There aren’t huge elaborate puzzles to complete or overly tricky areas (or a creepy mechanical figure that carves a puzzle solution into your arm), but rather a few small sections where it shouldn’t take you too long to figure out the solution. The encounters with Lucas’ traps in Resident Evil 7 were one of my favourite parts of the game, but they’ve been toned down a bit here. This means you’ll come across plenty of traps that need avoiding and puzzles that need solving, otherwise you’ll suffer a brutal, horrible fate.
Of course, you’re facing off against Lucas Baker – a trickster who always seems to be one step ahead of you. You won’t suffer with familiarity for too long though, since it takes you to some new locations within it – some of which tie in really well with the main story and what one of its characters went through.
Rather than feature an all-new environment, Not a Hero instead takes place in the caverns you visit towards the end of Resident Evil 7. It’s an interesting little game of cat-and-mouse played between him and Chris and it works well throughout the entirety of Not a Hero. Still, it’s nice to see Lucas’ tale wrapped up whilst I really enjoyed every scene he featured in both in this DLC and in the main game, it wasn’t something I personally wanted to see played out for too long or over future instalments. It doesn’t really come with any daring reveals though nor does it seem to be building to anything bigger in the future, which is slightly disappointing. Resident Evil 7 was such a breath of fresh air that you could’ve easily played through it in its entirety and not known it was a game in the franchise were it not for the arrival of Chris at the end – Not a Hero makes me feel like Capcom are gently reminding us that there’s a whole lot more to the universe than the seemingly isolated incident in Louisiana would let on and that this is definitely a Resident Evil game. It’s not that it’s not great to play as Chris Redfield, but rather that it almost felt forced in for the sake of feeling like an older Resident Evil title. It wasn’t to be though and instead we’re left with something that makes sense, but ultimately feels a little underwhelming. Don’t worry though, Chris hasn’t turned to the dark side instead, Umbrella have ‘changed their ways’ and reformed as a PMC that want to hunt down all BOW distributors throughout the world, which just so happens to include Lucas Baker.įans had so many theories regarding Chris’ arrival at the end of Resident Evil 7 and what this might’ve meant, including that it might not actually be Chris but rather HUNK – everyone’s favourite Umbrella badass. One of the twists at the end of the game was that Chris seemed to be working for Umbrella this time around – you know, the same villains who caused most of the problems throughout the entirety of the Resident Evil series. Best of all, it would feature veteran Resident Evil hero Chris Redfield what more could you want?Īfter a bit of a delay, Resident Evil 7: Not A Hero has finally released, and whilst it doesn’t necessarily answer all of the questions gamers might have been left with after the main game’s conclusion, it certainly provides a decent incentive to return to the Baker Estate.Īs mentioned, Resident Evil 7: Not A Hero puts you in the shoes of Chris Redfield as he looks to hunt down Lucas Baker following the conclusion of the main game.
Upon completing the game, I was excited to see that new story-related DLC was coming and that it would be free for all players – we live in a time where publishers cut content from releases and charge gamers for it, so this was incredibly refreshing. I’ve been a huge Resident Evil fan for years, and despite being slightly disappointed with some of the more recent titles in the series, Resident Evil 7 was a true return to form that somehow managed to completely evolve how the game played whilst also taking it back to its classic survival horror roots. WARNING – There are small story spoilers for Resident Evil 7 in this review.įormat(s): Playstation 4 (Reviewed), Xbox One, PCĭespite 2017 being a year of absolute stellar video game releases, my personal Game of the Year actually arrived back in January.
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