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?

[Azrael]

I can't believe you forgot Fatal Frame(lol). That scared the *exponentially deleted* outta me. I liked the idea of taking pics to capture the ghosts cause it was original. Fatal Frame is loosely based on a True Story so that makes it even creepier. I love the Resident Evil series but in terms of just being plain horrifying, Silent Hill takes the cake there, and part 3 in my opinion is the scariest other than 1 especially since they return to the shifting realities idea. I'm gonna get part 2, Restless Dreams for the Maria Scenario cause I want to know where the heck she came from etc. I played Carrier and while it didn't score so high and while it was kinda short, there were some scary parts in it. I also thought Eternal Darkness was excellent and I hope they make a sequel to it somehow. Another idea, a Prequel to Silent Hill since they talk about a lot of stuff that happened in the past. Overall, the scariest game for me in terms of terror is Silent Hill with RE a close second. If you think about it, the reverse world in that game kind of reminds me of Hellraiser. Even some of the monsters look like they could've passed for being in Silent Hill and Vice Versa.