The fact that you can get familied at almost any area is a good enough reason for me to believe its not a gliych though.
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[Spoilers] Resident Evil 7 Demo: "There's More, Right?" Edition
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The fact that you can get familied at almost any area is a good enough reason for me to believe its not a gliych though.
Yeah, his investigation pretty much kills the whole point of us keeping digging into something that, apparently, isn't there.
Holy shit, I've seen thesis with less words than this.
Hell, I almost want to convert this to LaTeX.
I don't agree. It's a basic staple when doing horror. You know you're gonna get killed after that point (phone) but you don't know exactly WHEN, that's why there are random family man spots all over the house (with the final one being mandatory, the door). If he always appeared at the same spot there would be no tension and fear on getting the encounter.
Agin, PT did the same with Lisa encounters, they were not 100% fixed.
Family man bash the definition of little out of you?
Great summary. Only thing I would add is the piano to the one-time interaction list.
SuperEpicMan
Banned
I think we need to start thinking logically about what we need to do, I don't think the solution will end up being something weird like spinning around on a particular spot, or anything equally convoluted. Everything so far has been pretty logical.
I think we need to think about what we could do in the past which could have an effect in the future. Maybe leaving the fridge door open allows all the food to rot away out of it, revealing something. Possibly the pot as well.
Also I was thinking, when you see the guy walking past the doorway and he disappears. I think it is hinted that he is still walking out towards the back door as the kitchen chairs move shortly, and he is just invisible. I would try leaving the empty draw open, incase he walks past it and drops something in.
I think we need to think about what we could do in the past which could have an effect in the future. Maybe leaving the fridge door open allows all the food to rot away out of it, revealing something. Possibly the pot as well.
Also I was thinking, when you see the guy walking past the doorway and he disappears. I think it is hinted that he is still walking out towards the back door as the kitchen chairs move shortly, and he is just invisible. I would try leaving the empty draw open, incase he walks past it and drops something in.
Barry Burton
Member
Good morning! Time to get caught up...
Considering that two of the six mannequins are not always present (they spawn in), maybe there's a way to spawn in the 7th mannequin on the 3rd floor, but no one has figured it out yet?
This is a great catch! I had not connected the two (the voodoo dolls and the mannequins).
Considering that two of the six mannequins are not always present (they spawn in), maybe there's a way to spawn in the 7th mannequin on the 3rd floor, but no one has figured it out yet?
I agree. I feel like we have to somehow open that cabinet in the VHS world, but the solution has me stumped. I was convinced that I'd find the bolt cutters outside somewhere, but...no dice.There is no button command for the fuse in vhs world though?
However i think they key to progressing forward is in the vhs world. For example in vhs world you get this
It's clearly interactable. My guess is you have to drop the bolt cutters in the real world so you can pick it up in vhs world. Maybe the fuse is in there?
Someone should really add all of this to the OP, along with the maps. Great info!
One thing to note, someone on Reddit did contact Capcom and confirmed the support email with misspellings and "under-estimate" in it as fake.
Their support team is not giving any clues if any are to be given. The only legitimate wink we've been given was from that guy who spoke with the VR rep and the rep alluded to there being more.
Their support team is not giving any clues if any are to be given. The only legitimate wink we've been given was from that guy who spoke with the VR rep and the rep alluded to there being more.
consoul
Member
Seven huh?
Pride = vanity, pomposity, arrogance. Mirror? Fireplace? Eating crow?
Greed = seeking wealth or power. Fuse?
Lust = idk. mannequins?
Envy = wanting what is not yours. Bolt cutters?
Gluttony = food. The Pot? Or Fridge?
Wrath = anger, violence. Axe?
Sloth = do nothing, idle hands = Finger?
Nah. Just thinking out loud.
Pride = vanity, pomposity, arrogance. Mirror? Fireplace? Eating crow?
Greed = seeking wealth or power. Fuse?
Lust = idk. mannequins?
Envy = wanting what is not yours. Bolt cutters?
Gluttony = food. The Pot? Or Fridge?
Wrath = anger, violence. Axe?
Sloth = do nothing, idle hands = Finger?
Nah. Just thinking out loud.
I would but I believe it to be the same as the cooking pot, fridge, faucet and microwave, they're just intended to add a bit more depth to the surroundings and provide a creepier ambiance, with the piano it's a mild jump scare as you don't expect it to slam shut loudly, with the microwave you don't expect it to contain a cooked bird, the fridge with gross contents and the cooking pot the same, the faucet just being an unnerving event similar to reaching into a drain in previous games.
The fridge and microwave are only repeatable events because they need to have an open/close state, the cooking pot and faucet are one time events, since there's no benefit from repeating them, same for the piano, it's intended as a mild jump scare so repeating it loses all meaning.
Ragnarsson
Member
I really think there must be something more to this demo, and that you gotta do something different in the VHS world. I think the dialog points to a need to somehow alter the past events and there are a lot of references to sound in the past (the earmuffs and the whole ADR thingy, for instance). Maybe you should say something to your colleagues at the beginning of the section. The fact that you can revisit the tape over and over again is the biggest sign for me - it seems like they want you to mess around with those events. They give you control over the character, and I don't think it's just meant for you to pick up an axe in the present.
giancarlo123x
Banned
Welcome to the family, son!
Felipe Simao
Member
Some of you are mad... Nice work tho
PositiveGamer
Member
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
I do think there's more, though suggestions are a bit out there. One other possibility is this demo isn't meant to be a single piece. If you look on the store, this demo is listed as 'Demo 1', in an interview they said this was, 'the first chapter in a new manifesto for the series,' and mentioned that other key pillars of RE, like puzzle-solving, resource management, and combat, were coming down the line. That and even the demo based off of this trailer is called Tape 1, off the tape in this demo.
I don't know how likely it is, but maybe this has been designed to go over more than one demo, which would also explain why this wants to make a save file though it does very little. I don't know if this is me just overly speculating, and this doesn't specifically mean there's nothing more in this demo, but I'm with the group that does wish Capcom would just say or not.
I even just tried playing it on dates that Resident Evil: Director's Cut released on and such.
That or seven days afterward, who knows. There is, coincidentally or intentionally, a shit ton of references to 7 in the RE7 demo.
I don't know how likely it is, but maybe this has been designed to go over more than one demo, which would also explain why this wants to make a save file though it does very little. I don't know if this is me just overly speculating, and this doesn't specifically mean there's nothing more in this demo, but I'm with the group that does wish Capcom would just say or not.
I even just tried playing it on dates that Resident Evil: Director's Cut released on and such.
That or seven days afterward, who knows. There is, coincidentally or intentionally, a shit ton of references to 7 in the RE7 demo.
It seems strange that they modeled a room behind a door you're seemingly not able to open though.
MiamiWesker
Member
Give this man a medal. Thank you for this. Guys I think we are done here.
And they said the trailer had a mix of the demo and actually footage from the real game. Shit we haven't seen in the demo.
While it feels that way, it isn't really uncommon, most games will have areas which originally were going to be in the game, cut out, or in many cases, simply blocked off to save time.
A majority of retail games and demos have substantial areas of mapped and more or less complete area you can sometimes glitch into and explore which kinda make no sense. Division for example had entire city blocks past the blocking walls, way way down the streets to a point where the modelling work went well beyond simply being backdrop, and it's simply because its easier to block things off then rework the map.
It was likely the area used for the part of the trailer where family guy stomps the player, and even at that point already blocked off - just a backdrop for a snippet of trailer that had already been cut from the final release - we may end up getting an update that gives us access and adds in a little more gameplay but the fact that the room exists at all, sadly doesn't really lend any credence to the idea of there being more to the demo as it sits.
kamineko
Does his best thinking in the flying car
Yeah, barring news from Capcom or some other miracle, I think I'm packing it in
eternalcircle
Member
But what about the piano? I don't see any mention of it, and I sincerely believe that's part of the solution, if not the final step.
giancarlo123x
Banned
This. Also I won't give up until someone has a real reason as to why you can enter the vhs world as many times as you like but you can only interact with everything else once or twice.
KeyChainDude
Member
Well, that's it for me then. Every possible suggestion I had, and then some, has been covered. Maybe there is something else to find (and I actually think there probably is), but unfortunately I have a life to carry on, 4 finals next week, so... Good luck guys.
Snake017
Member
Shoul be viewed by every streamer and everyone !
SneakersSO
Member
The act of being family'd doesn't require specific places in the environment - it seems the requirements include how much distance of free space he has behind the player as he's turning. It's totally a glitch.
Don't stop believing .
Let's not play the sceptic indie dev/amateur level designer.
Futa's write up doesn't list all possible sequences (too much work).
Why is there no save option in this demo, even though our inventory contents may be completely random ?
The finger has to be used somewhere, in this very demo.
I'll find that hole, and I'll finger it.
TO ARMS
Let's not play the sceptic indie dev/amateur level designer.
Futa's write up doesn't list all possible sequences (too much work).
Why is there no save option in this demo, even though our inventory contents may be completely random ?
The finger has to be used somewhere, in this very demo.
I'll find that hole, and I'll finger it.
TO ARMS
This is quite a write-up, kudos!
SneakersSO
Member
Futaba has exhausted & detailed a long list of possible sequences we can follow. I'm eternally grateful.
My current theory is that watching the video tape multiple occasions is part of the solution. Not back to back, mind you, just in different contexts or situations. I'm gonna give it a try this weekend & see what I can come up with.
My current theory is that watching the video tape multiple occasions is part of the solution. Not back to back, mind you, just in different contexts or situations. I'm gonna give it a try this weekend & see what I can come up with.
PositronicMan
Member
If people could stop quoting Futuba's monstrous post every other post, that'd be great thanks.
DrROBschiz
Member
No not for sure and it would be nice to get some clarification from Capcom on this
hemo memo
Gold Member
This is impressive.
eternalcircle
Member
I asked before, but could someone please screenshot the writing on the back of the helicopter photo in the attic?
eternalcircle
Member
Reverend Funk
Comfy Penetration
Someone should try picking up the phone and playing the dial tones of some phone number through the microphone.
Perfect Blue
Banned
Anyone else notice how the PS4 game icon for the demo is very similar to RE0? Maybe you have to do something with that? The light strip on the door is on the opposite side. Would tie into the "memories" phone call.
Or it may be nothing.
eternalcircle
Member
Has anyone seen the number 6 anywhere in the demo? Specifically the number 6.
-MD-
Member
eternalcircle
Member
The question mark is a 2!!!
Yep! That is what I'm getting at.
Sephiroth_VII
Member
...I know you're joking, but I think you might just have a point.The question mark is a 2!!!
The question mark is a 2!!!
It is, and the U in "Dash YOU against the stones" is a 4. There's gotta be a reason for it.
Barry Burton
Member
I think the scissors in the finger drawer could represent a 6, but there's also a bloody 5 in there too so...not sure. I believe Dusk Golem spotted what looked like a 6 in some cobwebs, there was a picture posted earlier in the thread.
And, uh, 6 candles above the fireplace, but that probably doesn't mean anything...
eternalcircle
Member
This is another part of my theory. Please, someone, find a 6 and we can test it!