cheezcake
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THERE IS HOPE
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[Spoilers] Resident Evil 7 Demo: "There's More, Right?" Edition
- Thread starter Mr. Desu
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THERE IS HOPE
TheBlueBomber
Member
Definitely wouldn't be angry, this has been fun as fuck and a wild ride
PositronicMan
Member
Considering we have two items that have no purpose as of yet, the axe and the finger, there has to be a legit solution to this demo. I don't see Capcom putting in items without them serving a purpose.
BassForever
Member
That's what they want you to think!
Also how long did it take for people to solve PT?
PotentialAcorn0
Member
Has anyone tried playing the Mansion Basement theme from the Director's Cut through their microphone once they have descended the ladder to find Andre?
jacob armitage
Banned
I do agree, but it something to go on, at least for now. Still a thread you've got to pull, you know?
Think I'm maybe getting somewhere, I'm just doing things in the wrong order :/
I have the following so far;
1 - Dash Them Note, Bolt Cutters, Tape
2 - Stew Pot, Microwave
3 - Lockpick, Dash You Note
4 - Fuse, Key
5 - Finger, Axe, Attic Button
6 - Fridge, use the Key
7 - Piano
This triggered the mannequin being thrown at me in the hallway after I went to the door, but nothing else, and I answered the phone and got the "Choice" call, then got punched.
I have the following so far;
1 - Dash Them Note, Bolt Cutters, Tape
2 - Stew Pot, Microwave
3 - Lockpick, Dash You Note
4 - Fuse, Key
5 - Finger, Axe, Attic Button
6 - Fridge, use the Key
7 - Piano
This triggered the mannequin being thrown at me in the hallway after I went to the door, but nothing else, and I answered the phone and got the "Choice" call, then got punched.
Already Torn
Banned
5/4 X 4 = 5???
Lucent
Member
Yeah. Especially since they said the demo is separate from the game and not in the game at all. Wouldn't make since to add stuff that is unnecessary to complete the game.
Barry Burton
Member
I'm too tired to look into this tonight, but this got me thinking. That yellow logo stands out as being out of place, and the strips of yellow tape on the chained-up cabinet also feels oddly out of place. I'm wondering if there are other striking uses of color elsewhere in the demo, particularly yellow, that might be of significance. Just something else to ponder, haha.
bass pls
PT was solved on the spot basically by sheer luck (a few hours), a week for general idea, a bit longer for full understanding, and never for "we dunno why X or Y is exactly here, or why this sometimes works, but whatever", because results got consistent enough as is.
RecRoulette
Member
I'm convinced that the solution is going to be released through an update in the demo. Capcom does it with Street Fighter V, where it can update the game without downloading anything through PSN, like a hotfix. Since no one can look at the data files no one knows what's in there.
jacob armitage
Banned
The door not being there has crept up on a few different users, but i'm confident its a glitch. As the door isn't swung open, its just vanished.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
It's very entertaining, I'll admit.
The thing that makes me think there's more to the demo than meets the eye, is the trailer.
Aside from the CG snippets, which could have been produced for the trailer, there are a few shots of gameplay that aren't in the demo. There's someone peering into the house from outside the boarded up window and then of course the shot of someone being dragged and carried (outside?)
I'm convinced those are taken straight from gameplay in the demo because the entire rest of the trailer was.
Aside from the CG snippets, which could have been produced for the trailer, there are a few shots of gameplay that aren't in the demo. There's someone peering into the house from outside the boarded up window and then of course the shot of someone being dragged and carried (outside?)
I'm convinced those are taken straight from gameplay in the demo because the entire rest of the trailer was.
I'm convinced there's a logic to the order of things being picked up/used, as stated earlier in the thread.
Here's my theory, without having the game in front of me (about to go to bed, this board has kept me up all night. Lol).
1) finger. Because it looks like the number 1, duh.
2) bolt cutters. Because it's the only logical move for the protagonist. And for some reason, it's icon whilst in your inventory has two squares.
3)VHS. Three yellow stickers on the cabinet doors...
4)fireplace, fuse. Otherwise you'd get locked out.
5)watch tape, get axe. Finish through.
6) key
7)phone??
Here's my theory, without having the game in front of me (about to go to bed, this board has kept me up all night. Lol).
1) finger. Because it looks like the number 1, duh.
2) bolt cutters. Because it's the only logical move for the protagonist. And for some reason, it's icon whilst in your inventory has two squares.
3)VHS. Three yellow stickers on the cabinet doors...
4)fireplace, fuse. Otherwise you'd get locked out.
5)watch tape, get axe. Finish through.
6) key
7)phone??
bingo
Barry Burton
Member
Well, since we now know that the door and the planks are separate assets, hopefully someone can get it to glitch such that the boards are gone but the door is still there. If there's a will, there's a way, right?
jacob armitage
Banned
I see that too but the scissors arn't a unique asset, they're also on the table in the living room where the 5 in the blood looks very clear.
-MD-
Member
cheezcake
Member
It could be a weird consequence of something done differently in VHS world, that could explain it.
Frank the Great
Banned
Every time I come to this thread and see so many new pages, I falsely get my hopes up that someone discovered something.
I wonder what will happen to this thread once it is cracked.
I wonder what will happen to this thread once it is cracked.
achives
Barry Burton
Member
Yeah, and that's the thing. There are a lot of things that seem like they are or should be important, but can't be interacted with. It's entirely possible that we're only, say, 50% of the way to the ultimate solution but it's this next step that we're all hung up on. We have two items (seemingly) without a use, and likely other areas of the house that are still gated off.
IMACOMPUTA
Member
Push the mannequin through the barricaded doorway. There is room at the bottom.
Already Torn
Banned
... Does the Count only have four fingers?
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
He's just trolling at this point.
MiamiWesker
Member
I bet the logos for every number in the series is hidden in the demo. We found re6 in the web.
jacob armitage
Banned
God the fuse box in a different location drives me mad haha, and there is clearly no power during the VHS segment. My train of though awhile ago was that we needed to be in the attic and somehow trigger the fuse box to move, cutting off power potentially raising the stairs then using the dummy finger on the chest we see above said stairs. One gaffer even said they had the stairs lower but they didn't press the button, but it was never confirmed.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
Evil? How about easy to find. It doesn't take long to actually scour the entire house of every nook and cranny... it's not that big. If there is an item missing, we'd have found it.
There's no missing item that's already there without some kind of trigger.
The mannequin always happens when you watch the whole video.. the family guy goes down hall.. fucks up kitchen.. then tosses mannequin.. not abnormal.
Keihart
Member
The numbers theory seems super farfetched because is so easy to mistake any random pattern with a known form, is jut the way or brain works, we see faces everywhere on everything, if you are looking for numbers you'll start to see them everywhere too.
But if it is, then cool, it just seems no like something you would do if you are the one making the riddle.
But if it is, then cool, it just seems no like something you would do if you are the one making the riddle.
RecRoulette
Member
What if there are 7 phone messages?
jacob armitage
Banned
No, while you can push some of the items they will disappear when going through some doorways that are likely loading triggers.
ZAMtendo
Obliterating everything that's not your friend
Okay guys it's bedtime for me. I tried everything I could think of.
After picking up the phone, I went downstairs to the living area and was constantly hitting the leather sofas with my axe. Eventually whenever I hit there was a powdery effect, no matter what I hit. Probably a bug but thought I'd let you know. Then I got welcomed to the fam.
Goodnight
After picking up the phone, I went downstairs to the living area and was constantly hitting the leather sofas with my axe. Eventually whenever I hit there was a powdery effect, no matter what I hit. Probably a bug but thought I'd let you know. Then I got welcomed to the fam.
Goodnight
Already Torn
Banned
Ibuki got delayed to the seventh month of the year.
Substandard
Member
I think there is probably nothing else. But, there is a lot of weird stuff having played through it a few times that makes me wonder.
I've only put maybe 1.5 hours into this thing, which is way less than most people, and I think I've combed every accessible inch of the house for potential items.
Outside of the items without an obvious purpose, one of the thing that makes me question if there is more is the fireplace handle activation. When you attempt to pull the handle to open the door before having the seen the video, you kind of have to sit there crouched for a couple seconds before the X appears. That makes me wonder if there are some conditions that have to be met for another item activation somewhere.
I'm not going to play it 100 more times trying to get every ghost siting, etc. but it has me really curious and wanting to know if there is a solution. I think it works great as a teaser.
I've only put maybe 1.5 hours into this thing, which is way less than most people, and I think I've combed every accessible inch of the house for potential items.
Outside of the items without an obvious purpose, one of the thing that makes me question if there is more is the fireplace handle activation. When you attempt to pull the handle to open the door before having the seen the video, you kind of have to sit there crouched for a couple seconds before the X appears. That makes me wonder if there are some conditions that have to be met for another item activation somewhere.
I'm not going to play it 100 more times trying to get every ghost siting, etc. but it has me really curious and wanting to know if there is a solution. I think it works great as a teaser.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Not this much work certainly.
Yeah I'm stretched thin now on the number theory. I feel like we've reached delirium at this point about it.
I'm about to tap out on this. I feel like the last phone call about knowing when to say "Goodbye" is the end of the loop. There's just...there's just nothing left.
edit: Despite the ambient banging noise coming from in the far wing of the house at the start of the VHS tape. The crew is literally on the opposite side of the house and can't be making the noise. But it's probably just to simulate shudders banging shut that aren't animated or something.
I'm about to tap out on this. I feel like the last phone call about knowing when to say "Goodbye" is the end of the loop. There's just...there's just nothing left.
edit: Despite the ambient banging noise coming from in the far wing of the house at the start of the VHS tape. The crew is literally on the opposite side of the house and can't be making the noise. But it's probably just to simulate shudders banging shut that aren't animated or something.