First hours at Resident Evil Village

While players are waiting for the arrival of another demo from Resident Evil Village, some world media have already gained exclusive access to the game and could spend several hours in it. In this article, I will try to summarize the latest information about this expected survival horror.

First of all, it must be said that the editors were given the opportunity to play up to 5 hours of play, which is a really large portion of playing time (such a remake of the third part can be completed in such a long time), but this probably only suggests that Resident Evil will be relatively long game.

At the same time, it is also appropriate to recall the beginning of the story (and I will not mention any spoilers, in short, only what Capcom has previously published). Ethan Winters and his wife Miu are unexpectedly attacked in the house by Chris Redfield, who not only kills Miu but also kidnaps her daughter Rosemary. Of course, Ethan wants to save her and gets to the nameless village after which the whole game is named. During the game, individual editors could look at the village, but also at the castle.

The main enemies in the village will be werewolves, which we could already see from yesterday’s demo (you can find impressions of it here). And fighting them is really not easy. They prefer to attack in packs, where they can easily defeat you, so it is better to barricade yourself in one of the houses and deal with them gradually. In addition, they are very fast, can well avoid your bullets and are even relatively intelligent. They can use melee weapons. At the same time, they can wait for you practically anywhere. They have no problem hiding in the bushes or waiting for you somewhere on the roof.

The village is full of various treasures and hidden objects, which we know mainly from RE4. It can be seen that the developers were really inspired by this work. For example, inventory is also very similar. Unlike the seventh volume or the last remakes, it is much larger, but the items take up space depending on how large they are. For example, such a shotgun will take up 1/3 of your inventory. At the same time, you can rotate the objects in various ways so that everything fits nicely into your inventory. You will collect key items designed to solve puzzles separately and do not take up space in the inventory.

In addition, as in other parts, you can make ammunition or first aid kits from items that you find during the survey. Then you also have a map, which is divided into 3 parts: outdoor areas, interiors and underground.

As you probably already know from the trailers, Lady Dimitrescu will be the main enemy in the castle. In short, it’s such an Ms. X. At least from the available shots, it looks like he’s going to chase you all the time and whenever he’s ready to use his metal claws. At the same time, you will come across three other vampires, which are also very dangerous and, most importantly, faster than Lady Dimitrescu. In addition, they can appear at virtually any time.

To some extent, the castle resembles Spencer’s residence from the first part. Inside, in addition to the enemies, you will also come across a lot of puzzles, which at first glance are a bit more elaborate than in the last parts. In addition, of course, you need to look for various keys or other objects that will help you open paths that are otherwise closed. As in the remake of the second part, for example, it will be absolutely crucial to plan your journey in advance, because you will definitely not want to meet one of the vampires in the corridor.

The new shots also confirmed that typewriters are returning where you can save the game. It looks like you can save at least on normal difficulty as often as you want. You won’t need any ink or anything like that. However, it is not yet clear how it is on higher levels of difficulty.

As in RE4, the trader will play an important role, in this case “Duke”. You can buy bullets, recipes for their production, as well as other items from him. In addition, you can upgrade your weapons, specifically their strength, rate of fire, magazine capacity and reload speed. You will buy everything for the money (“Lei”) that you collect by killing enemies, or if you sell the treasure found to the merchant. At the same time, you can have various dishes cooked with him, which will improve your skills. However, you will need meat from local animals for this.

If you are looking forward to the game and you own a PS4 or PS5 console, don’t miss the next demo, which this time will take us to the castle. It will be available from 25 April 19:00 until 03:00 the following morning. We will be able to spend 30 minutes in it again. For everyone else, both demos will be released in a complete version a week later, specifically from May 2 at 2:00 in the morning. You will be able to spend 60 minutes in the demo version and it will be available for 24 hours.

You can also remember our passage through the “Village” demo from yesterday:

The full game will be released on May 7 on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series.

You can pre-order the title in the store Xzone.

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