![]() ![]() Hell, the game even coined the term “survival horror”, something that is accepted as a generic categorization these days, which should tell you something about its impact and legacy. It definitely wasn’t the first of its kind – notable releases such as Sweet Home and Alone in the Dark had already laid down the foundations for what would become the survival horror genre years later – but Resident Evil was when survival horror truly came into its own and properly became a thing. When Capcom first released Resident Evil, the struck gold. Which is why charting its growth and evolution through the two and a half decades that it’s been around is so fascinating. ![]() No, not all experiments have been successful, and sure, the franchise has stumbled in some pretty embarrassing ways at times, but the fact that it’s still going as strong as ever and enjoying critical and commercial success with its new entries really says something about the enduring quality of Resident Evil. Any franchise that has been around and been successful for as long as Resident Evil has been needs to be willing to change and adapt to changing tastes, and Capcom’s horror franchise in particular has always excelled at that. Resident Evil is 25 years old, and it’s fair to say that it’s been a very eventful 25 years. ![]()
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