Resident Evil Village

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Capcom has finally revealed the DLC for Resident Evil Village.

Announced as "Resident Evil Gold Edition" the new content will feature:

• Shadows of Rose

• The Mercenaries: Additional Orders

• Third Person Mode

And probably something that won't get as much love as Resident Evil Resistance:

• Resident Evil RE:Verse

Personally, Shadows of Rose and Third Person Mode do it for me.

I'm gonna stream the hell out of that.

Oh, and you will be able to play as Chris, Heisenberg and Lady D in The Mercenaries.

October 28th 2022 baby.

Here we go!

RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE GOLD EDITION


SCREENSHOTS

Gold Edition Images Gold Edition Images

As usual, I archived all images on the Resident Evil Village Gallery.

Huge thanks to my man geth for sending multiple links my way.

I should start paying the man.

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Capcom has released a new trailer for the updated Mercenaries Mode.

MERCENARIES UPDATE TRAILER

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Capcom has released a video detailing the updates for RE Village Gold edition, along with a very brief update on the Resident Evil 4 remake:

RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE GOLD EDITION OVERVIEW


Looks like the next Resident Evil Showcase will have much more info on the Resident Evil 4 remake.

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As a self proclaimed "Resident Evil super fan" I suck.

I honestly forgot the Winters expansion was coming out for Resident Evil Village. Hell, at least I think you can't really blame me.

Halloween season has been (still) waiting to see Halloween Ends:

Halloween Ends Trailer Halloween Ends Trailer

Not to mention, the site just turned 5 as well.


I'll be careful with the images I share, thus, hiding them with the spoiler tag.

Feel free to share your current progress as well. Just be mindful of spoilers for anyone who has not played the DLC yet.


So, I finally downloaded this baby, feel free to read below on my current progress:

Shadows of Rose day 1 Shadows of Rose day 1

The download itself isn't that big. Mine clocked in at about 7.5GB. Although, I did have a pending 1.5GB update before getting the DLC. SoI would say it is about 5 - 6GB total if your game was already up to date.

Here we go baby!



I actually like this new male character, here's hoping we see more of him in the future.



I am ALWAYS a sucker for lab environments in all Resident Evil games (even Operation Raccoon City). Love this shit.



Rape dungeon vibes all around.



This girl (in black) is seriously giving off some Claudia Gillespie vibes...



Capcom did actually surprise me with the way they are re-using the Castle environment.



Oh hell no.



My Caucasian twin.



.. and minions.



This actually made me laugh.

VERY important item though.

Overall, I am enjoying the experience.

As my work / game-time is usually after 10:30pm, I decided to get this ready and start it up. I have seen people (already) bitching and moaning on Steam about how "short" the Shadows of Rose expansion is.

The only thing I personally care about, is that DLC actually adds to the overall story. So far so good, I'll keep it going tomorrow as it it almost 1am as I am posting this after finally getting about 1hr in.

Slow and steady baby.

Slow and steady.

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Gaming has been slow this week.

Again, you can't really blame me. Finally got a chance to watch Halloween Ends (spoilers below):

Halloween Ends theories Halloween Ends theories

That recent trilogy does deserve it's own post by the way.

Back to Resident Evil:

So without spoiling much for anyone who still hasn't played it, I finally got out of the "initial area"

Shadows of Rose Day 2 Shadows of Rose Day 2

This new enemy had a great reveal. I immediately knew I would have to eventually fight him to progress.

I've beaten every Metal Gear Solid game son. Stealth ain't got nothing on me.



His close up definitely gave me some Evil Within vibes.



I love the re-use of the Televisions. The new mask logo is much better than Heisenberg's in my opinion.



I managed to get the crystal, but I did suspect something was up as it was way too easy to get once you can "freeze" the molded.



This dude was ready for me, reminded me a lot of the Garrador from Resident Evil 4...



Back outside, I wonder where I have to go next.



Oh hell no, not Beneviento house...

Well, back to it tonight.

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So in total, it took me 3 sessions to beat Shadows of Rose.

I took it nice and slow, avoiding all manners of spoilers online. As it is tradition on the site, I always do an online blackout in order to avoid having anything spoiled for me (it's quite liberating actually, I should do that more often )

So here we go, there are some images below which could spoil the endgame for anyone who hasn't finished the DLC yet.

Shadows of Rose Day 3 Shadows of Rose Day 3

This fucking house. I hate it as much as I love it. I serious thought they could not pull of a second scare with the same environment. Boy I was wrong...



Anytime I hear a line like this in Resident Evil, I imagine anything with more than 2 legs. Nasty.



Oh hell no.



This shot was epic. Reminded me of The Void.



I would like to meet the person who created this asset. I would not want to see their reference folder though.

Nasty.



There it is, pretty easy to get actually.



Kicked her ass again. Much easier with Rose as she actually has powers.



Low and slow baby. Can't wait to give 3rd person mode a shot on the main campaign.

Loved this DLC. I still say (all) DLC from Resident Evil 7 is the best in quality and story telling.

There were a lot of unanswered questions left after Shadows of Rose.

Good questions though.

My body is ready for the Resident Evil 4 remake now.

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Village is getting free DLC for PlayStation VR2.

I'm usually not a fan of VR games, but this actually does look cool.

RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE VR MODE


The DLC will release on February 22nd. This will be a free update for PlayStation users.

RE7 VR was great, this actually does look like an upgrade in fun factor. Although, it will be curious to see if they slow down the gameplay to accommodate for VR.

The Beneviento section...