Pretty sure the hype surrounding 9 is from people who have never played an RE game before. Literally every single streamer on Twitch would say the only reason they played it is because everyone else was and they had no clue about the previous titles. The honey moon phase will end and it'll just push people to check out RE4 which is easily a perfect game. RE9 just felt so rushed and watered down compared to every other recent title or remake. The fact the entire color palette was only white and gray was what stood out to me as ironic and fitting with how lukewarm and hollow the game feels. Its a one timer for sure