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Message: [QUOTE="breremarer, post: 465601, member: 61465"] I really loved it, honestly! It’s more story-focused than I’ve pretty much ever seen a mainline Resident Evil be, and thankfully I thought the story was great - a real cinematic highlight, for the franchise. It’s scary, thrilling, mordantly funny, and had a lot of heart. Gameplay feels like such an excellent implementation of the lessons learned both from the Remake series, and Capcom’s adventures in first-person perspective in 7 and 8. I loved how differently Leon and Grace played! It’s the rare two-hander in videogames, and both sides of it fit perfectly. (I played with the developer’s recommended POV for both characters) There were minor annoyances, sure. The switches between player characters could be jarring, especially in the earlier half of the game. The story is really tight, but it’s a [I]short[/I] game - I finished in just around 10 hours on Normal, without a guide. It doesn’t have a lot to bring me back yet, beyond higher difficulties and trophy hunting, which is a bit of a surprise for a full-price game. It feels like survival horror is really having a cultural moment again, and it felt so wonderful to play a Big AAA Horror Game that totally stuck the landing. I thought it felt like a triumphant victory lap for the 2020s era of the series, and even with caveats: I had a fuckin blast. [/QUOTE]

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