Even though most Resident Evil games are short, Capcom packs them with hidden unlocks to keep you going through the campaign. It is a genius way to please both those who only like going through a dense story once and those who like to get a lot of hours from their purchase. Depending on the game, unlocking everything is easier said than done.
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PostsThe Resident Evil games below will either test your skills or patience while trying to achieve 100 percent completion. For most gamers, they either want to get 100 percent because the unlocks are worth it or they enjoy the process of unlocking everything.
We are considering 100 percent completion to be obtaining every unlockable item, weapon, and costume and seeing all the endings. If there is an easter egg or hidden room that isn't required for unlocking one of these, we won't consider it necessary for 100 percent.
6 Resident Evil Remake
Beating The Game In Under Three Hours
- Release Date: March 22, 2002
- Developer: Capcom Production Studio 4
- Platforms: GameCube, Wii, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch
The remake of the debut entry in the series might be the perfect survival horror game. You will need to know it like the back of your hand if you have any hope of obtaining 100 percent completion.
You have to beat the game a minimum of four times to unlock everything, twice as Jill and twice as Chris. One of these times you have to beat it in under three hours. It is possible but will take some practice to do right. The game at least has enough mercy on you to let you do it on Normal difficulty.
5 Resident Evil 4 Remake
Mercenaries Mode And The Shooting Gallery Give It An Extra Challenge
Resident Evil 4
Survival Horror Released March 24, 2023 Developer(s) Capcom Publisher(s) Capcom Platform(s) PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S Powered by Expand CollapseResident Evil 4 Remake, like the original, is easily one of the longest games in the series. Unlocking everything not only requires multiple playthroughs, but you also have to get an S rank on every level with every character in The Mercenaries mode. Once you have a sound strategy down for a level, it works almost the same with every character, but unless you are an expert it will take you several attempts.
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PostsThe Handcannon you unlock for completing Mercenaries will make every other unlock easier in the main game, which you will go through several times as you save up for one million Pesetas to buy the Infinite Rocket Launcher. Oh yeah, and you have to get the highest rank in all the shooting galleries, which takes a lot of effort and skill.
The remake makes the list and not the original because there are more unlocks to find that have harder requirements, such as beating the game on the hardest difficulty with an S+ rank.
4 Resident Evil 2
You Have To Beat The Game At Least Six Times
- Release Date: January 21, 1998
- Developer: Capcom
- Platforms: PS1, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, Dreamcast, PC
A lot of getting 100 percent in Resident Evil 2 boils down to becoming intimately familiar with both scenarios. To unlock all the hidden weapons you need to beat one of the scenarios with an A ranking with the lightning-fast time of two and a half hours for the Infinite Rocket Launcher.
Do the same time without saving to unlock the Gatling Gun. To unlock the two minigames, The 4th Survivor and Tofu Survivor, you have to beat both scenarios, getting at least an A rank on one of them. For the latter, you have to beat the game six times which can start to feel like an automatic process once you have the steps to completion down.
3 Resident Evil Code: Veronica
Getting An A Rank Is Harder Than Most Other Resident Evil Games
Resident Evil CODE:Veronica
Survival Horror Released March 28, 2000 Developer(s) Capcom Publisher(s) Capcom Platform(s) Sega Dreamcast Powered by Expand CollapseEven though the game finally has fully 3D environments and a moving camera, Resident Evil Code: Veronica's gameplay remains similar to the PS1 trilogy. It is significantly longer than the three original titles, though, which makes obtaining an A rank a more daunting challenge.
Not only do you have to beat the game in just four and a half hours with only saving once (which is reserved for when the game prompts you to save), but you also have to save the prison guard at the beginning of the game and save Steve quickly in the room with Gold Lugers.
2 Resident Evil Zero
The Two Protagonists Makes It Harder Than Necessary
Resident Evil Zero
Survival Horror Released November 12, 2002 Developer(s) Capcom Publisher(s) Capcom Platform(s) GameCube, PC, PS3, PS4, Switch, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii Powered by Expand CollapseUnlocking everything in Resident Evil Zero is pretty straightforward; just get an S rank on the main story and then an A rank on the Leech Hunter minigame mode you unlock for beating the game. Doing the former is a lot harder than most other Resident Evil games because of the dual protagonist gameplay mechanic.
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PostsThere are no item boxes so you just have to drop items down to make space and can come back for them later. This means you can easily waste up to half an hour if you leave a key item behind and have to backtrack through the map to get it. One error like this and you just ruined your whole playthrough.
1 Resident Evil 3
Getting Every Ending Is Hard, And Then You Have To Beat The Game At Least Seven Times
- Release Date: September 22, 1999
- Developer: Capcom
- Platforms: PlayStation, PC, Dreamcast, GameCube
Compared to its two predecessors, Resident Evil 3 takes place on a larger scale and has more bombastic setpieces. That's not to say it is without puzzles and tension, however. Getting everything in Resident Evil 3 is all about patience and making sure you don't miss anything. You have to beat the game upwards of seven times to unlock all the epilogues.
Then, you have to collect all the notebooks and diaries to unlock Jill's Diary. Finally, there are several endings with specific requirements, which you almost certainly need a guide to do. Assuming you do everything right, you are beating the game at least seven times before you are done.
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