Resident Evil Village: Beginner’s tips and tricks
Resident Evil Village is awesome. But there are a few things I wish I’d known before playing.
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Resident Evil Villageis an awesome entry in the legendary franchise, bringing us up to eight mainline games across various additional spin-offs. If you’re familiar with Resident Evil (particularly Resident Evil 4), there isn’t anything here particularly new to the franchise (aside from truly stunning next-gen visuals). That being said, there are a few things here and there that I do wish I’d known before diving in, and I thought I’d share those with you to stop you from making the same mistakes I did.
Here are five quick-fire tips on how you can overcome the spooky village, and ultimately save Ethan’s family.
1. Combat tips
Combat in Resident Evil Village is somewhat similar to Resident Evil 7 in that it’s from a first-person perspective. However, Ethan notes during the opening that he had some combat training from Chris Redfield in between the two games. This manifests with Ethan being able to run faster, and also perform a parry attack that came from the Chris Redfield DLC in Resident Evil 7.
2. Upgrading weapons and stats
This somewhat feeds into the combat tips section, but I arbitrarily decided I wanted to hit five subheadings so this gets its whole own section. Unlike Resident Evil 7, RE: Village has a more granular progression system, allowing Ethan to boost some of his stats slightly, alongside the more traditional weapon upgrade parts system from yesteryear.
3. Backtrack and explore
Exploration remains a big part of Resident Evil Village, with a relatively large maze of intersecting locations to peruse and loot. After the introduction and Castle Dimitrescu parts of the game, you will gain access to new areas, complete with the ability to backtrack. Upon completing other story areas, the connecting “Village” portion of the game gets updated with new items, and occasionally, new enemies.
4. Farming Lei currency
This riffs a bit on the exploration and backtracking section a bit, but the main currency of Resident Evil Village is “Lei,” mostly accrued via exploration. You can’t reallygrindLei, since there is essentially a set number of enemies and collectibles in the game, but here’s how you can maximize what you can get in any given playthrough.
5. Replayability and New Game+
Resident Evil Village takes cues from some previous Resident Evil games with robust post-game support. Here’s an overview of what you can expect when you complete the game, and the things you can do to maximize your experience on your first playthrough.
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And that’s a wrap!
Resident Evil Village is an incredibly fun game that celebrates 25 years' worth of horror history with multiple gameplay styles in a relatively beefy 10-hour campaign. The post-launch replayability is also impressive, with plenty of unlockable weapons and insane challenge modes that should keep completionists busy until the first real DLCs begin to drop in the future. I’d quite easily call it one of thebest Xbox gamesof thenow, and certainly one of the best Xbox horror games.
If there’s anything else you’d like to know about Resident Evil Village, drop a comment below and I’ll try to answer your questions. One final tip: play in the dark with headphones.
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