RE as a series is mostly known for being fun goofy camp, and Village fully embraces that. It has an insane amount of variety both in genres of horror and gameplay and casually also has one of the best enemy rosters in the entire series. Puzzles can be simple but they're still pretty fun, and in terms of exploration I'd argue the series has outdone itself once again—I've never felt more compelled to go top to bottom through the whole map like with this one, and exploration has always been one of my favourite parts of the series.

Combat is great too—weapon selection has all the classics, everything feels very punchy and it's insanely responsive. Taking out hordes was always a ton of fun and I can't remember a single encounter that annoyed me in around 12 hours of playtime.

Never expected one of these games to make me cry.