New Game Plus Resident Evil 7

The Resident Evil series has always been known for having replayability in the form of many unlockables. Despite some changes to the franchise formula, Resident Evil 7 keeps this tradition going strong.

Before we permit you know what yous can look forrard to unlocking and playing with later on you complete RE7, a minor spoiler warning. Since nosotros're discussing some belatedly-game stuff, there will exist a few tiny bits of information that some players could consider to exist spoilers. If you're worried, don't read on.

And just to show yous nosotros're serious, hither'south an image to break up the text before we get into the real information.

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Nevertheless with us? Peachy! There are two big unlockable bonuses y'all get for beating Resident Evil vii on either the easy or normal difficulty settings.

First, you unlock the new Madhouse difficulty option. In this harder mode, enemies do more damage and there is no health regeneration to speak of. Item locations have changed, and resources are more often than not sparser. Enemies volition also appear in greater numbers, and they move a lot faster too. To tiptop information technology all off, the game will auto-relieve far less often, and you'll need to collect and bear cassette tapes in order to use the salvage rooms — reminiscent of the ink ribbons from older Resident Evil games.

Aslope Madhouse mode, finishing the game places the Albert-01R handgun into your particular box. This is the weapon that's featured in the final boss battle. It has extremely limited armament but tin can do huge damage against about enemies.

Both of the above rewards can exist yours even for finishing on easy, but you'll need to complete the game on normal difficulty to unlock The Secrets of Defense. This scroll volition reduce the damage enemies do to you while guarding, but you need to have it in your inventory for it to work. Inventory infinite is precious, of course, but this still seems like a pretty smart thought to conduct around if yous want to play in Madhouse style.

While we haven't managed to pull it off ourselves yet, we've also read reports that you lot can unlock Running Shoes by finishing the whole game in under four hours, a feat that also earns you an achievement/trophy. Carrying the Running Shoes in your inventory will increment Ethan's walking speed, making this a must-have item for speedrunners.

Those are all the unlockables that we know of then far, just it's worth noting that there are about certain to be more. The game likely offers a reward if you're able to finish it on Madhouse difficulty, and there are also a few trophies we suspect will unlock other bonuses. The game offers trophies for finishing it without opening the item box more than three times, and for using 3 or less first aid items through the whole game.

Those are, uh, pretty big challenges, but it will be exciting to see how the game rewards you for pulling through on them.

For more on Resident Evil seven, you can read our full review or watch the first xc minutes of the game in the video below.

Source: https://www.polygon.com/2017/1/25/14378350/resident-evil-7-biohazard-re7-unlocks-finish-the-game-normal-easy-madhouse-difficulty-albert-01r

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