Yeah, I've used them a few times during boss fights and discovered tons of everything squirrelled away.

JUST COMPLETED CROSS POST
Horror is back baby, it's good again! Awoouuu (wolf Howl)

I would never have got around to playing this if it wasn't for the magic of piracy (ok my flat mate bought it too so I could probably have pestered him to let me play it too) but I am glad I took some time to play it anyway, because it's great. Capcom have really learnt from their failures, and this is probably going to slot in alongside Resi One and 4 as a highpoint of the series.

It's a real re-invention of the series, and the best first person horror game I've played. It makes survival horror combat work well in first person. It has a tight claustrophobic environment that rewards exploration and a decent-ish memory. It... has scares and tension. What the fuck happened? It's lots of clever game designed stuffed into a package that deserves your attention. Get over your heebiejeebies and play the damn thing. It's reverent to the legacy of horror, and it's own history as a series. It has a bizarrely compelling plot that has a good ending, and ties smartly into the series at large. 

I liked all of the boss fights, I liked that it had the ability to scare me, I was totally drawn into its dirty grotty pocket universe, I loved the weight to the movement and combat, I even warmed to bog standard filler enemies that the game had no choice to fall back on towards the end. 

Re the end: Minor Spoilers

A lot of people have complained the final chapters run out of steam, or lose the tension and resource scarcity of the first two thirds of the game... but it's a Resident Evil game, you kind of have to anticipate that there will always be a bit that involves slaughtering a bunch of enemies in a big rush. Also there is a large part of that final section that has you reduced to a survivor with no offence, and I found that one of the better sections overall. A change in location was welcome, and it was great that I actually felt harried and put upon for the first time in a few hours.

Bigger spoilers!

Overall, I'd say a solid 8, would have loved to see it in VR, that might have tipped it to a 9? Especially some of the final moments. I think everyone should play it, it's fuckin' great, a slap to the chops of horror, and I hope they just leave the series well alone for a good long while and bask in how brilliant a game they've managed to put out. It's one of the best experiences in horror for a while, and it leaves Alien: Isolation in the dirt by realising that instant kill monsters aren't actually that scary: running is scary, doors that lock on one side are scary, having to wait until an enemy is inches away from your faces before taking that last shot are scary. Yeah, it's good. Much to love. Congratulations done Capcom.

Bit of a spoiler that I'd have thought?

Must be on the home stretch of this now and it's great all the way through so far. It's Resident Evil 1 reimagined, which is exactly what I wanted. There are even a couple of corridors in the house which seem to be almost lifted from the first game - long corridors with corners in strange unnatural places, probably that way originally due to the fixed perspective. I was expecting a dog to come in a window at any point.

It's it PT scary?

Not sure my nerves could take a full game of that.

PT is what, 45 minutes long and gave me a "no thanks" and an *inaudible* whereas Resident Evil 7 is 8 hours long has more scares.

Ultimately it is different from PT because it's a full game rather than sliver of a teaser, is more about being pursued and put under duress by enemies than spooked by boogies, and lets you fight back, even if it's just to slow your aggressor down.

It's closer to the sections of Alien: Isolation with the Working Joes in as opposed to the eventual dull instadeath Alien.

I wrote a pretty big summary further up the page too.

Done. It's ace.

What I need now is a proper Silent Hill reboot.

I watched my friend play through this on the B I G T E L L Y over the weekend. The early moments are surprisingly excellent still, and it never whilst it never hits those heights again, they're heady enough to make up for some of the lulls. He also remembered to read lots of the notes that I forgot to read, meaning I have a much better handle one the story now, even if it is fairly simple.

What's the melee like in this game? It won't be condemned origins levels of awesomeness, but still, is it heavy, visceral, weighty? God I loved condemned. Best launch game ever.

Tempy wrote:

weak

There's no melee, except for smashing boxes.

Ok, there's melee if you're some kind of nutter.

I never used block once.

I impulse bought this at cex (had vouchers). Can't get the game to download, FML this is why I just don't buy games anymore