The way that the once BLESSEDLY enjoyable Resident Evil franchise has moved further and further away from even the remotest recognizable formula is sadly typical of franchises across numerous genres and media. Where once there was more plot and intelligence, and real aspects of survival horror that rewarded ones efforts, now everything has been relegated to first person perspectives or cheap found footage trash. This is too prevalent across games in general.
Since Resident Evil 4 the lines between the familiar themes and well known characters that a fan/player instinctively empathize with are gone. From all the experiences with those same elements of yore that are the cornerstones for a fan base, games that continue a franchise nowadays are bland iterations of what once was. RE 7 has virtually nothing to do with the actual continuity of the RE universe at face value, and even at a deeper level there's little recognizable or redeeming. Everything was too obvious, yet still explanations were spewed out as if people are just idiots that need a john madden play by play for what they see with their own eyes and hear with their own ears. A game that is of a franchise so well developed after many years should NOT do things as they have with RE 7. Yet the game followed the commonplace path of most media. =_=
Resident Evil 7 was likely put together in a hurry now that software companies have access to tools that can easily render environments and objects with far too much ease. The looks, feel and play styles are too cookie cutter for 2017. Specifically the whole redneck/hillbilly "oh what an eerie,dilapidated house in the southern sticks" motiff is so played out it just screams desperate lack of imagination. Thus this game is like a filler episode of a show that is simply not necessary for the franchise, and people will waste their hard earned dough on this and sequels to find out what happens next repeatedly in an ever expanding franchise that needs to be put down with a vengeance if its not going to be done correctly. (*coughs* Simpsons *coughs *)
As a long time horror fan from a small group of horror aficionados, Resident Evil 7 was lackluster and tired, inspiring little in the realm of horroe or survival, not rewarding to the players experience. It was like Texas Chainsaw Massacre + Slither were made cheaply by a film school student.
Even if I am of the same age group as many whom suffer from over nostalgic pinnings for things long past, I gotta stand up to the ever heaping loads of detritus that are overflowing in all sectors of our modern world. This game was nothing special. Ciao
Since Resident Evil 4 the lines between the familiar themes and well known characters that a fan/player instinctively empathize with are gone. From all the experiences with those same elements of yore that are the cornerstones for a fan base, games that continue a franchise nowadays are bland iterations of what once was. RE 7 has virtually nothing to do with the actual continuity of the RE universe at face value, and even at a deeper level there's little recognizable or redeeming. Everything was too obvious, yet still explanations were spewed out as if people are just idiots that need a john madden play by play for what they see with their own eyes and hear with their own ears. A game that is of a franchise so well developed after many years should NOT do things as they have with RE 7. Yet the game followed the commonplace path of most media. =_=
Resident Evil 7 was likely put together in a hurry now that software companies have access to tools that can easily render environments and objects with far too much ease. The looks, feel and play styles are too cookie cutter for 2017. Specifically the whole redneck/hillbilly "oh what an eerie,dilapidated house in the southern sticks" motiff is so played out it just screams desperate lack of imagination. Thus this game is like a filler episode of a show that is simply not necessary for the franchise, and people will waste their hard earned dough on this and sequels to find out what happens next repeatedly in an ever expanding franchise that needs to be put down with a vengeance if its not going to be done correctly. (*coughs* Simpsons *coughs *)
As a long time horror fan from a small group of horror aficionados, Resident Evil 7 was lackluster and tired, inspiring little in the realm of horroe or survival, not rewarding to the players experience. It was like Texas Chainsaw Massacre + Slither were made cheaply by a film school student.
Even if I am of the same age group as many whom suffer from over nostalgic pinnings for things long past, I gotta stand up to the ever heaping loads of detritus that are overflowing in all sectors of our modern world. This game was nothing special. Ciao