I had heard for so long that of the psx RE trilogy, this was sort of the black sheep. Just not as good. I have to say though, that I was pleased with how much I enjoyed this game. Now don't get me wrong it's not a perfect game, and it's much more action-oriented than say, RE 2, but I still had a ton of fun.
Letting you run through racoon city was a blast. The previous game definitely felt tighter in terms of story keeping it within the police station, but you really felt the scale of the city even for an older game. The guns also felt great, and I would have never been able to beat this game without the mine launcher so shout-out to that gun especially.
In terms of complaints, I have a few. For one I didn't like how boss encounters never gave you a way to defeat them. For example in RE 1 & 2, they always dropped a weapon during the final boss fight so you could always win even if you had no ammo. This game felt like you could almost soft-lock yourself if you were bad enough with the combat knife, and I definitely would have been. Dodging was extremely tricky and I never got the timing on it down. Also personally I didn't like making my own ammo. Just give me the different ammos I'll manage my inventory, don't make me put three things in my inventory to put one thing back.
All in all another great entry in the series, definitely a ton of fun, and Carlos is just too cool man