My Top 50 Favourite Resident Evil Moments: #10 to #1

We're here! What are my Top 10 Favourite Moments in the Resident Evil series! Scroll down to find out! If you've missed #20 to #11 then click here, for #30 to to #21 click here, for #40 to #31 then click here, and to view #50 to #41 click here. It's time to reveal half of my Top 20. Let's do this!

#10 - Zombies Walk Through the Door - Resident Evil 2

Another moment that's incredibly special for us old school Resi fans. Picture this. You've played the original Resident Evil. It was terrifying, nothing at the time looked or played like it in the horror gaming genre. You've observed the door opening sequence many times throughout the game. A few years later you then play Resident Evil 2. Even more scary. Even more mundane yet iconic door sequences. And then there's just one door, ONE DOOR, in the game where they decide to scare the absolute shit out of you by having two zombies come through it. It was absolutely terrifying, it scarred me for a very long time! 

A couple of other things to note, when you play the B Scenario Campaign with either character, you understand why these zombies come through the door, and also, they did do homage to this scene in the 2 Remake, but, of course, with all the advancements in technology it was no where near as impactful but served as a nice little Easter egg for us oldies who played the original.

#9 - The Merchant - Resident Evil 4

"Welcome!"
"Whatr'ya buyin'?"
"Whatr'ya sellin'?"
"Ahhhh, I'll buy it at a high price!"
"Heh heh hah heh, thank you!"
"Not enough cash, stranger!"
"Come back anytime!"

Even to this day I quote The Merchant. He's one of my all time favourite minor characters in video game history. He's got so much personality for such a minor character. I'm so gutted that this guy was never seen again after Resident Evil 4, he was hugely popular amongst hardcore fans of the series and the fact that he wasn't in Resi 5, where there is a shop system, was hugely disappointing. I don't think fans would have cared about the potential lack of logic, placing him in Africa when he was in Spain in the previous game. We don't care! We just want The Merchant, dammit! And obviously, as an arms dealer, he's so helpful, giving Leon well needed guns, upgrades and first aid sprays. The man is a legend and we'll never forget him!

#8 - Ben Bertolucci's Death - Resident Evil 2 Remake

What a fucking moment. Sure, it's only been just over a year since RE2 Remake came out, but this moment deserves to be mentioned this high up on this list. It was singularly the best moment in the Remake. I mentioned it in my article last year "5 Changes I Like, Don't Like, and Would Have Changed".

In the original game Ben dies in a completely different way, which is again one of the reasons why I love this part in the Remake so much. Ben gets implanted with an G-virus embryo by William Birkin, or brutally brought down by his iron pipe, depending if you play the A or B campaign. Not only that, but Ben in the original game has two scenes of dialogue.

But in this Remake, oh no. That doesn't happen. He only has one scene, and it ends as quickly as it begins. In his prison cell, feeling safe from the chaos happening outside, Ben chills and smokes a cigarette. He bumps into Leon and before you know it, Tyrant grabs him from behind the wall and crushes his face with one hand. It's absolutely brutal and I love it. It's simply... wow. My mouth was ajar when I saw it for the first time. Incredible.

#7 - Tyrant Smashes Through the Wall - Resident Evil 2

Honest to Chris you don't realise how many people crapped their pants when this scene happened unless you played it back in the day. Tyrant, the original stalker, was everywhere in the B Campaign of Resi 2, but perhaps his finest moment is when you solve the torch puzzle towards the end of your time in the police station. You've solved this puzzle in the A Campaign, and the puzzle hasn't changed in the B Campaign at all, it's the same outcome. But as soon as the gear falls out on the opposite side of the room ready for you to collect, Tyrant smashes through the wall OUT OF NOWHERE. It's one of the best jump scares in video game history, so much to the point that they replicate it in the Remake to the same effect... but make it a random occurrence!

And then, of course, when you've dealt with the wall smash, you have to walk the long way round the corridor on the outside... and you wonder if he'll do it again, and he does! Sure it's not as scary but you just don't know which wall and when it would happen so it still catches you!

#6 - Krauser and Leon's Knife Fight - Resident Evil 4

When it comes to villains with short amounts of gametime that stay with me, Jack Krauser is high on that list when it comes to how much I love them. He featured at #18 in my Favourite Villains list, so that says a lot. He's only really in the game for one chapter, 5-3 to be exact, but his stamp on this chapter is immense. His history with Leon, his cool demeanour, his respect for his old comrade, despite wanting to kill him, everything about Krauser is just badass.

If we're going to narrow it down to one moment, it is, of course, the knife fight at the beginning of the chapter. When it comes to cool moments, Resident Evil 4 has them in abundance, but perhaps the coolest moment in the whole game has to be this fight. It's so slick, so cool, you feel like an absolute badass fighting Krauser knife on knife, man on man. The quick button exchanges are hard too, it took me ages to finish this sequence when I first did it. I just love this section of the game so much and Krauser is fully responsible towards why.

#5 - Wesker's Return - Resident Evil Code Veronica

When Code Veronica came out on the Dreamcast I was gutted. I didn't look at any of the previews of the game or any info of what happens in the game - don't forget that back then there was no YouTube. Most of my information was actually from magazines. So when the game came out on the PS2 a year later, I went into the game completely blind.

So when I heard "Greetings... you must be the lovely Claire Redfield" in a pompous British accent, I had goosebumps. I hadn't seen Albert Wesker since Resident Evil 1, so we're talking 4-5 years. In that time Resident Evil 2 and 3 had already came out. There was no signs at all that Wesker was to be brought back from the dead to haunt us again, and it was a stroke of genius by Capcom to bring him back into the series.

What's so good about this scene, a truly underrated scene in the Resident Evil series in my opinion, is how not only were you not expecting the return of Wesker (unless of course you knew in advance, which as I said, I did not), but Claire Redfield has no idea who he is either. She knew of Wesker but it takes her a moment to figure out it was him, what, with him being presumed dead and all. I love how he toys with her, beating her about, purely out of his hatred for Chris, her brother. After he gets a message he decides not to kill her and let her live for another day.

And then - there it is - the red glint in his sunglasses, and the huge supernatural jump into the abyss. Whatever Wesker is, he's not human, and it's truly a jaw dropping moment. I truly love this moment in the game because there's so much information to process at once. Wesker isn't dead. Wesker isn't human. Wesker is using Claire as bait to get Chris to come to the island so he can kill him in an act of revenge. It's all so good and it's a shame most people don't agree with me when I say it's one of the best moments in the series history.

#4 - Meeting The Licker - Resident Evil 2

Resident Evil 2 Remake did the Licker tremendously proud. These bastards are one of the worst/best monsters in all of Resident Evil. They're so tricky manoeuvre, tough as hell and absolutely terrifying. I hate the noise they make in the original game, that's possibly the one thing they've struggled to replicate in any game since.

The first time you meet The Licker in Resident Evil 2 is simply one of those moments that players never forget. When you've seen Zombies, Dogs, Crows, Snakes, Spiders and other creatures in Resident Evil 1, they really needed to create a brand new enemy to scare the shit out of us with back in 1998. And this was the result. Thank you Capcom for the nightmare fuel, these bastards are just truly awful.

#3 - Regenerators - Resident Evil 4

Oh god. Oh fucking god. Has there ever been a more scary Resident Evil enemy in the series? In my opinion, perhaps not.

Regenerators are terrifying. They're tall, with abnormally long limbs, make the most god-awful noises, and creepily walk at you at a decent pace. What makes it worse is that the only way to kill them is to shoot invisible parasites that are all over their body - front and back.

Taking care of the parasites on the front isn't a problem, you have the infrared scope and you take them out. It's the ones on the back that are the problem. You can't go round the Regenerators because the corridors are too narrow, and they can extend their arms and grab you from afar. So you normally have to shoot a leg off. But... if you do that then they crawl at you at a quicker speed than their walking animation and jump up at you. They're just so scary and give you such anxiety taking them out. You have to be quick, in taking out the parasites on their backs.

Also, in what seems like an unpopular opinion, Regenerators for me are worse than the Iron Maidens. Iron Maidens, if you didn't know, are Regenerators with large spikes covering their bodies. Regenerators for me are worse for that very reason - if they bite you, they make the most awful noises chomping on your neck or wherever they latch on top of you. And even when you die, they don't let go, still chewing on your dead corpse for dinner! They're just, for me, probably the scariest monsters in the whole series.

#2 - Chief Irons'/Ben Bertolucci's Death - Resident Evil 2

So we covered Ben's death in the Remake earlier at #8, but his death, and Chief Irons' death in the original game, perhaps serve longer in the memory. This death was done in the Remake but to Chief Irons exclusively, yet it wasn't done to the same extent as the original.

William Birkin in the A Campaign will implant an embryo in either Ben or Chief Irons, depending on who you're playing as. When you get to either character in their next scene, the creature bursts out of them, rejecting their host. What makes this death so damn gruesome, is how the Baby G crawls through the chest and up through the shoulder. It's truly awful and gory, and I was hoping they'd do this scene justice in the Remake. Sadly they didn't, because the creature comes out of the chest rather than through the shoulder. It's good, but this original scene in the original Resident Evil 2, is truly a horrifying moment that wasn't done justice in the Remake. Just look at the GIF below, it's gruesome!

And here we are. What is my Favourite Moment in Resident Evil? Before we reveal, here's a countdown from #50 to #2...

• #50 - The Mysterious White Bag (Resident Evil 4)
• #49 - Piers Nivans' Sacrifice (Resident Evil 6)
• #48 - Lurker Frogs (Resident Evil 0)
• #47 - The Master of Unlocking (Resident Evil)
• #46 - Eveline's True Identity (Resident Evil 7)
• #45 - Playground Fun (Resident Evil 6)
• #44 - G-Adult (Resident Evil 2 Remake)
• #43 - Wesker vs Chris (Resident Evil: Code Veronica)
• #42 - The First Zombie (Resident Evil)
• #41 - The Orphanage (Resident Evil 2 Remake)
• #40 - Meeting El Gigante (Resident Evil 4)
• #39 - Ada's Trap (Resident Evil 6)
• #38 - Meeting Yawn (Resident Evil)
• #37 - Crimson Heads (Resident Evil Remake)
• #36 - Tyrant vs Birkin (Resident Evil 2 Remake)
• #35 - The Gallery Room (Resident Evil)
• #34 - The First Tape (Resident Evil 7)
• #33 - Entering the Village (Resident Evil 4)
• #32 - Meeting Mimicry Marcus (Resident Evil 0)
• #31 - The First Zombie (Resident Evil 2 Remake)
• #30 - Ada's Return (Resident Evil 4)
• #29 - Meeting Lisa Trevor (Resident Evil Remake)
• #28 - Wesker vs Jill and Chris (Resident Evil 5)
• #27 - Return to the Police Station (Resident Evil 3: Nemesis)
• #26 - Reuniting with Mia (Resident Evil 7)
• #25 - "…SHIT!" (Resident Evil 4)
• #24 - The Intro (Resident Evil)
• #23 - Meeting Nosferatu (Resident Evil: Code Veronica)
• #22 - Cerberus Teasing to Smash Through the Window (Resident Evil Remake)
• #21 - Discovering the B Campaign (Resident Evil 2)
• #20 - The First Las Plagas (Resident Evil 4)
• #19 - The Garage (Resident Evil 7)
• #18 - Double Mirror Licker (Resident Evil 2)
• #17 - Scientist Attack in the Lab (Resident Evil: Code Veronica)
• #16 - Cerberus Smashing Through the Window (Resident Evil)
• #15 - Dinner with The Baker Family (Resident Evil 7)
• #14 - Meeting Nemesis (Resident Evil 3: Nemesis)
• #13 - Lickers Everywhere (Resident Evil 5)
• #12 - Jill Sandwich (Resident Evil)
• #11 - Chainsaw Death Match (Resident Evil 7)
• #10 - Zombies Walk Through the Door (Resident Evil 2)
• #9 - The Merchant (Resident Evil 4)
• #8 - Ben Bertolucci's Death (Resident Evil 2 Remake)
• #7 - Tyrant Smashes Through the Wall (Resident Evil 2)
• #6 - Krauser and Leon's Knife Fight (Resident Evil 4)
• #5 - Wesker's Return (Resident Evil: Code Veronica)
• #4 - Meeting The Licker (Resident Evil 2)
• #3 - Regenerators (Resident Evil 4)
• #2 - Chief Irons' Death (Resident Evil 2)

So, my Favourite Moment in Resident Evil is...

#1 - Meeting The Hunter - Resident Evil

Here we have it. The original Resident Evil Hunters. Nothing has been, in my opinion, as awful as the Hunters in the first game. More scary? Sure. Regenerators are probably scarier. And the graphics haven't been kind to that original FMV sequence when that Hunter chases after you through the Courtyard. But I can promise you, nothing crapped me up more than when I first saw that video sequence back in the day.

You'd never faced ANYTHING like the Hunters until that part of the game. Zombies, Dogs, Spiders, sure. But The Hunter was like nothing else. These guys were fast, they were strong, they can leap ridiculous heights in the air, they can combo attack you. If you're in bad health, they can swipe attack you and take your head off. They were truly awful.

We've had Hunters in other Resident Evil games. RE3 - they weren't as difficult. RE Code Veronica - they were difficult but not as scary. It's the one enemy that has never been replicated to a justifiable level. Even the RE1 Remake doesn't do them justice. Resident Evil, back in 1996, created a horrible bastard of a monster that gives me anxiety to this day because they're so tough, there's so many of them back in the mansion upon your return, and they're so unpredictable. So thank you Capcom, for filling me with anxiety, whenever I see one of these green bastards.

And that's it! I hope you've enjoyed my countdown of my 50 Favourite Resident Evil Moments. I'm sure everyone's list would be different, but let me know in the comments you agree with, disagree with and what are your most memorable moments in the series that maybe I haven't mentioned.

As always, here's a pie charts of stats from my listing you may or may not be interested in:

When we talk about titles individually, Resi 4 comes on top. It is, along with Resi 2, my favourite games in the series, so it shouldn't come as a surprise. With Resi 1 being the original you can understand why that game is so memorable, without we wouldn't have the other games.

That's pretty much it from me. I hope you've enjoyed the list as I said. Let us know what you think in the comments! Thanks for reading, any shares would be greatly appreciated! And until next time, take care!

My Top 50 Favourite Resident Evil Moments: #40 to #31

Welcome to Part 2 of 5 in what is my Top 50 Favourite Resident Evil Moments. If you missed from #50 to #41 then click here. Let's get straight to it!

#40 - Meeting El Gigante - Resident Evil 4

El Gigante may be based on the Cave Troll from Lord of the Rings but that takes nothing away from the fact that this boss from Resi 4 is excellent. He's intimidating, especially further along in the game when you go against two of them, but he's also a very fun boss to go against. Shooting at his head, dodging his massive fists, then running away before he throws trees at you - it's insane and entertaining. The boss fight was so popular that they made it a boss fight in Resi 5 as well!

#39 - Ada's Trap - Resident Evil 6

As stated earlier, Resi 6 was the weakest entry in the main series and by a considerable margin. So much so that this is the third and final entry into this Top 50 involving the game. For me, this was a huge moment in an otherwise poor game. Ada Wong has always played nicely on that line between good and evil, both in Resi 2 and in Resi 4. So when we saw she was playing a big part in Resi 6 we expected a similar performance.

That was until she throw an bomb of viruses at all of Chris Redfield's men, turning them into gooey monsters. It was the first time we really saw her doing something truly evil, rather than it being something mischievous or debatable because she was following orders. I've always been a huge Ada fan and I was like "noooo!" when this happened.

Of course, later on we learn that it wasn't Ada but someone called Carla Radames, who was impersonating Ada and, basically, was an Ada clone, but it takes nothing away from this moment at the time and how you felt about it.

#38 - Meeting Yawn - Resident Evil

Ah, Resident Evil's first ever boss. Yawn was, and still is, a bastard. I've played Resi 1 countless times and Yawn still gives me a small amount of anxiety whenever I face him. Is he scary? Not really, not beyond the first time you face him anyway. But he is dangerous. All it takes is one bite from him and that's it, you're poisoned. Depending on who you play as in Jill or Chris and what actions you have taken to that point, getting poisoned by Yawn can make life difficult for you. It's best to avoid getting bit but that's a major task. Avoiding him on the way in isn't too bad. But when you try and collect the Moon Crest and escape he basically traps you in his little corner. So Yawn, despite all of the times I've faced him, is a pain in the ass and I think my escape percentage without getting poisoned is probably around 10%. He's a very memorable boss, being the first one in the series I'm sure everyone agrees.

#37 - Crimson Heads - Resident Evil Remake

I remember that I didn't play the Remake of Resident Evil 1 for, I dunno, maybe a year after it came out? I didn't have a Gamecube when it was released so hearing of the REmake got me excited but I was also gutted I'd not get to play it for a while. But I remember one of my good friends telling me about Crimson Heads, and how they're regular zombies that come back from the dead... again... and they're much more dangerous. When I eventually played the REmake they met my expectations. I mostly run away from them, because they run so damn fast and can cripple your health if you're not careful. Of course you can take care of them with a lighter and some fuel but there's not much of that around. They're pretty terrifying for sure!

#36 - Tyrant vs Birkin - Resident Evil 2 Remake

I touched on this in my Resident Evil 2 Remake article (which you can read by clicking here), but this was the fight we never asked for, but oh boy are we happy we saw it! Something some fans may or may not have thought while playing the original game is, what would happen if William Birking fought Tyrant? Well, we got the answer in the Remake, and it wasn't even close. William Birkin rips Tyrant's chest out in one piece and it looks insane. I LOVED this moment from Resi 2 Remake. I never asked for it but I'm happy we saw it!

#35 - The Gallery Room - Resident Evil

This moment brings me WAY back to when I first played Resi 1. On the surface, this room and this scenario isn't scary or anything special, so if you disagree with this entry I understand. But don't forget, this is my personal list! The crows in Resi 1 were pretty scary at the time. One crow you can deal with, but when around 3, 4 or 5 of them come at you, they can create havoc and really cause damage.

And then you have The Gallery Room. Which is FULL of crows. If you shoot at them, they'll come at you. If you get the puzzle in the room wrong they will come at you. Get it right and they'll leave you alone. But when I first went into this room, way back when I first played this game, I didn't know any of this. All I saw was a room full of crows. And walking through it, trying not to disturb these damn birds... I crapped myself! So it's a nostalgia moment for me, talking about how I felt going into this room for the first time, hence its inclusion in this list.

#34 - The First Tape - Resident Evil 7

If you've played the demo of Resident Evil 7 then you'll be also familiar with "the first tape", because it's basically the same thing. A team of ghost hunters enter the Baker house because of rumours of it being haunted and they get killed off. That's what happens in a nutshell. But playing the RE7 demo, or playing through the "tape" in the game really sets up the game very well. It's creepy and cheesy at the same, and it's all about what happens in the end of the tape, when we see one of the guys get killed off, with blood streaming from their eyeballs and mouth. It's brutal and it's classic Baker family shit. I love it.

#33 - Entering the Village - Resident Evil 4

Entering the village in Resi 4 is simply one of the best and most memorable moments in Resi history. No matter how much Resi you've played, if you've played Resi 4 in the first time and you get to the village, nothing prepares you for what's about to come. Arriving in that village, seeing all the locals, it's "backwards Hillbilly murdering village" vibes all over. And seeing all of them, coming at you, is just INSANE. In previous Resi games, you can have what, three or four zombies take you on at once? How many people are in that screenshot? And there's more in other parts of this area too!

And then you have the Chainsaw guy. Run into one of the houses and a cutscene plays out where you hear and see all the villagers surround the house. Then you hear the revs of a chainsaw. Then his lunatic runs at you! It's just madness and I love it.

#32 - Meeting Mimicry Marcus - Resident Evil 0

Resi 0 overall doesn't do that much to further what happens in the games that were released before it, but the addition of leeches was, erm, interesting. And Mimicry Marcus enemies are just disgusting. They're a pain in the butt to deal with and follow you everywhere. When you meet the first one in the train it's a fantastic visual and it's pretty much the best scene in the entire game.

#31 - The First Zombie - Resident Evil 2 Remake

When they announced that they were remaking Resi 2 I was excited. Then there was radio silence for years. Then at E3 2018 they showed the trailer and they showed the first zombie killing a police officer. And it was absolutely GRUESOME. Just look at the level of detail in the GIF below. It's insane. I've never seen such detail in a game before, when it comes to this level of gore. We've come so far since the days of 1996 when we saw our first ever zombie. Seeing the first zombie in 2019 in RE2 Remake shows just how far. I love the level of detail. It's sick and I love it.

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My Top 50 Favourite Resident Evil Moments: #50 to #41

Ahoy there and welcome to another one of my listings. With the dust settled on Resident Evil 2 Remake and Resident Evil 3 Remake announced and less than a week away I thought now would be a good time to reveal what my 50 favourite moments are in the series. When I say the series I'm talking about the main games, so I'm not including Resident Evil Survivor, Revelations or Umbrella Chronicles or similar. It's literally Resident Evil 0, 1, 2, 3, Code Veronica, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1 Remake and 2 Remake.

Some of these moments are scary, some are funny, some are sad and some are just iconic.

I'll post these 50 moments across 5 parts over 5 days. Today I'm posting #50 to #41, so come back tomorrow for #40 to #31.

Because some people prefer videos, some prefer text, some prefer GIFs and some want just a picture - I tried to get one of everything in here for each entry.. although some seem to have disappeared due to copyright issues perhaps. Some explanations may be longer than others. And don't forget - all of this is my opinion, so if you disagree, that's cool, we can discuss that in the comments.

I shouldn't have to say but just in case - there are likely to be SPOILERS in these posts. So if you've not played any of the games above and don't want to know what happens, don't take the risk!

Enjoy my favourite moments from *FLASH*
Resident. Evil.

#50 - The Mysterious White Bag - Resident Evil 4

Right at the end of Resident Evil 4 - and we mean one of the last rooms you enter in the entire game has the last Regenerator enemy to defeat in there. Before that though you can open a cupboard to find a white bag inside. It takes a good couple of seconds, but after a moment, the bag starts moving. And moving. And it won't stop unless to strike or shoot it with a weapon, and when you do it stretches in a weird way and flops dead.

Why?

What was it?

The answer remains a mystery to this day. It has no impact to the game in any way, shape or form and you don't even have to open the cupboard. It's just a weird moment and it's simplicity is great.

#49 - Piers Nivans' Sacrifice - Resident Evil 6

Let's get something out of the way - Resi 6 is by far the worst entry in the series. But that doesn't mean it doesn't have its moments. And when I say moments I do literally mean... moments. Most of it is just meh. And again, my opinion here, one redeeming thing about Resi 6 is actually Chris Redfield. I've never been the biggest Chris fan, and his character in Resi 5 was really crap in honesty. But in Resi 6 he does somehow redeem himself. Acting like the elderly statesman to a group of young BSAA rookies, he is the role model for the likes of Finn and Piers. More on Finn later.

But Piers is the shining light of the BSAA. He's young, quite brash, but quickly becomes an incredibly reliable soldier working alongside Chris and is there when the shit hits the fan. He's the future. But then he gets attacked and infected by a monster named Haos. He still helps Chris defeat the monster and Chris says they'll escape.

But Piers has other ideas. He throws Chris into the escape pod and locks the door. Chris begs him to open the door but Piers refuses.

It's a heartbreaking moment in the game, one that caught me by surprise. Mainly because everything leading up to this point in Chris' story was mostly boring, apart from other scenes which we'll get to later. Chris was supposed to retire after training up these young rookies in Finn and Piers. But he outlives them and continues to fight on in their memory.

#48 - Lurker Frogs - Resident Evil 0

Resident Evil 0 isn't a bad game, not at all. It's decent enough. Most of the general enemies in the game are dull... apart from Lurker Frogs. These massive frogs don't look that intimidating and that's part of the beauty of the situation. By this point in the series, most fans had played Resi 1, Resi 2, Resi 3, Code Veronica and Resi 1 Remake. We had seen countless enemies in that time.

We get towards the end of Resi 0 and see a big frog jump out of the water. We take a look at it and almost laugh. They look like shit versions of Hunters.

But then they attack you with their massive tongue and drag you towards them... and eat you whole. That's it. Game Over.

What just happened??

Did that really just happen??

It really comes out of nowhere, and it's a one-hit kill. The only way out of it is if you have both Rebecca and Billy, and one shoots the Lurker Frog before the other gets eaten. But chances are the first few times you encounter these frogs you're separated, so until you reunite you literally have to either be quick and kill them before they attack you, or run and run FAST. Because their tongues are really long and once they attack, you're fucked.

#47 - The Master of Unlocking - Resident Evil

Some fans may say I'm placing this too low in the list and I understand if you're one of those people. It's a classic moment but there was so much to cover in this Top 50 it just kept getting bumped downwards. It's still an amazing moment though.

If you don't know, the original Resident Evil had some TERRIBLE acting. I mean just woeful. And most of the worst lines were by Barry Burton. I mean, personally, when I say the acting is terrible, I LOVE it. I love how cheesy the lines are. I love the poor dialogue. And Barry's lines are absolute corkers.

"Jill, here's a lockpick. It might be handy if you, the master of unlocking, take it with you."

I mean, sure. Maybe Jill is AMAZING at unlocking doors. If Jill was in Skyrim, perhaps her Pickpocket Level is 100. But to call her "The Master of Unlocking" is just a strange phrase to use. ESPECIALLY in a situation where you're stuck in a mansion full of zombies and other monstrosities. It's simply a classic Resident Evil moment and I love it.

#46 - Eveline's True Identity - Resident Evil 7

I did warn you about spoilers! Don't want to know the true identity of Eveline? Skip ahead. I mean it. The video thumbnail for the YouTube video shows you who it is! You get this warning for free.

You don't mind knowing who Eveline is? Or know already? Okay. Fine. So yeah. I'm not going to lie to you, when you find out that Eveline is actually the old lady in the wheelchair it did catch me by surprise. Is it the biggest plot twist in video game history? No. But it's still fun and I didn't see it coming. All this time, seeing that creepy old lady, doing nothing, singing in corridors, staring at you like a Mona Lisa painting, barely surviving, never dying, just... being... there. And of course, there's that one particular corridor where she's not facing you and you think this is the moment - she's gonna grab you, but she doesn't. Then when you turn around she's disappeared.

Eveline's plot twist wasn't expected and it's not the most original reveal but I did really enjoy it regardless.

#45 - Playground Fun - Resident Evil 6

I missed this moment when I first played Resident Evil 6! I did go down the slide and that was comical. But I didn't actually ride the panda! It's one of those moments where you think... did that just happen?? But I'm glad it did. Resident Evil over the years has had moments where you do wonder if the games take themselves too seriously. But we have over the years had some hilarious moments in the game. So it was a refreshing change of pace to have Chris Redfield mess about in a playground despite bioterrorism threatening to destroy the world. It's hilarious!

#44 - G-Adult - Resident Evil 2 Remake

Resident Evil 2 Remake was brilliant. Truly brilliant. What they kept the same was mostly the right decision and what they changed was usually for the better. There were some things I didn't agree with and to read my thoughts on that click here.

But one thing that was a stroke of genius was what they did with G-Adult.

In the original Resi 2, G-Adult was the first boss in the game. There was only one, and it was the creature that burst out of Ben or Chief Irons, depending on if you were playing as Leon or Claire respectively in the A Campaign. It's the offspring of William Birkin's monster who is trying to find the correct host.

So by that logic, there shouldn't be one G-Adult, but many. William Birkin creeps all the way from the labs underground to the sewers and then to the police station. So it makes a lot of sense to suggest that there can't be just one G-Adult, because William Birkin must have planted many embryos in many poor victims on his way up.

So Capcom realised this and made the decision in the Remake to scrap the G-Adult boss and instead make him a regular enemy. And what an enemy he is. He's an absolute grotesque bag of gore, eyes, flesh and poison. It's fucking revolting. And defeating them are an absolute pain in the ass. So bravo Capcom, for making a great change from the original game to the Remake in making G-Adult far more significant in the latter.

#43 - Wesker vs Chris - Resident Evil Code Veronica

When I first played Resident Evil Code Veronica I was so happy with the return of Wesker. I'll talk more about that in a later entry in this list. But one of the best things about the return of Wesker was the rivalry between Wesker and Chris. They hate each other, and for very good reason. Wesker betrayed the STARS team and Chris thwarted Wesker's plans back in the mansion in Resi 1, leaving him for dead.

And in the end of Code Veronica, we get to see what we really wanted - a fight between Wesker and Chris. And sure, it's a little one sided with Wesker's superpowers, but Chris, as he always does, manages to use some tricks up his sleeve. It's one of my favourite moments in Code Veronica and for some unknown reason not many people give the scene the love I feel it deserves. I love this fight!

#42 - The First Zombie - Resident Evil

Again, this is another moment I can see a lot of fans questioning why I've placed this all the way down in #42. And as iconic as this moment truly is, it never did scare me much, even when I played the game as a kid in the late nineties. There were far more scary moments in Resident Evil 1 than this. But I can't deny it's status as one of video games truly iconic moments. It's likely to be in a Top 100 video game moments list of all time, if someone was to make such a list. It's truly video game royalty, when it comes to how big this moment was for so many people. It's just that as much as I like this moment, it just didn't move me as much as it seemed to for others.

Also, I never knew that Forest's head got decapitated. They seemed to edit that scene, depending on what version you played.

#41 - The Orphanage - Resident Evil 2 Remake

We return to the Remake of Resident Evil 2 with another "change" they made that wasn't in the original game. The whole orphanage segment of Claire's campaign is excellent. They added so much more to the story and relationship of Chief Irons and Sherry Birkin. And there are moments in the orphanage that are quite uncomfortable. Chief Irons is much more of a scumbag in this remake, and Sherry is far less annoying than she is in the original. Overall, those tweaks to those characters made this whole scene much more impactful than I ever anticipated. I didn't really care for either character in the original game, but my feelings for both characters were far more this time round. So, again, kudos Capcom, for making another great addition to the already good story of Resi 2.

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