#so far..

Chapter One: Going Native, also Mia is still scary and Ethan referencing it doesn't help and MORE

1. Man I'm invested already because of the gothic fairy tale and Mia actually doesn't finish the story....... Foreshadowing!!!!

2. And Mia's VA is really hamming up her spooky voice, her anger at Ethan being his oblivious self, like she's still that scary. Also I feel like their model/face changed a lot but I guess that's more behind the scenes....

3. AND I'VE CALLED IT BEFORE!!! They are in the area NEAR the Village. Not too near, but near enough for Mia to have a scary fairy book from the MAD SUS OLD LADY from the trailers. Also she's cooking a real world Romanian soup ciurba de legume pretty neat.

4. And BAM! Chris and his guys attack Mia ONLY! And they even have Ethan go through military training prior from the start of the game!! They've been suspecting Mia!! (This is my theory: they THINK she's still got connections to her former company, the Connections, and they suspect she's started the violent attacks that have been happening around the larger area they're in. It also doesn't help that Mia is also suspecting something's off but she can't trust Ethan either, according to flashbacks...)

5. They take Rose (she's cute, idk how they scanned a baby for a model but movie science...) and I'm definitely agreeing to alot of people saying she's gonna likely end up like Sherry's situation where she'll be heavily monitored the rest of her life. Not fun 😔........

5. And yes, I think Chris got infected, after their convoy gets attacked. They've been foreshadowing it TOO MUCH.... unless I'm wrong.....

6. I like the part that I actually got lost in the small forest area and ended up circling back to the destroyed van. Graphics so real I got into a simulated lost-in-the-forest issue 😅

7. I also love the part where they pull a Resident Evil 7 vibe on one of the shacks that's way off the heart of the Village. This shack is a. Abandoned, b. Has spooky sounds, c. Has a basement, d. And makes a fake scare out with a rat until the real scare happens off-screen, hamming up how lucky Ethan is so far....

8. And BOOM! I see Lady Dimitrescu already no jk... But seriously, they hyped her so much in the game that when the entire valley with the village is displayed the Dimitrescu Castle TOWERS over everything (get it towers...? nvm)

9. And the destruction on the place. It's so detailed. They show the tragedy of how this place got mauled just like that just because these Houses felt like it. (I mean I'm gonna find out why soon) also Rose's toy was there too (flashbacks of Ethan doing a monke voice)

10. And that poor old man. He gave us the gun that we're probably gonna use for the rest of the game!

11. And I'm brought back to Resi 4 with Ethan trying to survive a horde! Until in one particular roof the Big Guy shows up and then..... They went for Bingo suddenly.

12. Also, in this particular area of the Village, Moreau's Reservoir is just behind. The trail of trickling water, if followed to the end corner, shows his locked gate. 👀