Resident Evil Village

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Capcom released three more major images for Village:

This appears to be a full map of the village.



First possible look at Mother Miranda.



Mother Miranda (again)?



As usual, you can also view them in the Resident Evil Village gallery.

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GameInformer has uploaded a video showcasing Village's upgrade system.

We get to see a bit more of what The Duke (merchant) has to offer. You can also hunt wild life for meat which can be used in the Duke's Kitchen, these will boost Ethan's stats (temporarily?).

I do like the sleep UI on the carrying case itself. It does look a little high-tech. But sexy as well.

RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE UPGRADES - VIA GAMEINFORMER

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Capcom hosted their most recent showcase and shared a few new tidbits on Resident Evil Village.

They also discussed upcoming dates for their next demo. You can actually pre-install the demo for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 already.

RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE - NEW TRAILER


RESIDENT EVIL FULL SHOWCASE - 04.15.2021


CHARACTERS

Capcom gave us a better view of Heisenberg & finally named Chris' squad.

KARL HEISENBERG


WOLF HOUND


THE MERCENARIES

The Mercenaries will be returning to Resident Evil. Here's hoping that characters from the campaign will be playable in this mode, it would be interesting seeing Heisenberg tear it up with his giant hammer.

Mercenaries will be section based, where you can purchase items, weapons, and upgrades from The Duke.













THE VILLAGE

There were also some new production shots available on the Resident Evil site. I have uploaded them here and in the Resident Evil Village gallery for archival purposes.





















THE CASTLE



















Capcom also featured a new trailer for Resident Evil Infinite Darkness. You can follow our conversation on Infinite Darkness here.

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Anyone play the PlayStation demo for the village section yet?

Pretty good stuff, I got to play it on a PlayStation 4 Pro. Although one thing that did seem strange to me were the facial animations on the characters, especially Elena. Oh well, it's probably just me. Overall I'm loving the world that Village is set in. The aiming on PlayStation did seem a bit "floaty", especially after playing Resident Evil 7 with an Xbox One controller.

I have added the screenshots from my play-through to the Resident Evil Village gallery.

I don't want to spoil much for anyone who hasn't played it, so I'll just post some title screenshots here, the gallery has everything I was able to grab from start to finish.

SCREENSHOTS

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IGN has uploaded a video describing their first hours with Resident Evil Village.

No major spoilers here, just a look at a few different rooms in the castle.

It seems that, at least where they describe starting off, this version was a "longer demo" for the press.

Enjoy.

IGN FIRST - RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE PRESS DEMO

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So as the game is nearing release, I have taken images of the recently released PC demo.

I could be wrong, but it appears that you only have 1 hour to spent in EITHER the village or castle. If so, this means I'm fucked. Because I played about 40+ minutes in the village trying to see if I missed anything in the PS4 demo.

You can browse the full PC demo gallery here.

Here are some shots. These images were taken on a 1920 * 1080 monitor with max settings on.

PC DEMO SCREENSHOTS









There is a HUGE difference in sharpness and facial animation compared to the PlayStation 4 version. At first it does not seem like much, but once you see it, you can't unsee it.

Here is one quick example (although take into consideration the limitations of the PS4 screenshot mode):

PLAYSTATION 4



STEAM (PC)



The game does seem to feel less "floaty" on PC as well. Ethan does feel more grounded when aiming and shooting.

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Capcom has released a Launch Trailer for Village.

As we are hours away from the game being released, I can't wait to jump into the game.

Just waiting on Steam to activate the pre-install.

RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE LAUNCH TRAILER

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Village is here baby!

Although I have to admit that May 6th actually sucked. It was shitty logging into YouTube and people already streaming Village while others were posting spoiler-filled reviews (those thumbnails). Not to mention, it also sucked that all platforms minus PC got a pre-install period (which meant that my play time on launch day was robbed of 1hr 12minues which is how long it took for me to download Village).

First world problems, huh?

Any way, here are my notes from my first night with Village. Spoiler free of course.

So I am basically past the section of the first Village demo (not the Maiden demo), and it looks like I am about to start the section from the Castle demo.

Feel free to check my progress is you like:

Day One progress. Intro, Village demo section, and a little bit beyond Day One progress. Intro, Village demo section, and a little bit beyond

The intro was slick-as-fuck. I loved that story book opening, Guillermo Del Toro anyone? Plus, I know Mia is lying to me about everything being OK. Once Chris "Man-Sauce" Redfield showed up it was on baby! I loved that little nod to George Trevor in Ethan's office. Epic.



I'll be honest: Resident Evil 5 never managed to pull off the scaring-the-shit-out-of-you during daylight. Village actually did, this place is oozing with atmosphere. Once I beat it I cannot wait to jump back in and start getting screenshots for the gallery.





This fucking guy. I loved how the Lycans were basically just waiting for someone to make a move. I actually started approaching the house and he stood up and snarled at me. I slowly backed away and he returned to his sitting pose. I then drew my gun and approached again, he stood up but once I aimed that smoke-wagon at him he snarled quieter and slowly backed away.

Little bitch.



This motherfucker right here. Fuck! Dude scared the crap out of me.



This Chucky scene was pretty cool. Seeing her and Troll-looking-dude was pretty cool. Although a bit fantastical, it was interesting. It reminded me of the first screenshot Capcom released of El Gigante back in the day.



I love The Duke, dude actually rolled up like I do every morning. I loved the nod to Resident Evil 4 as well. Classic.



I LOVE this fucking gun. Named after the man himself: Albert "motherfucking" Wesker. Sexy.



Lady D and her daughters were really cool. Before this scene, I loved the interaction she had with Heisenberg. Good thing I am playing this with headphones on, especially since I'm playing after 11pm. All of these vampire moans would make someone think I'm watching porn.



Especially her. Freak.







So I ended here on my first night. Overall really happy. Almost Resident Evil 4 happy

Anyone else playing? Feel free to share.

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Jumped into some Village last night.

I think I've probably played twice since the game came out. I have posted some images (spoilers) below. Let's just say that "I have transitioned out of the first major area after the castle demo".

'Nuff said:

Day Two and Day Three progress Day Two and Day Three progress

It's always creepy seeing Lady D walking around the castle, especially since everything around her is so small.



This girl, haha. She is actually my favorite out of the three daughters. She was no match for my mantastic-ness though.







This are was super nice, it was literally a breath of fresh air. The castle was starting to feel a bit claustrophobic by then.



I should have taken better screenshots of this staircase, the castle in Village is just gorgeous (like me).



The color palette looked really nice in this room. Basically red candle-light contrasted with the blood-filled floor. Exquisite.



I literally dropped my soda when this happened. Totally unexpected.





Daughter #2 ain't got nothing on me. I think I actually got her stuck in a walk-cycle, haha.



This fucking puzzle >_< , well done Capcom, well done.



(Daughter #3) Can't touch this baby!



By this point I dropped some cold hard Lei on The Duke. I had to get that bigger suitcase.



Finally some new hardware. This thing feels like an 18-wheeler though. SUPER HEAVY to move around.



The rooftop was a bit scary, I actually got some Dark Souls vibes from this area. Good thing I walked in there all Bruce Willis and took out all of the flying ghouls.



This boss fight was pretty epic for being the first one in the game. It almost felt like a final boss.







Finally some exposition. I like where the story is heading, I have been going through every house I can using lockpicks and finally being able to pull up the buckets in the wells. I just bought the second suitcase upgrade. Have to keep the tools in order.















I still haven't decided which route I will take after I can explore the new treasure map The Duke gave me. I'm thinking I might go towards House of Beneviento. Gonna fuck up that Chucky.

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I decided to head towards The Beneviento House.

I was not disappointed, talk about shaking things up.

This is a must-play with headphones and the lights off.

Shit!

Day Four Progress Day Four Progress

A section of the village is actually covered in fog. Oh hell no.



This section was the first time I found dolls creepy (as a grown ass man).



This shot was amazing.



Oh hell no.



Finding the "yellow container" is easy enough, good luck getting out.



This puzzle was fucking rad.



For the second time in the game I was genuinely creeped out by broad daylight.



Little shit, finally gave her some hurting.







Some more (welcomed) hardware. This thing reminds me of the shotgun from the first Jurassic Park.



Two down, two more to go. I hope I can run into Chris' crew again.





Creeper.



Current loadout, all weapons have their current ammo capacity maxed out. Unless The Duke makes some new upgrades available.

I think I'm going to save Heisenberg for last.