Resident Evil 7 - The Horror-Trope Juggler

This is all available content, except for Nightmare which is your average wave-based DLC; and Ethan Must Die, which was two hours of trial and error with no payoff. Needless to say, I was disappointed. 

"The Trick" as its own Video (If you want to fuck with people): https://youtu.be/uBTn3Nflfuc

Scene Selection:

Main Campaign - 0:00

Daughters DLC - 12:38

Bedroom DLC - 14:58

Blackjack DLC - 16:24

Jack's 55th Birthday DLC - 16:46

"The Trick" Explanation - 22:44

"The Trick" Itself - 24:11

Review (in case anyone asks): I guarantee most of the praise this game gets comes from it's breathtaking first two hours. Scenes that challenge player conceptions of the typical video game come out without warning, shocks and thrills abundant. Despite a flat protagonist, our narrative is full of intimidating and mysterious characters. Unfortunately, this begins to break down after the chainsaw-fight with Jack Baker. Before the end of this boss fight, it seemed adversity always triumphed every tool at your disposal. Got a gun? The Bakers are bullet sponges. Got a car? Jack will walk off a barrage of crashes to dispose of your getaway himself. Got a chainsaw? He's got two. It could be metaphorically drawn that the moment the game gives up in innovation is when your chainsaw is disposed off immediately after acquiring it. Imagine what kind of impossible horrors and thrills they'd have to invent when you have such an impressive tool at your disposal? Maybe cutting off enemies hands would create new problems as an animated limb attempted to crawl down your throat and tear you from the inside-out. Maybe the deputy that was supposed to “help” Jack in killing Ethan becomes one of the manor's horrors, stalking Ethan and keeping the police uninvolved. Maybe you'd need to cut your limb off again to fight off the infection, crippling your arsenal to hatchets and handguns.

But in the end, Alma from F.E.A.R. makes a cameo, the Bakers become a disposable threat, and the game leaves you in pointless mystery. The Chris Redfield campaign could add on to the story, but from what I've seen so far, I don't expect much. If you want this game, I recommend waiting for a Game of the Year edition to come out for $30. Otherwise, find your thrills elsewhere.