Very gimmicky and linear. Felt like Capcom threw a bunch of shit at the wall to try to get it to stick, (you guys like Super Mario Sunshine and Alan Wake???) which really was not necessary. All anyone needed was more areas to explore and solve puzzles, maybe some more weapons, some more horror sections to give the main game more meat on its bones, more time with the main villains. But the little you get to explore is very sectioned off parts of the castle, the little horror you get is a retread of a moment from the base game, and then it is... stealth sections??? Oh god.

I wanted to this to be good because the final part of the RE8 campaign tease left me feeling interested, but this was not a very compelling follow up to it in my opinion. Rose has some of the worst dialogue in the entire series, worse than Jake, worse than Moira, and her one-liners are so bad. During a boss fight, a character screams "This is STUPID!!!", and you know what? I have to agree.

It feels like Capcom is getting rid of all of those last holdovers from RE7, which is a shame. The series finally came back to its survival horror roots and won everyone back over again, and now we are already heading back into the territory of action games with really bad plots.

At least we got RE7 I guess.