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resident evil 7, january, xbox one, games, 2017

Resident Evil 7 Uses Recorders as Save Points, There Are No Checkpoints

No more ink ribbons, thankfully.
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Resident Evil 7 looks like a little bit of a departure from the survival series we all know and love (or hate, depending on which entry you’re referring to, and who you’re talking to), but this latest entry is bringing back some classic gameplay mechanics from the first three games. First up, here’s a short video showing off how saving works in the game. Instead of typewriters, players will use voice recorders to save their game. Thankfully, we don’t need ink ribbons or batteries or whatever inane item in order to save. This means that players won’t accidentally screw themselves over by saving their game too often, and end up not being able to save if they run out of items near the end of the game.

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This also means that there won’t be any checkpoints in the game, so saving is very important. Another cool detail that we saw from the video was that you can check your health and status by looking at the watch on the character’s left hand. In the video, the status is green, meaning that the character’s status is Fine. Looking pretty good so far,

Resident Evil 7 is set to be released for the PS4, Xbox One, and PC on January 24, 2017.

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Zhiqing Wan
Zhiqing is the Reviews Editor for Twinfinite, and a History graduate from Singapore. She's been in the games media industry for nine years, trawling through showfloors, conferences, and spending a ridiculous amount of time making in-depth spreadsheets for min-max-y RPGs. When she's not singing the praises of Amazon's Kindle as the greatest technological invention of the past two decades, you can probably find her in a FromSoft rabbit hole.