Resident Evil 7: Not a Hero DLC Review – Tis the Season for Punching

<p>Wow&comma; it’s been quite some time since spring and it’s felt even longer since we were promised some free DLC for the awesome <em>Resident Evil 7<&sol;em>&period; It’s not been that long of a wait&comma; it’ll feel much longer for the eagerly awaited <em>Resident Evil 2 Remake<&sol;em>&period; But it’s finally here&comma; Capcom’s promise of free DLC for <em>Resident Evil 7<&sol;em> in the shape of <em>Not a Hero<&sol;em>&period; We return to the Baker estate as a most beloved&comma; boulder punching hunk&comma; Chris Redfield&period; He’s been tasked with finding and capturing the sinister Lucas Baker within the underground compound underneath the Baker mansion and stopping his evil plans involving a new strain of molded&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Is it worth your precious hard drive space and booting Resident Evil 7 again&quest; Of course&comma; it is&comma; it’s free&period; Download now&excl; But if you need to know the finer details then okay&comma; I’ll go on just for you lucky people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;132717" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-132717" style&equals;"width&colon; 1920px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-132717 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;26100419&sol;RE7NotaHeroImage1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-132717" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Resident Evil 7&colon; Not a Hero&comma; Capcom<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em>Not a Hero<&sol;em> takes place within the mines underneath the Baker Mansion&comma; where Chris is racing against the clock and fighting off molded in order to capture Lucas Baker&period; Chris is armed with an Albert-01 and Thors Hammer’s&comma; &lpar;not the actual hammer&rpar; a trusty and powerful shotgun&period; Plus&comma; he’s got his boulder punching fists to deal some damage to disorientated enemies&period; This feels like a big joke from the developers but actually comes in handy as a combat mechanic&period; Chris must save fellow Umbrellas troops from Saw-like setups crafted by Lucas while exploring the mines&comma; solving puzzles and of course facing new nightmares&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While it’s a simple setup and ultimately a scaled-down version of a classic <em>Resident Evil<&sol;em> game&comma; there’s plenty of depth and substance for a free expansion&period; Chris will have to explore a number of areas&comma; find new equipment and tools that’ll allow him to progress further in the game&period; Chris will obtain night vision&comma; a more powerful Re-Breather for areas filled with poison gas and special ammo for the new&comma; white molded&period; Pacing is excellent as you fight through classic molded&comma; death traps and of course deal with a number of more powerful enemies in harsher environments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;132718" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-132718" style&equals;"width&colon; 1920px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-132718 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;26100530&sol;RE7NotaHeroImage2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-132718" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Resident Evil 7&colon; Not a Hero&comma; Capcom<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>While <em>Not a Hero<&sol;em> has a stronger focus on action in certain areas&comma; it’s clear that everything is balanced&comma; thanks to the punching mechanic&period; This is used on dazed enemies after landing a headshot&period; While the game does present some interesting challenges and new&comma; tougher enemies&semi; overall it’s fairly easy&period; That’s not to say you’ll breeze through this as I did die a couple of times from carelessness and fighting a super powerful enemy without a plan&period; But this DLC will be a slight cakewalk for the veterans of the series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The variation of events and gameplay elements is impressive for a small package&period; There are segments where enemies will ambush you&comma; lateral elements and of course the large-scale death traps only Lucas or Jigsaw could think of&period; There’s plenty here to keep you invested and enough quality content within this expansion to bring you back once you finished it&period; The overall campaign will last just under two hours on the normal difficulty but there’s plenty of reason to jump back in once it’s completed&period; There are new items to unlock and plus there’s the professional difficulty which&comma; to be honest is super tough and makes the Madhouse difficulty look like a walk in the park&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;132719" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-132719" style&equals;"width&colon; 1920px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-132719 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;26100716&sol;RE7NotaHeroImage4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-132719" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Resident Evil 7&colon; Not a Hero&comma; Capcom<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>While I can’t complain too much about the length as this is free DLC&comma; but the content is so good that I wish there was more&period; More extras would’ve been great too but there’s enough to sink your teeth into&period; Puzzles also never reach that highpoint and remain fairly straightforward for my liking&period; There are no layers or complexity to problem-solving and at times&comma; the game does become too linear&period; However&comma; I can express that exploration is meaningful and there were some segments in the game which do raise the tension to high levels&period; The gas-filled catacombs is a personal favorite and I loved finding the Ramrod ammo for the first time&period; There are some great elements to the exploration and even the more linear parts have some charm&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Overall I think this is a no-brainer&period; For free DLC this puts a lot of paid extra content&comma; season passes and DLC to shame&period; I would happily pay for this and believe you can’t go wrong&period; There’s a healthy mix of survival horror and action in a campaign that introduces classic elements from previous games and of course <em>Resident Evil 7<&sol;em>&period; Download now and enjoy Not a Hero as it’s a clear sign that Capcom now what they’re doing and we should look forward to <em>Resident Evil 8<&sol;em> and the <em>Resident Evil 2<&sol;em> Remake&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;