Resident Evil Village

Resident Evil VILLAGE is a 2021 survival horror game developed and published by Capcom. It was released on May 7, 2021, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Stadia.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The next theme now goes further into a more mythical setting set in an unknown European village (implied to be in Romania) with many of the creatures and myths based on Romanian folklore.
 * 2) Still a fantastic visuals thanks to the power of the RE Engine.
 * 3) Fun gameplay with lots more content and secrets overall improving over RE7, the weapon variety has been expanded, more levels and shops appear.
 * 4) The shop system returns along with a currency system which can be used to buy weapons, upgrades and also food items that can be made to modify stats. Various items in addition can be scavenged and be sold for currency as well.
 * 5) Much greater open world, you get to explore the entire village and its sub areas. The map has many areas from a large palace, abandoned mansion, a reservoir and even an underground factory!
 * 6) The voice acting is still great.
 * 7) Fantastic creepy ambience music.
 * 8) The enemy variety is a huge step up in comparison to the prequel which they are greatly challenging. The Lycans are aggressive and agile enemies able to dodge rather than the slow and tanky Molded. There are more variants of Lycans as well with some being armored or wielding weapons, Gigantic types and sometimes feral ones. Other than Lycans and zombies, the range is diverse as well with Flying vampires and even robot zombies appearing!
 * 9) Mother Miranda and the village lords are amazing new villains in Resident Evil franchise.
 * 10) Great plot, with Ethan having to rescue his baby daughter from a cultist leader. In addition, the twist climax while may have been predictable, does actually explain why Ethan is so much durable than normal humans able to resist painful mutilations and dismemberment in which Ethan was infected with the Mould while being in the Baker Residence.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The Windows version of the game was noted to suffer from performance problems, particularly during intense combat.
 * 2) Missed Opportunity: The villagers living in a European village have no native accents, they sound American which is very intrusive to the setting. It can be also questionable on the fact they speak English as well (though this is fair for the player's convivence).

Reception
The game has received mostly positive reviews from critics and gamers. It holds a 83% on Metacritic.

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