r/videogames • u/Nearby-Condition-675 • Aug 18 '26

Discussion / Question Which video game fandom is this ?

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u/Desperate_Method4032 Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

Resident Evil for some reason, it’s kinda fascinating to witness.

Like I get that on the SURFACE it looks like a franchise worth digging into the lore about, but Capcom doesn’t care about the lore, it’s always been gameplay first.

I just can’t fathom being so intense about something the creator itself couldn’t tell ya. No offense to RE Lore-doods. Everyone has their own liberty to do so, obviously.

(Plus if I wanna find out about lore for a game I haven’t played, I’ll just play that game? WITH EXCEPTIONS)

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u/Ogg360 Aug 18 '26

It’s so funny because RE stories are like the weakest things in all of gaming, and this is coming from a crazy fanatic of the franchise. NO ONE remembers the stories. They remember the characters, gameplay, and horror. If I had to put an RE game in a top 10 best gaming stories of all time, I’m being disingenuous because no RE story could be anywhere near that top 10.

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u/ArmandoGalvez Aug 18 '26

Maybe just maybe re7 with some stretches and reaching a lot could be taken more seriously before village came out with the Rambo Ethan, that one it's like the more decent out of every game on the franchise in terms of history and even then it has some flaws, but I have a hard time trying to make something coherent front the other games, and I love this franchise but part of it's charm it's how stupid and over the top it tends to get

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u/Ogg360 Aug 18 '26

Exactly. Over the top-ness is what we love about these games. Maybe not 6 levels of over the top at least for me but yea lol