Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Review – Gamecritics.com

The Horror Crown ReclaimedHIGH Albert-01R.LOW Trying the game on a television after experiencing it in VR.WTF There is a severed hand in my inventory. Also, it’s mine.Sometimes being first is enough. There are swaths of games that are remembered fondly and have strong historical standing not because they were exceptionally good or well-designed, but because they were the first to appear on a system or they pioneered a new genre. Resident Evil 7 could have benefited from similarly low expectations by positioning itself as the first triple-A VR title, or even as the first major franchise to offera fully VR-focused game. Capcom didn’t have to turn out something incredible to earn a positive response, but by being incredible and likely the best game in the series, the accomplishment of RE7is that much more astonishing.At first glance, RE7 doesn’t seem to fit into the franchise. There are no preposterously young special forces vets with ludicrously colorful body armor, no zombie dogs leapin...