Resident evil village

Ok so I kinda wanna play resident evil village but I know absolutely nothing about it and have never played any of the games so I’m gonna ask some questions:
When I looked it up it says that it’s a (direct, I’m assuming) sequel to resident evil biohazard, do I have to play 7 to understand and enjoy 8? Or is it easy enough to understand by context clues and ect to play by itself?
Is it story driven to the point where I won’t enjoy the game if I watch play throughs of it?
And is it a genuinely good game (atmosphere, gameplay, controls, ect.)?
I’d prefer if answers were purely unbiased cause biases usually paint things either better or worse than it is. Thank you <3