My vote would be a giant no.  I loved, absolutely loved, RE1-3 back in the day.  But they have aged like warm milk.  The controls are just so god awful.  I love CV, tried to play it the other day, and just couldn't.  

RE1-3 (and CV) are poster childen for remakes, amazing games stuck with antiquated controls that make them horrendous with age.  

I think it’s worth playing the originals, yes. The great thing about the new RE remakes is that they’re transformative, offering up new experiences that complement, rather than replace, the original games. There are some moments and mechanics you can only experience in those old-school PlayStation titles. Indeed, in some instances the originals outshine the remakes. For example, the zapping system in Resident Evil 2 — in which decisions made in the initial campaign affect items, enemies, and weapons in the follow-up campaign — is absent in the remake.

I have to disagree with this. At least for RE1, which is the only one of the originals I've played. The controls are very different from modern games, but I think they work perfectly fine. You just have to get used to them. I even tried to play with modern controls, but had to switch back to tank controls, the game was clearly designed around that.

4 > 2 > 3

Those are the best ones (didn't played 8 and 9 yet) and all of them are superb games.

They only problem is the tank controls.

If it's not a problem to you, those games are amazing, their atmosphere is great and going through them as well, aging has not taken anything away from them, IMO.

I agree with both of you.  The tank controls are required for those games to work, but I can't do them anymore.  Kudos to those who can.  

This is very close to my list. I’d go 4 > 2 > 8. I guess I love the even-numbered ones. Well, apart from 6.

4 is just a work of art. Stellar production design, gorgeous graphics, amazingly tactical (and tactile) shooting, and multiple explosive, show-stopping set-pieces.

2 is my favorite of the old guard. So many iconic characters, settings, weapons, and monsters. And the zapping system, which I mentioned in an earlier post, essentially offers four games in one.

I haven’t played 9 yet, but 8, right now, is my favorite of the new guard. While it’s a little disjointed — it jumps around from RE4-esque tactical shooting to Amnesia-esque hide-and-seek to a sequence that wouldn’t seem out of place in Call of Duty — the individual pieces are exceptional. And I dig the semi-open world layout.

I dunno if I would like them if I didn't get used to them in an early age, probably not, as even back then I never liked playing the Tomb Raider games even as I interested in them, I just couldn't get used to it.

2 is the best from the OGs because of some reasons, Leon and Ada, having 2 campaigns that can be played in both ways and will leave some influence once you change routes midway.

But 3 is not far behind, it's pretty much as good and also have Nemesis.

Funny that both on 2 and 3, specially 3 with Nemesis, which I love and is present during the whole game, I had no problem with being followed around, but I haven't played 7 and decided to watch it because it looks absolutely horrible to be followed around in that house, not scary, just really bad for exploration which I absolutely love, when you can hardly fight back, it feels like Outlast and not Resident Evil. I know it's also present on 8 but to a lesser extent and feel like I'll like 8 quite a lot based on the little I know about it tho.

I like 5 even a I don't consider it much of a Resident Evil game either. 6 is half decent and half meh, I like the Leon and Ada campaigns but don't like Chris or Jake ones much at all.

All in all, except from 7 I think all games are worth checking out, with 4, 2 and 3 being really found to me.

2, 4, 1, 7, CV