Yeah it's really weird to me. For so long people screaming their throats raw wanting to go back to the slow horror of the originals.
They do this (seemingly) and everyone is pissed and (hilariously) claiming it shouldn't be called resident evil lol.
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Resident Evil 7 Biohazard announced (PC/XB1/PS4), Jan 2017, PS4 demo out now
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Yeah it's really weird to me. For so long people screaming their throats raw wanting to go back to the slow horror of the originals.
They do this (seemingly) and everyone is pissed and (hilariously) claiming it shouldn't be called resident evil lol.
Monkey Paw effect. I think people who wanted a reboot wanted more of a reboot to the older games. This is pretty radically different from those, at least with the way it was presented. How the final game will play, though, is up in the air.
After you watch the video its behind the secret passage along with a key.
PT was legitimately terrifying (from the get go) and had an interesting story and great atmosphere, this is just dull so far.
For some people "go back to the roots" actually meant "remake the same game we already played six times."
Officerrob
Banned
10-15 minutes
PensivePen
Member
This isn't anything like the older Resident Evil games. I'm not sure how you could look at this and RE1-3 and think they look anything alike.
Was it actually said that the demo would be the first hour of the game? Maybe I missed it?
Ghost Slayer
Member
Next trailer will be "Tape 2 - Desperation"
MiamiWesker
Member
Analyzed every second. There is some freaky girl that is really fucked up and seems to want to eat you. The player murders a detective for who knows what. There is a huge swampy looking dude. There are flashes of children. Seems to me like it's a whole demented family living there.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
When you take over as the cameraman, the game allows you to wander freely regardless of what the dialog is doing. I saw one streamer start to nose around the side of the house, but always stopped after like 10 seconds and just went back in.
Is there a limit as to how much of that outside area you can wander in? Is there a secret entrance or something back there?
Is there a limit as to how much of that outside area you can wander in? Is there a secret entrance or something back there?
Can't play the demo yet since in the US but about the
finger, can you put it on a dummy? Maybe it's part of a puzzle?
The real question is how long does it take to get the true ending?
The Family is however led by the Simmons family. Derek is referred to as "Cousin S" in one of the two earlier plot "leaks." By the end of BIO6 the organization has forsaken him and quickly chosen a new leader. So it's probable that Derek is not even a mainline Simmons.
I doubt any traditional plot elements will be used in this game, though. It looks like a remake of Sweet Home and reboot of BIO1, at least from the plot synopsis (paranormal documentary crew investigating ghost sightings in remote mansion), but serving as an isolated incident in the long-running mythology. Certainly something is infecting people and part of the plot will be uncovering what that is, but there's evidently also a more personal plot.
I've been saying the series should go this exact route for ten years. I just never expected it to be first-person or in the horror style of Outlast, Amnesia and P.T. While I'm sure it'll be a good experience, I doubt it will be very impactful or have enough value to want to play again (like the aforementioned games).
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Well, if Resident Evil 1 was a weird (and not at all accurate) riff on what Romero was trying to do with his zombie films, it seems this is set on being a weird (and maybe slightly more accurate) riff on what Hooper did on Texas Chainsaw Massacre?
Maybe?
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Its like that Miyamoto /zelda pic
RE1 to 3 "Capcom is so lazy! They keep rehashing these resident evil games and refuse to change!! More like REhashing Evil!"
RE4 to 6 "fucking Capcom, these are not true RE games! Too much actions! Capcom please reboot it!"
RE7 "what the fuck why is it not similar to RE6?!"
Pathfinder
Member
So, am I right in thinking those of us in the US will not be getting the demo tonight?
DarkLordMalik
Member
That's all I needed to hear. Thanks for the impressions.
Ghost Slayer
Member
Come back at January 24th and I will tell you
thepenguin55
Member
Based purely on what I've seen thus far this isn't the crazy mind fuck P.T. was but it still looks really interesting. Resident Evil was getting stagnant and needed a radical shake up. The fact that they didn't go full reboot here has me even more interested because will they somehow incorporate stuff from previous games into this radical departure of a sequel? It'll be interesting to see.
Having said that, I think calling this game Resident Evil 7 will end up working against it because there's A LOT of baggage that comes with that name. Either way, we'll most likely be getting a both varieties of classic RE in the form RE2 remake and The Evil Within 2
Having said that, I think calling this game Resident Evil 7 will end up working against it because there's A LOT of baggage that comes with that name. Either way, we'll most likely be getting a both varieties of classic RE in the form RE2 remake and The Evil Within 2
We're a niche market anyways.
ArkkAngel007
Member
Near the end of the final sizzle reel of the conference there was a FPS with zombie looking enemies leaping over piled up cars, being fired at with a handgun.
Was that some other game known/already out or was that our look at RE7 combat?
Was that some other game known/already out or was that our look at RE7 combat?
Askherserenity
Member
I hate that I'll probably stay up till they put the fucking demo up.
brandonh83
Banned
Would be awesome.
RecRoulette
Member
Finished the JP demo. Loved it.
Felt like RE made in the style of PT. Can't wait to play a whole game like that.
Edit: Thought the tie-in to the overall RE story was clever too.
Felt like RE made in the style of PT. Can't wait to play a whole game like that.
Edit: Thought the tie-in to the overall RE story was clever too.
xviper
Member
WOW, i cannot even describe how disappointing the demo is, i was hyped AF when i saw the e3 trailer, i expected it to be like P.T., it's nothing like P.T. and i thought there was going to be puzzles but i was proven wrong, and it's not even scary at all, maybe because the demo was very VERY short like 15min i don't know but i hope the full game surprises me, now i actually agree with the people who said this shouldn't have been called Resident evil 7
DarkLordMalik
Member
Final Trailer: Tape 3 - Acceptance
The guide shows R2 as the attack button.
insignia16
Member
...y-you didn't grind your beans using the magic bullet right?
Looks good!
darkslayer101
Member
Many fans wanted RE to go back to its horror roots aka "Survival horror" not this full blown amnesia, PT knock off. Even though the demo is terrible I am gonna wait for the reviews to decide whether its a good first person horror or bad.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Where is the US demo damn it!!!!???
pla-pla-place holder
Member
The ridiculousness is gone? Damn well im out
Here are my thoughts as an RE superfan that has liked everything in the series up to this point:
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Based on the trailer, this looks like a poor man's PT (yes, despite the big budget). While a PT knockoff would be welcome under any other circumstance, in this case it just doesn't feel like... well, like Resident Evil.
Even with the two extremes of REmake and RE6, there was still some common thread that made them both recognizably "Resident Evil." Maybe it's the characters, or the soap opera drama, or the heightened reality of the world. But I don't see that common thread here... whatever this is. Not in the trailer, at least.
That's the thing: Some welcome this as a "return to horror," but old-school RE was never this sort of scary. It was also campy and cheesy. It also had heart. It was also inviting in its own way. This looks closer in spirit to Slender, to Amnesia, to PT than it does anything Resident Evil.
It's good to hear this is set after RE6, so it's not a reboot, and they're continuing the lore. But man, everything feels wrong from what I've seen so far. And I say that as someone who has been open-minded and able to embrace every radical change the series has had until this point.
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Based on the trailer, this looks like a poor man's PT (yes, despite the big budget). While a PT knockoff would be welcome under any other circumstance, in this case it just doesn't feel like... well, like Resident Evil.
Even with the two extremes of REmake and RE6, there was still some common thread that made them both recognizably "Resident Evil." Maybe it's the characters, or the soap opera drama, or the heightened reality of the world. But I don't see that common thread here... whatever this is. Not in the trailer, at least.
That's the thing: Some welcome this as a "return to horror," but old-school RE was never this sort of scary. It was also campy and cheesy. It also had heart. It was also inviting in its own way. This looks closer in spirit to Slender, to Amnesia, to PT than it does anything Resident Evil.
It's good to hear this is set after RE6, so it's not a reboot, and they're continuing the lore. But man, everything feels wrong from what I've seen so far. And I say that as someone who has been open-minded and able to embrace every radical change the series has had until this point.
TsunamiOfSwagger
Member
I'm looking at that now. One thing I did notice is,
you walk up the stairs after putting the fuse in, there are three dummies facing away to your left. Walk round the corner and look away, the three are now facing you and there is another between you and the stairs where you have just walked up.
No pls my coffee machine is next to that >___> I don't use that at all, i-it's not mine
Are you in NA? If so, you need to wait for them to update the store and make it available.
I like people trying to pass legitimate criticism about the cliché and non inspired demo as "fans whining all the time, they're never happy".
This is virtually NOTHING like Resident Evil.
But it's also not very good and relatively boring. Nice.
I guess VR version can have merits.
This is virtually NOTHING like Resident Evil.
But it's also not very good and relatively boring. Nice.
I guess VR version can have merits.
Revelations 3 will, probably, be more akin to the newer style of RE. I don't even know if Evil Within 2 is happening now. I thought it was a given, but it's been super silent about a sequel
Did you get out of the house or not die?