Resident Evil: Village

Die Gold-Edition von Resident Evil Village ist eine tolle Möglichkeit, die komplette Kampagne und all ihre zusätzlichen Inhalte zu erleben. RE:Verse ist ein großes Versäumnis und der Söldner-Modus allenfalls nett, aber die Third-Person-Kamera und die Erweiterung mit Rose machen das allemal wett.

Capcom setzt mit Resident Evil Village das Experiment Ethan Winters fort und schließt dessen Akte auf eine beeindruckende Weise. Der spielerische Mix aus Teil 4 und 7 überzeugt mit rasanter Action, einer packenden Handlung und einigen Überraschungen.

Shadows of Rose was surprisingly tense, and lifts up the Winters’ Expansion DLC as a whole. That said, I would have liked to have seen a lot more of it, as it felt like the narrative was just getting started with Rose’s powers before it ends.

When all is said and done, Resident Evil Village: Winters’ Expansion is DLC done right. The expansion manages to expand upon things and give me modes and features I didn’t even realize I wanted until I had it. Not to mention that the real star of the show, Shadows of Rose, is Resident Evil storytelling at its absolute best.

As a package, the Winters' Expansion is a necessary addition to any Resident Evil fan. The added content for Mercenaries is just the temptation needed for new players to take on the mode’s challenges (or a reward for those that already have), and Rose’s story is a perfect conclusion to the Ethan Winters saga.

Resident Evil Village is a genuinely engrossing and increasingly combat-heavy continuation of the Ethan Winters story.

Resident Evil 7 was an excellent return to the horror underpinnings of the franchise, but cunningly altered with new ideas and a new perspective. Similarly, Village is an intelligent reintroduction of the best action elements of Resident Evil.

Village doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to horror, but a consistent rollout of new weapons and tools makes it hard to walk away from these terrors.

Lady Dimitrescu’s towering presence is just the tip of the iceberg of what Resident Evil Village offers. This game takes everything you know about the iconic horror series and dials it up to eleven!

New additions to The Mercenaries make the Winters' Expansion for Resident Evil Village worthwhile, but Shadows of Rose is a fleeting slice of forgettable story DLC.