This review contains spoilers
I can't decide if this was better than I expected or worse than I expected. I do think it's probably the most overrated RE game simply because of how much it is praised (it only loses to 4 in that regard, but 4 kinda deserves it).
Obviously I'm gonna be biased since I did watch full playthroughs of this game back when it first came out, before I had any interest in the franchise whatsoever. So while I've forgotten most of the gameplay sections, I still remembered most "big" aspects of the game - the enemies, most of the boss fights, etc. It wasn't a truly "fresh" experience, and I believe that if it was, I probably would have given this game an 8. But it is what it is.
All things considered, it's an impressive effort of merging classic survival horror with modern trends in the genre. It's definitely the scariest game in the series and I love a lot of the designs and stylistic choices. The beginning sequence up to where you first "meet the family" is a work of art.
That's what probably stood out to me the most - 7 is much more cinematic than any other entry in the series (well, 6 was "cinematic" but those are some pretty thick quotes I'm putting that word inside). I loved the plot twists and loved how the unraveling of the mystery was done (well the lore dump at the end might not have been the greatest, but I just appreciate that you don't know what the fuck is going on throughout the majority of the story).
Though it's crazy to me that, with all the hate the remake of 3 got, no one talks about how... small this game is. It's not exactly short for Resident Evil standards, but that's in large part because of the many cinematic sequences of slowly walking through an area and the VHS tapes and other such tricks. But the actual areas in the game are very small, with each section of the house only really having a couple of rooms. This game actually didn't feel bigger than the despised 3make at all to me, it just had more padding (most of which was pretty good, mind you). I think I was the most shocked with how relatively short Jack's section is, what with how famous it is and all that.
Still, a very good game and a true return to form for the franchise.
And people need to chill out about the ship section, it really wasn't that bad tbh.
Obviously I'm gonna be biased since I did watch full playthroughs of this game back when it first came out, before I had any interest in the franchise whatsoever. So while I've forgotten most of the gameplay sections, I still remembered most "big" aspects of the game - the enemies, most of the boss fights, etc. It wasn't a truly "fresh" experience, and I believe that if it was, I probably would have given this game an 8. But it is what it is.
All things considered, it's an impressive effort of merging classic survival horror with modern trends in the genre. It's definitely the scariest game in the series and I love a lot of the designs and stylistic choices. The beginning sequence up to where you first "meet the family" is a work of art.
That's what probably stood out to me the most - 7 is much more cinematic than any other entry in the series (well, 6 was "cinematic" but those are some pretty thick quotes I'm putting that word inside). I loved the plot twists and loved how the unraveling of the mystery was done (well the lore dump at the end might not have been the greatest, but I just appreciate that you don't know what the fuck is going on throughout the majority of the story).
Though it's crazy to me that, with all the hate the remake of 3 got, no one talks about how... small this game is. It's not exactly short for Resident Evil standards, but that's in large part because of the many cinematic sequences of slowly walking through an area and the VHS tapes and other such tricks. But the actual areas in the game are very small, with each section of the house only really having a couple of rooms. This game actually didn't feel bigger than the despised 3make at all to me, it just had more padding (most of which was pretty good, mind you). I think I was the most shocked with how relatively short Jack's section is, what with how famous it is and all that.
Still, a very good game and a true return to form for the franchise.
And people need to chill out about the ship section, it really wasn't that bad tbh.