Tacgnol
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I mean, isn't RE1 the game that coined that genre title? Of course it's a perfect example, and the measure by which other games are judged. Any variation from that design is definitionally "less survival horror".RE1 was definitely survival horror. Each entry thereafter veered more into action/explosions. For better and/or worse.
Wasn't Alone in the Dark the game that started it all? I'm pretty sure Shinji Mikami admitted it was a big influence when creating RE.
Not to imply I don't agree RE is as quintessentially survival horror as it gets, but still.
Yep Mikami admitted AITD was an influence quite recently. Capcom had some odd policy of denying it during his tenure.