Resident Evil 7 Continues to Break from Tradition With Its New Demo

It's so sad, and a bit ironic, that the silent hill series didn't get the credit it deserved as it served as one of the primary inspirations for the western horror games that have been made in recent years that this current resident evil takes inspiration from. Not only that but silent hill 4, the room, got mediocre reviews but essentially was an early version of P.T. which seems to have inspired this and other horror games as well.

The series is wasted at konami and they should be ashamed that everyone else is picking up the torch that silent hill carried. I also detect a hint of the original blair witch project. This is pretty neat, I admit, it's just a shame that a new proper silent hill, the king of horror video games isn't being made. Also if people want to know where *some* of the ideas or specific aesthetics for this flavor of the hillbilly zombie family came from, it seems to have been partially inspired by an old, and largely regarded as one of the grossest and best x-files episodes called "home". Look it up, you will see the similarities. I noticed it right away.

I have this idea but I don't know if it's possible. Could you make real haunted house, like a level for video game, and maybe make some of the physical effects loop every 10 seconds or something, and just walk a 3d camera through the house, in the position that would be above a characters shoulder.

You would design it so rooms and areas have different paths the camera could go, so eventually you have 3d film of the paths you could take through the house.

The you just drop in 3d models and lighting effects, and map out the areas so analoug control of your character feels right.

Could you make a photorealistic game this way. You wouldn't have control of the camera so you have to dynamically mqke the camera switch paths, go in reverse, and things like that.

Why call It REVII if it's not a RE game as far I and everyone else can se?

Just give it another name and start a new franchise (unless there is some zombies hiding somewhere)

Feels/seems, very much like the PT SH demo from last year save for a different setting, which is not quite like original RE but refreshing none the less.

I do enjoy the more horror look of the game then the FPS and or bro games that RE 5 and that mess called RE 6 was.

But regardless, just make a damn good game. Tomb raider reboot was hardly anything like old TR but it was an awesome game. RE6 was dragged down an accountants list of things to add to a game to make it 'hip' and make marketers happy. What was made, was a disconnected mess, with no story, no scares, no sense.

Will we ever get the feeling back of the jump scares when dogs busted through the windows in Resident Evil or here the moaning word "STARS" that sends chills up your spine. or With RE CV with the tale of the twins that was so engrossing. RE4 that had one of the most intense sniper story sections ever. will We as consumer ever get that back? , probably no. But if you want our money then give us something competent and very good.

No matter what or how good RE7 eventually turns out, safest bet it to not buy at launch and give the reviews a look over after it has been out a while. Maybe even pick it up later on, after reduced. Because one thing RE6 has taught gaming consumers, picking up at launch is a terrible idea.

"You have your original trilogy fans and your newer fans. I don't want to think of it as 'How do I get those two groups on board,' as much as I'm trying to get people on board who want this entirely new horror experience."

So, they are shitting in both new AND old fans? am I the only one to notice this? basically hes saying "we cant please them all, so we gonna try something completely different and lets see if some of them likes it".... whattheactualfff dudes really? jfc... (jsusyouknowcrist)

Does Amnesia or Outlast ring a bell to anyone

i think that as a horror game alone it shows promise but not so much as a resident evil game. its pretty obvious that they just slapped the resident evil name on there just to make an extra buck but when i play the demo and absorb all the media content and info that's slowly revealed about this game the more i feel its less of a resident evil game and more like a new ip in the horror genre for capcom.

You ever had that feeling in Resident Evil where you're afraid to open that door, because you don't know what's behind it? It could be a monster, a trap, a safe room, whatever. But you were afraid to open it.

I think this game does the best job of doing that right now. People are saying this isn't Resident Evil because it's First Person, and you're in a dilapidated home. Personally, I think this is more Resident Evil than the last games.

--hmmm
--2 demos?
--i will say
--the more demos the better

I'm still cautiously optimistic. I love the look of the game-- the setting and it's darkly realistic tone, and the 70s/80s aesthetic of it all. And i do like the VHS tape aspect, where you play most of the game as the male protagonist-- who i'm assuming will have weapons and a consistent inventory of items-- and then play these seemingly more stealthy VHS sections as other characters. So i'm still holding out for more of the actual gameplay-- the combat and weapons and inventory-- and to see who this main character actually is. I've just seen too little gameplay (and zero main game gameplay) to make judgement right now, other than it looks cool, and i'm still really interested in what this game's all about. I am fairly certain though that there will be much more that will tie RE7 into the rest of the mainline games-- that's what i'm *really* looking forward to seeing.

well i am the newer fans since re4 to re6 plus the revelations.... this game could be more horror but the fps and the game looks itself its meh. i have no doubts that this game will do worse than evil within... the thing about survival horrors its that its the genre that wont be a mass market success, loyal original trilogy fans may enjoy it but they are the minority

Looks great to me even though it feels more like Amnesia than RE.

@computernoises: yeah really

Don't like that it's being built more for vr than console. It's looks decent but lets be honest, so far there's nothing thats giving a resident evil vibe at all. Hope it's not just a first person stealth game. I know it adds to the horror factor but I always loved the 3rd person laser sight tank shooting of 4-6. Feel like this will be too easy. Idk, have to see more.

Looks great!!

And if it bombs we still have that Re2 remake on the way (fuuuuck yeah)

I've been playing resident evil since it first started and I think this looks pretty good. Mayyyybe they should have called it something else but we don't know enough about the story yet to say for sure. I'd like for them to talk more about that though. The story of resident evil was actually pretty interesting till 4 I thought. If they can get back that creepy feel, I'll be happy.

I love the idea of these tapes replacing the notes from the old games too.

I'm glad they are bringing the horror back, I just hope they don't screw it up by making it as just a direct P.T. clone.

Of course it's impossible to please both old and new RE fans, when you make a game like this that is completely unrelated to the RE francise in everything other than its title.

Resident Evil: The Dark Descent?

Hide and run? Nice try but don't count of me.

I ll try it

Meh, I think I'll pass on this one