The Resident Evil series has a long and rich history. The history of ups and downs, successful and not very experiments, it has both cult games, and terribly nasty spin-offs. And here it is - the seventh part! New experiments, a huge step away from the usual concept. Is it successful? In this we will understand in today's review.
Announced Konami Silent hills, for the authorship of Kojima, just tore the tower with a fan of horror, and not only. First of all, thanks to a very high-quality playable teaser. It is not necessary to say how great was the disappointment of the community when such an ambitious project was canceled without hope of renewal. It would seem why I'm telling all this and what's the use of Resident Evil in general? And despite the fact that from the very announcement he positioned himself as an analog Silent Hills, albeit unofficial. And the release of their versions of the playable teaser of those suspicions only strengthened.
Here it is, a full-fledged game, now you can say with certainty - suspicions were more in vain. That I am very, very happy, playing in the demo, I honestly expected that all the gameplay will be to explore the rooms, solve riddles and hide from all sorts of villains, without action, a la ** Outlast **. I do not know about you, but I did not like such a situation. What kind of "rezik" is this, in which you can not shoot at the head of a disgusting adversary. It turns out you can. Necessary! Moreover, it is necessary if you want to survive of course.
It's just that now everything happens from the first person. This evolution for the series and me quite happy. Remember, the fourth part at the time of release, too, was significantly different from the point of view of the gameplay: a third-person view, a camera fixed behind the camera's shoulder and so on. Therefore, in general, with the gameplay changes in the number part it is quite possible to put up. That's just the metamorphosis touched not only the gameplay.
That for me, "Resident Evil" - Umbrella Corporation, another new virus, a crowd of mesopacitive zombies, a bunch of pathos characters, no less pathetic plot and a uniform layer of Japanese, smeared all over it from above. Here all this is not present. The connection with the original series is so thin and invisible, that the seventh part of it can not be called right here at all. But, apparently, the marketing department is more visible. So, if there is not all that I just listed, then what is there?
There is excellent horror. It all starts with the fact that the protagonist, named Ethan, comes to some out-of-town town in the state of Louisiana, in order to find his suddenly announced girl, who disappeared three years ago. It would seem that it can go wrong. Those who are familiar with the rules of the genre, I think guess what will go wrong at all. Nevertheless, despite the rather trivial outbreak, the further developments of events abound with sudden turns, shocking scenes, a ton of riddles, which literally will force you to go through the game from beginning to end. The main difference between the triple horror and any turkey is that there is a well-defined quality and insanely expensive setting, which starts with a competent level design and ends with chic scenes. This is not to mention the sound that is made well just on top. Well, you know, this is when your own steps are frightened more often than jumping monsters from around the corner. In this case, as I said earlier, the novelty is also rich in action, the variety of which is provided by a good arsenal. Then you and the gun, and weapons, and machine guns, and even a flamethrower, albeit self-made. Patrons, of course, a little more than nichrome, so arrange a blood bath in the style of DOOM do not expect.
In addition to a few, but sometimes extremely hardy opponents, here, according to the tradition of the series, there are bosses, every battle with which is a real attraction of cruelty. Also pleased with the reception with the game for other characters, through watching video. Here you and friends with demos adventure videoblogarov, and attempts to escape from the hospitable family of the girl's main character.
Unfortunately, I can not afford to share with you many impressions, if only because it will be continuous spoilers. But take my word for it, in the first half of the game there is such that you do not want to break away from the gameplay for a moment. Unfortunately, as the passage passes, the passions gradually fade. I do not know, this is due to the fact that the creators did not have enough for all fantasies, or simply a player, having mastered this insane world, with an equally insane family, becomes less receptive to the bacchanalia around. Nevertheless, in complex we got a very good horror, in which the perfectly verified stakes found a place and an interesting story, and a variety of gameplay, and scenes in the style of "wow you fuck yourself, it was a pancake!"
Each lover of the genre - always to get acquainted. Very pleased that Capcom picked up a wave of HYIP, managed to do something so original and self-sufficient, not rolling down in copying other people's ideas. And all those who believe that the "rezik" is not the same, are absolutely right. But this does not mean that now we need to skip this quality game of the series. It is high time to refresh yourself.
Thank you for attention!