The first two times you'll have to open the item box take place as a mandatory part of the story, upon entering and leaving Lucas Baker's party room. You must do your best to avoid herbs and first aid meds in this playthrough, but you can use steroids to heal and raise your health cap instead. Pausing the game stops the in-game timer, so be sure to take advantage of that. Beating Resident Evil VII in under four hours while avoiding the item box and health items may seem intimidating, but it's a surprisingly lenient task. You won't be able to use the Albert 01-R or other game completion bonuses until you open the item box at the first safe room in the main house.Ĭompleting the game in under four hours will unlock the circular saw, which is an incredibly useful weapon that you can use throughout your madhouse difficulty playthrough. It's a convenient hand-cannon that uses standard handgun ammo. Step 2: Easy difficulty, beat the game in four hours or less, avoid opening the item box more than three times, and ending 1Īfter finishing the game for the first time, you will gain access to the Albert 01-R for your subsequent playthroughs. This gun will be used in your next playthrough which is the speed run. You can also choose ending 1 for your madhouse playthrough to avoid this extra boss.Īfter completing easy mode and grabbing all of the collectibles, you should wind up with some fast walking shoes, a defense item, and a new gun.

That way you won’t have to fight an extra boss and you'll shave a minute or two from your playtime. On your speedrun playthrough, you can make the opposite choice to get ending 1. It’s a small fight and it's not too tough, but for some people it might be better to get this out of the way now. So you may need to either have a great memory, or switch between guides to make sure you're not missing an achievement along the way.Įnding 2 forces you to fight an additional boss later in the game. They, however, do not highlight any achievement opportunities. If you would rather just mimic what other people do in a video guide, go ahead and click the link below to find all sorts of options to watch. Written Collectible Guide (with achievement opportunities ) I will link the guide below that I have made, and it will highlight achievement opportunities as well so you don't have to switch back and forth very often. You can follow a written guide or a video guide. You will want to grab all of the collectibles in the game. They also heal you completely but do not count towards the healing part. There are a few adrenaline shots in the game that give you more life, and you can carry them around until you want to use them. I was able to do it without using any, whatsoever. We will be focusing on not using more than 3 healing items. This will be your first playthrough, so go ahead and take as much time to soak up the story and explore. Step 1: Easy difficulty, less than 3 healing items, collectibles, ending 2 The Bakers haven’t been seen or heard of since 2014… His search leads him to the Dulvey Mansion, now abandoned and formerly owned by the Baker family. Ethan travels to Dulvey, Louisiana in order to find Mia. However, Mia was reported to be dead approximately three years earlier, in 2014. Ethan receives a strange message from a woman who claims to be his wife, Mia. Our protagonist is Ethan Winters, a common and ordinary civilian. Be prepared for a healthy mix of exploration, item management, combat, and some good scares! However, despite the shift to first-person for this main entry, many of the classic elements that define Resident Evil can be found in VII. Resident Evil VII represents somewhat of a departure from the more recent third-person shooter/action oriented outings in the franchise. Instead of featuring a massive globetrotting adventure like Resident Evil 6, the events of VII are isolated within the fictional city of Dulvey, Louisiana. Resident Evil VII: Biohazard is a first-person survival horror game and takes place in the year 2017, around four years after Resident Evil 6. Does difficulty affect achievements? Yes, different difficulties contain different collectibles Do cheat codes disable achievements? No cheats Number of missable achievements: All the non-story achievements are misable there is no chapter select, but you can have multiple saves to reload Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 3-4 Approximate amount of time to 1000 : 25 Hours Estimated achievement difficulty: 6/10

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