It reminded me of moments from Resident Evils 1, 2 and even 4, at times. It’s easily the best of the post-game content, even the final paid chapter. The new enemy types make you rethink how you play, sometimes even causing you to panic as you’re thrown into a situation that’s beyond your current ammo count or because you’re missing something needed to progress. I loved my time with Not A hero, chasing after Lucas Baker and exploring an entirely new area created exclusively for this DLC.
#NOT A HERO RE7 NO COMMENTARY SERIES#
Overall, there are a number of nods to the first two games in the series here it feels like a bit of a love letter to the series, possibly even a proper goodbye to the old style, perhaps getting ready to usher in a new generation of Resident Evil games that follow the template set by 7. There’s no getting around it, there is a bit too much focus on action and a complete lack of proper puzzles, but there is a little bit of the Metroidvania theme of the original games in Not A Hero. Also, because you’re prepared for the fight, with a fairly powerful handgun and shotgun at your disposal. Like me, you might have been a bit worried about this epilogue, simply because you’re back fighting the Molded once again. While this does remove some of the initial dread that you might be expecting, the episode has a few tricks up its sleeve to keep you on your toes.
#NOT A HERO RE7 NO COMMENTARY PROFESSIONAL#
Unless you play on Professional difficulty, unlocked after completing this DLC on any difficulty. In keeping with being part of a cleanup crew, and unlike poor Ethan at the beginning of the main story, Chris starts off Not A Hero already tooled up and ready for battle. Right off the bat, it answers the questions about Umbrella’s apparent new direction and how Chris fits into it, which is a little bit clumsy in terms of exposition, but it just about works. Not A Hero begins directly after Ethan and Mia have been choppered away to safety, and Chris has been tasked with chasing down Lucas. This is why Chris Redfield has been sent in. Questions remained about who he was working for and whether or not he was actually infected considering he escaped Ethan’s vengeance, he was the only real loose end. After Ethan took down Eveline and was rescued by Umbrella (raising questions already) and specifically by Chris Redfield, the only direct tie to the previous games, there was still one major thread left to tie off: Lucas Baker. The first of the two chapters is free, acting as an epilogue to the story proper.
These new ones are each in the region of an hour or two, with much more story content already making them better than anything that came before. They were minigames, or incredibly short and limited story beats, not really adding anything substantial to the Resident Evil mythos. The previous DLC episodes, under the ‘ Banned Footage’ umbrella (sorry), were fun but ultimately lacking in any depth. That means you’ve either finished Resident Evil 7 or you like to live life on the edge.
The final two pieces of DLC follow on directly from the end of the main game’s story, so this is your last chance to get out, before I start talking about Not A Hero and End of Zoe. Right, I’m going to start this review off with a warning: I’m going to reference the ending of Resident Evil 7 in this review.
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