Resident Evil Village

YOU HAVE BEEN LIED TO. In trailers, early showings, and generally all press materials, Resident Evil 8 was shown to be a game about a tall vampire lady who pursued you through a crumbling mansion. And it’s really kinda not.

There is a tall vampire lady, of course, and she’s one of the best things about the game, but her presence takes up barely 25 percent of its runtime—she’s effectively the tutorial. The section involving her is also over too early, frontloaded in a plot that also involves her daughters, four other boss characters, werewolves, faked deaths, parasites, bio-organic weapons, Chris