Resident Evil - Washed up?
 

I've been a fan of the series for 7 years now, and I can't personally say I will be much longer. 1, 2, and 3, were fine, then Capcom took RE, plucked out its eye and made love to its skull with the travesty known as RE: Code Veronica. It kept going down from there, with RE 0 barely making more sense than CV, and introducing just about as many plotholes. RE4 isn't shaping up to look very good either, though it's a bit early to judge. I doubt I'll even bother getting it unless the upcoming RE: Outbreak proves to be as entertaining as it sounds. Comments? Questions? Ninja? O_o! *Is stabbed with a kunai* X__X

Yes it has fallen from it's once mighty perch as the founder(if not it should be) of the survival horror genre. Now let us have a moment of silence for this fallen series

I have to Agree, the whole Shock Scare just doesn't work anymore, I think they should take cues from Konami and make it more a game that messes with your mind and stuff.

Grand Theft Auto: Raccoon City

Hijack a zombie!

"HEY THIS NEMESIS DOESN'T GET ANY RADIO STATIONS!"
"Staaaaaaaaaaarrrrrsssss."

I never got Resident Evil to begin with. How anyone can play games with control that bad is beyond me...

They aren't so much games as they are "exercises in frustration."

Then there was Parasite Eve 2, which was basically "Resident Evil: Kill Everything." With Mitochondria Magic.

I think that if they try better with resident evil 4 and keep with an interesting story this series could be saved....[B]

I've been an RE Fan for two or three years, and I admit the formula's getting a little beaten out. RE4 looks like a desperate attempt to jump-start the series, although it looks more like some kind of acid trip. Watch Leon wake up in a psyche ward or something.

But these two things, and I'm sure other people have noticed them:

#1: Saying "Hang in there!" or any variants, gets someone killed.
See Jill with Richard in RE1, Claire with Marvin in RE2.

#2: "Alright, this is the most expensive take in the movie, and we only get one shot at it!"
The place always conveniently blows up in the end, vaporizing any evidence that anything happened. (Mansion, Raccoon City, That Base in the Anarctic, Sheena Island in Survivor, Cruise Ship in Dead Aim...)

I've only played the RE1 remake for GC but I love it.

With that I bow out because I don't have anything to add to your discussion about its fall...