Every Mainline Resident Evil Ranked From Worst To Best

14. Resident Evil 6

Resident Evil 6 tried to appease all corners of the fanbase by having four different campaigns. But because they overextended their reach, the result is a bloated game that serves as the peak of the franchise's extravagance.

Leon S. Kennedy's campaign tries to return to the survival horror roots that the series has become known for while Chris Redfield's focuses on cover-heavy shooting mechanics like modern 3rd person shooters at the time. Meanwhile, newcomer Jake Muller employs melee-heavy gameplay while having a pursuit system similar to Nemesis in Resident Evil 3, and finally, Ada Wong's hidden campaign is stealth focused.

Had the developers decided to focus on one or two of these styles, the finished product would have been more coherent. Instead, the result is a smorgasbord of different ideas being mashed together in an attempt to please everyone. The setpieces are over-the-top even by RE standards and the game just felt too much of a departure from what made the franchise great.

The only positive thing that Resident Evil 6 did was convince Capcom to retool the series beginning with the seventh entry.