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  • Summary: While Resident Evil 7 draws from the series’ roots of atmospheric survival horror, it also delivers a new level of terror. In the Resident Evil games of yesteryear, players braced for fear in the first-person via the creepy door-opening scenes, and Resident Evil 7 ramps up that tension withWhile Resident Evil 7 draws from the series’ roots of atmospheric survival horror, it also delivers a new level of terror. In the Resident Evil games of yesteryear, players braced for fear in the first-person via the creepy door-opening scenes, and Resident Evil 7 ramps up that tension with an immersive first-person view and a photorealistic graphical style. Capcom is able to achieve a higher degree of visual fidelity thanks to the new proprietary in-house RE Engine that includes VR oriented tools. With the RE Engine plus industry leading audio and visual technologies, you experience every abhorrent detail up close and personal in Resident Evil 7. Playing the game in the PlayStation VR Mode escalates the unsettling feeling of presence to a level that horror fans have never experienced. The full gameplay experience is available in the included PlayStation VR Mode from beginning to end. No Resident Evil you’ve ever survived could prepare you for this. [Capcom] Expand
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  1. Positive: 96 out of 100
  2. Negative: 0 out of 100
  1. Feb 6, 2017
    100
    I really don’t have any gripes with Resident Evil 7. The story hooked me, it’s beautiful to look at, and the gameplay is new and refreshing with sprinkles of homage to franchise signatures… whats not to like?
  2. Jan 23, 2017
    93
    Resident Evil 7 changes direction from previous games. It goes back to its survival horror foundations: puzzle solving, exploration and avoiding enemies instead of confronting them. It feels great even for newcomers. And it is also the best game anyone can try on PSVR.
  3. Jan 31, 2017
    90
    Capcom has finally done it. It put Resident Evil back on the map as a survival horror force to be reckoned with. At times unbelievably scary, Resident Evil VII is a relentless first person roller coaster ride that brings the goosebumps and washes the bad taste left by previous entries in the series out of your mouth.
  4. Jan 24, 2017
    88
    Resident Evil 7 stands at the forefront of immersive first person horror, proving itself to be far more than the P.T knock-off that the demo initially suggested.
  5. Jan 25, 2017
    85
    In its current form, Resident Evil 7 is a damn fine game. Damn, damn fine. Although it initially looks like a desperate chase for Outlast‘s credibility, it slowly reveals itself to be more of a traditional Resident Evil adventure than one might believe, while taking successful elements from contemporary horror games and utilizing them effectively...After Resident Evil 6, this is exactly what the series needed. Both a change of pace and a return to long-neglected roots, it thrills me to say that, for the first time in a long time, Capcom is on the right track.
  6. Jan 28, 2017
    80
    It's hard to imagine a more effective revolution of a storied franchise. Resident Evil 7 makes us want to be scared while we discover the secrets of an old mansion. The visit in the Baker's house is sufficiently short to leave you terrified and patiently await the next Resident Evil.
  7. Jan 23, 2017
    50
    Casual players aren’t touching something with a “7” in the title (nor is it clear will newcomers). Fans of action-angled survival horror like Dead Space or Dying Light may balk at the game’s deliberately poky controls and too easily grasped opponents. Old-school fans seem like the obvious target. But survival horror is a crowded space in 2017, and too much of what Resident Evil 7 is up to we’ve seen elsewhere — and done better.

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  1. Aug 5, 2019
    10
    This game series is one of my favourites! X3, Honestly Resident Evil 7 brings the whole series into an amazing new light after the mistakesThis game series is one of my favourites! X3, Honestly Resident Evil 7 brings the whole series into an amazing new light after the mistakes they made with Resident Evil 6, It's worth playing if you are a fan of horror games :D

    I love this game with all my heart & I love it so much that I'm actually doing a Let's Play on the game myself.
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  2. Jul 7, 2019
    10
    This is the best game on PSVR, if u havent played yet, u have to try, its scary & an awesome gaming experience, masterpiece for PSVR
  3. Jan 24, 2017
    10
    best resident evil since 4, its actually scary and the setting and gameplay work perfectly together this is a must for any resident evil orbest resident evil since 4, its actually scary and the setting and gameplay work perfectly together this is a must for any resident evil or horror genre fan Expand
  4. Jan 29, 2020
    9
    Excelente game, fugiu um pouco da temática de resident evil, mas livrou a franquia da ação desenfreada, isso é ótimo, e eu platinei o game,Excelente game, fugiu um pouco da temática de resident evil, mas livrou a franquia da ação desenfreada, isso é ótimo, e eu platinei o game, coisa que não tive paciência de fazer com o remake do 2. Expand
  5. May 1, 2022
    8
    It starts out absolutely amazing, so scary and the atmosphere is fantastic, gameplay is fun, puzzles are fun. Then about 3 quarters into theIt starts out absolutely amazing, so scary and the atmosphere is fantastic, gameplay is fun, puzzles are fun. Then about 3 quarters into the game the game decides to be super mid. If you’ve played the game you know what I’m talking about. 10/10 first 3 quarters and 3/10 last quarter. Capcom had some serious potential here but they just messed up the last part of the game. Expand
  6. Jan 26, 2017
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have always been a big RE fan and still am, this review isn't gonna have whining over ridiculous things like most people but also isn't just gonna praise it where it doesn't deserve it.

    (May contain minor gameplay spoilers and story spoilers at the end but I'll mark them so you don't have to read them.)

    This game is a solid, survival horror experience, the first person really works despite being a little clunky and the characters, though not as memorable as older RE characters are for the most part enjoyable and intriguing, mostly.

    Pros:

    1. It has elements that are very reminiscent of RE1 in the puzzles and mechanics of the game.

    2. Item progression is good and feels satisfying, getting that shotgun feels just as enjoyable as it did in RE1 and it steadily inclines as the game progresses.

    3. Exploration is interesting and worthwhile most of the time, even if a little fruitless in some areas.

    4. Boss fights are fun, with elements similar to RE4 in that you will have a few tactics available to you during them outside of just shooting the weakspot.

    5. Horror is strong, especially in the earlier half of the game, from a strong introduction all the way up until just after the 3rd boss fight, offering both suspenseful and gore-fest style moments in a nice balance.

    6. Story is intriguing and you want to know more almost the whole way through.

    Cons:

    1. Enemy variety is lackluster outside of the Boss characters, the basic enemy is quite dull and uninspiring and although having 3-4 variants, it still, visually is almost entirely the same, which makes them sadly quite dull after about the halfway point.

    2. While elements of the older games are definitely present, alot of the charm and presence of mansion and police station from earlier games just isn't replicated, making alot of rooms, while well designed, far less memorable or pleasing, partly due to the look of the game being somewhat washed out and dreary the whole way through.

    3. Characters, while most are good and somewhat memorable for various reasons, it's sadly the main character and main villain who end up being the weakest and least interesting. Partly a pitfall of being entirely in first person.

    4. The world pulls you in and keeps you guessing and wanting to discover more and more, however the payoff is never quite good enough, with parts of the story being deliberately vague and rushed just for the sake of making you buy dlc as well having almost nothing to do with the resident evil universe for most of the game.

    (Spoiler territory I'll mark when I'm no longer talking about it)

    5. The ending. The ending to this game is a horrible let down for a few reasons, completely skipping out one of the main antagonists without really addressing why and then rushing straight to the end with only the occasional text file to fill in some of the many blanks.

    But the two biggest let down's are the final boss and the laughable attempt to link to RE universe. The final boss fight is nothing but a scripted 2 minute fight with unsatisfactory pay off in regards to the design of the monster and the means with which you quickly kill it.

    6. The name Resident Evil on the box is pretty much all there is for anyone who likes the series as far as story or characters is concerned. This game could have been called anything and it wouldn't have changed a single thing but they chose to use the RE name and sadly it's just nothing to do with it. The rare 1 line of text or random photo is about all you get here.

    The cameo of a character at the end and the arrival of umbrella is completely cringe worthy as far as how forced in it feels, especially with the character looking and sounding nothing like their self in other RE games and their motives along with Umbrella's being completely skewed in incredibly unlikely way.

    Also the fact that they almost entirely ript off the premise for F.E.A.R's story is incredibly lazy.

    (Spoilers Over)

    In conclusion this game is a good horror game and worth playing through for anyone who enjoys horror of both the suspenseful kind or the grotesque. But for RE fans looking for the next chapter in their favorite character's story lines it fails completely to deliver, with almost no connection to the RE universe outside of very limited easter-eggs.

    CAPCOM's attempt to sell the game in parts, by tearing out key story elements, essentially butchering the final act of the game to sell it as DLC is likely the cause for the state that it's in and is kind of saddening to see go the way it did.

    This didn't need to be a Resident Evil game and it pretty much isn't, in the same way if they made a new super mario game, but you didn't play as anyone from any Mario game and the only reference to Mario in it was that you could jump, run and see the occasional picture of previous mario games on the wall.

    It's a good horror game, worth buying, but it's not a Resident evil game.
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  7. May 14, 2021
    0
    Uma repaginada completa na serie. eles conseguiram fazer um jogo totalmente diferente, mantendo a essência da saga. Uma experiência incrívelUma repaginada completa na serie. eles conseguiram fazer um jogo totalmente diferente, mantendo a essência da saga. Uma experiência incrível pra quem gosta de terror, esse jogo só perde para outlast
    nesse gênero. O jogo é excelente, falar que o jogo não é bom e tremenda burrice tudo na vida está em constante mudança, se agarrar no saudosismo é uma tremenda ignorância.
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