SlasherJPC
Banned
Sadly in my game never watched that tape so it made the part with Ethan very tragic on the first go! Lol
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Resident Evil 7 Spoiler Thread
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Sadly in my game never watched that tape so it made the part with Ethan very tragic on the first go! Lol
Astral Dog
Member
Hollywood rebel boy Son of Wesker taking over never made any sense to me,though i can see them in the future when Natalia grows tired of her body.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Wait, so then how exactly did you get passed that bit with Ethan if you didn't watch the tape first?
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
For me, the best five moments of RE7 are (in order of how they happen, not favorite to least favorite):
-Entering the main hall and exploring the second floor of the Main House
-The long-armed second boss form of Marguerite
-The second floor of the Greenhouse to Eveline's Room
-The Happy Birthday Tape
-The Hallucination House at the end
My absolute least favorite moment is the beginning of the ship when you go along a super linear path in something akin to a walking simulator. I actually love walking simulator games... When done well. RE7's attempt at such a section was not done well imo, and for me is the most dull part of the game.
My opinion.
-Entering the main hall and exploring the second floor of the Main House
-The long-armed second boss form of Marguerite
-The second floor of the Greenhouse to Eveline's Room
-The Happy Birthday Tape
-The Hallucination House at the end
My absolute least favorite moment is the beginning of the ship when you go along a super linear path in something akin to a walking simulator. I actually love walking simulator games... When done well. RE7's attempt at such a section was not done well imo, and for me is the most dull part of the game.
My opinion.
you werent, thats why you watch the tape?
the guy in the tape didnt know and died. Dude, what the hell?
SlasherJPC
Banned
Basically you have to do the puzzle and die and then it restores you to the start. I thought it was bullshit the game made you die to figure out the puzzle and then heard about the tape I missed lol
Speaking of least favorite moments. For me probably the rock music fat molded part. Just felt super out of place for me. Also the mines, such as cool location, squandered as a story drop and enemy gauntlet. You get a map, right before you exit the mines. The most wtf was the point of that part.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Solid list. I pretty much agree.
I'd add in everything with crazy Mia at the start of the game as a highlight too. All of that was insane.
Oh of course! Makes sense.
LOL, I forgot about the rock music. That was definitely out of place. It was so....weird. And yeah, the Salt Mine was average.
Yeah, and I mean, it's Capcom. I often enjoy their wacky style of storytelling, but I feel like that post is probably just that guy reading too much into things. As you said, it's too good. If that's all true, then that's amazing, and Capcom are better storytellers than I ever gave them credit for. More likely though, Ethan is just an asshole with poorly written dialogue and a bored-sounding VA, and Hunkfield is a clone of Chris or some dumb shit like that. After the whole ending bit with Alm... err, Eveline, I refuse to believe Capcom has writers that clever.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
The entire situation is stupid
"Redfield" looks nor sounds like Chris we know, even to a movie releasing months later.
is on the Alpha Team
Is completely cold on the radio(knows of Ethan), unlike regular Chris.
throws you a gun called the Albert-01, looks exactly like Wesker's Samurai Edge.
Is wearing generic Umbrella gear.
is working for Umbrella.
Its just too much.
Jawmuncher
Member
Though I have to say, I kinda like the idea of chris becoming a bad guy. Just because I'm a sucker for that sort of stuff. It's trophy as all hell, but I love. Much like bad blood between family members.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
No Jack boss fight? Shame on you Dusk. There is nothing more memorable than Jack wielding his chainsaw-scissors
Jawmuncher
Member
Best 5 moments for me
-Jacks first appearance to stalk you
-Jack garage fight
-jacks second stalk
-Jack chainsaw fight
-The rave music in front of Lucas door, making it seem like I was going to a night club.
-Jacks first appearance to stalk you
-Jack garage fight
-jacks second stalk
-Jack chainsaw fight
-The rave music in front of Lucas door, making it seem like I was going to a night club.
I played Laser Tag once, and I think Lucas has too.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
There's a lot of moments I like, keeping it to 5 is a toughie. I like Jack overall, and like both of his boss fights. I also like when you go behind the first shadow puzzle and go through the hunting room, meet the first Molded, then get to the save room by the basement. Or I love when you answer the phone and it's Lucas and you see the house you haven't been able to enter turning into a blue light rave party. Lots of stuff like that.
I feel there's a lot of evidence in RE5/RE6 that Chris has wanted to leave the BSAA for a while and doesn't really believe their strategy is the best one.
Astral Dog
Member
All Tyrant models are based on clones from Sergei Vladimir,the original TyrantI meant cloning a person, I even gave examples
is that Ada?
didnt play 6. 6 and both Revs are the ones im missing.
The Ashford twins were also clones based on the matriach Veronica
Already Torn
Banned
Do you have to do the tape nonsense if you save Zoe?
^^^^ Actually, RE has a really dumb story.
It's Chris isn't it.
^^^^ Actually, RE has a really dumb story.
It's Chris isn't it.
I hope it actually is Chris, just for the meltdowns.
You play as Mia either way. Zoey croaks within like a minute.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Jack fun~ Also happy I wasn't the only one who liked the sudden Rave House after the Lucas scene. I wish Lucas' actual location was as good. My actual hope when I saw the house was that it'd be some cool rave haunted house location, that'd be amazing.
I feel outside of the Happy Birthday Tape moment, there was some missed opportunities with Lucas. Well, hopefully maybe in the future he can be used better as Lucas was the one that got away. I would've loved if Lucas' location wasn't a farmhouse full of explosives, but rather some rave haunted house with weird traps/puzzles and a haunted house thematic.
Groovy!
Also, I agree with this list. Jack stole the show for me. I'd replace the last one with the Birthday puzzle, both the tap and in real time. Watching Lucas get pissed that I solved it without the oil spilling was funny.
Isn't Chris one of the founders of the BSAA? You would think his word and opinions would have more weight on how they handle things.
Jawmuncher
Member
This is what I thought it would have been. Would have been AMAZING. Better than unfinished halls and barn fight. Though they tried a little with the sewer gator song playing against the fat molded.
Top 5? Top 5
- whole first hour because I didnt expect the early Mia reveal, dunno why, I assumed it was the typical "find wife at the end" story. Mia's "poltergeist" turn was awesome. The whole thing was one of my favorite intros to a game ever.
- happy birthday tape.
- garage fight! come on, you can get in the car and run him over. also the cop gets done NASTY.
- ring-style bit after killing Marguerite, because even if its cliche, that shit ALWAYS gets me.
- the end sequence with the evie reveal was quite well done
I would almost put the ship part with Mia in there, I actually really liked it. The mines were my least favorite part, followed by the swamp house with Marguerite and the bugs.
- whole first hour because I didnt expect the early Mia reveal, dunno why, I assumed it was the typical "find wife at the end" story. Mia's "poltergeist" turn was awesome. The whole thing was one of my favorite intros to a game ever.
- happy birthday tape.
- garage fight! come on, you can get in the car and run him over. also the cop gets done NASTY.
- ring-style bit after killing Marguerite, because even if its cliche, that shit ALWAYS gets me.
- the end sequence with the evie reveal was quite well done
I would almost put the ship part with Mia in there, I actually really liked it. The mines were my least favorite part, followed by the swamp house with Marguerite and the bugs.
ArchedThunder
Banned
I'm pretty sure the "You know who" that Lucas was talking to that they mentioned on the radio wasn't Umbrella or Ethan, but a different company and Evelyn was made by that company.
Already Torn
Banned
Noooooooo
Also, this game totally stole the Puppet Ganon fight from Wind Waker
Ooooh, so Ethan and Mia are from different orgs like Mr and Mrs Smith
SlasherJPC
Banned
Yeah felt like that was a bit rushed, the birthday stuff was great though. Speaking of exploding boxes, is there any way to know if one is going to blow or just damn luck?
My top 5 moments
Intro - I couldn't believe the intensity and finding Ethans wife right away, totally not what I expected. Same with the gore
Jack Baker entirely - Though the chainsaw battle, clashing of the blades, and death scene just wow'd me.
Marg - The battle with her and the jump scare intro had me in awe. When she grabs you and you have to shoot her from upside down was tension to the max
Opening the double doors - That leading into the main part of the house to explore was like stepping back into 1990's playing RE again for the first time.
Mia Boat Tape - While it signmals the start of the more action elements, I just really loved how we were truly seeing something more equivalant to the RE series in the whole, what happens to cause this scenario, plus totally didn't expect her to be safe guarding a biological weapon.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Another moment I loved was the interactions with the cop, him dying, finding his head in the fridge and then putting your hand down his freaking neck.
The game is absolutely brimming with awesome, memorable moments. Capcom really delivered when thinking up all of these different scenarios!
The game is absolutely brimming with awesome, memorable moments. Capcom really delivered when thinking up all of these different scenarios!
anyone got a good youtube video to check the Zoe choice and supsequent changes / ending? I dont know any good RE youtubers.
shoot it and if it blows, it was going to blow :3
shoot it and if it blows, it was going to blow :3
that's what I think too. umbrella must be the rival company mentioned in the notes in Mia's section.
Already Torn
Banned
I feel like this is gonna be one of those games that inspires an amazing sequel that makes it not look quite as realized in retrospect. Like The Legend of Zelda or Demon's Souls.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
It's what I thought and hoped it was, and when you go up the stairs and the first room it seems like it's actually going to be that (with the added Birthday Tape before), unfortunately it ends up just being a pretty drab farmhouse full of explosive wires and boxes. Wasn't bad but did feel like missed potential.
The Fat Molded with the Sewer Gatorz Theme was cool though. I actually think the implication is that the Fat Molded is supposed to be Andre from the Sewer Gatorz, why Lucas plays the main theme for the group, and we see Andre earlier in the tape hanging off a hook like Jack hung the cop who was turning into a Molded before Lucas interrupted it, and we see Andre's corpse is in the water at the start of the game, thus why the Molded would be bloated (because the corpse was left in water).
I didn't expect the early Mia reveal, and to be honest I don't think anyone who played blindly did. It didn't seem like the direction the game was going. I love the garage fight myself, And I do think the Eveline room and endgame stuff was good despite maybe some Ringu clicheness.
I think we should take some time looking at the file with all the crossed out names. The one name we see is H.C.F., which is the name of the organization that Wesker worked for in Code Veronica.
Hyrule Warrior
Member
Just finished this...I don't know. I want to say it's a good well made game, because it is. In the horror genre, it's great. It has Resident Evil elements, which are appreciated...but it still didn't feel entirely like Resident Evil to me.
If anything, this felt more of a side story to me than Revelations 2 did (not referring to the gameplay, but storywise). That game at least added to the Wesker storyline and had familiar characters, whereas this game just doesn't seem to have any relation to anything in the series. I'm glad we didn't have a voiceless main character, but I don't like that he was faceless. WTF is the point of that. When you play as Mia, they should at least let you see it.
As a game, this was great I think. As a Resident Evil game, and a fan for almost 2 decades, I felt let down. It has the staples of some of the gameplay elements, but had none of the charm. I felt like all the main games have at least had memorable characters, and no one here really stands out. (at least on the good guys side, I know they tried with the Baker family) There wasn't anyone I liked though...No characters in the vain of Chris, Jill, Leon, Barry, or Claire that you like as characters. Hell, for all of RE6's faults, I at least appreciated how well the Jake campaign made him and Sherry likable characters for me.
Another thing about Resident Evil to me, is even though there's gore and so much death and horror...the series has been known to have some levity to it. This had none really, and that also hurts it a lot for me.
So yeah...I don't know, but I'm thinking I won't really wanna play this much again, unlike games like RE1, 2, 4, 5, and Revelations 2 which I've all played multiple times.
If anything, this felt more of a side story to me than Revelations 2 did (not referring to the gameplay, but storywise). That game at least added to the Wesker storyline and had familiar characters, whereas this game just doesn't seem to have any relation to anything in the series. I'm glad we didn't have a voiceless main character, but I don't like that he was faceless. WTF is the point of that. When you play as Mia, they should at least let you see it.
As a game, this was great I think. As a Resident Evil game, and a fan for almost 2 decades, I felt let down. It has the staples of some of the gameplay elements, but had none of the charm. I felt like all the main games have at least had memorable characters, and no one here really stands out. (at least on the good guys side, I know they tried with the Baker family) There wasn't anyone I liked though...No characters in the vain of Chris, Jill, Leon, Barry, or Claire that you like as characters. Hell, for all of RE6's faults, I at least appreciated how well the Jake campaign made him and Sherry likable characters for me.
Another thing about Resident Evil to me, is even though there's gore and so much death and horror...the series has been known to have some levity to it. This had none really, and that also hurts it a lot for me.
So yeah...I don't know, but I'm thinking I won't really wanna play this much again, unlike games like RE1, 2, 4, 5, and Revelations 2 which I've all played multiple times.
Already Torn
Banned
this is gonna come down to people extracting his models and going bananas when they find he has brown, green or blue eyes because chris's eye color is inconsistent as fuck
Already Torn
Banned
Look it's not Chris, Chris don't need a gas mask. He was breathing just fine inside an active volcano.
Hyrule Warrior
Member
How does saying "fuck you" or being taunted by the enemy count as levity? Sure didn't make me crack a smile or anything like some of the stuff in previous games.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
I was wondering if you could maybe use pills to determine, but I don't think so. Maybe the only safe way to check would be to shoot them. I just knifed them though after the tripwires I knew that some were going to be explosive, but knifed every one.
I actually really liked the Tape version of the boat as well. I think it was the superior boat experience, though going through the ruined version wasn't bad, just a bit repetitive and I feel the first version was the better one.
I felt bad for how much the Baker's defiled the poor deputy's corpse.
I'm curious how the series will play some of its organization stuff in the future, they now are setting up several different groups for the future. I wonder how they plan to play them all off as we're finally getting to a point where it feels like we're moving away from "villain of the week" and more to something bigger over the series.
I can hope so, I think there's great potential for a RE7 sequel that fixes up a few things and goes more creative in some areas. The potential for something even better is certainly there.
Maximus P
Member
The best part about the early Mia reveal was finding her in the cell like that totally lifeless after you call her name. I was playing that part with my son and we both agreed that she was a lost cause and we were ready to move on without her. Even when we were in the cell it took a lot of courage to approach her. I could have sworn that she'd either 'turned' or was dead and her face was going to be all disfigured. I think i was in shock that she appeared to be in good health.
Already Torn
Banned
I want to say Jack and Lucas are two of the funniest characters in the series, while the former still has a sympathetic aspect to him and the latter is more sinister than he appears. They're great! This is like asking if Salazar counts as levity.
Ethan has some good lines as well.
Already Torn
Banned
"...Well that's special"
"Alright, fine!"
I mean don't get me wrong, it's not B grade schlock fest like RE4, but there's more levity than REmake had. All the funny parts in Resident Evil OG were from terrible line readings.
Also, they're running out of pathogens. RE8 is gonna be about evil prions or nanomachines or some shit.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Rev1:
Bland Chris for half the game ignoring Jessica till he hooks up with his real partner.
RE5:
Depressed Chris
-villain Jill
-> Chris has a good outlook.
RE6:
Chris decided to take a demotion for some reason.
-Carla fucks him up
->Asshole drunk amnesiac Chris
->Depressed Chris v2
->Reckless asshole Chris
->Bout to retire Chris
->Okay to kill me because I killed Wesker Chris
->Sad and depressed Chris v3
->Reinvigorated Chris
RE7/RE8:
->Evil Chris
please no.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Spieler Eins
Member
This. What tape?
Jawmuncher
Member
This is similar to how I feel about the game. Albeit typed better and not as long. The first part especially. It's still obviously resident evil. But story wise it feels like a side story. Especially agree that it is a good game (though not perfect by any means). But I was let down by it as well. Much like you I have no interest in playing it again any time soon. Despite usually playing RE titles more than once relatively soon after aside from Revelations 1 & 2 unlike you.
As for the rest of what you said. I feel the bakers are the levity of this game. A lot of their dialog and mannerisms were what I got the most "this is re" in terms of b feel. While I dislike the look of jack in his mutated form. I loved the dialog there for example.
Ethan being faceless though is total bullshit. No defending that one. There's no need for it aside from some sort of "let the player pretend they are him".
"So was it personal? Or were you just following orders?"