![]() ![]() ![]() werewolves it seems both are on the same side, with the head of the werewolves being Lady Dimitrescu’s younger brother. And rather than the story involving vampires vs. What exactly is going on in terms of the story remains tantalisingly obscure, with no mention of Umbrella or any kind of science fiction elements in anything we saw. It’s hard to be scared by a game by just watching someone else play it, which is probably why survival horrors are never very popular on Twitch et al., but you can still sense the tension, given the excellent graphics and sound design. Things start off slow though, with Ethan unarmed and creeping around the village looking for some kind of weapon. Human characters look impressively realistic and yet the game seems able to feature several characters on screen at once, even during combat. The gameplay has been recorded on a PlayStation 5, so not even a PC, and yet it looks fantastically real, with some great night scenes that show of the lighting and weather effects perfectly. Although what’s obvious from the footage, and the playable demo, is that the graphics are a noticeable step up. Village is essentially Resident Evil 8, so the basics of the gameplay, including the first person view, are very similar to Resident Evil 7. At the same time though we’ve also been given just over an hour’s worth of hands-off footage to watch – the sort of thing we’d normally see if physical press events were still a thing – which shows yet another side to the game. On paper, Capcom has shown quite a bit of Resident Evil Village so far, with several trailers, the Maiden demo in January, and the playable demo that, if you’re a PlayStation owner, you were able to download last weekend. As the pandemic’s delayed effect on the video games industry becomes more obvious, a launch of this size may remain a novelty for several months, or even years, which puts even more pressure than usual on those games that do make it this far. ![]() When Resident Evil Village is released in a couple of weeks’ time it will be almost the first major multiformat release of the year. GameCentral gets to watch more than an hour of Resident Evil Village in action, including werewolf combat and more of Lady Dimitrescu. Resident Evil Village -Lady Dimitrescu is a lot chattier than Mr X (pic: Capcom) ![]()
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