I'm glad re5 and re6 follow umbrella / darkside chronicles' stories respectively.
Re5 follows re1, re3, recv, umbrella chronicles and re4 while re6 follows re2, re3, recv, darkside chronicles and re5. ( Only including games. )
Though ı feel like re6 follows darkside better than re5 do for umbrella not to mention ı think it creates a better re2 reunion than re5 does for re1.
I still dont understand why barry and rebecca arent in re5's main story. It could have been a better re1 reunion and wesker's death could have been more satisfying with 4 rockets instead of 2. Only chris, jill and wesker appear. While chris and wesker shine well; jill is underutilized due to getting captured and being wesker's slave in the process along with her dlcs being too short.
This is especially a problem for rebecca who appears in umbrella chronicles and shines a bit with extra canon episodes. ( Unfortunately barry doesnt appear and it's impossible to get the canon ending for the scenario. He doesnt save jill in re3 retelling either, a bad foreshadowing for re3 2020. Though at least his bio in umbrella mention that he saved jill and carlos from raccoon; meanwhile re3 2020 contradicts re2 2019 instead. )
Going from re5 to re6 while thinking about it; re6 creates a better re2 reunion. Only claire is missing but thankfully she's mentioned multiple times in the game and the files also explain some stuff. ( Meanwhile barry and rebecca arent mentioned at all except the history of resident evil file but that doesnt really count cause that file retells the past events. They dont even explain what are those 2 are doing in bsaa. Rerev doesnt help either. ) Even if claire wouldnt have mentioned in the game; to compensate for her, chris appears in the game instead ( And when it comes to chris; re6 follows re5's ending in an extremely creative way. ) who plays a role in re2's story. And it still wouldnt be as annoying as re5's situation.
But anyways; ı think the chronicles games are underrated. Despite their flaws; both were really enjoyable, especially darkside chronicles.