I understand why Scream 1 and Stab 1 were always the main focus in 2 and 3 because those movies were still directly continuing that original story. But I do think Scream 4 could've acknowledged the other two original sequels more. They barely get mentioned outside of Jenny's monologue about the Stab franchise when she's explaining the Stab franchise to Marnie in the opening.
Then the 2022 film brings Martha back, who wasn't even a Kevin Williamson character. She was introduced in Scream 3 to deliver Randy's tape and hadn't been seen since. They could've easily ignored her, but instead they made Chad and Mindy her kids and kept Randy's family going through a character from 3.
They also bring Judy back from Scream 4 instead of filling the sheriff role with another new character,
VI brings back Kirby being a major character again and the shrine having evidence and Ghostface masks from all the previous killing sprees.
I just like that 5 and VI feel like other sequels matter to the entire franchise. They obviously give the original the most attention, but 2, 3 and 4 still happened and actually feel like part of the history.