End of Zoe is perhaps the best of Capcom's post-launch support for Resident Evil 7, being much more substantial in terms of original content than all of the others, which while decent mostly consisted of reused assets repurposed in different contexts. End of Zoe does feel entirely at odds with RE7's tone, but it carves its own path while still weirdly enough expanding on its world setting. EoZ features an almost entirely melee combat system which while not particularly deep is still fun to pull off within its short runtime. Joe Baker as a protagonist does come entirely out of nowhere but his ignorance and his determination to save Zoe are immediately endearing. The game consists of primarily new environments meaning it's the first of RE7's DLC to feel truly fresh. The boss fights are also really fun, especially the two against the swamp man, whose abilities rival your own, and the second fight especially feels like a brutal fight to the death. It still manages to feel enough like RE7 in some ways, like keeping some degree of stealth and atmosphere despite the more goofy tone. The only real flaws I can think of are that the alligators are fairly annoying as enemies, as they practically instakill you when you get too close. It's easy to overcome but it can lead to a few cheap deaths. Nevertheless, its fairly clear to me that End of Zoe is the part of RE7's DLC that shines the brightest, and is therefore the easiest to recommend.

Reviewed on Sep 05, 2023


Comments