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Resident Evil 7 Spoiler Thread
- Thread starter Dusk Golem
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Its never said. The message we saw was for him to "stay away"
E-mail in inventory at the start of the game. I guess it's implied that there were directions or an address. And of course Ethan never saw the "Stay away" message.
Nemesis_
Member
I interpreted that as it was Mia (her body) that sent the message but that Evie was the one who controlled Mia to do so.
Must of overlooked it.
If Mia's part of a rival company, perhaps she was just trying to cover her tracks and/or lie to Ethan (regardless of whether or not Ethan's part of Umbrella and Mia knows or doesn't know where Ethan works). Besides, if someone points at something and says "don't look at THAT", what's the first thing you do? Natural human instinct for someone to investigate if another person tells them to stay away.
I totally ignored that and didn't read it. Anything worthwhile or note-worthy in it?
Death Metalist
Member
Am I the only one that feels this game shouldn't have Resident Evil on the title because the connections made with the previous game or lets say universe is pretty fucking weak. It would have been a stronger game without RE on it. I mean don't get me wrong, it's a damn great game but it feels like having RE just creates expectations and shit.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Asha's balls in my throat?
Nemesis_
Member
I feel like it was a reboot but also not a reboot.
The title is pretty rebooty in my opinion
Jawmuncher
Member
That's where I'm at with RE7. Though I'm sure the DLC and everything else will connect it all better.
The Iron Yuppie
Member
Watch the credits. There is no ambiguity, the character is listed as Chris Redfield right next to the actor that played him.
Kayo Police
Member
What the theory for Ethan being an Umbrella Agent? I've only started the game but I give no fucks about spoilers.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Asha's balls in my throat?
His lack of surprise/shock at seeing the viral monsters, his familiarity with chemicals and weapons etc. Some ways through the game when he's asked to make an anti-viral serum, he looks over the ingredients and says something like "that doesn't sound right" and not in a 'because its fucked up' sense, but after he peers over the ingredients, why would a civilian need to make a comment like that ? When he sees the Umbrella Corps team at the end, his first comment to them is "Took you guys long enough", no questions to them etc.
It's not flat out said in the game but playing the game you get a hint that there's more to both him and Mia than is being revealed.
Samir Sedlar
Member
So After finishing the game, I can say this is probably the best Resident Evil title so far, also it is so full of fan service that I was losing my mind. Here are quite some interesting things -probably covered in the +50 page but what the hell-:
During the start of the game in the dinner room, you can read a file signed by O'brien, hinting at a connection to Revelations, then the molded appear which resemble the Ooze then the mutated weaponized arm molded and it came clear to me that this is somehow connected to the T-Abyss virus. of course I came to know that this is a different strain, but I think the connection is valid.
The ship sequence bares an uncanny resemblance to Queen Zonobia, especially looking at the navigation cabin (?), so similar to a crazy degree and generally the inside looked so similar too.
At the end during the fight with Mia's ghost, I felt homage to The Hook Man from RE3.5, I found it to be very cool, and it took me by surprise, too bad it didn't cause any damage.
The ending scene with the operatives reminded me of RE2 opening where they came in to collect the G-Virus sample. The helicopter scene with Ethan and Mia surviving also felt like reliving the moment of escape from the Mansion with Chris and Jill. The Umbrella new logo, now that was a big surprise I couldn't wrap my ahead around, yet was so awesome.
Overall this was a crazy good Survival Horror game.
During the start of the game in the dinner room, you can read a file signed by O'brien, hinting at a connection to Revelations, then the molded appear which resemble the Ooze then the mutated weaponized arm molded and it came clear to me that this is somehow connected to the T-Abyss virus. of course I came to know that this is a different strain, but I think the connection is valid.
The ship sequence bares an uncanny resemblance to Queen Zonobia, especially looking at the navigation cabin (?), so similar to a crazy degree and generally the inside looked so similar too.
At the end during the fight with Mia's ghost, I felt homage to The Hook Man from RE3.5, I found it to be very cool, and it took me by surprise, too bad it didn't cause any damage.
The ending scene with the operatives reminded me of RE2 opening where they came in to collect the G-Virus sample. The helicopter scene with Ethan and Mia surviving also felt like reliving the moment of escape from the Mansion with Chris and Jill. The Umbrella new logo, now that was a big surprise I couldn't wrap my ahead around, yet was so awesome.
Overall this was a crazy good Survival Horror game.
Razgriz-Specter
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Nemesis_
Member
The director also worked on Revelations, so your links aren't really that strange to make. Although disappointing as I abhor Revelations.
There's more subtle things too at work I feel - the crows on the door, the crank, the lantern weight thing was straight out of a classic RE game. The whole "feel" was just there.
Samir Sedlar
Member
Oh I did not know that. To be honest I liked the first Revelation to a degree, the 2nd one not that much, but he did quite an amazing job on RE7 I'd say.
I like the suitability of it, the sense of discovery and connecting the dots, it was so awesome to be honest.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Read post number 1955!
Oh yeah, of course it was. LOL, I forgot that you wind it up. When I first saw it I thought it was an old decaying body. O_O
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Old Eveline appearances
I think I got them all. No idea why she spawns underneath the house, because she only appears in that location after getting the keycard from the Workshop.
I think I got them all. No idea why she spawns underneath the house, because she only appears in that location after getting the keycard from the Workshop.
When Jack is chasing you around the house, she can be seen in the crow room through the window, 2F recreation room side.
There's a picture of that in the post already.
firenskill2000
Member
Almost done with my first play through. Is there enough of a difference in the Zoe v Mia choice to play through as the other? Jack wasn't that hard but it was a bit of an annoyance to have to fight again just to get a slightly different storyline.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Asha's balls in my throat?
She appeared in the boiler room before the Dissection room when Lucas asks you to get the item from the cop's throat. That part really caught me off guard because I was sprinting like crazy there, cause I was expecting the couple of molded there that would be there otherwise.
Just a few minor modifications in cut-scenes and one extra fight with Mia, using the Serum on Zoe is literally wasting it as she doesn't exactly get to live much longer after the cut-scene.
Nemesis_
Member
I recommend trying it on Madhouse. Feels like a natural progression and application of the skills you learned in Normal.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Granny Eveline humming 'Go Tell Aunt Rhody' was a nice little touch. Her just stopping when I got close to her kinda freaked me out.
Nemesis_
Member
Yeah that's done really well. Not only that, but she resumes AFTER you walk past her. Then of course most people will just turn around to see her actually singing. And bam she's gone.
Kinda nuts how much just her presence amped up the tension. I always wanted to get a closer look at her but was too scared she'd jump at me through a jump scare. I like that Capcom really kept it pretty tame on that front. It kept things a bit tenser when it came to her appearances.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Oh shit forgot about that one, will take a shot of it later.
Nemesis_
Member
Did anyone notice that Marguerite is having a conversation with someone in the yard early on in the game? I thought it was weird background noise from my house but then realised it was actually her. She then walks away (slowly) towards the old house.
Did anyone catch what she says? You can see her from the balcony thing near the rec room on the second floor of the main house.
Did anyone catch what she says? You can see her from the balcony thing near the rec room on the second floor of the main house.
Barry Burton
Member
Granny in the crawl space and in the boiler room both scared the living shit out of me!
Granny Eve was infected with foxdie tho
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
I for the life of me don't remember what she was saying, but I just assumed she was talking to herself. I could be totally wrong though.
forreal
Yeah, I thought she was implemented well. Basically taking the ghost girl tropes and changing it up a little. I thought that stuff was more unsettling than the generic little ghost stuff. She looked like a cross between Newt from Aliens and Chucky.
The old Evie crying blood and asking why everyone hated her actually got an emotional response out of me.
I don't think there was a single "cheap" jump scare in the entire game. They were all well done from what I can remember.
The one where Marguerite throws you away from the door with the Crow Key was ruined for me by some footage they released, though. Didn't get me at all since I was expecting it.
Was it Evelyn who sent Ethan the message to get him there? I know Mia made the tape, but something about it being edited as to not be terrifying. Maybe Evelyn knew that she'd die soon because of the accelerated aging, and so just wanted to have a real "family", if only briefly. Like in Evelyn's mind, Mia would finally be amicable to the dynamic if she had Ethan.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
One of the numerous highlights in the game. I absolutely loved that part! Eveline is such a tragic character. ;_;
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Asha's balls in my throat?
I like the 'incidental' jump scares more than the scripted one's.
Running in one of the rooms of the old house, sprinting to the nearest door to avoid those god awful bee stings and as soon as you open the door Margarita standing right there and her shrieking and unleashing more bees from under her skirt got me jumping on more than one occasion.
Jawmuncher
Member
I thought everything related to eveline was the worst aspect of the game. Not counting when she was just in the wheelchair and would pop up randomly in throughout the game. That was fine. But starting at the ship to the end of the game felt like a train going off the rails.
I had no emotion for her, since even with some slight changes to the typical scary girl formula. She still felt cliche as hell. She was so sad about not having a family, why should I care? It's not my fault she's fucked in the head due to the experimentation. She was a problem that needed to be put down. No sympathy when everything prior is her throwing a temper tantrum.
But I know I'll get a file thrown in my face "but jaw this file says that they purposefully made her a little girl, and that her mental capacity stayed that way to better infect people". Don't care, it's still horrible.
I had no emotion for her, since even with some slight changes to the typical scary girl formula. She still felt cliche as hell. She was so sad about not having a family, why should I care? It's not my fault she's fucked in the head due to the experimentation. She was a problem that needed to be put down. No sympathy when everything prior is her throwing a temper tantrum.
But I know I'll get a file thrown in my face "but jaw this file says that they purposefully made her a little girl, and that her mental capacity stayed that way to better infect people". Don't care, it's still horrible.
Devs "We made this two hour game and want to call it REV3 or RE VR."
Capcpom "Pad that shit and we'll throw on a 7 fam."
Agreed. Even that jumpscare was actually pretty effective if you didn't expect it. I elaborated why in another thread, here:
With RE7, it's an obvious case of going back to basics with the story. Things just got so overdramatic and obtuse by the time RE6 happened, that even though fairly Louisiana bog-standard, giving fans something straightforward and derivative (though with intentional influence nods) is... well things could be worse.
Jawmuncher
Member
The only section I can applaud capcom on is the kids room after you get the lantern from margarette. That was done extremely well. Only time where I was like "I think capcom might have this horror thing down". Too bad that was the only moment in the game that was executed well from a true horror angle. The rest of the game did hold a tense atmoshpere however due to the controls and speed of movement. When either Jack or Margarette are chasing you (Even if it is rather easy to get away) is a lot of fun.
Death Metalist
Member
The Babadook is an incredible psychological horror film. That's all I'll say about it.
SlasherJPC
Banned
The real plot hole is how she can get up and down stairs in a wheel chair!
Yeah, that's probably the most genuinely unnerving part of the game. I wouldn't even go back in to check for coins with Witcher sense.
Also, Eve = Louis Cyphre from SMT Nocturne
Ethan's "get me out of this fucking nightmare" line from the PSX trailer wasn't actually in the game, was it?
Jawmuncher
Member
If the game had been nothing more than a crazy family, and the molded and none of the mind control little girl stuff. I would have enjoyed it 10x more.
I hope capcom is reading this thread and is gonna give the little girl thing a rest. Both this and Rev 2 had it to an extent.
Give it a break. Only way I would have been more accepting of this (Though I know it wouldn't make sense due to the timeline). Is if perhaps this was all tied to natalia/alex wesker.
Like she was the big bad in RE7. Since they could have killed two birds with one stone that way.