5 Ways Resident Evil 7 Is The Perfect Horror Game
1. Indulging In The Most Loveable Horror Clichés
A policeman - a deputy! - arriving to a haunted house with no backup? Check.
People who confuse love with hate and don't see the harm they're causing others? Check.
A quote from a different horror film? Check, and the circumstances of the line taken from Evil Dead 2 make it actually hilarious, when taking into account the overall seriousness of the game.
Leaving some questions unanswered, either because of laziness or their sequel-potential? Check.
Granted, not everyone loves cliches, but in horrors, when done right, they enrich the experience rather than serve as proof of poor writing. Resident Evil 7 succeeds as a horror game, because it ticks all the boxes when it comes to horror cliches, but also adds its own twist to them. This is what makes the game stand out among other titles.