Was a really fun time on first playthrough, but I was really disappointed in how stripped down the mechanics were. It feels like Capcom wanted to appeal to a broader audience by making the game extremely linear with "puzzle solving" and a much more forgiving inventory system compared to its spritual predecessor, RE4, leaving less room for decision making. Kind of the opposite of what made the gameplay of these games interesting. There are mechanics and design choices that make me think that RE8 is trying to be both survival horror and action at the same time but fumbles hard. At least combat was entertaining (even if worse than RE4) for my dumb brain and 3 mommies with milkies and a Nicholas Cage DILF.