Well, it's like this...

The plot now is so absurd. These games don't really feel connected, as such. They shoehorn things in, just to make it feel like there's a link. Like, if you missed out the references and Chris being in these first person sequels, it doesn't really seem like they are RE games.

The remakes are bad, but as general horror games, they are okay. They are just not faithful, while the first remake was.