This was such a fantastic game to the franchise <(^_^)>. One of the best Resident Evils in many years. When 7 was first announced back in the days I wasn't sure what to think about it after seeing the first trailer, as it was going to be in 1st person view. After trying the demo though on ps4 months ago, I felt that it was actually a really great way to do a new RE and to get out of that actionish style.

I've been a fan of RE since 1996, when I first played the original game with my brothers. For a 8 year old kid it was something incredible to play a bloody game of survival against zombies. Seeing how it changed into more action style during the years isn't what I wanted, but I still love RE4 and 5. 6th game was mostly an abomination (Leon's campaign was pretty good), I couldn't get into Revelations games very well yet.
So yeah, I've been hoping a long time for Capcom to go back to the more scary survival horror feeling, back to the roots. Because that is what I've loved RE for the most and they definitely managed to do it now. The horror is what RE is known for.

The story here is about Ethan Winters, who goes to search for his missing wife Mia. He happens to end up in a madhouse full of crazy ♥♥♥♥ing hillbillies. Enjoy the Baker family hospitality... I guess Ethan didn't play Silent Hill 2 or he might've known this is a bad idea to look for your wife.

Some might say that it is like Outlast or PT, but it's not. This game is clearly Resident Evil and you will notice it once you play further in the story. It's a good change to the gameplay, it adds new things but also don't forget the old fans like me. As it has things that are familiar from the PS1 games, that was nice to see. No kungfu moves (which is a good thing) like the action games have with Michael Bay explosions everywhere.

Some seem to be complaining, that the game is too short which I don't really understand. Resident Evils often haven't been the longest games. Average completion time is about 10-15h maybe, depends how you play. Imo that is not too short. I personally love to play shorter games once in a while, because can't play games as much as before. Not every game need to be a Witcher 3 and horror games don't always work very well if they are too long. Many of my favorite games ever are less than 15h. RE7 took me 9h21min to complete on Normal difficulty which is a perfect length, but it felt a lot longer to be honest.

Another complaint is that the game has 1st person. Well games have to change at some point and like RE changed with 4. So in a way it is better to try something new, instead of doing again what they did for many years. People often complain if things change and if they don't, can't satisfy everyone.

Capcom is back doing what they are best at. Resident Evils have been going on for 20 years and I'm glad they still know how to do it well, even if it's a bit different. The story is great, graphics are awesome, gameplay runs smoothly, no crashes, it has item customizations, it has puzzles, no coop and enjoyable boss battles. I'm not sure if I have the balls to try the Madhouse Mode difficulty yet >_<.

To me, it was scary and intense at many moments, and I've missed that feeling. I'm not gonna spoil the story or the ending, but just gonna say that the ending was cool ;). The story is different from the usual RE story. I do recommend this, especially to the fans of the games, but newcomers could enjoy it too if isn't too expensive. I loved pretty much everything about it. I also do often prefer 3rd person view, but the change works here and in my opinion, 1st person view brings the horror feeling better.