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The Resident Evil 7 demo has been downloaded 2 million times

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Depending on your level of fandom for the series, The Resident Evil 7 demo has either been an intriguing look at the future of Capcom’s zombie-infested survival horror, or a middling disappointment that’s turned the series in to PT instead of focusing on what made Resident Evil so good in the first place.

Called The Beginning Hour, the demo is a first person jump-scare fest, that has you playing as a non-Stars member walking and trying to solve the puzzles contained in its creepy house. It’s also become a record breaking demo, garnering over 2 million downloads.

“We would like to thank all our fans for the feedback and support – the nail-biting exploration and terrifying atmosphere in the demo is just a taste of what can be expected when the game releases on January 24, 2017.”

In the same breath, Capcom admitted that the finger, a puzzle item in the demo that’s got thousands of fans flabbergasted is, for now, a little useless.

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“The path for now is closed, but patience…” says a teaser image, suggesting that that’ll change in the near future.

Resident Evil 7 is coming to PC and console in January, and will feature a VR experience of PlayStation VR owners. The game will also not have any quick time events and feature a completely different protagonist to the dullard in the Beginning Hour. Capcom says that the game will be more true to its roots – at least narratively – than the demo suggests.

 

Last Updated: July 4, 2016

9 Comments

  1. Umar

    July 4, 2016 at 09:18

    Initially wasn’t impressed but I kind of dig the approach they’re taking. Resident Evil in first person is an exciting prospect given that it’s not going to be a run and hide game. I’m praying for it be like a mix of ZombiU, Condemned and P.T

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    • Original Heretic

      July 4, 2016 at 09:34

      Zombi is freakin cool. Been jamming it on PS4. Was doing SO well, staying alive (insert Bee Gees soundtrack), and then I encountered my 1st scuba zombi. One cricket bat whack later and I was exploded just like it was. Blegh.

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      • Umar

        July 4, 2016 at 09:48

        Lol Yeah, you need to be careful of those ones. It gets worse when they all bum rush you as well.

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  2. Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

    July 4, 2016 at 09:42

    I’ll wait for more info before being the cynic I always am. But hearing Capcoms name doesn’t thrill me at the moment

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    • Jonah Cash

      July 4, 2016 at 10:18

      I’ll just wait for @umarbastra:disqus to review it. Sure he will know if it good or not. Also he might shine a light on what genre of survival horror exactly this is. I just want Resi 2 again, not too many guns and bullets and just a few jump scares but atmospherically very scary!

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      • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

        July 4, 2016 at 11:07

        This is true

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      • RinceThis

        July 4, 2016 at 20:59

        If Umar reviews it it’ll get a 9.5/10 with more bells and whistles than an evening at Maveriks… I mean 0_O

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  3. Scottie

    July 4, 2016 at 12:54

  4. RinceThis

    July 4, 2016 at 20:58

    Not interested. First person? GITFS

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