Resident Evil 7 - Lantern Demo Hands-on Preview

Resident Evil 7 – Lantern Demo Easily-on Preview

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I had a adventure to play the brand new Lantern demo at Gamescom 2022, and got suitably spooked. The demo sees you existence chased around a fairly linear firm past Marguerite Baker – the absent-minded wife of Jack Bakery, whom punches you in the face and kills your friends in the PS4's Resident Evil 7: Beginning Hour demo. You play a nameless girl, clearly terrified by Marguerite's pursuit, who must hide and sneak around the adult female in an effort to escape.
Marguerite'due south pursuit is ruthless and there's a few close calls, all while goading yous most wanting you to be a part of her "family," implying you're either non the kickoff, or in that location are many more where the Bakers came from. She follows you lot around the house closely, giving you a fairly linear path or progression, meaning the demo tin exist finished fairly quickly.

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An interesting description came when talking nearly the video tape nature of the demo – it uses a similar film grain recording effect that was seen in the Starting time Hour demo, later on accessing the video tape flashback sequence. I was told that these sections, these playable tapes, actually mostly supersede Resident Evil'southward classic notes and documents, letting players actually play the backstory instead of merely reading about it – a welcome change, given older Resident Evil games sometimes included writings of people "going mad," which usually resulted in some odd, fragmented dialogue and little else.
To supplement these tapes – or and so you tin can actually play them – the mansion of Resident Evil vii is littered with erstwhile CRT televisions and VCR players. That came straight from the representative's oral fissure – "mansion." No confirmations have been made about Resident Evil seven's setting other than what nosotros've seen in demos, merely it seems the mansion locale may brand a return – though judging by the Beginning Hour and Lantern demos, it does seem that large, dilapidated buildings are here to stay.
More volition be released about Resident Evil 7 in the stitch to its Jan 24th release appointment, including more information on that "Dummy Finger" (I made certain to ask almost that). 1 thing'due south certain: I won't play this in VR, because I'd likely need to change my pants a bit too regularly.

In example you missed it, here'southward a link to the latest trailer and screenshots from Gamescom 2022.