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It’s here that gunplay becomes more prevalent with the introduction of the machine gun and a swathe of enemies to gun down. Once players leave the Baker house and arrive at the boat, the game noticeably dips in quality.

As well as that some characters faces just seem a bit off, more noticeable when they get close to you. While most of the time the visuals look fantastic (the early portions & the boat near the end of the game) there are times where textures don’t load properly. Many moments of the game are harrowing and it remains with you long after the credits have rolled. You feel under threat even when carrying several guns and plenty of healing items. Resident Evil 7 leaves you with a sense of dread constantly. This is particularly highlighted near the games finale. The locations and environment, the characters, the story…it is a dark and twisted set of events, one that even has an emotional edge. A return to the early days of the series. It should come as no surprise that Resident Evil 7 emphasises horror over action. These put you in the perspective of other characters, playing out the events that befell them. As are the puzzles you have to solve and the added bonus of playable video tapes. While it’s not the focus of the game, gun-play is fun. Weapons have kick & higher-powered ones feel solid and damaging. These encounters are best tackled with stealth.Ĭombat is well thought-out. Fighting them will drain your health and ammo quickly and even if you put them down, it’s only temporary. Sections of the game have you being pursed by either Jack or his wife, Marguerite. While many of the molded can be dispatched with ease, the Baker family are a different bunch all together. Players also have limited inventory space, although this can be expanded on as the game goes on. With limited ammo though, players have to plan combat out appropriately making use of his block function and hoarding up healing items. The virus can be cured with a special serum and it’s now up to Ethan to retrieve the ingredients all while fighting off the family and the twisted molded.Įthan isn’t much of a fighter but he can wield weapons such as handguns, shotguns and during one boss battle, a chainsaw. A boat that washed up in the swamp nearby after heavy rain and floods. She reveals to him that the family and Mia are infected with a virus that came on a boat.

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This is also where the rest of the family is introduced and the new threat of the series comes to light.Įthan manages to escape and comes into contact with Zoe, one of the Bakers who hasn’t succumbed to insanity. Ethan is forced to endure a dinner scene straight out of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. While trying to escape the house with Mia she refers to ‘the family’, ‘daddy’ and ‘her’ before turning violent and trying to kill her husband.Īfter being knocked out by the patriarch of the Baker family called Jack. Interestingly enough Ethan will find Mia within the first 30 minutes or so of gameplay but this is where Resident Evil 7 really starts. Once inside its walls you’ll not feel any safer. Resident Evil 7’s early stages builds incredible atmosphere and stepping into the run-down house is terrifying. Who is that tall man in the distance? Why is Mia’s driving licence part of a bonfire? Is the house as abandoned as it seems?

Once in control of Ethan players are taken on a liner path to the house, one that reveals early horrors. It’s hardly ground-breaking stuff (Outlast) but is major shift for a series that seemed to be coasting for so long.

Resident Evil 7 is played from a first-person perspective. She urges him to come find her in Dulvey, Louisiana.Įthan arrives at a derelict house deep within a Louisiana swamp and this where player control is given and instantly the first major change for the series is highlighted. Out of the blue, Ethan Winters receives a message from his wife, Mia who has been missing, presumed dead, for three years. For such a maligned series, one that seemed to have reached the end of the road, it has been an incredible turnaround. To say Resident Evil 7 was a phenomenal success for Capcom is a bit of an understatement.

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