My two cents. I enjoyed all of the RE films (live-action) equally, but as zombie movies, not RE movie adaptions. IMHO the first movie was the best from the adaption standpoint. Handled properly it could have been a Prequel to RE1 (at the time it came out.) or RE0, and from there a decent RE adaption could follow. RE:A and RE:E were not decent RE adaptions, IMHO.
They could have easily changed the name of the city, company, virus, and creatures (W/ original designs) and came out with a good zombie trilogy in it's own right. To me nothing in RE:A or RE:E feels like Resident Evil. Sure their may be a nod or two to the games, or even a character in name only, but that IMHO does not make a good RE adaption alone.