PsychoCarbo Resident Evil Village Review

Interesting! 9/10 Final rating at the end! ---{ Graphics }--- ☑ DaVinci created a new reality ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Red Dead Redemption II ☐ Biutchyful ☐ Decent ☐ Don’t look at it for too long ☐ Bad ☐ Atari ☐ Tamagotchi ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Can your PC run Paint? ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☑ Rich guy’s PC ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Story }--- ☐ Story? What story? ☐ One word: pewpewpew! Three words: pew pew! ☐ Some charm ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Beautiful! ☐ Isabel Allende, Machado de Assis, and Tolkien teamed up to write it ☐ It will replace your life ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Excellent! ☑ Good ☐ Nice, but you could play it with two fingers ☐ Meh ☐ Might as well watch paint dry ☐ Not at all ☐ Smash your hand with a hammer, it’s more fun ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Not needed ☐ Only if you care about achievements ☐ Not required to progress ☐ Moderate grind ☐ Grind-heavy ☐ You’ll need a second life to grind ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press “W” ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Requires real thinking ☐ Hard ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Game Length }--- ☐ Enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Medium ☐ Long ☐ You start, your grandchild finishes ☐ To infinity and beyond! ---{ Replayability }--- ☐ One time is enough ☐ Only if you aim for achievements ☑ After a few months… years… mods… ☑ Worth it with DLCs ☐ You better have time to waste ☐ Well… you didn’t need a life anyway! ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of them ☐ Minor issues ☐ Can be annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ Cyberpunk 2022 ☐ The game itself is a bug factory ---{ Multiplayer }--- ☑ No multiplayer ☐ LAN ☐ It says it has it, but your PC will explode if you try ☐ A lonely, forgotten desert ☐ Meh, it’s kinda fun ☐ Solo mission? What? ☐ Basically an MMO ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Audiogasmic ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Acceptable ☐ Bad ☐ I’m deaf now ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teenagers ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ☐ Everyone ---{ Price }--- ☐ No longer available on Steam ☐ Free! ☑ Fair price ☑ On sale ☐ If you have money to spare ☐ I don’t recommend it ☐ You might as well burn your money ---{ 09 / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☑ 9 ☐ 10 Well, after the incredible and terrifying experience of Resident Evil 7, I’ll admit I had some concerns going into Village… But in the end, I’m actually grateful they went in a different direction, more focused on action FPS! It’s true that, from my perspective, it’s much more “comfortable” to face lycans, ghouls, vampires, etc., than a sadistic, violent, cannibalistic family from the deep American South. On the other hand, going from the most intense horror experience I’ve ever had in a video game to a less tense shooter does slightly dilute the identity and tension that are so characteristic of the franchise. But if I say “slightly,” it’s because the story is genuinely very good and makes the game wonderful. Besides that, in every other aspect, it’s top-tier. The graphics are stunning, the sound design is terrifying, the gameplay feels great, the puzzles are satisfying, and bringing back certain mechanics from RE4 only makes everything better. In the end, even though Resident Evil Village’s story is its strongest point and everything else is of very high quality, it didn’t impact me as much as some others, which keeps me from giving it a perfect score. I think what it lacked was just a bit more tension. Or maybe it’s just the post-VII hangover? In any case, it’s an AMAZING game and I highly recommend it! And now, I think my Resident Evil reviews will go on a fairly long pause, until I can one day buy Requiem. It was truly a beautiful experience to play all the entries in chronological order of the story — something I highly recommend, even if it sometimes means playing slightly dated titles after some insanely good remakes!