Resident Evil is among Capcom's star series, and one of the most influential horror franchises in the industry. It set the stage for what survival horror would become for at least a decade, and even when Resident Evil took different approaches, a lot of its experiments with third-person action and first-person horror were successful. Its enormous list of spin-offs and side stories were less successful, but a franchise that big can take a few stumbles. While they take different approaches to horror, Resident Evil stands alongside Konami's Silent Hill as a genre-defining franchise.