Resident Evil Village: Winters' Expansion

 PlayStation 5
Metascore
73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 36 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 36
  3. Negative: 1 out of 36
  1. TheGamer
    Oct 24, 2022
    40
    Shadows of Rose is a shorter, worse version of Resident Evil Village. It’s so committed to recreating a micro-version of Village and following it beat-for-beat that it even copies its major flaws. It concludes in the same location with the same info-dump of lore that quickly wraps up all the loose threads. It ends with the same boss fight (somehow even clunkier and more frustrating this time), and unbelievably, also ends with the exact same cutscene. The scene where Rose visits her father’s grave at the end of Village isn’t the start of Shadows of Rose - it’s the end of it. There’s no new context that makes this scene more meaningful, and in fact, that weird line where the driver calls her Eveline is an even more bizarre thing to say after these events. Capcom is quickly running out of Resident Evil games to remake, and this expansion didn’t give me a lot of hope for the future.
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  1. 3DJuegos
    Nov 5, 2022
    It has some really successful moments both in design and in its approach to terror (there is a really good scene), but it also suffers from an almost total recycling of the original scenarios with some modifications.

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User Score
4.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 82 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 82
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 82
  3. Negative: 45 out of 82
  1. Luke9648
    Oct 31, 2022
    4
    Extremely disappointing after a 18 month wait for DLC. I finished Shadows of Rose in 2 and a half hours, and it was mediocre at best. I muchExtremely disappointing after a 18 month wait for DLC. I finished Shadows of Rose in 2 and a half hours, and it was mediocre at best. I much preferred the actual game than this content. The 3rd person mode is cool enough i guess, but unnecessary. I might play through once to check it out. The Mercenaries content is by far the most fun IMO, but it's still a short distraction. RE:Verse isn't technically part of the Winters expansion, but it's a horrendous waste of time. Let the countdown to RE4 begin.… Full Review »
  2. GamergodsFail
    Nov 2, 2022
    6
    Shadow of Rose is the main draw here, a 3-4 hour campaign with Rose all grown up as she tries to find a way to expel the mutamycete from herShadow of Rose is the main draw here, a 3-4 hour campaign with Rose all grown up as she tries to find a way to expel the mutamycete from her body. The locations she visits are mostly the same as before (the castle and creepy doll house). Some areas can be cramped and thus frustrating to deal with zombies because of that, as well as a frustrating stealth segment and time sensitive puzzle but her freezing ability is a fresh new mechanic that adds further depth to the core gameplay. Unfortunately her story just feels like a pointless waste of time. The 3rd person view in the main story works great, but feels like it should've just been a free title update instead. That leaves the added content in the Mercenaries mode. It's definitely more fun now with new unlockable characters and maps, and I do like the Onslaught gauge. Overall the package as a whole could've been better, especially Rose's copy-paste ending, and unless you are a diehard fan, I wouldn't recommend it until it goes on sale.… Full Review »
  3. Tonykov
    Oct 30, 2022
    4
    Duration is 3 hours and all (ALL!) scenarios are reused from base game. I love Resident Evil formula but this was forgettable and lazy.
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