Resident Evil, To zombie or not to zombie? Options

[unitself]

I was suprised to see that there wasn't a thread about this series in here.
So, I will make one!
um... here it is!

Ok, right now, I am playing RE1 re-make for the GC and I am loving it. It looks great and it has plenty of tense and spooky moments. For some reason, I am able to control this one much better than any of the other RE games I have played.
I have also played and finished RE2 (DC) and RE3: Nemesis (DC). I got about halfway thru RE: Code Veronica (DC), but I got stuck in a bad save with no health and lots of badguys so I stopped playing. I read that they are porting this one to the GC soon. No re-make like with RE1 though. Too bad, I would have bought it again to see it all prettied up GC style.
I am SERIOUSLY looking forward to RE4. The screenshots and the preview movie look freaking awesome. I hope they can find some way to keep the art quality up and still have it all be rendered in realtime. I know there will be a hit in quality, but I just hope it's not too bad.
I've also played Dino Crisis (DC). I kinda liked the way the backgrounds were psudo realtime. I prefer zombies to dinos though, although Dino Crisis 3 looks cool as hell.
Anyways, this is just me rambling about RE games.
Thoughts? Anyone else like this series as well?
What about Carrier? Silent Hill? Alone in the Dark? Blue Stinger? D2? Illbleed? Nightmare Creatures 2? Shadow Man (reaching a bit here)? Any others?

[HC82]

Of all the games listed, I pretty much played them all, including a few not listed. The genre for me has become a bit over done. It is in some instances become "cookie cutter". It would be best to just stay with any Surival Horror games made by Capcom, although the newer versions are far too easy for my tastes...most gamers prefer an easier challenge anyway.

What about Carrier?
Never played it.

Silent Hill?
Yea Silent is actually pretty good, but it plays more like a creepy satanic horror movie then a survival game. That isn't a bad thing, its focus is just a little different from the RE series. If anything I'd suggest the Silent Hill games if your looking for a good survival horror game.

Alone in the Dark?
Probably the orginal in the series. There is no reason not too if you really like the genre. The survival aspect isn't as tough as in RE though, focuses more on being scary, like in Silent Hill. I would suggest you get the most recent version, a pretty good game.

Blue Stinger?
A game that could of been really good, that went the way of being really average. Characters run really slow, voice acting is bleh, the attempt at cursing to make the game more mature only makes it more...average. If you can pick this up really cheap(5 bucks) it's worth a shot, but there are better games out there. When the game orginally came out it wasn't that bad, just average. It could of been a really good game, because of that the game can be fairly fun if the characters slugish actions don't bug you.

D2?
If anything you'd be better off getting the orginal D(saturn/PS1 era, multiplatform). Not at all a survival horror game, more like the Myst series, but more darker and scarier. Pretty short game if you know what to do.

Illbleed?
Never played it

Nightmare Creatures 2?
A straight up action game, not at all survival horror. You do have to conserve your healing items, but the gameplay is all action, combo based stuff. I wouldn't equate it too the RE series, but it's atmosphere is horror themed. Still a decent game if your an action fiend. Not twitch action though, still probably some of activisions better work(recently that is).

Shadow Man (reaching a bit here)?
I've played shadow man 2...err I didn't care for the game. Combat was way too generic(hold down button, shots come out, hold strafe button, repeat), almost mindless. Only the bosses are the highlight. Has alot of platforming aspects, not a survival horror game really, more action/adventure based, but the story is pretty twisted/dark.

Any others?

The Things(PS2)- I haven't played this game, but it got pretty good reviews. It is worth a shot if you like survival horror games.

Extermination(PS2)-Another surivival horror game. I'll tell you now, the game is short. The gameplay isn't really bad, but the games budget kinda holds it back. It is in the same vien as the RE series, so if you liked the RE series alot you will get some pleasure out of it. The begining of the game isn't too bad. If you can somehow rent this game it's worth a shot, but not before playing many other(better) Survival horror games.

Eternal Darkness(GC)-Focuses alot less on survival and more on a pretty interesting story(a good thing), scaring you, and trying to create an inventive combat system. I found the combat to become repeatitive, but compared to most Survival horror games it is pretty good. In general it is a pretty good game and worth purchasing if you like the genre alot.

Overblood(PS1)- Doubt you'll find it. One of the earlier Survival horror games directly after the orginal RE. About as long as the orginal RE(but has only one character, where as RE and two). Interesting story, gets you thinking at the end. Focuses a little bit less on combat, has the typical RE style puzzles, although a bit more logical. It recieved semi average reviews back when it came out, but that was probably due to its graphics, back when most game reviewers were gaga over graphics and not gameplay. If you could get it cheap, it would be fun play through for the sake of the evolution of Survival horror(that is the lack of it), but don't spend more then 10 bucks for it, after you beat it once thats about it.

Clock tower- Well its got that "OMFG this crazy dude is chasing after me and I don't have kung fu skills to defend me!!!" thing going on. You can do more research on this game, I heard it got mixed reviews(some really good, some ok). They made many clock towers, ranging from PS1 series and I think the PS2 also. I played the orginal one, pretty orginal IMO. Combat, whats that? Hiding in closets is more like it. I enjoyed it, but the game is short. Its focus is replay value and that it has, but the kicker is if you want to play through it numerous times.

In closing, Silent Hill, the most recent alone in the dark and Eternal darkness would be the next logical steps.