I personally loved 4, but to say it's the best of all of them is a bit much. Resident evil 1, 2 and 3 were more atmospheric, and were better with the "survival horror" aspect. Resident evil 4 did have atmosphere, and was pretty good at having a survival horror feel, but ammo was too plentiful, and ashley too annoying. In the original resident evils, I was constantly worried about my ammo usage, because if you ran out, you're pretty much forgeted. In resident evil 4, ammo is a bit more plentiful, and the knife does a lot more damage to the point where you can use it more often than your pistol. Resident evil 4 i believe was the last resident evil to be a survival(ish) horror, then 5 was just a straight up action shooter with zombies. 6 had it's moments, but ammo was still plentiful, and melee combat is way too easy.
