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Resident Evil Village wastes no time dropping us into the thick of things. After a short introduction to the game with Chris Redfield killing Mia and taking your daughter Rose, you are shortly there after dropped into the village this game is named after. After an immaculate view of the castle and surrounding village, you are dropped into a maddeningly hard encounter where you have to survive a siege from a hoard of Lycans. Note: Please please please do not play the Village Of Shadows mode on your first playthrough, even when I dropped the difficulty to Hardcore, this event tested my level of patience. Thankfully, the difficulty levels out to be fairly consistent after that. Most people are likely waiting for Dimitrescu and her 3 daughters to show up, and will likely be surprised with how little they appear in the game based on how prominent they were in the marketing. The level they appear in, Castle Dimitrescu, is an excellent area, massive in scale, reaching from the very depths of the dungeon to the top of the roof, the castle is filled many secrets to be found. Despite this, the castle does highlight a disappointment of the game, that's it's just not as scary as Biohazard or the 2 remake. Where as Mr. X hunting you down throughout the R.P.D. was incredibly tense, since it seemed he was somehow always one step ahead of you and could ruin your plans at the drop of a hat (Because you can shoot his hat off? Nothing? Whatever, it was dumb), Lady Dimitrescu or her daughters just aren't much of a threat chasing you around the castle. There are too many open areas where you can just run around them to evade them. Even their boss fights aren't much to scoff at. One of them is such a pushover it's almost comical. Despite this, the game is still really enjoyable. The final boss of Castle Dimitrescu, Dimitrescu herself, was such a spectacle to behold however, it well made up for some lackluster fights before her. After that, you have still have about 8-10 hours of game left, and it is definitely a lot of fun. The game takes you to a lot of interesting locales, from Heisenberg's madhouse of a factory, to House Beneviento, one of the only truly terrifying areas in the game, there's never a dull moment to be had. I found myself really enjoying the story of Village, and it goes to some wild places. The combat is very well refined, with a lot of fun enemies to shoot at. Overall, I'd have to give it a Village/10. Because Village is the 8th Resident Evil? That was stupid. 8/10.
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