Resident Evilis primarily known for its tense, nail-biting survival horror gameplay.

Resident Evil is full of side-characters we’d love to see more of.

Here are all of them, ranked.

A collage of Resident Evil characters that have changed the most over the years including Leon S Kennedy, Chris Redfield, and Jill Valentine.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City was shut down and delisted in 2021, so it does not count.

It is symptomatic of creative bankruptcy and a bid to catch on to a trend dominated by one game.

RE: Resistance features a group of survivors on one side and a mastermind laying traps on the other.

Split image of Leon, Chris, Hunk, Jill and Claire from the Resident Evil series.

It’s more about the person you play it with than the features on offer, honestly.

It doesn’t make the game any harder to take the second light-gun into account.

Emotionally, not biologically.

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The co-op mode isn’t heavily advertised, perhaps due to its simplistic nature.

It’s still a nice feature to have, though.

Nevertheless, Capcom pushed ahead with this companion piece to Resident Evil: Village.

Split image of Resident Evil characters.

Which Resident Evil characters have popped up most often?

Asymmetrical multiplayer wasn’t trendy in 2012, and RE6’s Predator Mode generated barely any discourse.

It’s not great, but it’s better than Capcom’s later forays into the genre.

Split image of Sheva Alomar, Sherry Birkin and Raymond Vester from Resident Evil.

9Siege Mode

Okay, so this is basically VIP mode from Counter-Strike but with zombies.

You’re tasked with protecting one of your team members against the enemy team, who are all zombies.

The zombie team doesn’t have VIPs, so it’s honestly more fun to play as the humans.

A survivor shoots a zombie in Resident Evil Resistance.

It’s unbalanced, and that’s the one flaw.

With random players online, you’ll have much less fun.

There was a variety of game modes, including Agent Hunt.

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This mode allowed you to invade other people’s games online as a zombie and kill them.

Yes, while they were playing through story mode.

Video game AI isn’t that scary in comparison.

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Survivors Mode is a free-for-all PvP battle royale that pits you against five opponents.

The last person standing wins.

What makes this better than Re:Verse?

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For another, there are no fake currencies or battle passes.

And here’s the knockout: Resident Evil 6’s controls are honestly better for fast-paced, stylish combat.

You go head-to-head against a friend, clearing out waves of zombies.

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Because nothing is quite as intense as a last-second sugarbeet harvest.

If Capcom had to retain one multiplayer mode besides Mercenaries, this is the one we’d pick.

We’ll be honest here: while it’s okay with a friend, Mercenaries isfar more fun alone.

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There also isn’t much point in communicating while playing Mercenaries, resulting in silent and lackluster sessions.

Resident Evil 4’s Mercenaries mode does not have co-op.

Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield stand in front of a hoard of zombies at night.

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Operatives scout a building in Umbrella Corps.

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Jill Valentine shoots multiple Nemesis monsters in Resident Evil Re:Verse.

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The Ustanak attacks Sherry in Resident Evil 6.

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Leon fights off zombies in Resident Evil 6.

A zombie dog hunts agents in Resident Evil 6.

Jake and Sherry staring off camera in Resident Evil 6.

Ada Wong with a crossbow in Resident Evil 6.

Sheva Alomar with a sniper rifle in Resident Evil 5.

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