RE0 was my first Resident Evil game.
I played it around the time it came out (like 2002, i think...) at a neighboor's house. I was Rebecca, and the first time the zombies attack (when you barely enter the train), I was killed. So I turned off the gamecube, and started watching TV, feeling horrified!
Later, I watched my older cousin beat it. I watched as he picked up better weapons and actually survived... so I was inspired to do the same. Instead of RE0, I picked up RE3 and beat it. I loved the game, so I then rented REmake, and beat it. I was hooked ever since!
I then played/beat RE:CVX(woo!), RE0(woo!!!), RE4(regenerators were the only awesome enemies), RE:UC(brings back memories!), RE2 (the gamecube version)[i actually got to play this rare game!], and then RE5(No. Just...No.). In that order.