10 Beloved Video Games Series That Have Been Ruined By The Industry

10. Resident Evil

Resident Evil defined survival horror. While various other games along the way played their part, it was Resident Evil, with its pre-rendered backgrounds, claustrophobic fixed camera angles, and cumbersome controls that were both terrifying and frustrating, that set the benchmark.

It was all going so well until Resident Evil 4, which introduced the over-the-shoulder camera and more gunplay while still offering a back-against-the-wall horror. Capcom misread its success as signifying that people were looking for more action-focused gameplay, and followed it up with sequels that have steadily been getting worse and worse.

Resident Evil 5 still managed to retain some sense of horror in an interesting new African setting. However, due to the fact that you were essentially shooting up zombified Africans in shanty towns, it drew the wrong kind of attention, and Capcom retreated to more generic locations, with increasingly generic gameplay.

Operation Raccoon City, Resident Evil 6, and Umbrella Corps are all glaring signs of how the series has lost its way, though perhaps the PT-esque Resident Evil 7 will be the turnaround we've been waiting for...