However, even stranger though it may sound, Resident Evil used to be a series that pushed for the top-most graphical fidelity. Capcom has since taken a different approach with Resident Evil: Revelations 2, launching it as a four episode title with cliffhangers and a “Previously On” plot presentation. Resident Evil Revelations was a return to the series’ roots but it followed the disappointing Operation: Raccoon City and the maddening mess that was Resident Evil 6. Resident Evil 4 may have been amazing but fans had to suffer the horrific Resident Evil: Dead Aim and middling Resident Evil: Zero. One could make that case for all of Capcom’s games (the ones it still makes, that is) but Resident Evil has been a franchise that has oscillated back and forth between greatness and outright mediocrity. Strange as it sounds, there’s no flagship franchise with such a rich back-story that’s been as schizophrenic as Capcom’s Resident Evil series.
