RE2 is on my personal list of GOATs. RE1 is one of the most hilarious games of all time (but for some reason I still find it the scariest). RE3 > RE1 but RE3 < RE2. I just count Resident Evil 4 as a separate entity. It was still fun, though.

I never played the others due to reasons including but not limited to not owning a Gamecube, thinking RE5 looked terrible, losing interest in vidya with age, and glorious PC master race. I'd love to play CV or the remake.