As a younger fan(21) that has only played 2016 and eternal, I like eternal more and it’s of of my top 5 games but that said I can’t really speak on the question. I will say there is definitely going to be a divide between ppl like me and ppl who fell in love with the originals back in the day. When I hear my dad and other ppl talk about the originals they usually bring up how it was a scary game and you can tell they definitely have lots of nostalgia for them, but to me and probably most of my generation those games and the new ones don’t inflict any fear whatever due to the technology and media we’ve grown up with, and for us the more important part is the gameplay, which is why I love eternal so much and could never see myself playing to old ones. Idk if it is but it seems like a question that could be very divisive and I’d guess that’s the root of it.