Resident Evil 5 vs Those Raccoons in the Cities

Revelations, certainly. 6 is the worst of the four, IMO. More of an action game than Operation Raccoon City.

Also, I quite enjoyed Operation Raccoon City. Not great, but certainly playable, just need some friends. 5 isn't bad, either, but the console versions have exclusive DLCs.

If you are looking for an action game I would go with 5, Raccoon city is just awful from what I've seen watching a friend play. Revelations is very good too though if you are more aiming for survival horror.

I'd recommend RE:Revelations. it plays like the classic RE. RE died after RE3

I played Resident Evil 5 only but on Playstation 3 and on PC, as well as it is a very good action game, I can tell you it isn't certainly a bad port. Someone may prefer a different control method, anyway I got used to it easily and it works.

Resident Evil 5 is fine as a game. Just don't play it alone. AI is atrocious.

RE5 is just painful, but not bad. As others have said, it's only really fun co-op. RE6, I can't help with. Raccoon City looks abysmal. Watch a gameplay video. Get Revelations. It's solid.

Revelations is amazing and you can play raid mode in coop to boot. Resident Evil 6 is NOT a survival horror game BUT it's actually a fun action game and playing it with a friend is a blast. Don't pay attention to the haters, most of them didn't even give the game a fair try. The game is amazing in every aspect except some things I didn't like about controls (You get used to it pretty fast though) and certain parts with camera shifts where you can see the game was supposed to play with a joystick (Still possible to finish with a keyboard).

RE5 is not a bad port, it uses GFWL though (Which will be eventually removed). I never bought it because capcom refused to give us the gold edition DLC and I ain't buying an "incomplete" and inferior version of the game. I just hope some miracle happens and they move it to steamworks like RE6 and RE:R AND add the console DLC to it.

Stay away from Raccoon city.

The true answer: Resident Evil 4.

What'cha sellin?
What'cha buyin?
Not enough cash....stranger
(you're totally reading this in his voice)

Not to play that "games were better in old times" card but I recommend you give RE2, RE3, Code Veronica and RE4 a try. Operation Racoon City is really bad indeed. RE5 is worth playing despite its more action-oriented gameplay.

Resident Evil 6 - while being more an action game - had more that RE feeling compared to RE5. During some parts of the campaigns, I could feel some tension, some ambient I didn't felt since RE4. Resident Evil 5... nada, just a good coop action game. The only thing that could save RE5 as a Resident Evil game was Wesker's awesomeness (admit it, that dude's classy).
As for Revelations, didn't play it. ORC, however, I saw a few videos... If you don't have friends with the game AND/OR you're looking for a old-school Resident Evil experience, avoid it (fun fact : I bought it to play with some friends).
Opinions, ya know.

EDIT : Too bad RE0 ain't on Steam.

RE6 is better than revelations to me. Wasn't a fan of RE5 and racoon city is supposed to be pretty much a alpha build to what RE6 is.

Resident Evil 4, no discussion.