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The game tried to be a horror game but obviously took down a couple of wrong turns along the way.

You mean with the 3rd person shooter thing? It's probably the best they could do and they mastered it right out of the gate. They took Capcom's own formula and took complete advantage of it and I personally wouldn't have it any other way.

Problem is, console horror games back then were mostly games like Silent Hill or Resident Evil/Dino Crisis. Essentially they had the same concept, mostly exploration and puzzles, combat was usually avoided (not in RE's case) and the controls were less than smooth...but that was ok.

Nowadays I can guess that majority of the mainstream gamers out there would shit themselves and try to rip their hair off trying to figure out how to play those games. Can you imagine it? A game that forces you to avoid your enemies throughout the game? Camera angle controls? Unheard of! Why is the *bleep*ing camera not behind my character??? Why do I not have a gun OR BULLETS to take them out??? Wtf is my inventory so damn limited? This is too hard! *Goes back to MW2*

Of course, some honorable mentions. Alone in the Dark, Silent Hill: Homecoming, Siren: Blood Curse. Gameplay executed wrong? Too short? Too easy? They tried...and some of them were just messed up (SH: H being the big one). They were also a little too combat oriented (S: BC was just too easy and too short).

In any case, point being that whatever gameplay we were used to in the past is not going to come back. And now we're either not satisfied or any games that DO try to be a bona fide horror titles mess up anyways. I hung my towel a long time ago, I'm just gonna buy the RE series on the PS Classics, along with Dino Crisis and Silent Hill and enjoy the nostalgia.