Since it was brought up in the Silent Hill thread about a CV remake. I always go back to what is the worst of the original series.
I've always been two minds about the 90s era (RE1-Zero) and go back and forth between Zero and CV on what I think is the worst game from back then. Both have their strengths and weaknesses.
Zero
Pros
Graphics
Character designs
REmake level art direction
Fixed camera
Proto Tyrant is awesome and better than T-002
Some really good music tracks
Understanding one of the creators of Umbrella and the creator of the T-Virus
Some nice new game plus weapons
Leech Hunter is fun
Alternate outfits
Seeing Wesker and Birkin as friends
Richard Waugh back as Wesker
Cons
No item box
Weapons shouldn't take up two slots
Marcus looks like Sephiroth
Retcons the lab leak in the Mansion
Enemy designs are awful
All the boss fights are awful
Many plots holes of where characters and locations are (magic elevator/ Enrico gets to the RE2 lab somehow)
Poorly programmed enemies that seem to never take hit stuns outside of zombies
Weapon selection is boring
The T-Virus came from leeches? WHY
Code Veronica
Pros
Atmosphere
Weapon variety
Two sided campaign
Enemy variety
Boss fights (except Albinoid)
Setpiece designs
Difficulty
Music
WESKER and becomes established as the overarching villain of the series
A look into one of the three families involved with establishing Umbrella, so story.
Cons
Not prerendered backgrounds
Panning camera
Game world bloated and feels very much like Dino Crisis which doesn't work in a tank controlled RE
Stupid magnum side quest that most people miss in the first playthrough (I did)
Lousy Mercs level game mode
No alternate outfits
Albinoid is the worst "boss" of the old series that you don't even need to fight after all the build up to it