Holy Crap it might actually be good!

[CritialGaming]

Well the review flood has come in and it all seems to add up to the common theme of Resident Evil 7 actually being a good game. After reading about a dozen reviews I went ahead and pre-purchased the game on steam and am actually looking forward to being utterly terrified.

Anyone else breathing a sigh of relief and looking forward to playing through a true to OG form Resident Evil game?

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

It looks creepy and subtle and disquieting, but who's to say that's just how the game plays for the first 30 minutes, before it devolves into... well, Resident Evil.

It certainly looks better than 6, but then you could tie a ball to a stick and call it a better game than 6.

 

[Casual Shinji]

It still looks like every other indie horror game. This means that even with positive reviews I still won't like it. I'm just not into the scripted, first-person spookfests that require you to run away 90% of the time.

 

[CritialGaming]

It still looks like every other indie horror game. This means that even with positive reviews I still won't like it. I'm just not into the scripted, first-person spookfests that require you to run away 90% of the time.

Fair enough.

Honestly I have always liked RE's approach to horror and story-telling. Up until 4 at least. Then 5 and 6 happened and I got very sad. So the fact that 7 seems to be going back to something of a mix between 1 and 4 makes me very excited to dive in. And honestly I never thought I would say this, but I am happy that the game is fairly short 10-12 hours. Because of my work schedule, I simply have a near impossible time getting into something like a long RPG because I know the game will take me months to get through in little 1-2 snipets at a time.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

Huh, didn't know Texan writer Richard Pearsey (Spec Ops: The line) was involved in writing this one. Apparently it's just like a first-person old-school resident evil game, seems about right. Emphasis on ammo conservation...and...and a grenade launcher?? Wonder if they have acid grenades late game though, always lurve me some acid grenades for final bossing.
I got a niggly feeling this game will be getting a polarised metabombing somehow. It has that divisive preconception thing going on.

 

[Super Cyborg]

I am getting the game tomorrow so am looking forward to it based on the reviews and bits of game play I have seen. This doesn't have to be the best thing ever, but if it does well enough what it sets out to do and shows Capcom is actually putting some care in then I will be pleased and gladly look forward to more of their resident evil games. If it falls flat and shows that they still can't get it very well then this will be my final straw for the franchise.

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

It still looks like every other indie horror game. This means that even with positive reviews I still won't like it. I'm just not into the scripted, first-person spookfests that require you to run away 90% of the time.

It looks so cynically designed to appeal to Youtubers. Like they saw all the traffic from Outlast and PT and went "Hey, we can do that!"

 

[CritialGaming]

It still looks like every other indie horror game. This means that even with positive reviews I still won't like it. I'm just not into the scripted, first-person spookfests that require you to run away 90% of the time.

It looks so cynically designed to appeal to Youtubers. Like they saw all the traffic from Outlast and PT and went "Hey, we can do that!"

It is hard to argue that games like Amnesia, Outlast, and Slender didn't have something to do with the shift in focus for the game. But I think it's a little cynical to say they are trying to cash in on that success, especially since it would be really easy for them to make the shift and still make a shitty game.

Think of it as coming full circle. One of the OG's of Survival Horror is coming back and bring with it some of the innovations made in the genre over the past ten years. Based on what I've read, it seems to have worked.

I'll be playing tonight and I'll report my thoughts on the game tomorrow.

 

[Phoenixmgs_v1legacy]

What AAA game comes out and doesn't review good? Reviews are just advertisements for games nowadays and nothing more. A game scoring well just means it looks good and is functional. The chances of you actually liking said game aren't any better because it reviewed well. There's many games with average scores in the 90s that I'd rate 5/10 or lower. It's sad that you have to read the most negative reviews to get any kind of actual criticism.

 

[DeliveryGodNoah_v1legacy]

From what I can see it literally looks like a slower paced RE4 but in first person. Which is okay in my book. I'm surprised guns play a bigger role than I was lead to believe.

 

[Maximum Bert]

I will be waiting until a while after release. I am not a huge Resi fan tbh but neither do I dislike the series. If it appears to be generally well received there is a chance I will pick it up down the line.

 

[Zombie Proof]

Already preloaded and waiting for it to unlock. The demo blew my socks off and judging by what the reviews are saying works as a great representation for the full game.

 

[CaitSeith]

What AAA game comes out and doesn't review good? Reviews are just advertisements for games nowadays and nothing more. A game scoring well just means it looks good and is functional. The chances of you actually liking said game aren't any better because it reviewed well. There's many games with average scores in the 90s that I'd rate 5/10 or lower. It's sad that you have to read the most negative reviews to get any kind of actual criticism.

So, is Resident Evil 7 good or bad?

 

[Raddra]

I'll be waiting to see lets plays of this before I decide if I want to buy it.

 

[CritialGaming]

I'll be waiting to see lets plays of this before I decide if I want to buy it.

Normally I would do this too, on top of reviews. Unfortunately, by watching let's play of this game would, I fear, spoil some of the scares with it.

 

[Phoenixmgs_v1legacy]

What AAA game comes out and doesn't review good? Reviews are just advertisements for games nowadays and nothing more. A game scoring well just means it looks good and is functional. The chances of you actually liking said game aren't any better because it reviewed well. There's many games with average scores in the 90s that I'd rate 5/10 or lower. It's sad that you have to read the most negative reviews to get any kind of actual criticism.

So, is Resident Evil 7 good or bad?

No clue, I haven't played it. I merely pointing out that if review scores indeed "prove" a game is good or not, then every AAA game is good. What's the point of even looking at reviews when they all say the same thing? If you require a game to review good to buy it, then you'll be buying just about every major release. Everyone finds certain high scoring games/franchises to be bad games for valid reasons and reviewing good does not make any game indeed good.

 

[Zombie Proof]

What AAA game comes out and doesn't review good? Reviews are just advertisements for games nowadays and nothing more. A game scoring well just means it looks good and is functional. The chances of you actually liking said game aren't any better because it reviewed well. There's many games with average scores in the 90s that I'd rate 5/10 or lower. It's sad that you have to read the most negative reviews to get any kind of actual criticism.

So, is Resident Evil 7 good or bad?

No clue, I haven't played it. I merely pointing out that if review scores indeed "prove" a game is good or not, then every AAA game is good. What's the point of even looking at reviews when they all say the same thing? If you require a game to review good to buy it, then you'll be buying just about every major release. Everyone finds certain high scoring games/franchises to be bad games for valid reasons and reviewing good does not make any game indeed good.

Luckily there are demo's all over the place so anyone curious could play for themselves to get the gist instead of simply going by review scores.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

What AAA game comes out and doesn't review good? Reviews are just advertisements for games nowadays and nothing more. A game scoring well just means it looks good and is functional. The chances of you actually liking said game aren't any better because it reviewed well. There's many games with average scores in the 90s that I'd rate 5/10 or lower. It's sad that you have to read the most negative reviews to get any kind of actual criticism.

So, is Resident Evil 7 good or bad?

No clue, I haven't played it. I merely pointing out that if review scores indeed "prove" a game is good or not, then every AAA game is good. What's the point of even looking at reviews when they all say the same thing? If you require a game to review good to buy it, then you'll be buying just about every major release. Everyone finds certain high scoring games/franchises to be bad games for valid reasons and reviewing good does not make any game indeed good.

Luckily there are demo's all over the place so anyone curious could play for themselves to get the gist instead of simply going by review scores.

Demos can be deceitful though and not necessarily representative of the rest of the game.

 

[Zombie Proof]

What AAA game comes out and doesn't review good? Reviews are just advertisements for games nowadays and nothing more. A game scoring well just means it looks good and is functional. The chances of you actually liking said game aren't any better because it reviewed well. There's many games with average scores in the 90s that I'd rate 5/10 or lower. It's sad that you have to read the most negative reviews to get any kind of actual criticism.

So, is Resident Evil 7 good or bad?

No clue, I haven't played it. I merely pointing out that if review scores indeed "prove" a game is good or not, then every AAA game is good. What's the point of even looking at reviews when they all say the same thing? If you require a game to review good to buy it, then you'll be buying just about every major release. Everyone finds certain high scoring games/franchises to be bad games for valid reasons and reviewing good does not make any game indeed good.

Luckily there are demo's all over the place so anyone curious could play for themselves to get the gist instead of simply going by review scores.

Demos can be deceitful though and not necessarily representative of the rest of the game.

Sometimes.

According to the reviews I've read though, the experience the demo provides is representative of the full game so that's not an issue here.