their hand's still attached*

Impressive!

Thank you for singing the praises of Outbreak. I love that game.

Love the streams, love the video, gain is a bit high on the mic. If you can wing it get an elgato wave xlr it has clipguard which will get rid of any peaks you have without having to fiddle with limiters and all that.