You guys should all play Silent Hill: Downpour.

what you need to understand is tank controls came about because the saturn and playstation, at the time of launch, didnt have analog sticks.
when the dualshock version was eventually released, all they had done is mapped the digital movement to the sticks and added rumble support, because the framework wasn't there to do anything more exotic.

but, since the game was wildley popular, people re-used the same control scheme despite better controller options being available.

Frankly i'd rather have a resident evil 1/2/3 style game again than any other resident evil game.

Not really the same thing. In Resident Evil it was more an auto-aim feature. Aiming in classic tank controls is effectively impossible, so if you pointed the gun close to the general direction, the computer corrected the aim. Parasite Eve had a targeting reticle, and not only could you select which enemy you wanted to shoot with the second analog stick, but pushing the aiming button could actually spin the character around if all the targets were behind.

The last bit really changes gameplay. They have very similar controls, but Resident Evil 2 is tedious to play and Parasite Eve 2 has a smooth action-game ebb and flow to it.

Let's not forget the tap up while aiming to pull off headshots.

You need to recognize that there are ways to make games suspensful and frightening without shoehorning in poor controls. If not, games like System Shock, Stalker, Cthulhu, The Thing, Condemned, Amnesia and Metro wouldn't work.

I'm not saying to shoehorn in "bad" controls. I'm saying that the elements that made Resident Evil and Silent Hill the standouts of the survival horror genre were directly brought about by technological limitations. Since those limitations are now gone, games have moved away from those mechanics without, for the most part, finding ways to recreate the dread from those mechanics.

Many would be survival horror titles give the player too much control over the situation by making them too capable, be it in combat, movement, or stealth abilities. Showing the creatures off too much is another flaw. Monster/enemy designs just aren't as frightening when they can be seen. Silent Hill was terrifying because you couldn't see enemies at a distance but you could sure as hell hear them out thanks to the radio. The disturbing sounds of the unseen gave early games their horror.

That's the reason why games like RE4 are almost completely lacking in horror. Those enemies might as well just be regular pissed off villagers and dogs, with the title just made into a spy game. Outside of those creepy regenerators, there's nothing scary about the enemies at all. They might as well be genome soldiers for all the fear they inspire. especially when you can absolutely wreck them with a handful of bullets, a trusty knife, and fighting moves that make Chuck Norris envious.

We should probably come up with a distinction between horror and survival horror. A game can inspire horror and not be survival horror. Slender is a great example. It's a well done horror game that uses real terror and dread. I wouldn't classify it as survival horror though because it doesn't have a form of combat, inventory management, or rationing system.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, there's RE4. It have combat and inventory but it's way overpowered, and the "scariness" comes from jump scares or enemies pretty much waving their arms around and yelling at the top of their lungs "hey guys look at me I'm suuuuuuuuper scary, did you see the bug monster I have for a head now!? Boo!" instead of doing anything actually scary.

Not really.. When there is interest in making a good survival horror game, we get games like Amnesia, Dead Space 1 & 2 ( fuck Dead Space 3) and other games which don't have tank controls, but still manage to be scary!

You essentially are saying that though, you and a few others are effectively agreeing to handicap the player, in todays gaming that's just bad design and wouldn't help revive the genre at all. RE4 is a different kind of Horror focusing more things like anxiety and dread most of the enemies aren't scary because the situation you're in is scary, like with all other RE games once you get the hang of it you know how to deal with situations.

The player getting more control over the situation was always going to happen for progression as the old tank controls were because of the state of 3D gaming at the time, non of that can take off today especially as the are Horror games that have been fine with out that, the player has always been overpowered in Horror games even in the old RE games. No offence but part of the reason developers aren't willing to try and adjust with the times is because of things like this, the developer themselves know this design can't work today so when fans are demanding it it's just sending the wrong message so they go more action like in RE5 and RE6 to try and appeal elsewhere, you should be asking for designs that fit around the new gameplay style while maintaining the atmosphere and suspense not old dated designs.

OK, thanks for correcting me!