Ranking all the Chris Redfields (main games/media only)
RE1 '96: It's the first, so not much to really fairly complain about. Live Action actor looked fine for who he was supposed to be, but I'm glad they didn't carry this over in the next games. The result screen "realistic" look looked dumb. 4/10
RECV: Very anime inspired. The nineties hair is strong with this one. Kinda charming in a way, but I can see why they ditched it in Remake and after. His in game model looks better than his FMV design. This Chris has the most visible blue eyes out of them all, so the connection with Claire's the most visible it has ever been too. 7/10
RE2: Basically Chris from the previous game, but with better graphics. Not much to say here. 5/10
Remake: The now "definitive" 90's era Chris. His face is what I consider to be Chris, 100%. All of the other models after him are based off of this face, which is quite special. Basically an updated, better looking, RE1 Chris. A good revamp. Classic. 8/10
UC: Basically Remake Chris but in winter gear. They could have done better to show that this Chris was 5 years older that 90's era Chris. Overall fine. 6/10
RE5: This Chris is the Chris that immediately comes to mind when I picture "Chris Redfield". And apparently it was and still is what Capcom considers his most marketable design, given how many times it's shown up in their products when they need to show Chris. I personally like his hairstyle here, it's like a combination between his spiky "OG classic" hair and his newer Remake hair. And his new muscles make perfect sense with the story and his character. A hallmark of Chris Redfield designs. 9/10
DC: A higher res Remake model. Not bad, but nothing really different. 6/10
Rev: Not a big fan of his wetsuit. I don't know, something about it makes him look slightly ungainly in it. Maybe it's the life jacket on top of it. I also don't get the headphones. He has access to a regular ear piece. Jill, Parker, and Jessica have them in their wetsuit outfits, why does Chris need huge radio headphones? 5/10
RE6: Not much changed from 5. Easily inspired by his 5 design. New hairstyle is ok, I would have preferred if they had just stuck with his hair from 5 (especially since he had this hair but the same clothes in MD). His muscles are smaller here, due to laying off the intense training, which make sense. But they haven't just evaporated into thin air and compliment his strength based fighting style still. A nitpick, but I'm still not too big on the color of his China outfit. Too blue leaning for my taste, along with Chris' traditional color being more of a hunter green. Overall, it fits his more matured, responsible leader, type character direction. 8/10
Vendetta: I like his armor and clothes here. I kinda wish he had had these clothes in 6. The raised semi shoulder guards are a nice touch. His face is not greatest. Something just seems off with it. It's tolerable, but it stands out, and not in a good way. Also could have used more muscle definition too here. His arms look way too smooth. 6/10
The guy desperately trying to pretend he's Chris Redfield from 7: Atrocious. Simply atrocious. What the fuck were they thinking? There is nothing about this design that says "Chris Redfield". From the black/near complete black HCFesque getup, combed down blonde hair, weird angular features, the insanely slimmed down body to where he looks like he's never even went to a gym in over ten years, the twenty something looking face, the green and brown hazel eyes, nothing. This guy looks like HUNK's brother or son instead of Chris Redfield. There is nothing I like in this design. This was a travesty, let us never see this thing again. 0/10
