This is where I began my chronological journey to RE. So I played it before RE1. And the thing about it is if you play 0 after 1 it would make it look secondary (which it's kinda is), and if you start with 0 RE1 would have some annoyances.
RE0 is a game of "buts" in almost every aspect. It looks nice and have great ost, but after that: story is good, but unnecessary; characters are interesting, but a bit primitive, also Rebecca is not really consistent with RE1, and no one saw Billy since that day; puzzles are mostly interesting, but almost all of them based on the fact that we control 2 characters, also when you do not know what you will need you will have a bad time backtracking, I'm a big fan of drop mechanic, but hookshot, takes 2 slots used in the beginning once and 3 times in the end; nice locations, but "yet another mansion"; enemies are boring.
In the end it is my favorite "classic" Resident evil but not everyone will like it, because of it's secondary nature, with too little upgrades over RE1.

It's been 6 years since my last RE (Revelations 2) and in 2022 I decide that the time has come for me to give RE series a try. Here you may ask - why I started with this one? Well the reason is my main problem with this game. From what I understand If you leave in Europe you can buy a game, but it would be 20% slower than American version, so as a digital only release I wanted to get rid of the game that is on a separate account and then get to those that are on main. As a newbie Enjoyer what I get that this was the peak of the series in the time of release, upgraded gameplay, great visuals, real 3D, consistent story, decent characters, one of the best OST I heard in the series, okay enemies, interesting puzzles. But all of that does not hold up that well now. The tank controls, the slow button initiated step movement, long location transfer animations. Out of all RE games now - this one needs remake the most.
Platinum/100%: first of all American version is a must, the game must be finished in 4,5 hours for a rank (which is harder when you are 20% slower), no saves (in fact one between "disc 1 and 2"), and some additional side activities must be done for A rank. I made a mistake, and did all on my first run. So I did not have time to fully explore the game. Would not recommend that. After that several side battle mode runs, a rank for each character (5 total), 3 of them (Alaire, Claire Alt and Chrie) are extremely low on time (16 rooms in 5.30- 6 minutes (so American version), Steve is quite easy if you master the headshot, and Wesker is luck based, and depends if you get a Magnum in one of the rooms or not.
To sum it up: great game that does not hold up that well. Recommend only if you a fan of older parts, or want to experience full story (like me). Otherwise I think it's better to wait for remake (because it is a mistake not to make one).

Played this one in 2015 on ps Vita. An undead game for an undead console - what a suitable pair, but first thing that I must note about this one is it was ported by Iron galaxy. They became known after Arkham knight fiasco, but for Vita owners they were there earlier. What I mean is technical state of this game was horrible. The bushes in this version came straight from Duke Nukem 3D, frame drops were constant, the 1st episode was almost unbeatable knife-only.
And that is where the game itself comes - it was great, the structure of the story itself kept interest, all 4 main characters were likeable, the gameplay was slow and steady, just how I prefer. This is the game that perfected the gameplay loop for later use in Remakes. For a than newbie RE Enjoyer (this was my second game in the series) it was so much fun, that I played all modes and then finished several more playtroughs. So how did I spent t other hours there - Raid mode. This is peak RE mode for me to this day: nice gameplay loop, different locations and enenemies, ways to adapt gamplay for your playstyle. This game I would recommend.
Platinum: The 100%/Platinum here is decent - I've collected all medals in around three runs, and done both countdown and invisible mode without much difficulties. Also knife in this game in OP.

P.S. finished the run of PS4 version not so long ago. It was great to see that this game in fact visually was pretty good. The knife was not so op as it was before (Maybe it is my memory but I'm sure something changed) But the rerun was still good, raid mode is still the best, countdown and invisible, those two were still easy, but not so fun.
All in all: this game I definitely recommend.