It’s less fun as an action-packed first-person shooter. Resident Evil Village works best when it’s serving up atmospheric exploration that cleverly expands on the franchise’s puzzle box roots. ![]() ![]() That’s just as true in the opposite direction, too, as Capcom has put together a big, bold franchise retrospective that doesn’t cover up the warts. Everything that players loved about classics like the original game and Resident Evil 4 is present in the new game’s DNA. ![]() That’s both good and bad news for fans of the shape-shifting franchise. It’s not the best Resident Evil game, but it might be the most Resident Evil game. Not content to simply repeat the success of its predecessor, the new installment crams 25 years of history into eight hours. If Resident Evil 7 was a return to form for gaming’s most iconic horror franchise, Resident Evil Village is a full-blown identity crisis.
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