It's a game that I hated to admit that I liked, and somehow it fits its theme of hipster teen angst ironically enough. I liked to bash this game for what it does poorly, and I still do, I think it's a pretentious hot mess of ideas that has that sense of cheesy "indie xd" charm that I admittedly and shamefully still kinda like. It reminds me of an older self that related to those poorly written douchebags, it's a good guilty pleasure of mine for the wrong reasons, it's one of those good bad things.

It's more influenced by contemporary horror games than it's influenced by the older RE games, the birthday section is the biggest proof of that.
You can also tell that enemy design and placement have taken a backseat this time which was one of the most important aspects of a Resi game, they're too limited and (mostly) unavoidable too this time around, there's also less backtracking in this game so you cant consider the possibility of meeting those enemies again. Exploration feels more linear and scripted and puzzles are pretty much nonexistent here.
I tried to treat it as it's own thing rather than comparing it to other games from the franchise but i ended up feeling like i've seen better from this style of games, this game feels like an imitation of the RE games more than it is a return to form for the franchise