LTTP: Resident Evil Village (Open Spoilers)

Did you like RE: Village?


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I will preface this by saying I'm a huge Resident Evil fan. When this first came out I played just past the first boss and didn't return to it until a couple days ago after replaying RE:4R on PC.

Originally I started over with the intent to play through it entirely in 3rd person but I quickly switched back over to 1st person - the game is definitely perfectly playable in 3rd but 1st person just felt more natural considering it was designed with it in mind.

A few thoughts:

1. The gameplay is a bit floaty feeling with how you aim and turn and the way enemies sway and stumble towards you can get pretty frustrating if you're aiming for headshots constantly. So much so that in most cases I found myself going for bodyshots instead. It does however add tension to a lot of encounters so it's not necessarily bad. It's especially noticeable after playing RE4:R again which by comparison just feels perfect to play - The controls are really tight and finely tuned.

2. Guarding is such a weird mechanic considering what you're going up against and it never felt right or satisfying to do. I don't want to keep comparing the game to RE4 but when you're grabbed in this game you're likely ending up on the floor - there's no way to parry or counterattack when you're grabbed and that just felt blah.

3. The game is beautiful and each area you visit is distinct, interesting and really nicely designed. I did like how they all loop back to the "hub" area. The doll house was a nice change of pace as well (if a bit too short).

4. Early on you can kill animals for meat to make dishes at the merchant, however, that doesn't unlock until you hit a certain story point and if you sold them to the Duke like I did then tough luck - I wasn't able to get every buff because of this. The game should really warn you beforehand and it feels like an oversight.

5. The guns are.. eh? It feels like they lack impact - I had the same issue with RE: Revelations. The sniper rifle feels worse to use as well because of how much enemies wobble.

6. My biggest problem with the game is just how long it takes for the story to actually go anywhere. By the time things are revealed you're basically 1-2 hrs away from being done with it. I do ultimately like where the story goes but Miranda is a terrible villain who is so hands-off right until the end. You can say this for pretty much the other 4 as well.

7. Oswell E. Spencer being Mirandas protegee and basically inspired by her and what she was trying to do is neat. But it's a single file you read in her lab and I wish we'd have gotten more of that backstory.

8. Chris is cool. His part of the game was pretty badass but I wish there was more. Ethan was a terrible character and it's really funny how the game tries to have this emotional end to his story with him dying while holding Rose yet they couldn't even show you his face. It's such a weird decision to keep it hidden.

9. I'll end on this point. The game is still fun to play through even though I think it's probably the weakest entry in the mainline series. I just wish I liked it more than I do. If I had to rate it I'd give it a 7/10
 
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8. Chris is cool. His part of the game was pretty badass but I wish there was more. Ethan was a terrible character and it's really funny how the game tries to have this emotional end to his story with him dying while holding Rose yet they couldn't even show you his face. It's such a weird decision to keep it hidden.
Chris is a fucking idiot in RE8.
His failure to communicate properly ruins everything.
 
Chris is a fucking idiot in RE8.
His failure to communicate properly ruins everything.
Oh yes. Definitely agree. This teammate calls him out on it too and all he can muster is an "I know"

And then he gets teary eyed over Ethans death in the helicopter as if he really tried or cared. You would think after RE6 he'd have learned something.
 
I'm doing a hardcore run currently and It's pretty crazy how much Ethan gets tortured in this game lol. It's even funnier how he just puts his hand back together like nothing. Whats the story there? 😂

I'll disagree with Ethan being a terrible character. I thought he was great and had a character of just a normal guy that will do anything for his daughter. They made him go through hell and back, an emotional rollercoaster from start to finish.
 
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I thought Village was universally liked? Its great. Not as good as 7, but much better than 5 & 6.

And Chris is indeed an idiot in 8.
 
It's even funnier how he just puts his hand back together like nothing. Whats the story there? 😂
He's already technically dead. He can put his body back together because he is Molded

I thought Village was universally liked? Its great. Not as good as 7, but much better than 5 & 6.

And Chris is indeed an idiot in 8.
I still like the game. I absolutely love RE5 though - I play it co-op with a friend almost on a yearly basis.

I'm also one of the weird ones that like RE6 as well. Is it stupid? Yes. Yes it is. But it was fun stupid.
 
I played through the game in first person and later in third person. It really felt like a game that didn't know what it wanted to be. It sort of borrows a lot of previous ideas and it was strange that it felt like it was built for VR but that wasn't ready for launch. I enjoyed it and castle is my highlight or the really fucking creepy things in the dlc.
 
He's already technically dead. He can put his body back together because he is Molded


I still like the game. I absolutely love RE5 though - I play it co-op with a friend almost on a yearly basis.

I'm also one of the weird ones that like RE6 as well. Is it stupid? Yes. Yes it is. But it was fun stupid.
5 is a great co-op experience. 6 is a painfully rancid diarrhea vomit cocktail that doesn't stop hurting until years after ingestion. 8 is several hundred thousand times better an experience, in literally every metric imaginable by the homosapien mind, than the human rights violation that is Resident Evil 6.....

But hey, glad ya like it, to each their own. ;)
 
I'm doing a hardcore run currently and It's pretty crazy how much Ethan gets tortured in this game lol. It's even funnier how he just puts his hand back together like nothing. Whats the story there? 😂
He died at the start of RE7 and is a mold monster just like Jack and the family.
 
Played it in 1st person when it came out and...i mereley found it to be OK to good(ish), a 7 at most.

Replayed it 2 years later using the DLC and the 3rd person camera and I loved it, it went from a 7 to a 8.5 easily.

REs HAVE to be be in 3rd person
 
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I am not even kidding, I ran through this game on loop around 8 to 10 times in one week. I don't know what it was, but MAN I loved this game. I was just speed running through it at the end but couldnt get enough.

Cant wait for the next one.
 
I quite enjoyed the castle and doll/puppet house areas. It started to fall off a little in the water zone but still good. I did not enjoy the factory. Not a Chris fan in general but i hated him in this one. Just a fucking idiot for the sake of making the story happen.

Ethan sucked in 7 but I actually liked him in Village. Probably because they decided to make him an actual character. Never bothered returning for the DLC so Rose is whatever.

I will say that its fantastic in VR. The scene where the hot vampire chicks capture you and string you up for Lady D was something else. And the doll/puppet house is intense.

7-8/10 is a fair rating imo.
 
To be honest, they kinda lost me with all the Ethan Winters absurdities (even for RE standards, that is). RE7 and Village feel more like spin-offs than true mainline Resident Evil games. They really drifted away from the series' core, gone are the bioweapons and lab-created viruses, and now we've got werewolves, vampires, and haunted dolls. It's like they swapped science fiction horror for straight-up supernatural fantasy, and that's just not what I come to Resident Evil for.

That's not to say that it is a bad game per se.
 
I thought Village was universally liked? Its great. Not as good as 7, but much better than 5 & 6.

And Chris is indeed an idiot in 8.
I rather take 5 and 6 over 8 to be honest. At least these were connected to to re universe and even though the execution wasn't as good as the idea they had, re8 was out of place. Vampires and werewolves don't belong into resident evil.
 
Yeah I really liked it, I immediately did a 2nd playthrough the moment I finished it the first time, which I rarely do.
I really liked the art direction and design of the locations. It's also completely batshit insane so I thought it was hilarious. I really didn't take the story seriously at all, it really feels like it was hammed up on purpose.
 
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I played it for the first time earlier this year. Multiple times, basically playing all it had to offer including Mercs.

I enjoyed it at the time, but knowing it was flawed.

When I built my new PC after, I loaded up RE7 to test. I immediately had the feeling of "Oh yeah, this was much better".

God knows what they will do for RE9. They have a choice of going in various directions and I don't think following the trajectory set by 8, especially the end, is the the way to go but I worry that it's the most likely.

They've also fucked the story with the future thing, not that it really matters anymore because the RE timeline stuff of old is long since past and replaced with a vague "We don't really care" approach.
 
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I played it 4 times (including in VR) and I even platinumed it. Yes, I really liked it. It was just so fun to play.

I even liked the Winters family story. Not the best, but good enough for me to warm up to the characters (particularly Ethan).

The art style, the map design, the diversity of ambience, enemies and bosses are all great. Never a dull moment for me.
 
Oh yes. Definitely agree. This teammate calls him out on it too and all he can muster is an "I know"

And then he gets teary eyed over Ethans death in the helicopter as if he really tried or cared. You would think after RE6 he'd have learned something.
Chris is a sociopath pretending, he doesnt really care.
 
I don't really like it because it is the most egregious example of Capcom not knowing what to do with the series and trying to appeal to everyone.

The game tries to be Resident Evil 4 and 7 but fails to be as good as any of the former.
 
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I don't really liked it because it is the most egregious example of Capcom not knowing what to do with the series and trying to appeal to everyone.

The game tries to be Resident Evil 4 and 7 but fails to be as good as any of the former.
The idea of having separate "mansions" with each RE gameplay style represented made my eyes almost roll out of my sockets. I played it before reading reviews and impressions and honestly thought it was a 6/10 with the only good parts being greatest hits moments from way better games in the series. Also even for RE standards, the whole last segment is impressively shit.

I'm not a fan of RE7 either but I can see the appeal a lot more than this half-assed attempt at appeasing everyone. Feels like when classic bands trot out the over-produced "back to the roots" tour because they have no ideas left.

Also straight-up hated the DLC, dog shit. I bought it for the Third Person I believe?
 
I'm not despise it, still I prefered the prequel but I don't consider both a real RE and they shouldn't named as RE sequel imo. But sales reasons I guess.
 
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One of the best RE games and a dramatic improvement over VII.

Ethan was a terrible character and it's really funny how the game tries to have this emotional end to his story with him dying while holding Rose yet they couldn't even show you his face. It's such a weird decision to keep it hidden.

Ethan, while he redeemed himself somewhat with Village, is ultimately a flawed concept and I'm glad he's gone. The 'blank slate' avatar schtick failed, it's not why people play RE. Fans want charismatic, cool-looking characters, virtual movie stars they can cheer for, want to be, and drool over.
 
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I thought it was ok, but i hate first person resident evil games.

Terrible main characters, meh plot and bad combat didn't helped.
 
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I'm doing a hardcore run currently and It's pretty crazy how much Ethan gets tortured in this game lol. It's even funnier how he just puts his hand back together like nothing. Whats the story there? 😂

I'll disagree with Ethan being a terrible character. I thought he was great and had a character of just a normal guy that will do anything for his daughter. They made him go through hell and back, an emotional rollercoaster from start to finish.
So he's infected with the mold in RE:7

Apparently you can miss this detail if you don't do one particular moment with the dad where he finds out. Someone here also told me it was hinted at but I don't remember where but I clearly had that "ah-ha" moment
 
RE8 was just OK by RE standards, not a bad game, but nothing incredible. The blocking mechanics never felt quite right, and like you mentioned the shambling enemies constantly ducking headshots got tiresome.
After playing RE4 remake and especially the RE4R DLC, I dont think I could ever go back to a non roundhouse kicking, slow moving protagonist again... it's just so much more engaging.
 
I rank this game as a close second when it comes to my favorite Resident Evil games. I don't play lot of First Person Shooters. This was a surprise to me due to how much I loved the gameplay and everything else about it
 
kinda felt like RE lite

opening run-away sequence sucked
mansion/castle section was over too quickly
titty mommy boss sequence was a joke
fighting a cabal of "strong personality" types in a loose alliance is getting old
looked great overall
atmosphere was great
fat ass gun merchant was great
 
I really liked it but it was pretty much downhill after the first mansion. The dollhouse was way too short and simple, the fish dude just sucked, country dude boss fight was also not fun, but I did enjoy the escape segment a lot.

I was also surprised at the hate Ethan got, he's literally how any of us would be if we were suddenly dropped in the RE universe, he's not a special agent or anything like the main characters from the other games.
 
Ethan, while he redeemed himself somewhat with Village, is ultimately a flawed concept and I'm glad he's gone. The 'black slate' avatar schtick failed, it's not why people play RE. Fans want charismatic, cool-looking characters, virtual movies stars they can cheer for, want to be, and drool over.
I was also surprised at the hate Ethan got, he's literally how any of us would be if we were suddenly dropped in the RE universe, he's not a special agent or anything like the main characters from the other games.
The biggest problem with Ethan is that he's kept in the dark about the story for so long. The amount of times he asks "What the hell is going on??" is pretty hilarious. Sure.. if any of us were in that situation would be asking the same thing but it doesn't make for a compelling character.
 
The biggest problem with Ethan is that he's kept in the dark about the story for so long. The amount of times he asks "What the hell is going on??" is pretty hilarious. Sure.. if any of us were in that situation would be asking the same thing but it doesn't make for a compelling character.

True, and like someone else said that's really Chris' dumb decision that causes all this confusion. Plus that's just how stories are made, stringing people along for the big twist at the end.

It does make Ethan's dialog a bit insufferable though lol
 
Played it in third person for a handful of hours and it played as bad as RE Revelations 2 and felt empty. If I had to give that experience a score it would be a 5/10. Resident Evil 6 played infinitely better than this. The Leon campaign and Jake campaign of RE6 were way more interesting and engaging.
 
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For me it was a 8.5/10. Really enjoyed my time with it.

I need to pick this up on a PSN sale and try a run in third person.

Bought the dlc and never completed it. Maybe played 20 minutes of it?

I never liked Ethan and his story in general was just meh.

I'm hoping the rumors for RE9 are true with Leon and Jill.
 
Great game.
Christ is an idiot. Really huge idiot but he is great.
Ethan is an idiot. Unlikeable idiot at that.
Yet somehow it works.
 
Re village was a crazy thrill ride, the remote mountain village is no raccoon city but it has its own charm, at 10 hours it's a good length with quite interesting characters, I give it a solid B+.
 
Village is an incredibly strong game, albeit not as much of a pleasant surprise as RE7.

My one complaint is that the order of the sections should have put Moreau's bit after the castle...as the game stands, they front load the two best sections right at the beginning (castle/dollhouse). Could have been spread out more, but this would have undercut the thematic nature of how the sections are ordered.

lady dimitrescu is supposed to represent your fear as a child of adults, their authority and power over you.
Beneviento represents the fear of marriage and having a child
Moreau represents the fear of getting old and ugly
Heisenberg represents the fear of the uncertainty of death.

They had to order things this way to get it right thematically, so I forgive them, but the pacing could have been a little tighter.
 
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