Castle mania

Capcom has stated that Village will be “much larger” than RE7 in terms of its playing area, but that isn’t particularly surprising given that the previous game centred on a family dwelling while this new adventure has a considerably larger scope. Sato has spoken about the team’s desire to surprise players by allowing them to explore areas that initially seem out of reach, and we wonder how the map is laid out, and how much emphasis is placed on the castle itself. “You can think of the castle as being part of the village, which is both the title and setting of the game,” Sato says, before concluding in a manner we should have seen coming. “How the castle relates to the village, and how the gameplay is spread across the various areas, is something I’d love for you to experience yourself.”