Do I need to complete RE7 to "understand" the story in this one?

[Dr.Acula]

See thread title.

As I'm not really happy with the previous game I would like to know how much of the story in that game plays a role here. Because I don't really want to start this one up to be completely lost with the characters.

[crazydogames]

yes village is a sequel to 7's story

[Sarumoon]

just watch a youtube video, don't punish yourself by playing 7.

[crazydogames]

Originally posted by Sarumoon:

just watch a youtube video, don't punish yourself by playing 7.

why is it a punishment?

[Seamus]

Originally posted by crazydogames:

Originally posted by Sarumoon:

just watch a youtube video, don't punish yourself by playing 7.

why is it a punishment?

It's not.

Sarumoon has a rabid hatred for first person perspective in games to the point they deny that the third person mode in village is fundamentally flawed and blocked me for proving them wrong.

[crazydogames]

Originally posted by Dr.Acula:

See thread title.

As I'm not really happy with the previous game I would like to know how much of the story in that game plays a role here. Because I don't really want to start this one up to be completely lost with the characters.

So play 7 first!

[geordiebroon58]

Honistly no. i didnt even watch the summary of re7 and i followed for the most part

at best re8 doesnt really explain what the infection is (if it even does in re7) and 1 charecter you dont get to know or see in re8 (only matterd when i played the DLC story)

you really dont need to play re7 to follow the simple story of re8

[Dr.Acula]

Originally posted by crazydogames:

So play 7 first!

In case I haven't made it obvious enough. I started RE7 but I don't like that game.

Originally posted by geordiebroon58:

Honistly no. i didnt even watch the summary of re7 and i followed for the most part

at best re8 doesnt really explain what the infection is (if it even does in re7) and 1 charecter you dont get to know or see in re8 (only matterd when i played the DLC story)

you really dont need to play re7 to follow the simple story of re8

Thanks

[lucent]

In case I haven't made it obvious enough. I started RE7 but I don't like that game.

There is a good chance you might not like the Village also. For the record RE7 truly deserves to be called a HORROR game.

[Stormspark]

You don't absolutely have to. At the beginning of this game you can, if you choose, see a summary of what happened in RE7 and get most of the important story beats. But IMO the experience will be better if you've actually played it. A summary will never match experiencing it yourself.

[Sykomancer]

You can safely play 8 without needing to do any homework. You'll be filled in on any important bits from 7 throughout. Take note that 7 and 8 are identical gameplay wise though.

[Dr.Acula]

Originally posted by lucent:

There is a good chance you might not like the Village also. For the record RE7 truly deserves to be called a HORROR game.

If you refer to the clunky controls and extremely slow movement of the character then yes, RE7 is horrifying.

In terms of the actual content RE7 is comparable to the SAW movies. It's more gory torture po*n than horror.

[lucent]

I guess we all see things different.

A little old lady in a wheel chair and a crazed old man chasing you around with a shovel. I wouldn't say that's a straight up torture movie like Saw.

Even the girl in Wolf Creek lost some fingers... hehehe

[Dr.Acula]

After giving RE Village now a go I can say with confidence that so far the story of RE7 isn't really playing a significant role. The initial summary displayed at the start of the game is provides enough context for me without having infished RE7.

Also I can say that RE Village is way better in terms of gameplay compared to RE7. Actually in many aspects it feels very similar to RE4. Even the vendor is referencing his "colleague" from RE4. The inventory management is better and I actually think the movement of the character is faster. I've now made it past the puppeteer, which was actually a pretty good section in the game in terms of horror athmosphere and had to quite literally pull myself away from the game so it won't turn into all-nighter...

Originally posted by Sykomancer:

Take note that 7 and 8 are identical gameplay wise though.

It's similar but there are a lot of small changes that make big a difference and improve the game considerably for me. Where RE7 may have been intended to be something similar to RE1 in terms of feeling it did that in a bad way - feeling clunky and just outdated. RE8 on the other hand feels similar to RE4 and actually in a good way hitting the right notes.

Although I will criticize the heavy use of scripted scenes early on where it got quite a bit annoying to constantly lose control...

Also for example in the escape section when you first get captured and end up in that room with the spiked wheel coming towards you I died twice because it's really clear what to do. After the first death I had the idea to use the wheels to remove the shackles. However going towards the spinning wheels just killed me. The game literally force me to move into a corner to just then do what I intended to do on my own but instead it did that in a scripted event. Not really a good solution in my opinion. But one could consider this a bit of nitpick...

[與妻子爭吵後頭痛欲裂]

To each their own but I think it wouldn't really be necessary since RE7 is more of a tale of how Ethan rescued his wife against impossible odds etc etc. RE8 however is more of a badass tale of a badass dad and isn't really that dependent on 7, at least in my opinion. Ethan is a bit of a blank slate in 7 as well so not much in the way on that front either.