# the PC game "Resident Evil" - about the best there is ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pc-game-resident-evil-about-the-best-there-is/128990 "2002-09-21T14:55:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Havel.2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6bbea6/32.png) [@Havel.2002](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Havel.2002)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pc-game-resident-evil-about-the-best-there-is/128990/1 "2002-09-21T14:55:36Z")
I’m a great fan of this game. I love the combination of action, horror and mystery-puzzles I have RE 2 and 3 and think that no.2 is best (I haven’t tried no.1 though) This game reminded me about Doom. I have these games on PC, but I consider to buy a Play Station 2 (before I buy RE no.1 ) – any suggustions ? Anymore fans out there ? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pc-game-resident-evil-about-the-best-there-is/128990/2 "2002-09-21T21:05:04Z")
I played the original Resident Evil on the Playstation and found it to be… alright, I suppose. I thought that _Alone in the Dark_ was far more atmospheric and frightening, despite being a good five? six? years older. If you decide to go ahead and get a PS2, check out _Onimusha_, which is basically _Resident Evil_ with samurai. A sequel just came out, but I haven’t played it yet. I liked it a lot more than RE, mostly thanks to a more coherent plot and far less “Engrish” dialogue. ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pc-game-resident-evil-about-the-best-there-is/128990/3 "2002-09-21T21:39:49Z")
I liked it but never understood what all the fuss was about. I guess if you’re really into the horror survivor genre its a good game, but I thought the gameplay could have been better. I think the best there is is Quake III, its three years old and still keeps me coming back for more. Although I justed dled the Unreal Tournament 2003 demo and damn does it look and play good. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pc-game-resident-evil-about-the-best-there-is/128990/4 "2002-09-22T03:42:47Z")
Another contestant in the survival-horror genre is Eternal Darkness, which you probably won’t get to because it’s on the Gamecube. It’s quite fun, if a bit short. For shooters… well, we could start a war over it. But I like Unreal Tournament (even though the 2003 demo barely chugs along on my machine) and System Shock 2. Don’t forget about the older, more offbeat titles that should be quite inexpensive by now (Sacrifice and Deus Ex to name a couple). ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pc-game-resident-evil-about-the-best-there-is/128990/5 "2002-09-22T03:52:51Z")
The original **Alone in the Dark** was something hellaciously special. Still is, if you can get past the primitive (by today’s standards–when it came out, it was amazing) graphics, and can get it to run. Still the most nervous I’ve ever been playing through a game. Plus, once you learned where everything in the game was, you could blow through it in about thirty minutes. And if you got the pattern down right, you could slap Deep Ones around. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pc-game-resident-evil-about-the-best-there-is/128990/6 "2002-09-22T04:55:55Z")
Actually, the best thing about **Alone in the Dark** was playing it the first time without realizing that it was part of the Cthulhu mythos, and suddenly realizing, “Holy shit, I’m fighting _nightgaunts!_” Pity the sequels jettisoned the Lovecraft stuff for cheesy voodoo plots. As for best PC game ever, I’d have to say any incarnation of **Civilization**. I’ve had one version or another of this game on every computer I’ve ever owned since I got my first pre-pentium 486/33, and have still play it regularly. There are other games I’ve enjoyed more on the first run through, but for sheer aggregate enjoyment, it’s pretty much impossible to beat Civ. ---
**Author:** ![Havel.2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6bbea6/32.png) [@Havel.2002](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Havel.2002)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pc-game-resident-evil-about-the-best-there-is/128990/7 "2002-09-22T13:25:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BraheSilver \* > \*\*Another contestant in the survival-horror genre is Eternal Darkness, which you probably won’t get to because it’s on the Gamecube. It’s quite fun, if a bit short. > > For shooters… well, we could start a war over it. But I like Unreal Tournament (even though the 2003 demo barely chugs along on my machine) and System Shock 2. > > Don’t forget about the older, more offbeat titles that should be quite inexpensive by now (Sacrifice and Deus Ex to name a couple). \*\* i have tried Unreal tournament and I didn’t like it. This was just som meaningless action for me. The mystery element was gone I liked Resident evil and Doom much better ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pc-game-resident-evil-about-the-best-there-is/128990/8 "2002-09-23T02:33:45Z")
I’d also suggest checking out _Silent Hill_ for the PlayStation. I thought it was better than _Resident Evil_, but quite a bit more confusing. There is also _Silent Hill 2_ for the PS2 that is good, but not quite up to the original. (I think there is some version or another out for the XBox but haven’t seen it.)