Here is my list of the best RE games.

RE: Code Veronica
RE(Gamecube)
RE:4(most likely)
RE:3
RE(PSX)
RE:2

Yeah....I thought RE 2 was the weakest one. RE 3 didn't have the story but was a lot more fun to play with all the parries and dodging you could do. RE: CV had the best story, camera, mix of gameplay, boss fights and non-linearity. You could actually miss scenes if you did something before you were suppose to. Example: I beat a boss that talks to you before you fight this giant spider. Since I defeated that boss it couldn't talk to me first so the scene was different. I just love that...also the puzzles were better than any other game.