While not everyone was on board with Resident Evil’s bold shift to first-person, it’s exactly what the franchise needed to reinvent itself and become properly scary again following a major shift toward action with the divisive Resident Evil 6. Games like Resident Evil 7, Village, and Requiem have all featured genuinely terrifying set pieces as well as a distinct vibe that sets them apart from the classic entries and their remakes. And for players who love the style of the newer Resident Evil titles, while also having a stomach for super detailed gore, ILL could prove to be right up their alley.
While Resident Evil has its share of gore, it rarely gets to the point of being properly unsettling. Compared to something like Dead Space that pulls no punches when showing its gory transformations from human to necromorph, Resident Evil feels fairly tame most of the time, with the campiness of its stories helping to ease tensions. ILL, on the other hand, is aiming to leave players scared by the sheer realism of its violence. Co-developed by Team Clout inc. and Mundfish of Atomic Heart fame, ILL will have players dismembering freakish monsters in first-person, and its immersive...
