a massive improvement over 7 (which was already a great game) and pretty close to a masterpiece. good mix of action and horror. actually, the part i expected to be the least scary (the obligatory balls-out action focused final area that's in every RE game) was the scariest to me.

i like the overall brand of horror, it's unique and something i'm glad to see from the resident evil series. it's less focused on pure biological horror, like previous RE entries, and is more moody and weird. not the same type of tension of RE7, but it definitely didn't abandon horror or anything. there's even a section of the game that goes all out psychological horror, which admittedly wasn't my favorite level but it was unique and i applaud the RE team for trying something different.

can't wait to dig into some mercenaries and NG+ runs. i need those infinite ammo weapons