Got Silent Hill 2 Remake free with Fanatical

That's it. Just thought it was cool. Anyway, as long as I'm here, I thought I might ask a question. Should I play the originals first? I was gonna wait to play the remake until I had played the original first and second games, but now I have it so I don't know if I should just play it or not. I've been wanting to get into the series for a while now, as I am a huge Resident Evil fan, but the originals are super expensive online from what I've seen, and I've heard the HD Collection sucks ass. I'd be willing to emulate, but I'd have to find a tutorial on how to do that. Thoughts?

That's it. Just thought it was cool. Anyway, as long as I'm here, I thought I might ask a question. Should I play the originals first? I was gonna wait to play the remake until I had played the original first and second games, but now I have it so I don't know if I should just play it or not. I've been wanting to get into the series for a while now, as I am a huge Resident Evil fan, but the originals are super expensive online from what I've seen, and I've heard the HD Collection sucks ass. I'd be willing to emulate, but I'd have to find a tutorial on how to do that. Thoughts?