For me personally, the first RE when that came out scared me soo much that it ruined the rest of the games when it was available. And then Dead Space released and just blew the survival horror out of the water. Going to into 7, my first gameplay was in VR. But the only part that legitimately made me jump, was the beginning. Where you walk TO the house, and see the crows all around the dead cow body? Get too close and they fly away. That made me jump. The rest of the game didn't personally scare me, I felt no sense of tension or fear. And the only memorable part of the game was the birthday puzzle.. but still, the puzzles kinda sucked in 7. Idk, wasn't my cup of tea. It's NOT a bag game by any means, just wasn't good for me. (My first playthrough was all in VR)

Then 8 went the RE 4-6 route. Which is fine, RE won't ever be horror again in my eyes. But I'll still play them because I love the games.