very sad Jill Valentine wasn't there
my fav character in the series
sad Ada wong, K-mart and Leon Kennedy also missing
and Rain, who still appeared after original death
I'm only sad about Jill, Becky, and maybe Chris, although I would be okay with Claire simply mentioning that Chris died / is captured / is helping others elsewhere.
Ada and Leon looked like cosplayers (Ada an okay one, Leon a terrible one), K-Mart was given precisely 0 (yes, 0!) lines in RE4, so she was a nobody, and Rain who I loved in the original film, was given very little to do in the 5th (save for her fight scene in the end). Good riddance.