I just wanted to share my thoughts on this game and what I feel about the future for the series.
This isn't really a review but it contains Spoilers.
First of all before the game was released, I wasn't looking forward to carrying on the Story if Re7. I have always felt that re7 would have made a brilliant Spin Off title but not a main series Sequel due to the lack of connections to the rest of the series. Also the whole "not a chris" mess that happened afterwards. Even though first person is not my preferred method of playstyle it was still enjoyable.
Okay so, after playing through this game several times now I can safely say...this story was good. I actually liked Ethan by the end of it and thought his exit was done very well. The continuation from 7, and links to Spencer were very well received. I was worried some characters were just meme material with no substance (Lady D) but surprisingly they were all played well with the exception of Moreau who could be removed completely and you wouldn't know. The BSAA thread revealed at the end of the game was brilliant. Its given me hope for the future of the series.
There are rumours that Rose will be the new Protagnost of re9 as a mold ploy trilogy, and based on her character concept art in game this sort of supports this. For those who don't know there's some info written on the concept arts, Roses says she was designed to fight Ethans enemies, which is a weird bit of text to explain a character who only appears in an epilogue. Where as I'm not a fan of the time jump and abandoning characters more so, the BSAA plot thread eases these concerns.
It feels like they are setting up two things. The BSAA raid to put an end to some characters storylines such as Jill, Chris, and Barry.
And also setting up rose with a time jump for a new era of the series which dont have to link to the previous games as much.
It could pave the way to resolve some plot points with a final big blow out raid on the BSAA which could be what everyone expected us to do with Umbrella before re4 stopped that in its tracks.
The time Jump with Rose being a future character could pave the way to Alex's return as a bad guy as Natalia would have grown up by then too.
They are clearly going to remake re4 aswell, probably about 60% of this game could be reused assets for it. They might as well just announce it already.
My main criticisms with this game are that the robot fight against heisenberg was stupid and doesn't belong in an re game. Even though the game looked stunning, there are certain things that didn't. Mia pouring the wine, some characters climbing stairs and a few water effects in places just looked bad.
This isn't really a review but it contains Spoilers.
First of all before the game was released, I wasn't looking forward to carrying on the Story if Re7. I have always felt that re7 would have made a brilliant Spin Off title but not a main series Sequel due to the lack of connections to the rest of the series. Also the whole "not a chris" mess that happened afterwards. Even though first person is not my preferred method of playstyle it was still enjoyable.
Okay so, after playing through this game several times now I can safely say...this story was good. I actually liked Ethan by the end of it and thought his exit was done very well. The continuation from 7, and links to Spencer were very well received. I was worried some characters were just meme material with no substance (Lady D) but surprisingly they were all played well with the exception of Moreau who could be removed completely and you wouldn't know. The BSAA thread revealed at the end of the game was brilliant. Its given me hope for the future of the series.
There are rumours that Rose will be the new Protagnost of re9 as a mold ploy trilogy, and based on her character concept art in game this sort of supports this. For those who don't know there's some info written on the concept arts, Roses says she was designed to fight Ethans enemies, which is a weird bit of text to explain a character who only appears in an epilogue. Where as I'm not a fan of the time jump and abandoning characters more so, the BSAA plot thread eases these concerns.
It feels like they are setting up two things. The BSAA raid to put an end to some characters storylines such as Jill, Chris, and Barry.
And also setting up rose with a time jump for a new era of the series which dont have to link to the previous games as much.
It could pave the way to resolve some plot points with a final big blow out raid on the BSAA which could be what everyone expected us to do with Umbrella before re4 stopped that in its tracks.
The time Jump with Rose being a future character could pave the way to Alex's return as a bad guy as Natalia would have grown up by then too.
They are clearly going to remake re4 aswell, probably about 60% of this game could be reused assets for it. They might as well just announce it already.
My main criticisms with this game are that the robot fight against heisenberg was stupid and doesn't belong in an re game. Even though the game looked stunning, there are certain things that didn't. Mia pouring the wine, some characters climbing stairs and a few water effects in places just looked bad.