hot take resident evil is not a horror franchise its a action franchise

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AceMos
10/30/2025
11:03 AM
#1
it just has horror elements

the first game is really the only one thats a proper horror game

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Trelve
10/30/2025
11:07 AM
#3
Why can't it be both?
orcus_snake
10/30/2025
11:09 AM
#4
First and second, Nemesis for sure went more actiony but you still had to ration your shit, from 4 onwards it went more balls to the wall with each release until 7 turned it around, never played 8 but IIRC it is also more actiony now but on the 7 template.
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HighSeraph
10/30/2025
11:09 AM
#5
Horror isn't a franchise it's a theme. It contains horrific images and themes therefore it's a horror franchise.
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OneSpookyGirl
10/30/2025
11:17 AM
#6
There are different kinds of horror and there are action-based horror games and films. The Resident Evil games pivoted to adding action elements almost immediately after its debut and gradually culled their point and click DNA.
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tripleh213
10/30/2025
11:28 AM
#7
Started horror then turned to action
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Eplo_Oni
10/30/2025
11:34 AM
#8
Resident Evil has always been action horror. In the first one you could unlock an infinite missile launcher if you beat it fast enough.
GiftedACIII
10/30/2025
05:13 PM
#9
Even the first is ridiculously campy and goes action scifi at the end.

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I think this is a good way to describe it.
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Dungeater
10/30/2025
05:14 PM
#10
this isn't a hot take

From the absolute inception, Resident Evil is a sci-fi channel original movie in video game form
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Ivynn
10/30/2025
05:15 PM
#11
Not really a hot take. It transitioned into "action/horror" starting with RE4 tho recent games are trying to get back in touch with their survival horror roots.
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gikos
10/30/2025
05:15 PM
#12
shockthemonkey posted...
This hasnt been a hot take in over a decade.
pretty much tho 7 and remake 1 did better in creepy horror vibes right most of the series is mostly action flicks
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Garioshi
10/30/2025
05:15 PM
#13
I've been saying this for years
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HudGard
10/30/2025
05:16 PM
#14
I sort of like the games that you start off as a terrified rando with a knife and three bullets, then end up an armory-toting Rambo by the finish.
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MJOLNRVII
10/30/2025
05:17 PM
#15
If the only RE games you've played are 4-6 sure.
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gikos
10/30/2025
05:18 PM
#16
the games right from 1 was a b movie action horror and the reason it was slow and it's gameplay not reflecting it was due to the limit of the hardware at the time otherwise RE1 would've been like 4 from the start action heavy horror game in the vanes of action horror b movies was
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GiftedACIII
10/30/2025
05:22 PM
#17
Ivynn posted...
Not really a hot take. It transitioned into "action/horror" starting with RE4 tho recent games are trying to get back in touch with their survival horror roots.

gikos posted...
pretty much tho 7 and remake 1 did better in creepy horror vibes right most of the series is mostly action flicks

Even 7 and remake 1 are more campy and action-oriented than psychological horror of stuff like Silent Hill. 7 has Jack being an absolute riot and referencing Evil Dead 2 with a chainsaw scissor duel and driving donuts in a garage. Remake keeps the Jill Sandwich lines and "wesker you've gone senile!"
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gikos
10/30/2025
05:25 PM
#18
yeah 7 is campy but i still enjoyed how eerie it was with remake 1 the horror vibes and feeling of dread for me was higher in those games compared to the rest
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RasterGraphic
10/30/2025
05:30 PM
#20
Resident Evil being more horror-action has been the general consensus for decades now.
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GiftedACIII
10/30/2025
05:32 PM
#21
gikos posted...
yeah 7 is campy but i still enjoyed how eerie it was with remake 1 the horror vibes and feeling of dread for me was higher in those games compared to the rest

Oh for sure. They're definitely on the more atmospheric side for RE. Still rocking shotguns, magnums, and grenade launchers at the end though. Not that it's a bad thing of course. It's very cathartic.
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VeggetaX
10/30/2025
05:34 PM
#22
If anything it changed from survival horror to survival action
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