I don't get the hate for RE6 either. It feels more like "proper" RE than 4 and 5, and has more comfy controls. I know zombies only appear in Leon's campaign, but that's still a full length game. And I prefer exploring a city to going inside shacks, and little houses, which is what 4 and 5 mostly have you doing for much of the story. Capcom also provided a mixture of gameplay styles, and had a major production schedule, so this has to be commended.
Also, RE was always destined to be action combined with horror, because this is what happened to Alien as well. The first one is generally the scariest entry no doubt, just because the threat of the Xenomorph is new and yet to be studied, and the crew felt confined to just that spaceship. But later entries have people ready to face the problem, all guns blazing. But they are generally more entertaining sequels, just as RE is...
So it's a very odd debate.
Also, RE was always destined to be action combined with horror, because this is what happened to Alien as well. The first one is generally the scariest entry no doubt, just because the threat of the Xenomorph is new and yet to be studied, and the crew felt confined to just that spaceship. But later entries have people ready to face the problem, all guns blazing. But they are generally more entertaining sequels, just as RE is...
So it's a very odd debate.