Be prepared to have your toes forcibly uncurled via local anaesthetic after. The whole game is playable in VR too, meaning when you peer around corners in-game you have to physically twist your body forward in your living room. There's a sense of dread that never lets up as the Baker family relentlessly pursues you, and every few turns brings another horrific monster to contend with. And the series' return to horror is deliberate, grimy, and effective.

Resident Evil 7 follows the story of a man named Ethan, whose search for his missing wife leads him to a rotten old house belonging to the twisted Baker family.Īfter the more action-oriented Resident Evil 5 and 6, Resident Evil 7 firmly re-roots the series in survival horror. That first foray into the twisted world of the Umbrella Corporation is credited as the original survival horror game, and the series has spanned over two decades since. The legendary Japanese video game designer directed many of Capcom’s biggest titles in the 90s, including Resident Evil. The only place to start is with the inventor of survival horror, Shinji Mikami.

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