While the Resident Evil series still manages to pull in sales, many fans feel that it has lost much of what made it such a popular franchise in the first place. But while the more action-oriented gameplay and lack of horror elements have upset many longtime fans, they aren't the only reasons the series might need a complete reboot.

NoRoomInHell takes a look at the most recent installment in the series, Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles, and how it proves Resident Evil games need to turn a corner.

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Most fans will probably do well to rent this one so they can spit it back at the video store or GameFly when they're done with it, which is not to say the game is unplayable, but rather just plagued by the bad RE cliches, terrible dialogue, and little replay value. The game follows Leon Kennedy and Jack Krauser into South America where they try to track down over-used RE motifs and successfully discover someone who infected their daughter with whichever strain of the T-Virus we’re up to now.

At the end of the day, Resident Evil The Darkside Chronicles is good mindless fun, and if anyone cares about Jack Krausers backstory then it has that too, but the franchise is still lacking and has delivered minimal scares since that first zombie got done chewing years ago. The games in recent years haved fallen short without undead creatures jumping out from every corner, REAL walking copses, and creepy atmospheres. I guess they can get it right in Resident Evil 6 and also give the fans a usually-somehow resurrected Albert Wesker complete with his brilliant dialogue...

"What’s this...A Mansion?"

The obvious never escapes you, which is why we love you, or maybe its those cool shades.

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