Resident Evil 8 – or Resident Evil Village – is officially happening, with a shiny new reveal trailer showing off in all its glory during the PlayStation 5 games event. Interestingly, there’s been a few leaks surrounding the game for the last few months, many of which were proven right when the trailer was finally revealed.
Of course, that doesn’t mean we can take leaks as the gospel truth, but it does mean we can definitely get out our magnifying glasses and have a look at some of the tweets of known RE leaker, AestheticGamer.
AestheticGamer correctly leaked a number of now-proven facts about Resident Evil 8, and they’re now claiming that the game will be the further departure from the beloved series to date.
Taking to Twitter to chat about the game, AestheticGamer shared: “[It] depends how you look at it, but I would say yes, yes it is [a bigger departure than RE 7]. For one thing despite the first-person, southern aesthetic of RE7, RE7 is very, very clearly a RE game, like it purposefully follows RE1’s structure a lot of the time. It’s also relatively self-contained.”
They went on to claim that though RE 8 is mechanically similar to 7, it’ll be “more daring,” blurring the lines of the series “not in a way to please everyone.”
“I recommend keeping an open mind with RE8, it is in many ways the biggest departure the series will take to date, but it got to where it is because it’s excellent,” they teased. “They’re taking a few risks with RE8, more than people know at this point, but they believe they have something truly special here, and I suspect it’ll be regarded by many down the line as a stellar Resident Evil game.”
They finished up claiming that Capcom is “trying entirely new things” with RE 8, teasing that it will be “very important for the series going forward, but I don’t really want to hint at what I mean by that for the time being.”
Chatting with another Resident Evil fan, AestheticGamer spoke a little on the game’s supposed structure, claiming that RE 8 will have a “bigger focus on exploration than any Resident Evil game,” with free-roaming, optional treasures and what could be a hint as side quests.
As always with leaks and rumours, take them with a pinch of salt. That being said, is this the RE 8 you’d like to see?
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