Well, I didn't play the RE series since 90s, but I heard it went bad since RE5, so nothing new in this aspect. But, on the other hand, they made (as I heard) faithful remakes of 1, 2 and 0, so it's a definitively a big plus. So I wouldn't despair in your place: it could be much worse. Silent Hill, for example, never recovered after the third part.
