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  1. Feb 1, 2017
    3
    3 hours was all I could stomach from RE7. After 3 hours of crawling around a Scary House™, looking for keys like it's 1998, dealing with horrendous laggy shooting controls combined with such severe ammo shortage that if you miss a couple of shots you might as well reload and lose 20 minutes of progress... being chased by the same immortal hillbilly grandpa over and over again and3 hours was all I could stomach from RE7. After 3 hours of crawling around a Scary House™, looking for keys like it's 1998, dealing with horrendous laggy shooting controls combined with such severe ammo shortage that if you miss a couple of shots you might as well reload and lose 20 minutes of progress... being chased by the same immortal hillbilly grandpa over and over again and "bossfighting" him over and over again until in the last fight he charges me with a powertool, glitches through a stone pillar and 3-shot-stunlocks me until I die 5 times in a row, I'm done.

    Why keep playing this? For the archaic gameplay? For the repetitive bossfights with glitchy "mechanics"? (Oh I'm sure I'd get to fight hillbilly grandma too later on, does she go "YEEHAWWW AMA GIT YOU SON" while she's chasing you as well? Terrific). For the horror? There is no horror. Have you seen Texas Chainsaw Massacre? Good, now watch it again. How scared do you feel the 5th time you watch it? This is how scary this game is, because everything feels like a copy of a copy of a reference to a western horror b-movie. Repetitive, boring and annoying as hell to play. Stay away.
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  2. Jan 26, 2017
    4
    This product is as sophisticated as a barrel of methylated moonshine. Naturalistic, sadistic scenes, extreme violence, oceans of blood, heaps dismembered human bodies nor perpetual darkness you stumble around in can really cover the fact that the game lacks substance, unlike Silent Hill series, Evil Within, or similar games of the genre.

    There is no psychological aspect of the story, no
    This product is as sophisticated as a barrel of methylated moonshine. Naturalistic, sadistic scenes, extreme violence, oceans of blood, heaps dismembered human bodies nor perpetual darkness you stumble around in can really cover the fact that the game lacks substance, unlike Silent Hill series, Evil Within, or similar games of the genre.

    There is no psychological aspect of the story, no clever symbolism, no eerie atmosphere, and no memorable characters. There is only pointless struggle with enemies that are invulnerable until the plot says otherwise, everything is scripted and linear, and all the "difficulty" comes from clumsy tank-like gamepad controls that are defacto standard for console FPS games. You cannot properly aim with the gamepad, but if you opt for the mouse, it only mimics gamepad analog sticks, so you get a molasses-slow aiming with tons of lag as a bonus.

    If you like heaps of innards, livers, lungs, blood, cheap sadism and jumpscare scenes, then by all means go for it and buy the game. It's one of the few titles that made me physically nauseated, which is an unique achievement.

    If you seek something like Evil Within or Silent Hill, stay away, this game is as brainless as its characters.
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  3. Jan 26, 2017
    1
    Resident Evil 7 is an atrocious abomination of a once-great franchise. The game has no story or plot relevant to the rest of the Resident Evil universe. Every character is forgettable and generic and again has no connection to the entire RE story as a whole; Ethan is about as memorable as a wet paper towel. Capcom also lied about a returning character. Don't bother.
  4. Jan 25, 2021
    3
    RESIDENT EVIL VII: BIOHAZARD goes first person and takes the worst of RESIDENT EVIL 2 & 3, which is recurring, scripted, unkillable villains. I hated Mr. X in RESIDENT EVIL 2 and Nemesis in RESIDENT EVIL 3, and here you get the Baker Family, a Texas Chainsaw-like redneck family.
    RESIDENT EVIL VII is not scary, often times you'll be laughing because it is ridiculous. It's just full of
    RESIDENT EVIL VII: BIOHAZARD goes first person and takes the worst of RESIDENT EVIL 2 & 3, which is recurring, scripted, unkillable villains. I hated Mr. X in RESIDENT EVIL 2 and Nemesis in RESIDENT EVIL 3, and here you get the Baker Family, a Texas Chainsaw-like redneck family.
    RESIDENT EVIL VII is not scary, often times you'll be laughing because it is ridiculous. It's just full of predictable cheap jump scares and illogical BS, for instance you get your hand hacked off - no problem, just staple it back on, 2 minutes later it's as if nothing ever happened. Chainsaw wounds? No problem! Just eat an herb: insta-heal!
    Graphics are advertised as photo realistic - what a joke! Just look at the washed-out textures and you'll come to the conclusion that some games of 2015 look much better than this 2017 release! Then there's plenty of clipping errors - for scripted sequences!
    The playable character Ethan along with all the others are just bland stereotypes, especially the Texas Chainsaw family - I mean the Baker family. Dialogues are just atrocious and make no sense (Ethan's girlfriend urging Ethan to come save her, but not to come. Huh?!).
    You get one horror cliche following a jump scare, followed by more cliches. I did enjoy RESIDENT EVIL 1 & 2 when they came out in the 1990s. The recent RESIDENT EVIL 2 remake is pretty good with a mod that takes out the annoying Mr. X/Tyrant and gets rid of those horrible camera angles and the crappy aiming of the 90s games. It is good to do something new with RE 7, by ditching 3rd person POV for a 1st person experience, but man did Capcom **** to bed with the story!
    3 out of 10 - BAD!
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  5. Jan 23, 2021
    3
    Graphics - 9/10
    Story - 5/10
    Variety of enemies - 3/10
    Amount of meaningful bosses with cool design - 2/10
    Game's length - 6/10
    Gameplay - 5/10
    Variety of weapons - 4/10
    General world design - 6/10
    Fun factor - 4/10
    Main/Pause menu music - 5/10
    Sound/Music - 5/10
    How many times i have finished it - 1
    Where does it stand in my top "1000 video games of all time" list - 200
  6. Nov 13, 2020
    2
    Just came here to say, here's my negative review for this awful game............
  7. Feb 4, 2017
    2
    What a piece of garbage! It's almost like one of those B-level "found tape" movies rather than a game. Everything is utterly linear and scripted. There is no freedom in this game whatsoever. Fights hardly make any sense. Frequently you can't even control what's happening and instead watch endless animated sequences, occasionally pressing the left mouse button, wondering if that would makeWhat a piece of garbage! It's almost like one of those B-level "found tape" movies rather than a game. Everything is utterly linear and scripted. There is no freedom in this game whatsoever. Fights hardly make any sense. Frequently you can't even control what's happening and instead watch endless animated sequences, occasionally pressing the left mouse button, wondering if that would make any difference. Doors get opened at the whim of the script, the enemies appear and disappear. The main character does things on his own while you just hold W key.

    No, no, no. This is not Resident Evil. It might work in VR, I dunno, but on PC this is plain garbage.
    Oh and btw it's not scary at all. It's so ridiculous that I was laughing all the way after some time. The moment when the main character gets his hand cut off is hilarious! I couldn't take this game seriously after that.
    And they say this game will be the "killer game" which will make make VR the big thing? ROFL
    My only advice is to NOT play this for more than hour so that you could still get a refund.

    I give this 2 points for the hilarious moment with the cut off hand and the loads of artists' work sunk into this trainwreck.
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  8. Jan 28, 2017
    3
    It is not really frightening. Usually you can think what will pass when you go for a long walk or open a door. The game itself is too short. It's too fast and has not given me any real reason to play it again. If you want to buy the game I can only say buy it on the PS4. Best with VR.
  9. Jan 28, 2017
    4
    Shallow and overpriced linear game with boring characters and abysmal story that you will forget in a week and above all the trash it's locked with DENUVO DRM, yep it's the new trend because greedy companies like Capcom are afraid of the "evil pirates"...Anyway game is rarely frighnening it's mostly gory and disgusting also the ending is disappointing and the shooting mechanics are bad.Shallow and overpriced linear game with boring characters and abysmal story that you will forget in a week and above all the trash it's locked with DENUVO DRM, yep it's the new trend because greedy companies like Capcom are afraid of the "evil pirates"...Anyway game is rarely frighnening it's mostly gory and disgusting also the ending is disappointing and the shooting mechanics are bad. Doesn't deserve $60 (or 60 Euros if you live in Europe) wait for a lower price tag Expand
  10. Feb 12, 2017
    2
    Voice acting is terrible, it tried to copy from Silent Hill2, the intro, the new city, etc but failed miserably.
    there is any elements that makes this game a Resident Evil.
    Its completely a new game, a generic one to be exact which does not provide any new experiences at all!
    it disappointed me really,
  11. Jan 26, 2017
    0
    The awesome gameplay from re4 is gone and instead we get another cheap interactive jumpscare movie with tight corridors and scripted events. Good luck having fun with this one! Gone is the challenges the replay value and the coop. This game will be forgotten once everybody has played it because it is a VR experience and not a game!
  12. Jan 29, 2017
    1
    Overpriced, exclusive vr with sony, the game itself is buggy for PC. As always, a wild console vendor appears puts money over the table and **** the game for everyone else. Hope they sell so little they have to halve the price in 1 month. Oh and fyi this game is already cracked, totally deserved. Don't buy.
  13. Feb 5, 2017
    0
    Can't pickup the chainsaw. Ques are terrible. Game play is slow and boring. You cannot rip tape. You cannot use a hatched to break doors, locks or windows only specific crates. Weapons don't damage enemies, at least for Mia and Daddy, they only die on ques. Everyone comes back to life. You can open doors with your hand cut off, while holding your nub[turn nobs without hand animation]. YouCan't pickup the chainsaw. Ques are terrible. Game play is slow and boring. You cannot rip tape. You cannot use a hatched to break doors, locks or windows only specific crates. Weapons don't damage enemies, at least for Mia and Daddy, they only die on ques. Everyone comes back to life. You can open doors with your hand cut off, while holding your nub[turn nobs without hand animation]. You can bleed with your hand cut off for a limitless amount of time. Very few items can be picked up or used, very few doors and cabinets can be opened. Most items that can be picked up have no purpose[ mostly picture frames and notes, items with assumable use or function aren't intractable [the chainsaw, cutlery, real food... mostly all you can interact with has "Artistic value"]. Doors open slowly, some ques will drag you to them, the game is very linear "hallway simulator". AI will some times see you through walls, other times they will never notice you even if you're stabbing them with a knife. It doesn't let you stab grandma. Mia will simply disappear if you stare at the room where she supposedly gets off the couch and smashes through a wall. Everything is waiting for ques, no actual skill or combat[shooting only stuns for Expand
  14. Feb 8, 2017
    1
    Played it for about 2 hours. Followed a girl. Almost fell asleep. Then I grabbed some car keys and I ran over some bad guy with a car. Later on, I encountered a very generic slimy black monster that didn't provide enough of a challenge. I kept encountering those black slimy monsters and the crazy dude from the car fight. Then I saw Nemesis pop out of a corner and he yelled "this is so damnPlayed it for about 2 hours. Followed a girl. Almost fell asleep. Then I grabbed some car keys and I ran over some bad guy with a car. Later on, I encountered a very generic slimy black monster that didn't provide enough of a challenge. I kept encountering those black slimy monsters and the crazy dude from the car fight. Then I saw Nemesis pop out of a corner and he yelled "this is so damn cringe" at me. I agreed with Nemmy and uninstalled the game. Luckily I was still within the 2-hour limit and received a steam refund. Expand
  15. Feb 13, 2017
    1
    This game is sucks.

    Voice acting is terrible, it tried to copy from Silent Hill2, the intro, the new city, etc but failed miserably.
    there is any elements that makes this game a Resident Evil.
    Its completely a new game, a generic one to be exact which does not provide any new experiences at all!
    it disappointed me really,
  16. Feb 13, 2017
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Este es el claro ejemplo de un caso en el que los bugs en lugar de quitar puntps, suman puntos. Me explico... Este juego dice ser "Survival Horro", pero lo único disfrutable de este juego es la acción, el Survival (no survival horror, survival porque te escasean las balas, pero no horror porque en ni 1 solo momento da miedo ni desesperacion o algo parecido a esto), y tambien por la comedia, la cual proviene de los bugs que tiene.

    Este juego es de género Acción, Comedia, y Survival... Por tanto no es un survival horro y por tanto es una basura porque falla en lo que se supone que es. Además los gráficos... Algunas cosas se ven como de ps3 y otras como de ps2, es increíble la gran cantidad de "plastilina", "arcilla", y "acuarela" que se puede apreciar en los mismos.

    Multiples incoherencias y clichés, desde enemigos que tienen suficiente fuerza como para arrancarle el techo a un auto, pero luego al atacarte apenas te sacan vida, hasta el personaje que recarga con el munón de su mano cortada. Enemigos o npc que se teletransportan, o se quedan trabados contra cosas y se quedan pegandoles a esas cosas.
    Los NPC sin seguimiento, y con esto me refiero a que están "pre-programados". Si tu te agachas y te pones a un lado, el npc mirará para donde supone que deberías estar, por tanto no te mirará a ti, mirara y le hablará a la nada.

    Todo esto y mucho más en este juego de comedia y acción :D
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  17. Feb 7, 2017
    1
    pocas horas de juego, la calidad es baja y el precio muyt elevado no merece la pena comprarloa tan alto precio es preferible esperar alguna rebaja en las plataformas
  18. Jan 26, 2017
    1
    This game is awful and not worth $60, probably not even $20. It can be completed in four hours and the story is lackluster and boring, as well as having no real connection to the rest of the Resident Evil universe. The game itself is uninspired, looking like yet another generic first person horror game. No enemy diversity, bosses are the least creative seen in the series yet. This is anThis game is awful and not worth $60, probably not even $20. It can be completed in four hours and the story is lackluster and boring, as well as having no real connection to the rest of the Resident Evil universe. The game itself is uninspired, looking like yet another generic first person horror game. No enemy diversity, bosses are the least creative seen in the series yet. This is an insult to what made the franchise great in the first place. Expand
  19. Feb 7, 2017
    0
    Unplayable. The game always crashes on GTX 1070 and I5-6500 with 16GB RAM because "low performance". I will change the rating after they fix this garbage console port.
  20. Apr 16, 2018
    4
    Console obsessed Capcom requires hex editing to get 21:9 support. Patch this already.
  21. Aug 5, 2020
    0
    Absolute worst Resident Evil. It's not actually RE at all. It's a strict, linear movie-like game where you have to guess what random actions they require you to perform until you figure it out. Shooting in this game is also a nightmare. Enemies flop around with no predictable pattern, and movement is atrocious. It's not scary, it's corny and rips off Texas Chainsaw Massacre to a T at one point.
  22. Apr 13, 2020
    2
    это что за высер с поднебесной где классические зомби где классический вид или вид из за плеча
    что вообще стало с игрой
    какая то не понятная плесень не понятное лекарство которое делает так чтоб конечность приросло это что за брел такой нам такие игры не нудны
    это что за высер с поднебесной где классические зомби где классический вид или вид из за плеча
    что вообще стало с игрой
    какая то не понятная плесень не понятное лекарство которое делает так чтоб конечность приросло это что за брел такой нам такие игры не нудны
  23. Jan 26, 2017
    0
    Don't bother with this game, especially at $60. It's short, has no replay value or other features (except paid DLC of course), and the story and characters are completely forgettable. This may as well have been a reboot because it has no connection at all to the rest of the Resident Evil universe. Waste of time.
  24. Jan 27, 2017
    0
    Это не возвращение к истокам серии это просто высер, позор разработчикам, всех этих горе разрабов нужно деньгами наказывать не покупать такие продукты и ставить низкие оценки только так они снова будут норм игры делатьЭто не возвращение к истокам серии это просто высер, позор разработчикам, всех этих горе разрабов нужно деньгами наказывать не покупать такие продукты и ставить низкие оценки только так они снова будут норм игры делать
  25. Jan 12, 2019
    4
    Нестрашная, безатмосферная игра со слабым сюжетом, а также легчайшими головоломками - всё в этой игре сделано для того, чтобы игрок особо не напрягался в ходе прохождения. Эта игра вобрала в себя все надоевшие клише хорроров. Зачем создатели RE7 решили скопировать всё с Outlast, других похожих игр, "забить" на сеттинг предыдущих частей и вырезать также взаимосвязь с предыдущими играмиНестрашная, безатмосферная игра со слабым сюжетом, а также легчайшими головоломками - всё в этой игре сделано для того, чтобы игрок особо не напрягался в ходе прохождения. Эта игра вобрала в себя все надоевшие клише хорроров. Зачем создатели RE7 решили скопировать всё с Outlast, других похожих игр, "забить" на сеттинг предыдущих частей и вырезать также взаимосвязь с предыдущими играми серии - решительно непонятно. #вернителеона Expand
  26. Feb 1, 2017
    0
    This game with resident evil it has nothing to do...
    I expected a third person shooter with zombies or plagas... similiar the classic saga.
    This game sucks!!
    This game with resident evil have ONLY one thing in common...THE NAME!
  27. Jan 26, 2017
    4
    If With another name Was released It was better Not as Resident Evil I can only say As Resident Evil Bad-disaster for To this Series This product is as sophisticated as a barrel of methylated moonshine. Naturalistic, sadistic scenes, extreme violence, oceans of blood, heaps dismembered human bodies nor perpetual darkness you stumble around in can really cover the fact that the game lacksIf With another name Was released It was better Not as Resident Evil I can only say As Resident Evil Bad-disaster for To this Series This product is as sophisticated as a barrel of methylated moonshine. Naturalistic, sadistic scenes, extreme violence, oceans of blood, heaps dismembered human bodies nor perpetual darkness you stumble around in can really cover the fact that the game lacks substance, unlike Silent Hill series, Evil Within, or similar games of the genre. Expand
  28. May 14, 2017
    4
    This trash isn't resident evil. It's not even scary. The visuals don't look realistic or gory at all... Just weird looking. And worst of all... The main character is more wooden than the house he's stuck in. Plus the game has lots of dumb glitches. It's the kind of game you play through once, say meh... and then never touch it again.
  29. Mar 9, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. pesimo el peor resident evil no merece score aparte dura muy poco es un juego que es tan facil que con las horas no te da miedo da risa no ay zombies ni mercenarios Expand
  30. Dec 16, 2018
    0
    Game is well optimezed, has a great spooky atmosphere, but gameplay is whole afwul piece of :D. So, in the beggining you cannot kill anything, they still surviving and trying to kill you. This annoying gameplay kills every well design aspect of the game. Atmosphere - 7/10, optimisation - 9/10, gameplay - 9/10. Overall 5-6/10. Don't cost this 60$ for the game.
  31. Mar 22, 2017
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. when i buy a game , i either play it or enjoy it and with this game neither happened ........
    terrible graphics , poor unknown story and **** combat..
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  32. Mar 16, 2017
    2
    Игра полное говнище , никому не советую.На то два простых аргумента
    a)Эта игра абсолютно не страшная, тупо сборка стериотипов про ужастики
    б)напрочь убивает атмосферу нормального резика, даже 6-я часть, и то лучше Единственный плюс только графон, за него 2 балла
    Игра полное говнище , никому не советую.На то два простых аргумента
    a)Эта игра абсолютно не страшная, тупо сборка стериотипов про ужастики
    б)напрочь убивает атмосферу нормального резика, даже 6-я часть, и то лучше
    Единственный плюс только графон, за него 2 балла
  33. Jan 11, 2019
    4
    This has nothing to do with RE.

    What to start with? The walking speed which in running mode like normal walking to produce the feeling of fear of not getting away? Of course your not getting away because the devs made you move like a snail. Dismemberment which happens to be no problem for the player except when done by jack? No T virus zombies? Basically for the beginning
    This has nothing to do with RE.

    What to start with?
    The walking speed which in running mode like normal walking to produce the feeling of fear of not getting away? Of course your not getting away because the devs made you move like a snail.

    Dismemberment which happens to be no problem for the player except when done by jack?

    No T virus zombies?

    Basically for the beginning always the same immortal enemies?

    And of course basically no story.

    This is not horror, this is horribly awkward.
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  34. May 10, 2021
    0
    Я хейтер, ни*уя не понятно куда идти что делать, туплю как даун, когда смотрю ответы на загадки в интернете чувствую себя еще больше дауном, а по итогу оказывается что дауны - разрабы
  35. May 20, 2021
    0
    Resident Evil 7 was awful, because it had absolutely nothing to do with actual Resident Evil series. Having low ammo doesn't mean it's Resident Evil. Resident Evil has it's own unique stuff and characters. Thankfully Capcom seems to be back on track with RE Village and RE4 Remake (Best RE game) seems to be next. So as a hardcore RE fan, i'm very happy that we are moving away from RE7,Resident Evil 7 was awful, because it had absolutely nothing to do with actual Resident Evil series. Having low ammo doesn't mean it's Resident Evil. Resident Evil has it's own unique stuff and characters. Thankfully Capcom seems to be back on track with RE Village and RE4 Remake (Best RE game) seems to be next. So as a hardcore RE fan, i'm very happy that we are moving away from RE7, because i was basically starting to give up on my favorite game series. Expand
  36. Jul 7, 2023
    0
    Resident Sleeper 7, this game is total tripe. The story is uninteresting, characters are lacking in every way, gunplay is the worst I have ever seen inside of a video game, and the cherry slapped onto the top of this steaming pile of dogturd is that its a boring, repetitive, find & seek simulator game inside of a "spooky" house with a family you would see the likes of in a crappy lowResident Sleeper 7, this game is total tripe. The story is uninteresting, characters are lacking in every way, gunplay is the worst I have ever seen inside of a video game, and the cherry slapped onto the top of this steaming pile of dogturd is that its a boring, repetitive, find & seek simulator game inside of a "spooky" house with a family you would see the likes of in a crappy low budget Texas Chainsaw ripoff; not too mention this game is far from Resident Evil as a series and if I were doing a blind playthrough I would have never came to the conclusion it was. The game also suffers from vast technical errors on all sides of the gaming spectrum whether its PC or Console. I tried playing this hunk of trash on Xbox Series X and met the save failed glitch. Resident Sleeper 7 is not worth the gametime or countless hours to spend in it or with the "family" you become apart of; i'd rather watch paint dry over playing this crap. Expand
  37. Apr 30, 2021
    4
    The FoV limit of 90 makes it unplayable from normal sitting distances. Unacceptable.
  38. Oct 1, 2022
    0
    Bought it on Steam at some point, probably on sale. Of course I have a backlog so it look a while to get around to playing it. They have since changed the system requirements so I can't even run it.
  39. Feb 9, 2018
    4
    The story is just weird and bad, the game-play gets confusing sometimes because well, I myself find the map complicated, for the horror intensity it is pretty bad ( there are scenes that take pretty much time to end and that kind of makes them less scary and they're too frequent, ugly people making funny faces aren't scary ), they tried too hard on making it horror and so they did on theThe story is just weird and bad, the game-play gets confusing sometimes because well, I myself find the map complicated, for the horror intensity it is pretty bad ( there are scenes that take pretty much time to end and that kind of makes them less scary and they're too frequent, ugly people making funny faces aren't scary ), they tried too hard on making it horror and so they did on the graphics ( everything that shines looks like plastic and the textures are kind of soft, all the gore looks just like wet stained jelly ).

    NOTE: I played it on a friend's X-box so i don't know about the price but i wouldn't buy it for myself and i feel sorry for that friend's money.
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  40. Dec 10, 2022
    1
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  41. Jun 10, 2022
    0
    One of the best games I have ever played!!!
    Amazing 12hrs spent in this masterpiece
  42. Jun 23, 2022
    3
    Коридорная душниловка, с относительно банально-неплохим сюжетом. Отделённая серия Резика, которую можно пропустить, имхо. Угараю со слепых людишек, которые пишут за супер реалистичную графику в игре...
Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 17
  2. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. Apr 10, 2017
    60
    Resident Evil 7 is chock full of spectacular cinematic scenes, but what's the point of all that if they're hardly scary at all? Worse, some of them make you laugh.
  2. Mar 21, 2017
    80
    The best Resident Evil game in years is only bogged down by the blatantly RE bits. [Issue#259, p.58]
  3. Feb 6, 2017
    40
    Resident Evil 7 has a strong opening, a sagging middle, and a disappointing finale. In other words, it hews closely to the arc of most horror. But to Capcom’s credit, this Resident Evil is taking pages from books it hasn’t previously read. I’m not convinced it understands those pages, but at least it’s attempting something other than the usual roiling mass of black goo with bright orange weak points you have to shoot. For a while at least. It’ll get to that. But before it plods through its sagging middle to its disappointing finale, Resident Evil 7 is at least trying.