Matt James

That's the star of the show.

That, to me, which is in the first half of the game.

is just an immaculately designed piece of gaming real estate and intricately designed as well.

There's something...

so additive to walking around such a well-designed environment that I think we sort of stray away from in the second half of the game.

It's still excellent in the second half, but the environments aren't quite as rich once you leave that hospital.

But you're talking about the two gameplay styles.

I think you, as someone who's come to this as a relative noob to the series, from a gameplay perspective,

this is an excellent place to jump into the series because it really does show you the full breadth of what the series is capable of.

From a story perspective, I don't think that this is the best place to jump into the series.

I think it'd be better served as a newbie to jump in on maybe Resident Evil 2 remake, maybe even the old Resident Evil 1 remake on GameCube, if you could dig that up.

It's interesting to hear your response to...

those two different play styles.

You seem to enjoy them both.

Have you played Resident Evil 4?

Resident Evil 4 Remake?

No.

Yeah, I was actually, you know, there is, without spoiling anything, there is an encounter later in the game that I think, Ben, you probably walked into feeling like, should I, they seem to be like, it seems to be like a hype moment that may be going over my head a little, whereas I encountered this particular encounter and was like, oh my God, this is one of the coolest things they've ever done.

But I feel like they structure the game and they frame everything in a way that like,

I don't feel like noobs to the series like yourself really felt like you were lost in the lore.