Learn How to Heal and Reload Quickly – Madhouse Difficulty Tips
Now that you’ve collected some of the more useful unlockable items in Resident Evil 7, you’ll want to learn some basic tricks before starting your Madhouse run. By this point, you should’ve realized that it takes Ethan a couple of seconds to heal himself with a first aid med and reload his firearms. While this won’t affect you outside of battle, those few seconds could mean the difference between life and death when you’re in a fight. Thankfully, Resident Evil 7 does allow you to cancel animations to make the process go a little faster.
After hitting R1 to heal yourself, quickly tap the L1 button to initiate a block. This will allow you to skip the healing animation while still topping up your health. Similarly, after reloading a weapon, tap the L1 button to block and cancel the reload animation. Skipping the reload animation is a little trickier, however. If you block too quickly, the weapon won’t load at all. You’ll want to keep an eye on the lower right corner of your screen and make sure the clip is completely filled before tapping the block button to skip the rest of the animation.
Get used to canceling your animations. These will almost certainly save your life in boss fights.