
I'm going to make no secret of the fact I'm over that title now. At first it was a nice little play but the kind of thing you'd do once in a trailer as the rest of the word fades out to leave the VIII. Now it just looks naff. Still, last night saw the release of the games demo on PS5. Weighing in at a slight 3GB+ the demo uses one of the games environments to provide a unique scenario that won't be part of the final game making it relatively free of spoilers. Taking little time to install I made a late night play of it.

I dialled the movement sensitivity up a little as I recalled RE7 being a tad cumbersome, here you have little to contend with as you are unarmed so only able to move around. There are two main noteworthy elements to this demo that clocks a slight 15 minutes at best in length. The first is visuals, it's yet another showcase for the RE Engine with the dingey corridors and shiny décor looking absolutely lovely looking, it's a showcase of a game for sure but unequivocally once for current gen machines not the new next-gen consoles. It's very clearly a PS4/XBO title even if it is very pretty but it means it runs smoothly too. The second aspect is the gameplay, I enjoyed RE7 but it's the one RE in the series that I've never felt a compulsion to revisit, this is a tad the same even though it's new because (especially of you own a PC) FPHorror's are ten a penny and while the execution is stronger in these efforts there's just something a bit tiresome about them, I enjoyed the REmakes much more so returning to this form of Resi that is effective but borders on not even feeling like a Resi game is weird. This demo doesn't really give you a strong sense of the gameplay as it's more focused on visuals, puzzles still seem like the dated RE type stuff we're used to and despite the online fuss about the giant lady she came across to me beyond goofy. It's an interesting demo and doesn't feel like the full game experience can be tasted by playing it, but to compare it to the demo Capcom launched for RE7 this is easily the less effective of the two.
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