To look back of resident evil is quite a splender.
The game it self has changed a lot from pure horror and puzzels RE1 & RE2 to a Zombie Shooter Resident evil 6 + revelations. In my personal opinion the older games are my favorite for the puzzles and scares that they had to offer .
Yeah the old ones were the best I think, even with those horrible controls, they were still awesome games. I'll never forget my first playthrough of RE1, that game made me jump so many times, especially playing it really late when everything is quiet and dark. The games like the old RE and silent hill ones seem to be harder and harder to find these days.