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: #20 to #11

We've arrived at Part 4 of 5 in my countdown of my 50 Favourite Resident Evil Moments. If you missed #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!

#20 - The First Las Plagas - Resident Evil 4

Playing Resi 4 for the first time and seeing that zombies didn't exist but these crazy villagers replaced them was one thing. I remember back when I first played Resi 4 and being a little disappointed that zombies didn't exist anymore actually. But then you get to Chapter 2. It's night time, and you see two villagers, no big deal. But then one of their heads pop off and then... wait what?? WHAT??

The first time you see the horrific tentacles and growth coming out of the head of the villager is such an iconic moment in Resi 4. Sure, we've seen zombies, we've seen villagers, we've even seen Crimson Heads in the Resi 1 Remake. But Las Plagas changed EVERYTHING. There are three variations in Resi 4, and then even more in Resi 5 and Resi 6. But the first one will forever remain in the memory of every old school Resi fan playing this back in 2005.

#19 - The Garage - Resident Evil 7

Goddamn. What a brutal moment. Resi 7 really upped the ante when it comes to gore and  grotesque moments in the game. You could make an argument that this is the peak. If you ask me, it's probably when you put your hand up this poor guy's throat later in the game, a moment that nearly made my Top 50, but hey ho.

You knew as soon as you saw this police officer that he wasn't going to make it to the end. As we mentioned it in #26 in my list, Resi 7 pays fantastic homage to the classic horror movies, especially The Evil Dead. You just know these poor suckers aren't going to last, it's just a question of what their fate will be and when. And this poor cop lasts probably 10 more minutes? And it comes out of nowhere!

This is just the beginning of what is an amazing part of the game in The Garage. Jack Baker stalks you throughout the garage and eventually either Ethan decides to go into the car to shelter against him, or he decides to use the car to try and run you over, before "killing himself" by driving the car into the side of the garage, impaling himself. But Jack isn't dead, and he, again, "kills himself", by blowing his brains out with Ethan's gun. And even then he isn't dead! The whole scene is incredible, memorable, and simply twisted. I love the whole of the Garage part of Resi 7.

#18 - Double Mirror Licker - Resident Evil 2

Sure, it may not be a big deal today, and some may have seen it coming when they played the original back in 1998, but I wasn't one of them. You enter a room in the police station, and quickly realise it's an interrogation room with a double mirror. You see your reflection in the mirror and wonder if anything will come through it. There's a key item on the other side of the room. Nothing has come through the mirror at this point and you retrieve the item. Job done. Now it's time to leave the room and OH SHIT IT'S A LICKER!! A simple, effective, and iconic jump scare. Enough said.

#17 - Scientist Attack in the Lab - Resident Evil Code Veronica

What attacks the scientist? Is it a Baby Albinoid? Or a Bandersnatch? All my life I've always thought it was a Baby Albinoid that attacks this scientist. But when I uploaded the video on to YouTube I had a couple of comments saying that it was a Bandersnatch. I'm not so sure, but either way, this moment was excellent. Perhaps because it's not clear what attacks the scientist is the reason why it's so good. At this point in the game you haven't really seen the Albinoids or the Bandersnatches. And all the blood that splatters on to the mirror is great. The fear of the unknown isn't used too often in Resident Evil, but it's in great effect here.

#16 - Cerberus Smashing Through the Window - Resident Evil

So if you're on track with this list you'll remember that #22 was this EXACT scene but in the Remake of the game. But you can't beat the original. If you played this game back in the mid to late 90s then you'll always remember this part of Resident Evil. It's an incredible moment, the first real jump scare of the series. Sure, the dogs, otherwise known as Cerberus, might not be that scary when it comes to all of the other monsters throughout the series, but this moment lives well in the memory of us old school fans.

#15 - Dinner with The Baker Family - Resident Evil 7

"Welcome to the family, son."
What a moment. What an introduction to the most dysfunctional family in Resident Evil history. Dinner with the Bakers is a really hard watch. It makes your skin crawl, and you can't really control Ethan through any of it. All of the Baker family members are batshit crazy for very different reasons, and your introduction to them in this scene is simply iconic. Looking at all that lovely food on the table, to Jack cutting his son's arm off, to Jack force feeding you the food by slicing your mouth open, the whole scene is uncomfortable and awful. But I love it.

#14 - Meeting Nemesis - Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

Nemesis. Total bastard. As I said earlier there is a lack of RE3 in this list, not because it's a bad game but because by the time RE1 and RE2 came along there wasn't a lot of things they really added to make the game specifically memorable... apart from Nemesis of course. Nemesis dominates RE3 in so many ways, he himself makes the game memorable. And I could list other times you encounter Nemesis in this list but really, the encounters aren't that great... apart from his introduction. His introduction is absolutely brutal. Using his tentacles to kill Brad is just awful. I can't wait to see how he does it in the Remake. Fighting Nemesis is also part of the reason why he's so memorable, he's such a formidable foe. He's tough as nails. Not long to go now guys!

#13 - Lickers Everywhere - Resident Evil 5

Resi 5 again was a game that, as a whole, didn't have that many memorable moments, but this lives long in my memory. Lickers, ever since RE2, have been one of my least favourite enemies. They're horrible. And while RE5 did a lot of things wrong, the introduction to lickers was fantastic. Lickers aren't as deadly in RE5 comparatively with RE2 and RE2 Remake, but just going through that corridor, seeing them absolutely EVERYWHERE, sent shivers down my spine. Thankfully you don't have to deal with all the Lickers, unless you want to! There's plenty of time to escape from them!

#12 - Jill Sandwich - Resident Evil

Some people prefer "The Master of Unlocking", which got to #47 in my list, but for me, it's all about the Jill Sandwich, baby. This scene's acting is just special, so special, that it got a reference in both the Remake AND in the original Dead Rising game, when they named one of the shops "Jill's Sandwiches". I love this scene so much. Sure, the acting is cringey, but hey, it gets you easy access to a shotgun, which is incredibly useful. It's also an optional scene, you have to pretty much go down this corridor straight away in the game. And the Remake was a lot more serious in tone, yet they still rework this line into the game, it's great!

#11 - Chainsaw Death Match - Resident Evil 7

"That is not groovy."
The Evil Dead references aren't more obvious than that line during the time you finally are able to take Jack down. Jack is fought many times during RE7, but this is the first time that you finally get to take him down on YOUR terms. He challenges you to a chainsaw fight in the Dissection Room and it's absolutely mental. You have to outsmart him by kicking bodybags in his direction, slice him open, and when he has a true opening, you have to ram your chainsaw into his wound and it's just goresome. It's a really entertaining boss fight, one of the best in the whole series.

Click here for #10 to #1.

My Top 50 Favourite Resident Evil Moments: #30 to #21

Welcome to Part 3 of 5 in what is my Top 50 Favourite Resident Evil Moments. We're halfway there. If you missed from #40 to #31 then click here, and to view #50 to #41 click here.

Let's go!

#30 - Ada's Return - Resident Evil 4

Ada was seen at a glance much earlier in the game when she helps you out against "The Big Cheese" in Chapter 1-3, but this is actually an optional scene. Her official return is at the end of Chapter 3-2 in the Castle when she gets into a close enter with Leon. It's a great scene, considering that the last time that Ada and Leon really saw each other was towards the end of Resident Evil 2 when Ada seemingly dies, to Leon's distress. It's great seeing them back together, and throughout the whole game in fact, as Leon knows that Ada can't be trusted and Ada knows that Leon is a very commendable ally/foe. The tension between the two in this game is tremendous and it's a shame that it doesn't really go much further in Resident Evil 6.

#29 - Meeting Lisa Trevor - Resident Evil Remake

Aw crap. Lisa Trevor is terrifying. She was a very welcome addition to Resi 1 Remake, as she was never present in the original game. Hearing her ghastly moans before meeting her is a great moment too, but when she greets you by knocking her out with her chains and letting you rest at the side of her fireplace... it's an interesting and incredibly memorable introduction. What's even better is her backstory. It's so tragic, and I could go into detail about it but I'd rather not, there's plenty of analysis out there if you're interested! She's also invicible, you can never kill her no matter how hard you try. She's just a brilliant video game monster and a great addition to the Remake. She is also featured in my Top 50 Favourite Video Game Villains list, getting to #38.

#28 - Wesker vs Jill and Chris - Resident Evil 5

I'm not talking about the encounter in the actual game but rather the flashback sequence shown in Chapter 3-1, when Sheva asks Chris about Albert Wesker. At this point of the game you suspect that Jill has been killed, with her sacrificing herself to deal with Wesker. What I love about this whole scene is how badass Wesker is. He's one of my all time video game villains, if not my actual favourite. When he uses his superspeed and strength to take out both Chris and Jill, it's just an awesome watch. I also love the scene when he murders Oswell Spencer too. As much as Resi 5 overall is one of the weaker entries in the series, the majority of what they did with Wesker was tremendous.

#27 - The Return to the Police Station - Resident Evil 3 Nemesis

The funny thing about me doing this list at this time is that Resident Evil 3 Remake is literally around the corner... and this only one of two entries in this list from the original game. Why? It's not to say that Resi 3 was bad - far from it. I love Resi 3. But, Nemesis as an entity aside, they didn't really do a lot in Resi 3 that was done before with Resi 1 and 2. It's a very good game but I just don't find much of it memorable.

But one thing that was certainly memorable was going back to the police station. It's just so cool. Resident Evil 2's police station is simply one of the most iconic places in video game history, certainly in the Resident Evil game series. So when you get the opportunity to revisit the place in Resi 3 it immediately brought a smile to my face. And you use it as a safe haven to get away from Nemesis and it works... or does it? Of course not!

It'll be interesting to see how much of the police station we'll be able to access in Resi 3 Remake, comparatively with Resi 2 Remake, not long until we find out!

#26 - Reuniting with Mia - Resident Evil 7

Resident Evil 7 did so many things right, and was a true homage to the old school Resi games and horror in general. One of the best parts of the game are right at the beginning of the game. You're primary objective as Ethan is to find your wife, Mia Winters, and pretty much 20 minutes into the game you find her! Job done! Let's leave this horrible place and go home! End of game.

You just know that finding your wife so damn early into the game is NOT good news. It's gotta be bad. You expect her to turn into a monster or be a villain or something... but it doesn't happen... not straight away. It's fantastic tension building by Capcom because you just know it's gonna turn awry, and when it does it fucking DOES. The whole scene that follows is proper homage to The Evil Dead and it's great.

Well we're half way there. What are your thoughts so far? He's a recap from #50 to #26...

• #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)

All caught up? Good. Let's start the second half of this list!

#25 - "...SHIT." - Resident Evil 4

Otherwise known as the beginning of the game. I concentrate on Leon swearing because I believe this was the first time I had heard bad language in a Resident Evil game. Leon certainly uses the word a lot in Resi 4 and I love hearing it. But in seriousness, the beginning of Resi 4 is great. We'd NEVER seen anything like this before in the Resident Evil series, when we encounter our first of the Ganados. They can talk, they can carry weapons, they can run. It was an amazing moment and one of the most memorable parts in the series.

#24 - The Intro - Resident Evil

No matter what your opinion is on the Intro for the original Resident Evil game you can't deny how memorable it is. Time hasn't been kind to the original game and its original intro is certainly up there with the arguably cringiest parts of the game. But if you did play this back in 1996 or certainly in the late nineties, it wasn't that bad at all. I'd NEVER seen a horror game before Resident Evil, and parts of this intro did scare me. I love the hand being pulled from the ground, without the body, I love the full cut version of the intro too, with the dogs, it's very well done in parts. Sure the acting is awful, but I still love everything about this intro. And, if you haven't seen it before, watch this amazing parody done by Legendary Frog, it's amazing!

#23 - Meeting Nosferatu - Resident Evil Code Veronica

Nosferatu is a truly underrated Resi monster. It's a shame he wasn't used more because he's only in the game for, perhaps an hour at best, and you only face him once. He's actually quite important to the plot too, being the father of Alfred and Alexia Ashford. Facing him as a boss is incredibly memorable, because he's actually very difficult to defeat. You can only really attack him with either the knife or the rifle, and if you get too close he knocks you back, possibly off the platform, killing you instantly.

But before you face him as a boss, you meet him earlier and this is the scene for me that's the more memorable moment. You go into a safe room, with safe room music, and everything is hunkydory, before all of a sudden the music goes dead when you see a hidden passage behind a locker. You go through and see this metal grated floor section, and underneath is Nosferatu, chained and gagged, making the most ungodly scream ever. It's just a moment that catches you WAY off guard, because safe rooms are supposed to be safe, dammit!

#22 - Cerberus Teasing to Smash Through the Window - Resident Evil Remake

When Capcom were working on the Resident Evil remake, they wanted to create a game that would be great for people who had played the original and for those who hadn't. One of the very memorable moments in the original game was the corridor east on the first floor, when the dogs, which are called Cerberus, smash through the window and attack the player. Capcom knew that this area was truly memorable, so what did they do for the remake?

They teased the dog coming through the window, but it didn't break. It was a stroke of genius. Original fans were dreading going through this corridor, knowing how it all goes down in the first game, and when the dog teases to smash the window it's like, "oh, okay, well I wasn't expecting that!" And what's better? Is that there seems to be a random generator in terms of IF or HOW the dogs smash through the window in this area! You could go through this corridor three, four, five, six times, and the dogs will leave you alone, but they do spontaneously go through eventually! Capcom worked the original fans a treat with how they worked this section of the game, fair play!

#21 - Discovering the B Campaign - Resident Evil 2

Sometimes the best moments aren't necessarily in the actual game, but can be the game itself. Back in 1998, when Resident Evil 2 came out, it was quite a novel idea, seeing that you had two discs to play the game, one for each character. Disc 1 was the story of Leon Kennedy, where as Disc 2 was the story of Claire Redfield. Both campaigns and stories were different and equally great.

But when you finish one of the campaigns and see the words "Scenario 2nd" come up, with the opposite character to who you beat the game with, no one was expecting that. And it opened up two whole new chapters of the game!

If you're not familiar, Resi 2 has Leon and Claire's stories. Let's call them Leon A and Claire A. If you beat the game with Leon A, you unlock Claire B, and vice versa, you unlock Leon B when you beat the game on Claire A. There are differences between the four campaigns too!

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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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