I really enjoy playing the earlier RE games. Out of all of them, the two Outbreak games remain my favourite. Although I never played them online, I loved being able to play as an 'ordinary' citizen instead of the typical well trained police officer or S.T.A.R.S member.

The fact each character had specific strengths and weaknesses made for very challenging gameplay on the harder modes as well.

As for RE4, I suppose I'll be flamed for saying this but...it is rather overrated. I was very disappointed with it because it just didn't seem like a RE game. That, and it just seemed like a cheap way to draw in people to the series - too much action and too little fear. It didn't even have any 'jumpy' bits, that the other RE games did.