Capcom thinks first person in Resident Evil 7 was too scary

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Capcom thinks first person in Resident Evil 7 was too scary

The Resident Evil franchise took a new turn with the release of its seventh installment in 2017. The IP went back to its horror roots and opted for a first-person view. This more immersive FPS dimension traumatized some players (especially in VR).

Now, Capcom prefers to give players the choice between first-person and third-person views. The option was provided via DLC in Resident Evil Village and will be included directly in Resident Evil Requiem. Director Koshi Nakanishi explained this change in an interview with GamesRadar.

"Looking back at Resident Evil 7's first person perspective, I implemented that as a way to make it more immersive and more scary than ever before, which I think most you know media and players agreed it was an incredibly scary game, but it was possibly too scary."

"I think some people couldn't handle it, and either couldn't finish or didn't even start it. And that's something that I look back on thinking that, you know, I want to make sure that people can enjoy this game."

"So if you started the game off in first person perspective, and you're finding it's too much, then third person is almost a way to step slightly back from that level of horror and make it slightly easier to deal with by having the character on screen as a kind of Avatar of yourself."

Resident Evil Requiem will be released for PS5, Xbox Series S|X and PC on February 27, 2026.

Source: gamesradar.com

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