Resident Evil Village (2021)

RE8 is probably not in my top 5, barely makes my top ten of the series… but after replaying it for my third time, it has kind of grown on me.

I really disliked how disjointed it felt on release. Each house was very different and almost felt like a cutting room floor compilation rather than a proper game with vision. That still holds true for me, and the difference in quality between Mistress Dimetrescu’s castle and … Moreau’s swamp… it’s night and day. That’s not to mention the Call of Duty ending.

But I guess I’ve just embraced the game’s absurdity. It has some highlights - I enjoy the village, the castle, and even the factory grew on me, but it’s still a bit scatterbrained and not anything close to my favorites of the series.

Still a fun ride if you can embrace its absurdity. Not really a fulfillment of the promise that 7 gave us, but not a total drop off in quality either. Oh also - I really enjoy the Rose DLC!

Here is looking forward to Requiem, hoping it nails the momentum that 7, 2 remake and 4 remake gave us.

Octava entrega de la saga resident evil pero podríamos decir que segunda entrega de la historia que nos trajo capcom en el 2017 con esa nueva formula de en primera persona y con un miedo que recuerda a los primeros juegos. Esta entrega nos ambienta en zonas diferentes a las de su "primera parte" dando mas contenido artístico y visual con ya sea el particular castillo Dimitrescu o las zonas de "granjas" que no veíamos desde la cuarta entrega, una jugabilidad bastante pulida y similar al juego anterior aun que se nos da un poco mas de contenido en armas y otros ítems, en resumen una segunda parte de la séptima parte que es la octava parte pero es la segunda parte de la séptima parte, o sea, merecedor del reconocimiento de este emisor como una verdadera entrega Resident Evil.

Village прекрасен! Хоть и совсем не похож на 7. Такая разудалая стрелялка, по общей игровой динамике скорее похожа на RE4 (слава богу, не 5).

Самое начало не зашло. Считаю, неудачное решение - заставлять игрока биться с ордой бесконечно спавнящихся упырей, когда механик еще не чувствуешь и оружия толком еще не выдали. А если вытерпеть этот пролог, то дальше все просто отлично, и геймплей, и уровни, и визуальный дизайн.

Очень понравилось, что каждая локация и каждый босс выполнены в своей уникальной манере: вот классический RE с викторианским особняком, вот опять особняк, но уже из Сайлент Хилла, вот полузатопленная деревня в стиле Иннсмута, а вот и ФИНАЛЬНАЯ (нет) БИТВА НА ЗАВОДЕ, с льющимся металлом и гремящими железками

В конце щедро навалили записок с лором, аж до самого RE1. Про сюжет в целом не забыли. Финальный ролик просто мое почтение.

Мадам оказалась неожиданно стремная. Не в смысле "убивает игрока", а жутковатая. Как она вообще живет в этом замке, который ей явно уже мал, и чтобы пройти в обычную дверь, приходится каждый раз сгибаться чуть не вдвое. Очень disturbing персонаж. Это при том, что хоррора в игре вообще нет, чисто стрелялка в готических декорациях.

Персонаж с авиационным пропеллером вместо головы вообще огонь. Особенно позабавили записки Гейзенберга, как он этого чувака проектировал, "твою мать ну почему я не сообразил заранее что стоит ему махнуть рукой как пропеллер ее отрубит, а, да и чорт с ним, пускай без рук бегает, и так сойдет". Такая злая пародия на современных программистов :)

I thought I might be man enough to at least play through the demo, but the moment that witch stood in front of me I pretty much had no idea what to do. When she bites you in this graphically advanced villa, your controller starts to vibrate at 100% and that felt so disgusting and scary in conjuction with the 3D audio that I had to ragequit and uninstall this demo immediately. But I can't wait to watch PewDiePie play it.

That 3D audio is really, really awesome though. I'm happy it's finally being used on the PS5, and horror is the perfect genre for it. Playing this game with headphones will be a must in order to get the real experience. The sound is much, much scarier than anything you see.

Everyone is still talking about the tall lady but this is now already one of the coolest Resident Evil characters:

Everything about this game looks so, so good so far. I like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre well enough too, Capcom, but THIS aesthetic is what I didn’t even know I wanted from one of these games.

I just don’t think Capcom has it in them to make truly scary games. Village looks to have a fantastic aesthetic, with great setting and atmosphere but there simply isn’t really anything scary about vampires. It sets the wrong tone for a Resident Evil game. It also appears, from the showcase, that Capcom is overly concerned with balancing things like combat, a big factor in what I think detracts from the horror aspect of their games. Resident Evil VII was terrifying for the first half, but the second half fizzled out and undid the fantastic work established up front. The moment you have a whole arsenal of weapons to mow down your enemies with is the moment that the game thwarts its own attempts at horror.

It also almost seems that Capcom is trying to make something that borders on being a Soulsborne. There’s a lot in this showcase that is reminiscent of the style and tone of Bloodborne. It even looks like it might mechanically play a bit like a first person Soulsborne. If that is the case I think it’s a misstep for the series.

Or maybe I want Resident Evil to be something it truly isn’t anymore. I want something that recaptures the thrill and terror I felt playing the original. Or the first half of Resident Evil VII, with an emphasis on atmospheric horror, good heart thumping scares and compelling puzzles rather than excessive action and combat.