Best version of Resident evil 2 and 3?

I prefer the playstaion 1
but get game cube version the game cube control is better

 

Gamecube is the most comfortable. They look great in forced 480p, or at least as good as they can get.

 

Sourcenext releases for PC with higer res movies, downside is their hard subbed :-(

N64 if you want to read the extra EX Files of RE2, change blood colour, it also has different special costumes.

The dreamcast versions have nightmare mode.

My personal favourite version of re2 is the later usa dual shock release with the Extreme Battle mode already included like the pc and dreamcast releases, it looks better played on CubeSX / WiiSX or PS2PSXe emulators using a rgb-scart or component cable.

 

don't forget the dreamcasts native vga support

 

Dreamcast is a port of the PC version. Gamecube has the best graphics, but the N64 has exclusive features like blood color changing, an EX mode, and extra stuff tying it to RE Zero

 

GameCube all the way., Forget about the Dreamcast versions. They look shit since they're just PC ports which are based uponthe PlayStation. The Game Cube games are a whole new version looking great and playing far better IMO.

Yakumo

 

RE2 on N64 has the best controls in my point of view since they changed it from that awefull ps1 style of controls.

 

The PC / Dreamcast backgrounds are 640x480 the Playstation's are 320x240 their not rescaled either some of them are even redrawn with extra content.
The sourcenext re-release is miles better than the original pc release it has extra support for graphic card settings and XP.

http://www.sourcenext.com/products/capcom/bio2.html
http://www.sourcenext.com/products/capcom/bio3.html

They also re-released Dino Crisis.

 

go with the Dual Shock version of Resident Evil 2 on the playstation (Japanese)
and the DC version of Resident Evil 3

 

Why Japanese? there's a US version too.

http://www.crimson-ceremony.net/lostreleases/item.php?id=regame_re2-ps1-usa2
http://www.crimson-ceremony.net/lostreleases/item.php?id=regame_re2-ps1-usa3

The Mortician is the process of translating the Sourcenext release back to English.
http://z4.invisionfree.com/Resident_Evil_1_2_3/index.php?showtopic=1073&st=15

 

It doesn't matter about the higher resolution IMO. The DC games still look like ass compared to other Dreamcast games. They might run in a higher resolution but the polygon models still look a generation out of date. Dino Crisis looks bloody awful on the DC as well. Again, it may look better than the PlayStation but for Dreamcast standards it's not good at all. The Dreamcast Bio Hazard 2 and 3 should have looked like Code Veronica at least.

Yakumo

 

...I thought the Gamecube versions were just ports of the DC ones?

 

I never said to get the Dreamcast version, I just said the pc version has the same resolution not quality backgrounds, the gamecube versions are more than likey re-encoded with compression added.

Does the gamecube intro look as good as this sourcenext pc version?
http://www.the-horror.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5470

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o4SQBDlnI0 - Gameplay

 

I own all games for almost all versions, so here's much humble contribution.
If you want the most definitive RE2 version, I'd say that would be the N64 one, due the extra features and options. Looks kinda outdated on a real N64 hardware, however it's great on emulator with filtering etc.
Now, as for the best RE3 version, possible is the PC version. It's more polished than the other capcom pc games of those days, and essentially the base version of later conversions, such as the gamecube and dreamcast ones.
My personal choice is, RE2 N64 + RE3 PS1, due the rumble factor, which really adds to the whole horror thing.

 

The sourcenext pc re-releases are a different kettle of fish to the original bugged pc versions.

 

Good point, completely forgot it was released in USA aswell, only ever played the Japanese release

 

Gamecube and Dreamcast IMO.

Though if you buy the PSX versions on PSN you can play them in 1080p on a PS3 *shrug*

 

I tried the GC version of RE2 once, and the thing that annoyed me was that there was no texture smoothing. Of course, the original PSX version didn't have texture smoothing, but there's no reason the GC version couldn't. The PC version had texture smoothing, which was the main draw at the time (that and the VGA resolution).

You don't have to buy them on PSN to do that. The disc versions work just fine on any PS3.

 

The gamecube versions of Resident Evil are sort of the definitive versions, are they not?

I'd say that'd be the best option.