Shopto delivered a day early here in the U.K. so I've been playing for a couple of hours. No spoilers here.
So far this is everything I'd hoped this game would be. Great atmosphere, tight controls, deliberate pacing and that sense of progression you got from the old games (&7) where you are gradually working your way through a map, unlocking doors, finding puzzles and items that right now I gave no idea what they're for. This is pure RE, bring on remakes of 1,3, & CV if they're going to be anything like this.
Before playing I was thinking that I would shoot every zombie, the whole running away and dodging doesn't appeal to me, but I've been doing just that to concerve ammo. It's that risk reward thing that older RE's did so well and it's back. Though, it would be great to run around with a magnum headshotting everything, maybe this can be done at some point or on NG+.
Zombies do eat up ammo, and whilst the head pop is great it really makes you weigh up the whole situation. You could land a crit straight away or end up wasting 7 or 8 bullets. It sounds a bit crap, but in the game it adds to the tension. I'm playing on normal and so far haven't died, so perhaps it's a bit easy? Not sure, it's fun though and I've had a few close calls.
I want this to last, so I'm rationing myself, maybe an hour later after midnight. I've been waiting years for this and don't want it to be over by the weekend.