Famitsu have spoken to Kawada Massao, the producer of Resident Evil 7, and Nakanishi Koushi, director of the game, and Play-Asia have thoughtfully translated the whole lot. They say they have completed around 65% of the game and have been working on it since February 2014.
“The game has evolved over the years, what with the change in camera angle/gameplay like RE4 and of course in RE7 and also the zapping system in RE2,” explained Nakanishi. “We like to keep the games faithful to the story and series, but we also like to challenge new ideas and implement them into the latest games in the series.”
“During the early development of RE7 I got to sit down and actually play it, during this time I was overwhelmed with nostalgic memories of playing the very first Resident Evil game,” adds Kawada. “The scares and the creepy factor was all there and this time it’s at new high levels.”
“We wanted the series core fan base to have the same feelings they did in their favourite games of the series, taking every step slowly as anything could be round the corner ready to increase their heart rate to high levels,” said Nakanishi. “There are no battles in the teaser demo but we still created it with fans thinking “Now this is the Resident Evil I love!!”
If you have played the “First Hour” demo once on the PlayStation store it’s worth going back and having a few play throughs, there are different endings and things change, not to mention scary ghost girl who pops up in the background.
“There will be some gimmicks that people may not even run into at all,” explains Kawada, “You may have a friend or partner etc who will notice something and say something like “Wait… what was that?…”. We wanted a preview of the sensation that you will be able to experience in the main game when it releases.”
Along with Umbrella Corps and Resident Evil 7, it seems there is another game in the series on the way. “With games such as “RE7”, the shooter “Umbrella Corp” and the yet to be announced “awaited title”, we want people to really enjoy what RE can still offer and the variety of the games that’s will be released,” said Kawada.
Capcom sneakily teased that Resident Evil 7 would be first person PlayStation VR back at E3 2016. At that time they were showing off a VR horror demo called Kitchen, check out the logo for it, specifically the T.
Well played Capcom, well played.
Source Famitsu via Play-Asia
