RE4: killer of a classic?

[Guitar Woman]

Regenerators scared me worse than anything I've encountered in a Resident Evil game, but that was really the only part of 4 that stood out in that respect.

REmake is probably the best in terms of scariness, but I hold 4 above the rest of the series because it was the only one that captured that "Night of the Living Dead" feel that I assumed all the other games were like; encountering a huge number of unrelenting enemies, killing as many as you can before you're forced to retreat, barracading yourself in a crappy little farm house and fending them off from inside until they break in and you are completely overwhelmed, etc.

Of course, it's all way too easy and that never really happens, which is the only problem I have with 4. But I did still enjoy the general feeling of it much more than the other games, which were like "walk through hall, find single zombie, shoot zombie in head, burn zombie, rinse, repeat" with a boss fight or slightly faster enemy every so often to mix things up, and a lot of asinine puzzle solving and backtracking. I was really really excited for RE1 when I heard zombies could break down doors because I thought it meant they would actually chase you into other parts of the mansion if you ran away and hid, but all the instances of an enemy busting into the room you're in are completely scripted and it happens like, two times.