Dare You Enter?

Third-person? Gone. Multiplayer? Dead. Our nerves? Shattered. Resident evil vii: biohazard is rewriting the resi rule book, and the results are even more terrifying than we feared.

- Tom Stone

GET OUT. JUST GET OUT. DON’T THINK ABOUT THE KNIFE THAT ALMOST TOOK ONE OF YOUR EYES. IGNORE THE OLD WOMAN, WATCHING SILENTLY AS YOU BREAK FREE FROM YOUR BONDS. LOOK AWAY FROM THE DINNER TABLE, STACKED HIGH WITH THE ROTTING OFFAL THEY TRIED TO FORCE DOWN YOU. ETHAN. GET. OUT. YOU LEAVE THE ROOM AND RUN TO THE FRONT DOOR. LOCKED. YOU TURN AND HEAD FOR THE STAIRCASE. BROKEN AND BLOCKED. YOU TAKE A RIGHT AND RUN DOWN THE CORRIDOR, THEN ABRUPTLY STOP, SWALLOWING A SCREAM. HE’S RIGHT THERE. STANDING AT THE END OF THE CORRIDOR. HE’S NOT LOOKING IN YOUR DIRECTION NOW, BUT YOU’VE GOT SECONDS BEFORE HE NOTICES YOU. SLOWLY, YOU TAKE A STEP BACK. NOT SLOWLY ENOUGH. JACK BAKER TURNS AND SEES YOU. HE GRINS. “HELLO THERE! HOW YOU BEEN?” HE ASKS, FULL OF HIGH SPIRITS. HE STORMS UP AND BURIES HIS AX INTO YOUR FACE. YOU ENJOY ALL THIS IN UP-CLOSE-AND-PERSONAL, UNCOMPROMISING FIRST-PERSON...