Resident Evil 7 - What you need to know

Resident Evil 7 has landed and horror returns in the latest entry to Capcom's popular survival horror series as it promises to go back to what made the series great again!

The Story of Resident Evil 7

Since the last entry in the series (Resident Evil 6) arrived a few years ago, Capcom have been trying to bring back a sense of survival horror that hasn't been seen since early Resident Evil titles and with the release of Resident Evil 7 today they're doing just that. Gone are the silly QTE events, we're shifting to a first person view this time to immerse the player in a whole different setting - but many of the series staples such as crafting and searching for items remains.

The series will shift gears and take on a kind of Texas Chainsaw Massacre approach, with tight areas and jump scares aplenty. As the game now has a new first person perspective you'll be right in the shoes of the lead character as he stumbles around inside a mysterious house, who are the Baker family? What secrets do they hide? And more importantly, have they ever heard of cleaning?

Resident Evil 7 puts you in the role of Ethan Winter as you travel to the tranquil village of Dulvey, somewhere in the marshes of the American Louisiana. Where you stumble upon the eerily creepy estate of the Baker family. Winter's wife Mia, who has been missing since three years, has given a life-sign. The property of the Bakers is considered a place of stay, but what lurks in their property? It'll be your job to find out and hopefully survive what awaits inside. And as you soon come to realize the Bakers themselves are not completely trustworthy. Winter stumbles alone in the house of the family alone, finds a crow in a microwave, intestines in cooking pots, rotten meat in the fridge and even half-decayed corpses, before he is beaten unconsciously by family head Jack Baker. Later Winter does not wake up from a bad dream - the nightmare is now a reality.

RESIDENT EVIL 7 biohazard - Trailers Recap

Resident Evil goes back to its roots in this next entry in the series - which is by far one of the biggest departures from the recent entries in the franchise and goes back to a more traditional sense of horror (not unlike games like Amnesia Dark Descent or Slender - The Arrival). To help you prepare we have put together a list of all the trailers into a handy playlist below which will let you view all of them in one place.

Should you want to give the game a shot before buying though, you can give the demo a try and with any luck you'll survive it wanting more! The game is clearly going in the right direction and I appreciate the return to classic horror instead of the button mashing QTE game recent games in the series adopted ;)

Resident Evil 7 System Requirements

Minimum for 1080P/30FPS

• OS: WINDOWS® 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (64-BIT Required)
• Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4460, 2.70GHz or AMD FX™-6300 or better
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 or AMD Radeon™ R7 260x with 2GB Video RAM

Recommended for 1080P/60FPS

• OS: WINDOWS® 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (64-BIT Required)
• Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 3770 3.4GHz or AMD equivalent or better
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 with 3GB VRAM

All setups will require at least 24GB HDD Space and Direct X 11 to be able to run the game, if you don't have this you'll not be able to play!

RESIDENT EVIL 7 / Biohazard Version Comparison

It can be a daunting experience not knowing exactly what you get with the different versions of a game on sale, so we've made it easier for you and broken down things into a lovely table to help you decide which version is right for you!

This Season pass will allow you to get all 3 DLC Packs for the game as soon as they are available for download. If you purchase the Deluxe Edition, you will not need to purchase the Season Pass separately. All Season Pass content will be available by December 31st 2017.

All versions (excluding the Season Pass) will come with the Survival Pack: Recovery Set for free which will give you an early unlock of the 'Madhouse Mode' difficulty as well as some herbs and other items to help you survive!

When will the Season Pass content be available?

Banned Footage Vol. and Banned Footage Vol. 2 will be arriving on February 21st for PC, the other DLC is still missing a release date.

Does Resident Evil 7 Have Multiplayer?

It does not, it's 100% good old fashioned Survival Horror Single Player!

Issues with Resident Evil 7? Let us help you!

Running a game can sometimes result in a messy time, from not knowing how to start the game to missing items from a pre-order. Luckily though we've got your back and have created a handy one-stop shop for all your Resident Evil 7 needs! Over on our help page you'll find a list of common troubleshooting problems and tips on various subjects which we'll update as frequently as we can to make sure you have the up to date list on issues with possible workarounds.

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