Resident Evil 7 (7.5 out of 10)
Resident Evil 7 is a fresh take on the Resident Evil universe. It has no relation at all to previous games from the series (Except maybe at the very end) - and that is a good thing. In fact RE7 is a very, very good effort; if not for the lackluster third part of the game.
You're playing the character of a husband who was contacted by his wife who disappeared three years earlier, asking him to come and find her (Silent Hill 2... Remember guys?). Being the faithful husband he is, Ethan (The husband's name) does not disappoint and goes looking for his wife.
His heads to the countryside to her last know location, where he finds the Bakers' old mansion and property. He goes into the house through a back entrance and faces unexpected original horrors after the other in his quest to save his wife.
The Rednecks/Hillbilly/Southern evil (No offence) is excellent and so damn original. It's better than any take you've seen before in movies or video games. With excellent boss and original boss fights at the beginning.
Things were going very good if not excellent, until the writers/developers decided to move the action and the setting away from the Bakers' family land. The game fell flat and wasn't entertaining anymore at all. It was as if the magic and the anticipation for what's next has gone. The game turned into a generic RE title from the past years. Worse than that, it turned into the well-know F.E.A.R. game franchise for no reason at all (Seriously).
I was really entertained by the game two thirds into it, my score was a solid 8.5 or even a 9 until a lame unexpected boss fight started, and I knew then that they ran out of ideas.
If Capcom (The developer) stuck to the early premise of the game, and hadn't changed the setting - this would have been indeed a classic. But unfortunately they ran out of ideas and maybe hired different writers to finish the game (hence the totally different, and lame third part).
My score for this game now would be a solid 7.5/10.
Don't get me wrong, it's a must play. Just don't think that the quality of the game will remain the same until the end.
Resident Evil 7 is a fresh take on the Resident Evil universe. It has no relation at all to previous games from the series (Except maybe at the very end) - and that is a good thing. In fact RE7 is a very, very good effort; if not for the lackluster third part of the game.
You're playing the character of a husband who was contacted by his wife who disappeared three years earlier, asking him to come and find her (Silent Hill 2... Remember guys?). Being the faithful husband he is, Ethan (The husband's name) does not disappoint and goes looking for his wife.
His heads to the countryside to her last know location, where he finds the Bakers' old mansion and property. He goes into the house through a back entrance and faces unexpected original horrors after the other in his quest to save his wife.
The Rednecks/Hillbilly/Southern evil (No offence) is excellent and so damn original. It's better than any take you've seen before in movies or video games. With excellent boss and original boss fights at the beginning.
Things were going very good if not excellent, until the writers/developers decided to move the action and the setting away from the Bakers' family land. The game fell flat and wasn't entertaining anymore at all. It was as if the magic and the anticipation for what's next has gone. The game turned into a generic RE title from the past years. Worse than that, it turned into the well-know F.E.A.R. game franchise for no reason at all (Seriously).
I was really entertained by the game two thirds into it, my score was a solid 8.5 or even a 9 until a lame unexpected boss fight started, and I knew then that they ran out of ideas.
If Capcom (The developer) stuck to the early premise of the game, and hadn't changed the setting - this would have been indeed a classic. But unfortunately they ran out of ideas and maybe hired different writers to finish the game (hence the totally different, and lame third part).
My score for this game now would be a solid 7.5/10.
Don't get me wrong, it's a must play. Just don't think that the quality of the game will remain the same until the end.