It wouldn't have all the bile and shrieking from the internet if it was released as a new intellectual property as opposed to making it part of the main Resi series. It's picking up a lot of hatred that it simply does not deserve. Much of the criticism stems from this:
Quote Originally Posted by Flying Arrow View Post
the RE series really isn't even the same genre of game that enjoyed from 1-3.
Although most people aren't saying it quite as elegantly as FA did. I mean, I guess it's a bad survival horror game, but it's like saying Final Fantasy is a bad baseball simulator. The series has moved on.

I will say it's not perfect either. There are some bizarre design choices such as RANDOM TRUCK OUT OF NOWHERE KILLING YOU, ammo and healing item scarcity and maybe one too many QTEs, but a bad game? Not in the slightest.