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?

[unitself]

totally. Silent Hill 2 kicked ass. I have only played that one cause it's on the xbox and that the console I own. SH2 by far has the most "holy crap. that is @#$%ing creepy as hell!" moments. I have posted here before about my wanting SH3 to be ported to the xbox, and so far the rumor mill says it will be so that's good.
You got me with the Fatal Frame game. I have heard (read) nothing but good reviews with that game. I never got it though because something else always seemed to come out that I wanted more. But, it's on my list. I guess the taking pictures part kinda bugged me a bit though. There is just something satisfying about killing something that is trying to get you. Then again, they are ghosts and you can't really shoot a ghost, I guess.
I also own The Thing, but I haven't played it in a while cause I am stuck in a tight spot and I just seem to die over and over. The game is (was) really fun though, and it's pretty cool to see your partner suddenly explode into a horrible monster that you have to kill.
I also also own Eternal Darkness. I am about 1/2 through with that one also, but I picked up RE after I got my TV back and never looked back to Eternal Darkness. I thought the insanity factor was a nice touch in that game. Often I would find my meter going down and I would open a door, only to find the room upside down, or something crazy like that. Fun indeed.
HC82, you mention that most gamers like less of a challenge. I think I am one of those gamers for the most part. While I really enjoy the RE series, I much prefer blowing everything away rather than trying to run around zombies and saving my ammo for the bosses and stuff. I think it was RE2 that actually had an easy mode that gave out lots of ammo and stuff. Yes, I did play that mode.

wow... the responses to this thread are very nice! There IS more to life than PSO.