(CONTAINS SPOILERS) I found this game very underwhelming. To be honest the graphics weren’t that great, nearly the same as they were for 7, you’d think over 4 years later they might be better, plus the textures didn’t load correctly and were pretty poor.
For the gameplay it was okay, not that scary just very unsettling, the scariest part were the jump scares and the giant baby + heisenberg’s factory. I found myself getting really bored throughout the game, most of the puzzles were too easy and the bosses/enemies were way too easy to kill. The “puzzles” being “find the key”, key being literally one foot away. I played standard and played some on hardcore and the difference between both modes when killing the Lycans is ridiculously harder??
I don’t think the game itself was THAT bad but it’s such a downgrade from resident evil 7 and the 2 and 3 remakes so it was a huge disappointment. The story was a waste of time just to get that ending and it almost seemed like they needed a way to kill Ethan off without making fans mad. Also why didn’t Ethan question how his hand literally went back on his arm? Or how he fought the biggest boss of the game with no heart? It doesn’t make sense. And the TIME SKIP again, we’ll never play Chris, Claire, or Elon ever again probably, with a 15+ year time jump they’re gonna be old as hell and possible unplayable so we’re just gonna end up playing as overpowered Rosemary moldwinters for the next 5 new games. I really wanted to love this game, after judging 7 for so long till I finally beat it a month ago and now I love the game, this one doesn’t even touch 7, honestly.