nice post ! :D
I remembered watching my brother play RE1 and I got out of the room because I was terrified hahaha. That was probably about 20 years back. I started with RE4, like you said, the camera hovers on Leon's shoulder and that change in game mode is what got me playing. I hated the old style of fixed camera angle, it made aiming very difficult. I shot, oh shit I missed !!

A colleague of mine finished RE7 and all the DLCs, he say it was superb :D you should give it a try, but I don't think co-op is possible and it is terrifying to play :D He kept using the word "stress" when playing RE7 :P