The latest game from venerable horror series Resident Evil is the worthy recipient of our Best Horror award. For more accolades, head to the GOTY 2021 hub, which we’re updating through the rest of the month.
Jacob Ridley, Senior Hardware Editor: Resident Evil Village is a much more fast-paced game than you might expect off the back of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. For that, it’s the Resident Evil game I’d recommend to those who haven’t tried one before, as in between all the body horror there’s a whole lot of running-and-gunning.
It also blends so many excellent horror game staples into a single, fluent game. Each primary ‘area’ of the map feels like a discrete experience, some focusing on action and others downright haunting. And each one is home to a well-written, and well-acted, paranormal mob boss. Resident Evil Village feels like a horror game built to cater to most horror fans, and while that may sound like overreaching, Capcom manages to thread the needle exceptionally…