“The scariest Resident Evil I ever played.”
That’s one of several glowing endorsements Capcom curated from a number of E3 attendees after they had spent some time with the game’s VR demo. You’ll hear it in the video below, along with a brief chat with director Paul W.S. Anderson, who has shaped the direction the film adaptations have taken, for better or worse, since the very beginning. Anderson says he might do a short VR film next year, and after playing the Resident Evil 7 demo — available to download now, for free, on PlayStation 4 — it’s easy to see why.
The Resident Evil 7 demo is an interesting beast. It’s scary, scarier perhaps in its 20 minute-long running-time than the series has been for quite some time. It’s also not immediately identifiable as a Resident Evil game, but that’s probably for the best. You could argue Resident Evil 6 wasn’t either. This franchise is no stranger to the comprehensive reboot. Resident Evil has been remade, rebooted, remastered and reimagined so many times that I have to remind myself not to capitalize the ‘RE’ whenever I mention its latest incarnation.
I’m interested in seeing what you have to say about the demo, if you’ve had the chance to play it. And if you haven’t, it’ll come to other platforms soon.
