what a great game... some bullet pts:
- good level design, I don't think there was a single section of the game I wouldn't want to replay. maybe house beneviento since that area probably isnt as fun once you know the puzzles/scares/etc. good pacing too
- combat was fun but I felt like it never really escalated, there were never any crazy fights like in RE4 or something. the hardest moment in the entire game is that village fight in the very beginning. worst the game would throw at you was like two of those chainsaw arm guys and they died very fast. i was waiting for some room where i'd have to fight 200 werewolves, chainsaw guys, giants, etc but it never happened.
- this is arguably the dumbest plot i have seen in a AAA video game in years, the major reveal at the end of the game (ethan is a mold monster) is common sense shit that 99% of players probably figured out in the first 15 min of RE7 when Ethan gets his arm & leg sliced off and reattaches them with rubbing alcohol
- Wasn't a huge fan of how RE8 was loaded with basically every single horror stereotype, it made it hard to understand wtf the mold in the game is even doing, like how some people are werewolves, some are zombies, some are vampires etc. wish the developers stuck with one motif for the enemies and iterated on that instead of doing a little bit of everything
overall I thought it was a good game, I will probably replay in a few months. What did CE think