Overview:

The 9th installment of the ongoing Resident Evil franchise, you take the reins of newcomer Grace Ashcroft as she is tasked to find clues about some murders that happened at the scene of a very traumatic incident in her past.  Also joining the frey is seasoned veteran Leon Kennedy to get to the bottom of the murders plaguing the city.  Unfortunately shit pops off from the very beginning and your ultimate goal is to survive.  The characters bring two different types of gameplay to the series with Grace being more of a hide and seek style while Leon is your traditional action hero who just mows everyone down.  You also play as Grace in first person [I switched it back to third person because of motion sickness] while Leon plays in third person.  It is a very effective shift for the series and adds a little bit of flavor to the game.

Visuals:

Every time a new tent pole game releases I’m always kind of underwhelmed by the visuals in the game.  They always look either like stylized shit or something from a previous generation.  In this case, RE9 looks amazing.  The characters look super detailed and very unique.  This goes for all the main players as well as the enemies.  The latter look particularly disgusting and I love it.  The environments are also wonderful but are not really different enough from most Resident Evil games.  Regardless, they still look incredible!

Audio:

I never knew that talking zombies would be so unpleasant.  To hear a zombie toiling about their past life is kind of disturbing and makes me want to avoid them.  Every enemy, so far, seems to talk which does add a nice twist when a giant blob looking creature is blaming you for everything that went wrong in their life.  The atmosphere of the game is very moody with creaks and groans happening in every corner.  Makes you dread every room you go into.

Completion:

So far I have just escaped from the Hospital and things have just got pretty bad for Grace.  Leon, on the other hand, is just dealing with his shit.  Either way, I’m loving this game but I’m having a hard time playing it because I really don’t like jump scares or scarcity of materials, but that’s just how Resident Evil games have always been.  Still a good’un!