Is Resident evil 7 best RE game ever? if so why?

[Ahoge-dono]

Though it wasn't the FIRST third-person shooter, didn't RE4 redefine and help streamline the tight over the shoulder camera that is common in other games today.

 

[Casual Shinji]

I don't really know why you are arguing with me about this, because the crux of my point is only the fact that many dedicated fans of the originals didn't enjoy the new style of gameplay they went for because it's a completely different style to what they like. That's it.

I guess my point is that this franchise needed a radical departure. They could always return to the slow 'walk back and forth for items' style of gameplay later down the road, which they're seemingly doing now, but at the time a complete break was needed. And not just for the sake of sales, but so that even developers at Capcom could finally work on something different, cleanse their palette. And yes, I know some people didn't like it and thought it was no longer Resident Evil, but then plenty others did. You fell in on the former side during that time, and I'm there now with RE7.

These are only your opinions. Code Veronica and the like were very popular at the time and it's one of my favourite games whatever you think about it.

Oh, I won't deny I have chip on my shoulder regarding the 3D rendered backgrounds of those games at the time. Classic RE games were very much about looks, and taking those away for no reason (as the camera was still static and there was no free aim) was ludicrous to me.