Resident Evil 7 is dropping in January next year, and is looking to be a massive departure from its previous action-oriented directory and back to the horror-centric roots of the franchise.<\/p>\n
The game itself has been shrouded in a lot of mystery since its announcement, with only a few short “tapes” or gameplay videos being shown to the public.<\/p>\n
However, a number of international game journos have had the chance to play the game for a couple hours, and here’s what they have to say about Capcom’s survival rejuvenation:<\/p>\n
“So if there’s no Chris, no Jill, no Wesker, no Umbrella, no glowing orange weak spots and no arsenal of weapons, what is there? Genuinely the best Resident Evil experience I’ve had in a long time, one where I was scared and challenged, surprised by what I uncovered and intrigued to find out more.<\/p>\n
It might look different on the surface, but everything that made classic Resident Evil so great, for me, is present in Resident Evil 7 – uniquely weird puzzles, a foreboding atmosphere, a memorable locale and genuinely intimidating enemies. It isn’t action horror or horror entertainment – it’s real, classic survival horror.”<\/p>\n
“What I\u2019ve played so far has been encouragingly strong, to the point where this could easily stand alone without the Resident Evil name as a great horror game. The fact that it still can with that name attached (and its connotations of a melon-biceped Chris Redfield fighting bone dinosaurs) probably says more.<\/p>\n
The four or five hours I\u2019ve seen has actually been one of the best things I\u2019ve played this year, riffing the series\u2019 familiar values off the uncertainty of its newer ideas to create something unpredictable and, above all else, interesting.”<\/p>\n