Resident Evil 7 is out this week, bringing the horror back home. As this one is being hailed as a "return to form," we thought we'd take a step back and ask: what is Resident Evil, anyway? The series has been through so many permutations and spin-offs and modernizations that it's a question worth asking.

What makes a Resident Evil game? What qualities must it have, and which ones has it picked up along the way that aren't necessarily a part of its purity?

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