Finished RE7 on PSVR. About 11,5 hours on medium.
I must say that this is the best RE game i played and i played almost all of them.
::REVIEW::
Initially i though this will be Outlast clone which i didn't like and i tried to even avoid it. But due to PSVR in my house and lack of VR games in general (especially non-indie ones) i decided to give it a try. So i went to allegro.pl and bought used physical copy. Since games from PSN are just out of the fucking orbit expensive (like 70-80$ in poland) i just bought used one for like 25$.
So after few days of waiting because 24 delivery somehow didn't work for some reason i managed to get my copy. So i strapped on PSVR, switched on game and i was prepared to be disappointed as we all know latest mainline RE games were mediacore as fuck. First of what i noticed was resolution. Or rather lack of it. While VR world is absolutely amazing to be "in" lack of resolution means that there are those annoying jaggies around reminding you that you are still poor bob in your chair and not Neo in matrix. At least that my expression after initial few moments when i was out there in "wilds" but once i got to home my problems went away. Cramped house with barely any scene where you have long distance view quickly fixed issues with quality and from that point from VR perspective it was relatively easy to "get into".
After initial scripted events i finally managed to start exploring on my own aaaaand..... it hit me. This is basically RE1 mixed with RE3. From that point like in RE1-3 i run around house trying to scavenge for supplies while trying to avoid dangers, looking for hidden passages, solving puzzles like in good old times. I fucking love level design. While at first everything felt small because you are supposed to just explore one big house, soon you realize that there is a lot more to that.
After those 11+ hours spend with RE7 i can pretty much say this is the best RE game of them all. It proves that sometimes old design choices which often are lost trying to "modernize" franchise were really working and there was nothing wrong with them in first place. Problem wasn't in design but execution. With RE7 devs went back to RE1 and asked themselves why that game was good and why people loved it and on that principle they made RE7.
On VR front like i said in review this is ESSENTIAL game to play once you get VR. While Capcom choice to restrict VR mode only to PSVR for a year is shit, it means also that very soon PC players will get to enjoy it in full glory with proper resolution and all bells and whistles. Exploring those haunted corridors, murky basements filled with filth etc is really something that can't be compared when you play game on your screen. I play now second playtrough without VR just to see difference for myself and i can pretty much say that without VR game feels half of what it is in VR.
I am amazed that Capcom actually delivered Incline when their RE franchise was reaching new bottoms with every new release since RE4. While i was fan of RE1-4, they lost me at 5 and 6. Now though after 7 i can't fucking wait for RE8.
Playing RE7 also made me realize that Silent Hill in VR would be even more amazing. It is a shame though that Konami these days make more pachinko machines than actual games (leaving aside fact that Team Silent is dead for almost decade)
After i will do second playtrough i will do Madhouse level of difficulty. From what i read this is game on its own. It changes placement of items, how enemies spawn, key items and best of all like in RE1 to save game at any moment you need casette tape.
TLDR: Amazing game in vein of Resident Evil 1. Unexpected incline. Amazing level design. First legit non racing VR game that proves VR is the future of gaming.