Village’s charms, but playing it definitely feels like a mash-up. From
RE7’s first-person perspective, gifting the game a more immersive, horrifying experience, to
RE4’s creepy European village setting and its approach to inventory management, it s hard to escape the sense that Capcom wanted to combine the highlights of two of its best-received entries in the series.
Resident Evil Village may, for long term players of the franchise, feel more like a Best Of album
Picking up three years after
Resident Evil 7,
Village returns protagonist Ethan Winters, now living in a remote Romanian village far from the Louisiana hell he rescued wife Mia from. An idyllic life beckons, with the couple having recently welcomed daughter Rose to the world – until series stalwart Chris Redfield storms their new home, guns down Mia, and captures Rose and Ethan. At some point after being knocked unconscious by the friendly end of an assault rifle and dragged into a convoy, Ethan awakens in