AFTER MY FIRST PLAYTHROUGH I WAS EITHER GUNNA GO FOR A SPEEDRUN (WHICH WOULD HAVE GIVEN ME THE CIRCULAR SAW AND I THINK X-RAY GLASSES FOR MADHOUSE) OR DO MADHOUSE (WHICH WOULD HAVE GIVEN ME INFINITE AMMO FOR SPEEDRUN) THE ONLY REASON I CHOSE MADHOUSE BEFORE SPEEDRUN WAS BECAUSE THE PROSPECTS OF GOING PAST 4 HOURS AND DOING THE SPEEDRUN ALL OVER AGAIN WOULD HAVE BEEN DEVASTATING BUT MADHOUSE- YOU REALLY REALLY REALLY NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO AND THE DIFFICULTY ISN'T EVEN THE HARDEST THING ABOUT IT - IT'S THE FACT THAT RETRIES USUALLY WILL SET YOU WAYYYY FAR BACK AND YOU ONLY GET LIMITED SAVES I WILL TRY TO EDIT OUT THE 'GETTING BACK TO WHERE I WAS WHEN I HIT RETRY' AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE! I MIGHT GET A LITTLE TOO EXCITED HERE SINCE I WAS LONGING FOR SOME KIND OF SILENT HILL / SILENT HILLS P.T TYPE LEGIT GENRE GAME (THE MOST RECENT WAS the evil within which was crap garbage) SO LET ME PREFACE BY SAYING THAT WHILE RE7 WAS AN 'EXCELLENT VERY SATISFYING' GAME, IT WAS BY NO MEASURE ON PAR WITH A GAME LIKE BLOODBORNE AND DARK SOULS 3- RE7 IT APPEARS TOOK THEE BEST ELEMENTS OF SILENT HILLS P.T (THE FIRST PERSON AND VISUALS), the evil within, SILENT HILL, AND OUTLAST (EVADING SEEMINGLY OMNIPRESENT MONSTERS; ONE PER SEGMENT) AND IT TAKES IT ALL TO THE NEXT LEVEL THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT FLAW I EXPERIENCED WITH THIS GAME IS THAT AIMING (WHICH IS OFTEN THE CASE WITH CONTROLLERS) WAS PRETTY ANNOYING ESPECIALLY SINCE MOST OF THE TIME THE MONSTERS MOVE TOO FAST TO MAKE IT REALISTIC TO SHOOT THEM UNLESS YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY WILL APPEAR; ALSO BY THE SAME TOKEN THERE WERE TROLL MOMENTS LIKE YOU TAKE 3 STEPS FORWARD AND A MONSTER COMES OUTTA WHERE THEN YOU TURN AROUND AND THERE'S 4 MORE THAT JUST SPAWNED RIGHT BEHIND YOU- WITH ALL THAT SAID THE GAME WAS THOROUGHLY ENTERTAINING ON THE FUN-O-METER AND I HAD MANY (OH SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) MOMENTS I SHOULD GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY: I INSTALLED THE PRE-ORDER BONUS WHICH WAS SOME KIND OF FIRST AID PACKAGE BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER I GOT ALL THE MAJOR BONUS ITEMS THAT I DISCOVERED IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY INSTALL! THIS WOULD/COULD HAVE BEEN A SIGNIFICANT BOOST FOR MY FIRST PLAYTHROUGH- I REALLY ENJOYED THE STORYLINE AS WELL- THERE IS A KINDOF 'TWIST' NEAR THE END THAT ADDS A KIND OF DEPTH THAT MOST STORYLINES IN THIS GENRE DON'T AND I REALLY LIKED HOW IN THE END AFTER THE MINES YOU CIRCLE AND CONNECT RIGHT BACK TO THE GUEST HOUSE WHERE EVERYTHING STARTED! TO DATE, I'VE COMPLETED THIS ON NORMAL, THEN ON MAD HOUSE, THEN ON EASY TO GET THE UNDER-4-HOUR BONUSES- THERE ARE OTHER THINGS TO DO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY REQUIRE 2-4 ADDITIONAL PLAYTHROUGHS LIKE GETTING THE TROPHIES AND THERE IS ALSO THE DLC MODES WHICH APPEAR TO BE A LOT MORE CHALLENGING- HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THESE YET AND DON'T KNOW WHEN I WILL ^_^! OH YEAH SINCE THIS WAS MY VERY FIRST PLAYTHROUGH I HIT THE FIGURATIVE 'RETRY BUTTON' MANY MANY TIMES FOR TRIAL AND ERROR- YOU'LL SEE WHAT I MEAN! 9.0 OUT OF 10!!! RE7 2ND TIME PLAYTHROUGH (MADHOUSE!) PLAYLIST: • RESIDENT EVIL 7 2ND PLAYTHROUGH (MADHOUSE ... RE7 FIRST TIME PLAYTHROUGH PLAYLIST!: • RESIDENT EVIL 7 (NORMAL) FIRST TIME PLAYTH... RE4 (PS4) PLAYTHROUGH: • RESIDENT EVIL 4 HD REMAKE RE6, RE1 REMASTER, RE0 REMASTER: http://www.dailymotion.com/ApexPREDAT...