Resident Evil was not going through its best moment in 2016. The sixth installment of the saga of Capcom it was crazy action, pointless plot, and a complete departure from what had made the franchise great. Shinji Mikami. Luckily, in 2017 Resident Evil 7 Biohazard appeared to restore sanity to the series.
A title that delighted locals and strangers thanks to a very clear commitment: first person and mechanics more linked to survival horror. If you haven’t given yourself the pleasure of trying it yet, you can. through PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium, beyond finding it in the PlayStation Plus Collection to claim it forever. Also, you can play with PS VR and jump right into the game.
What awaits us in Resident Evil 7 Biohazard? Specifically, an unprecedented plot in which we put ourselves in the shoes of Ethan Winters, a new protagonist whose face we don’t see, but we do feel his determination when it comes to rescuing his wife. She was last seen in a mansion in the middle of the rural america and it is there where we will meet a most peculiar family.
The commitment to the first-person perspective allows us to introduce ourselves much better in a context in which terror and scares are very common. The atmosphere plays a very important role, since each corridor of the mansion is full of macabre details and surprises appear even through the wall. Luckily, Capcom decided to offer us some mechanics that are powerfully reminiscent of the beginnings of the saga.
Survival is essential, having to wisely manage all the resources we carry with us and knowing how to measure when it is essential to face an enemy. The classic puzzles also return along with riddles, but we must not forget about unloading bullets. A few weapons such as pistols, flamethrowers or shotguns await to defend us from threats of unknown origin. And it is that the connection with the main events that we know is the sea of curious…
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